228 | Hospitality, Cancer, Bodies, the Restaurant Industry, & Healing with Laura Wagstaff

I was unsure what to expect when I met Laura, I was connected to her by pervious podcast guest Camilla Ruth Marcus. I knew she was lovely via email, Camilla spoke highly of her, and that she had a thriving career in the NYC hospitality industry but that was about it. Days before our interview she sent me a keynote she'd given a few months prior. I read the 12 pages on a long train train and found myself fully weeping by the time I arrived at my stop. When I spoke to her in her cozy West Village apartment a few days later it was clear immediately she'd worked in hospitality her entire career. She is a host through and through, I felt so cozy in her space chatting with her about our fascinating story for hours. I loved learning about the hospitality industry, how she navigated a having rare cancer in the prime of her career, her experience with the medical industry, and how she used her cancer as a learning opportunity to discovering food as medicine, shifting her perspective on death, intuition, and listening to her body. We cover tips for those dealing with a cancer diagnosis, in the hospitality industry or wanting to be as well as for being a patron, networking, and seeing things from a new lens.

Notes from the Show:

- Laura Wagstaff on Instagram | The Nomad Hotel (Laura is the Special Events Director)

- NYC Spots we talked about: Mama Medicine | Ash Center of Comprehensive Medicine | Flower Power | 10th street in NYC | Maha Rose | Anima Mundi

- Food we talked about: Sunfood Coconut Wraps | Sun Potion

- Books we talked about: Setting The Table | Shoe Dog | Sweetbitter (also a TV show)

- Beauty store we talked about: CAP Beauty

- We also talked about: The Old Inn on The Green | Eleven Maddison Park and their Hamptons pop-up | The Herbal Academy of Massachusetts | Wilson's Ceramics | Hippocrates Health Institute | Human Design with Jenna Zoe

- Information about Synovial Sarcoma from MD Anderson

-La Saison Napa Valley Anandamide Bars Recipe that Laura talked about on full show notes page : http://katiedalebout.com/podcast/laura-wagstaff/

Album art by Zoie HarmanAll original music composed by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs

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