Danielle Duboise of Sakara Life
REV On Air: The Power Of Your Relationship To Food with Danielle Duboise of Sakara Life
Today, Cora talks with Danielle Duboise, co-founder of Sakara Life, a whole-body wellness company on a mission to nourish your body’s innate power. They discuss a question many of us have: What does true wellness mean? As a founder, and a mom, Danielle has thought about this a lot. She talks to Cora about conscious consumption. She shares what it means to her and how she practices it in her life and with her young family.
“I had spent my whole life treating food as the enemy, but food was really there to make me feel better. And that was such an aha moment.“
– Danielle Duboise, Sakara Life
About Danielle:
Danielle DuBoise is the co-founder and co-chairwoman of Sakara Life. She is also the best-selling author of the brand’s first cookbook, EAT CLEAN PLAY DIRTY. Additionally, she co-hosts the Sakara Life Podcast. Danielle holds a Master of Science in Functional Medicine and Human Nutrition from the University of Western States. She blends her scientific knowledge of nutrition with a love for holistic wellness. This combination inspires others to nourish their bodies and live vibrant lives.
DuBoise is a pioneer in wellness and champions plants as medicine. She has received honors like Forbes’ 30 Under 30, Oprah’s SuperSoul 100, Goldman Sachs’ Most Interesting Entrepreneurs, and MindBodyGreen’s 100 Women in Wellness. Danielle grew up in Arizona. She holds on to her Sedona roots while living in NYC with her husband and two kids.
About Sakara Life:
Sakara Life started with $700 from DuBoise and co-founder Whitney Tingle at a dinner party. This whole-body wellness company aims to nourish your body’s natural power. They empower clients to take charge of their health. Their program includes plant-based nutrition, functional snacks, and supplements.
Sakara started in 2012 out of need. Since January 2021, it has provided over 15 million meals across the country. DuBoise was taken to the hospital by Tingle after a 7-day cleanse gave her pneumonia. The two hit rock bottom with their health and knew they needed to take matters into their own hands. DuBoise’s pre-med studies and hospital work made her see that medicine alone couldn’t solve her food issues.
So, she joined the famous Institute of Integrative Nutrition (IIN). There, she discovered how to use food as medicine. DuBoise and Tingle brought together modern Western medicine and ancient Eastern healing. They aimed to overcome their long struggle with disordered eating and cystic acne. Once they healed themselves and created Sakara’s 9 Proprietary Pillars of Nutrition, they began cooking meals in their shared 500 sq. ft. New York City apartment and hired skateboarders to help them hand-deliver meals at sunrise. Since then, Sakara has expanded to also offer functional snacks and supplements, which are a key growth driver for the business.
“As a dieter myself for so long, I really recognize the transformation of thinking about food as less is always better to thinking about food as medicine and nourishment.”
– Danielle Duboise, Sakara Life
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