This category is a repository for various resources that can aid in a vegan lifestyle. This could include book reviews, app recommendations, and lists of vegan-friendly stores or products.
In advance of our 100th Vedge Your Best episode we have a new name for the weekly email: V-Mail: The Vedge Your Best Newsletter. Congratulations to the team over at @HowIVeganPodcast for suggesting it. Contest winner Matthew asked us to donate his prize to Brook Farm Animal Sanctuary in Northamptonshire, England. Such a great cause – we rounded up from …
We haven’t had a newsletter lately becauseMarch. Was. Madness. I was under the weather a bit with the Pfizer vaccine in March and then flew to Florida to completely clean the condo we haven’t been in all winter for a new tenant. While there, I managed to get something in my thumb which then turned …
Is it hard for you to imagine being a Plant Based or Vegan mother? Do you worry that going Plant Based or Vegan disconnects you from your culture?
January 7 – Having a tough time keeping on track with your goals, resolutions and and Plant based eating in this busy news cycle? Yes there’s a lot going on and our human brains may want to use anxiety, worry and negative thoughts as an excuse to eat off plan, overeat or ignore what we …
Don’t Mind the Gap! I first read about the “Gap Between Knowing and Doing” many years ago in Steven Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and it hit me hard. At the time, I thought it was just me that was continually stuck between my reality and my goals, but the years have shown …
Don’t Mind the Gap (Vegans Made Simple – Part 8) Read More »
Peace, Empathy and Plants Polish-Canadian Science Journalist, Marta Zaraska lives in France (3 of my 4 favorite countries in one sentence) and has a new book out this summer which is a Vedge Your Best “must read.” Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism, and Kindness can Help You Live to 100 YES, a Plant Based diet …
Have you ever made a concerted effort to NOT think about a Polar Bear? Like every day? Multiple times? Sticky note reminder on the bathroom mirror. Do NOT think about Polar Bears. Sign on the Fridge. Do not THINK about Polar Bears. Reminder message on the home screen of your phone. Do not think about …
How NOT to Think [about Polar bears] – (Vegans Made Simple Part 7) Read More »
“Cruelty-Free” on labels and in descriptions typically refers to products and actions which do not kill, harm or test on animals. There are Cruelty-Free cosmetics, cleaning products, additives and medications of all kinds.Cruelty-Free is often used to describe a vegan recipe or one of the thousands of vegan analog food products. It’s hard to argue …
Good Bye, Cruel Words! (Vegans Made Simple – Part 6) Read More »
Frenemies. So before we get started, can I just say that I was completely prepared for “frenemies” to be autocorrected by my Mac to “fiendish” or “friendless” or something even less related. Turns out “frenemy” IS a real real word. And it’s such a good word too. Over the years, I have a had a …
What are Frenemies For? (Vegans Made Simple – Part 5) Read More »
