It’s Graduation Season here in New England. I can’t even guess how many colleges are within 30 minutes of our house. Of course my alma mater Smith College is the most special to me, but there are dozens of others. This week I’m seeing families getting together, bunting and banners announcing congratulations, and alums flooding …
Your brain is NOT designed to go Vegan.It’s designed for SURVIVAL. That’s why it will ALWAYS focus on: What can go wrong? What might be hard? What others will think? Avoiding the unknown is why we have anxiety about changing our diet, purchases and lifestyle.If you’ve got doubts about going Vegan, you’re normal. If you’re …
Wanderlust much? At Vedge Your Best we have tickets for an “educational” trip to Northern England and London at the end of April. Plant Based and Vegan travel are perennial topics for my clients. So this season as I book guests for the Podcast, we are going to incorporate some ideas and inspiration to …
March again? On my computer I have saved the Limbourg Brothers’ monthly illustrations for the glorious Très Riches Heures de Duc de Berry. I know. What a geek. Facebook reminds me now on the first of every month. And every month I can’t believe it. March AGAIN? Well just as we were getting a bit …
Hope is a beautiful thing. I’m all for it. As a long time Pollyanna, I am not going to hurl any shade at Hope or Hopefulness. But if you have a goal, Hope is not a strategy. Hope is not what moves you toward a Vegan or Whole Food Plant Based practice. You know what does? Practice.No …
I have been tempted to quit most everything I have ever started, but the sore subject recently has been writing my book. The process – the plan for the book seemed very manageable and straightforward and I was just letting it go the way it was going and then I took another look at …
We made it through Labor Day no thanks to Tropical Storm Henry and Hurricane Ida. Hope you were spared any significant flooding or power interruptions where you are. Vedge Your Best Podcast sound engineer Charlie Weinshank had some high water in the metropolitan New York area and here in coastal Rhode Island we had …
August may be winding down but here at Vedge Your Best I am winding up for the one year anniversary of the Podcast in September. We recently drop Episode 50 “Leap of Faith.” Anyone remember the Leap of Faith scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? Episode 50 just seems like a very cool …
Weodmonath was the medieval Anglo Saxon name for August – and it means “weed month.” Which may explain your lawn or garden if you’re anything like me. Or maybe you have another association with weed… August, comes from the title of the Roman Emperor. In Latin, Augustus means ‘the great one.” The Roman Senate decided …
What do you think? Is the year Half Over?Or is it Half Started? From my point of view, 2021 is just getting going. I feel SO energized because a few projects that were in the planning stages during the last couple of months including our youngest daughter’s wedding are in the rear view mirror. Three …
