Vegan Posse

Welcome to Week 3 of the Vegan Posse Tennessee Series!

If  you don’t tend to think of Nashville, Tennessee, as a hotbed of vegan awareness, you might want to think again. This week you’ll get to meet Lou Comfort, a yoga and meditation teacher who unfortunately discovered the healing power of a plant-based diet too late to save her cancer-stricken husband. But Lou went on to found the School Marathon Foundation and has partnered with Dr. Scott Stoll in hosting a monthly vegan potluck supper in Nashville. She also happens to have two grown sons who are both vegan and RIPPED.!

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It's Week 2 of the Vegan Posse Tennessee Series! Native Tennesseean and longtime vegan Kara Carden is a homeschooling mother and community organizer. Daughter of chart-topping country music star Ronnie McDowell, Kara grew up touring the country and occasionally selling merch for her dad. She went on to become a freelance journalist and travel writer and, later, a homeschooling mom. In 2010, she founded Nashville Waldorf Homeschoolers, a non-profit nature- and art-based enrichment program.

Kara has served as a volunteer peer counselor and certified Attached at the Heart Educator for Attachment Parenting International for more than 15 years. She recently accepted a job as Communications Director for WeKnow, LLC., a peace-provoking company disrupting industry norms in divorce, real estate, and finance. In her freet time, Kara enjoys gardening, hiking, floating rivers, hammocking with her husband, pondering metaphysics, and sharing helpful information.

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Who better to kick off our Tennessee series than Tennessee-born-and-raised Robby Cox and his business partner AND life partner, Ananya, founders of vegan meal prep company SUNstenance?

Ananya has been practicing and working in the field of holistic wellness since her teenage years. In East Harlem, Ananya worked for Soluna Holistic Spa teaching yoga classes and developing the juice bar and vegan eatery. She has completed over 800+ hours of Yoga Teacher Trainings in Hatha, Vinyasa, Kundalini, Kriya and taken additional courses in Ayurveda, pranayama and prenatal. She began studying Ayurveda in 2012 in Laughing Lotus Yoga School, and around the same time dove into Macrobiotics and Eastern Medicine. She began using food to help treat various ailments relating to both physical and mental health. Ananya moved to India where she worked with the sustainable Ayurvedic organizations Gotirthashram & Panchgavya Healthcare India doing research and development, marketing, and product creation. In the Himalayas, she deepened her spiritual practice, and after six years, returned to Tennessee, starting Ananya Wellness offering holistic education, yoga/ meditation classes and creating gourmet holistic food and herbal treats. She began working as the holistic chef for Mobile Macro Meals, a macrobiotic vegan company. She and Robby met and started SUNstenance, LLC and are now offering vegan, holistic meal prep, catering, events and retreats and educational classes.

Robby began learning the truth about health and wellness in 2009 while facing a life-threatening situation in which western medicine failed him entirely. After malpractice by a trusted family dentist left him with epileptic seizures and continuous pain, he came across the documentary The Beautiful Truth, which sent him down the path to undoing the damage caused by not only this procedure but the lifetime of assault on the physical, mental and emotional body that is our modern life. Around this time, a family friend gifted him a tiny book called The Pocket Tibetan Buddhism Reader. Upon reading a single page regarding the practice of ethical vegetarianism, he adopted a vegetarian diet on the spot. Robby’s philosophy on health and nutrition has evolved continuously over the years, but his passion for ethical veganism has only intensified. His research now focuses on the common “pillars of health” that are shared in many ancient traditions prioritizing adequate sleep, hydration, sunshine, fresh air, movement, optimized plant-only nutrition, and the careful application of fasting and cleansing modalities to achieve health and wellness. 

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How does a person go from Burger King to vegan in two hours? A pre-screening of the classic animal rights film Earthlings did it for Carlos Garcia over two decades ago!

Carlos has been playing drums since he was a kid in New York City. He grew up in a large, music-loving family listening to salsa and Latin music every day. Carlos is constantly recording and creating music with many diverse artists around the world. When Carlos isn’t playing music, he’s busy growing his own food and being an activist for peace, animal rights, human rights, GLBT rights and holistic, vegan living.

Carlos lived in Los Angeles most of his life and went vegan over two decades ago after seeing an early test screening of Shaun Monson’s film Earthlings and realizing he was paying to do horrific things to these beautiful, innocent creatures and left the theater vegan. He literally went from Burger King to vegan in two hours.

