Kitchen Monk™ grows through many hands. Each person below has an honest label, so you can see who has accepted a role, who we are inviting, and whose work we simply admire and recommend.
✅ accepted title · ⏳ invited (proposed, pending acceptance) · 💚 recognition or recommendation (no title) · 🕯️ mentor or thank-you · 🕊️ memorial tribute
🌱 Founder
Nathanael Elijah Smith, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, DipACLM
🌱 Founder and author
Nurse practitioner, founder of Kitchen Monk™ and Flourishing Nursing™, and author of The EVERgreen Chronicles™.
✅ Accepted honorary titles
Chef Robin Jeep
✅ Our Flourishing Culinary SHERO · Chief Culinary Guardian · Chief Flourishing Enchantress (accepted)
Recipes shared with her permission; co-author of The Cup of Flourishing (coming soon). She has endorsed the Flourishing Nursing mission, which is not a clinical review of every page.
👑 Andie 💪🏼 Otto 🪷
✅ Chief Flourishing Coach (accepted October 9, 2026; official partnership)
Health and wellness coach at Nourished. She is a coach, not a nurse.
Ruben J. Guzman, MPH, DipACLM
✅ Chief Transformational Coach (accepted October 9, 2026; official partnership)
Lifestyle medicine coach and author of How to Fully Live and Evolving Health.
Dr. Dheeraj Taranath
✅ Chief Medical EVERgreen Guardian™ (accepted)
A physician friend who has encouraged this work from early on. The title is an honor; it does not mean he reviews each page.
⏳ Invited: proposed titles, pending acceptance
Meryl Fury, MS, RN
⏳ Chief Flourishing Guardian™ (proposed, pending acceptance)
President and CEO of Plant Based Nutrition Movement (PBNM); leads its 6 Million SEEDS Child Nutrition Project; hosts the Growing a Healthy Child podcast. Also President and CEO of Plant Based Support, a separate nonprofit. We share her public work; this does not imply her endorsement.
Anthony Masiello
⏳ Chief Flourishing Hugger™ (proposed, pending acceptance)
A tribute to friendship from Nathanael. Anthony leads Lifestyle Telemedicine.
Dr. Eddie Ramírez
⏳ Chief Medical Guardian for Spanish-Language Flourishing (proposed, pending acceptance)
Physician, researcher, and author in lifestyle medicine. He has not reviewed our Spanish pages.
Chef James (Chef James Nutrition)
⏳ Culinary Guardian (proposed, pending acceptance)
Prepared plant-based meals from Chef James Nutrition.
Chef AJ
⏳ Flourishing Culinary Hero (proposed, pending acceptance)
Plant-based chef, author, and YouTube educator.
Brittany Jaroudi (The Jaroudi Family)
⏳ Family EVERgreen Culinary Guardian™ (proposed, pending acceptance)
Plant-based family recipes and cooking videos.
Dr. T. Colin Campbell
⏳ Honorary EVERgreen Guardian™ of Nourishment (proposed, pending acceptance)
Nutrition researcher and founder of the Center for Nutrition Studies, whose free SOS-free guide we follow.
💚 Recognized and recommended (no title)
Karen Laing, DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, DipACLM, HWNC-BC, CHES, FPCNA
💚 Recognition of her public work
A nurse who teaches lifestyle nursing. No title has been offered or accepted, and she is not a partner.
Dr. Yami Cazorla-Lancaster
💚 Personal recommendation
Her independent practice, Nourish Wellness in Yakima, Washington. Not affiliated with our sites.
🕯️ Mentors and thank-yous
Dr. Michelle Thompson, DO
🕯️ Mentor · a personal thank-you
One of Nathanael’s mentors in lifestyle and integrative medicine. A thank-you, not an endorsement.
Dr. Ron Weiss, MD
🕯️ Past mentor · a thank-you
Nathanael’s former lifestyle medicine mentor. A thank-you, not an endorsement.
Dr. Walter F. D’Costa, DPM
🕯️ Thanked in a true story
Nathanael’s podiatrist in Santa Rosa, California. We celebrate his care in Back to Running; no project role is assigned.
🕊️ Tributes
Mother Teresa
🕊️ Memorial tribute · Honorary EVERgreen Guardian™ of Compassion and Service
Historical inspiration for compassion in action. This page includes Christian faith content (✝️ optional).
Honorary titles are Kitchen Monk™ and Flourishing Nursing™ recognitions, not credentials, licenses, jobs, or endorsements. A title is shown as accepted only after the person accepts it. Featured people and organizations are independent, and our sites earn nothing from these links. Rooted in faith and compassion, welcoming people of every faith and none. Corrections: rfjeep@gmail.com. Last updated October 14, 2026.
