Weightless in Mind, Body & Spirit - Season 6 Episode 8_Nutrition Rx: Healing the Heart and Community

Weightless with Dr. Carol Penn

Featured Guests:

Robin Klein is founder and president of Fashion Retail Group, a boutique real estate firm specializing in implementation and growth of business for existing and emerging brands.

Robin devotes much of her time to several local non-profit organizations and foundations. Following years of volunteering with Lunch Break, she joined the Board in 2020 and is also Co-Chair of their Capital Campaign, as well as serving on several committees. She is a Trustee of the Riverview Medical Center Foundation, is on the Executive Board of Trustees at the Count Basie Center for the Arts, is President of the Board for Open Heart Yoga, and is a founding Board Member of Parents with a Plan.

Following with her passion for Health and Wellness, Robin, along with her husband John, are actively involved in supporting and raising funds for the Ubumwe Community Center and School in Rwanda. This center has become an essential lifeline to the Rwandan people.

Robin has a dedicated passion for protecting and saving animals. She is a part of the international rescue group, No Dogs Left Behind; an organization saving dogs from torture and death from illegal dog trafficking in Asia. Other organizations she frequently offers her time and support to are the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund,the Monmouth County SPCA, the Purr N Pooch Foundation, the Rescue Paw Foundation, and Partners in Conservation. She is also a founding Board Member of The Tower of Hope, an organization devoted to providing service dogs to wounded veterans.

Sharda Jetwani Love, MSW, was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and is currently living in NJ. Sharda is the Program Director at Lunch Break, located in Red Bank, NJ. Almost 10 years with the organization, her love to serve humanity has never failed. Prior to Lunch Break, Sharda was an In School Coordinator with the Alonzo Mourning Overtown Youth Center in Miami. Florida.

She received her MSW from Monmouth University.

Tracey Stewart is the founder of Hey Friend Foundation, and is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Do Unto Animals: A Friendly Guide To How Animals Live, and How We Can Make Their Lives Better. Together with her husband Jon Stewart, Tracey founded Hey Friend Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to fighting against nutrition insecurity and promoting a whole foods, plant-forward diet.

Courtney Byrne utilizes her background in education to create programming that promotes the mission of Hey Friend Foundation. The Foundation is dedicated to promoting healthy, sustainable and kind living. Its mission is to unite community leaders and other like-minded organizations to better serve communities in need and alleviate nutrition insecurity.

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