Carlos is now 66 years old, and no one ever guesses his age correctly. He considers himself living proof that keeping your spirit and body clean of torture and poison, does a body (and spirit) good. 

Carlos was living on Maui, Hawaii for 16 years doing animal activism and being percussionist for Mick Fleetwood’s side project, Mick Fleetwood’s Island Rumours Band. He has spent the last year in different parts of California, Portland and New York soul-searching after the loss of his mother and the recent devastating fires on Maui. He's in NYC right now to help raise funds for an upcoming vegan feature film with Victoria Moran called Miss Liberty. Simultaneously, he's promoting his music video "It’s OK To Love Me" and putting together the live band. 

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Why is listening to each other so rare - and so hard? And how do we find balance in this chaotic world? SIa Hurst, founder of 6D Living, has a few ideas!

Sia is a graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, completing the Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate. She also received a qualification in Nutrition and Healthy Living from eCornell. She has studied BioMedicine at the College of Naturopathic Medicine and has coaching qualifications for Intermittent Fasting, She is a member of the Association of Naturopathic Practitioners and the International Association of Therapists.

Sia Hurst is the author of the article series entitled Food for Thought. This series is published by the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies.

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Derrick Broze is a freelance investigative journalist, activist, author, and public speaker. He is the founder of The Conscious Resistance Network and the author of many books, including The Conscious Resistance Trilogy, The Holistic Self-Assessment, and How to Opt Out of the Technocratic State. Fully vegan for almost 15 years, thanks in part to a feline "teacher" named Jimmy, Derrick takes a holistic approach to activism, including vegan activism, and seeks to carry the message of truth and freedom by education and example rather than coercion or manipulation - in other words, more open-hearted dialogue and less shouting.

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Geoff Palmer, a 61-year old, 39-year vegan, is a Natural Bodybuilding and Natural Physique Masters Champion, the Owner of Clean Machine Plant-Based Fitness Nutrition, author, national lecturer, vegan patent holder, and 2 Time NEXTY Winner for “Best Supplement of the Year” in 2016 and 2018. Geoff was named one of the “Top 100 Most Influential Vegans” by Plant-Based News. Geoff created the first 100% vegan bodybuilding competition in the World.

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Anita Lupp's vegan journey spans several countries and continents! Originally from the U.K., Anita lives with her family in the northwest suburbs of Chicago in Wauconda, Illinois (not be be confused with the fictional kingdom of Wakanda from the Marvel movies). Anita made the vegan leap after 17 years of being a non-vegan vegetarian. Get the scoop on her ensuing journey of self-discovery, her surprising health transformation, her husband's even more surprising decision to join her on the vegan path, and her experience raising - or attempting to raise - health-conscious, ethical kids.

Even for docs, losing weight isn't easy! Scott Harrington, D.O., is a board-certified Family Medicine physician with over 17 years of experience. He started his medical career using standard treatment methodologies. Then, in 2012, Dr. Harrington personally adopted a plant-based diet and saw dramatic health improvements in his energy level, athletic endurance, and recovery time. His weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, and hormone levels all normalized. This personal transformation convinced Dr. Harrington to shift the focus of his medical practice to teaching patients what he had learned.

Dr. Harrington went on to found Vegan Primary Care. The plant-based diet had impressive effects with his patients, many of whom were suffering with chronic illnesses. In fact, a large number of patients were able to stop their medications altogether.

Through his telemedicine practice, Dr. Harrington can see patients from 22 states. He continues to lecture on weight loss and food addiction. He can be reached at https://www.veganprimarycare.com/

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Website: https://www.veganprimarycare.com/

PCRM profile: https://www.pcrm.org/findadoctor/scott-harrington-do

Working as a microbiologist with a global pharmaceutical company in the early 1990s, JoAnn Farb toured lab animal testing facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturing plants, and factory farms and came face-to-face with the fact it was her own (and all of our) food choices that were driving the horrific experiments being conducted on non-human animals. She went vegan in 1991, without ever having met a single other vegan! Now, she lives in the woods in Kansas with her husband and dog,. Their two grownup vegan-since-birth daughters live nearby. 

JoAnn is the author of two books, Compassionate Souls - Raising the Next Generation to Change the World and Get Off Gluten. She speaks nationally on health and justice issues. A theme running through all of JoAnn's work is that most human-caused historic harms could never have happened if otherwise "good people" had objected to "tiny" injustices that paved the way for catastrophic wrongs. Committed to seeking - and speaking - truth, JoAnn encourages people to question EVERYTHING.

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JoAnn Farb website: https://joannfarb.weebly.com/about.html

Risa Branch is a jazz and blues singer, Reiki Master, and professional cat-sitter based in New York City. She’s also a dedicated, longtime vegan, having adopted the lifestyle as a teenager, and she’s been advocating for animals and veganism for all of her adult life. Risa has recorded two albums, and she’s been featured in a variety of media as a vegan music artist.

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Shen Kenner has been a professional guitarist for over three decades, dazzling audiences in Casablanca, San Francisco,  Greece, Finland, New York City, and many points in between. Shan is also a licensed realtor. He authored his own book SK Real Book, a physical book of two hundred of his own compositions. After living in New Orleans since 2014, in the spring of 2023, Shan relocated to Nashville, where he is currently performing, recording, and collaborating with an array of local talent.

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Funny how easy it is to forget that our minds are in our bodies! But not for vegan psychiatrist Dr. Adam Woods. Adam Woods, M.D., is a private practice "Family Psychiatrist" in the Iowa City area, meaning that he sees "all ages" and "all diagnoses." He holds a Bachelor's Degree from Drake University, a Master's Degree from Princeton University, and a medical degree from Duke University. He completed his Psychiatry Residency at the University of Iowa.  

Dr. Woods began his plant-based journey in 2017 after a lifetime of struggling with his weight and watching his family suffer from lifestyle-related diseases. He strives to promote a healthy plant-based diet and lifestyle over medications whenever possible and engages in Evolutionary Psychology-based therapy as promulgated by his mentor and friend, Dr. Doug Lisle. Beyond medicine, Dr Woods has an academic passion for philosophy and ethics. He is currently taking classes with the hope of beginning a PhD program in the next few years.  

Looking for a living example of initiative and self-determination? Look no further! In May of 2013, Paul Chatlin was diagnosed with heart disease and presented with two options: bypass surgery or something called "plant-based nutrition." He opted for the latter.

The very next day, Paul consulted with Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, who gave him the lowdown on whole-food, plant-based eating. Incredibly, after just three weeks, Paul's angina disappeared. His cholesterol levels plummeted from 350 to 92, and he lost 75 pounds in four months! Not only that, he kept it off.

Paul promised himself that when he felt better, he would put together a support group to help others. He contacted Dr. Joel Kahn, who agreed to assist him on the journey. In February 2014, he hosted his first Plant-Based Nutrition Support Group (PBNSG) meeting, and 123 people attended! As of today, PBNSG has helped more than 150,000 people, offering outreach programs that are always educational and plant-based.

Paul's current project is creating an alliance called Sage Circle Alliance to bring together like-minded organizations and individuals.

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Plant-Based Nutrition Support Group: https://www.pbnsg.org/

Sage Circle Alliance: https://www.sagecirclealliance.org/home

For many of us, 2023 was messy, gritty, and all too real -and boy, does Dr. Jen Howk get real about her own challenges and "growth opportunities" over this past year. Never one to rest on her laurels, Jen continues to push new limits. In this, her epic encore appearance on the Posse, Jen lays it all out on the table, including her tumultuous 2023; her new podcast, The Face of the Deep; her fraught relationship history, complicated by that pesky "ethical veganism" of hers; and her ever-evolving relationship with evolutionary psychology.

More about Jen...

Jan Howk, Ph.D., is an author, researcher, and interdisciplinary social scientist. She earned her B.A. with honors from the University of Washington, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. She is currently co-authoring a book with psychologist Dr. Doug Lisle that explores the biological and evolutionary underpinnings of human nature and how such insights can help us better understand the central questions and dilemmas of human life. You can preorder the book and follow their collaborative work at Esteem Dynamics - https://esteemdynamics.com/

Jen offers individual one-on-one coaching, webinars, and e-courses. In addiion, her Patreon subscribers may access her several weekly Zoom group calls:

• The “Virtual Village,” a weekly group coaching/Q&A Zoom call on a variety of topics.
• “Getting Real,” a weekly women’s support group.
• Other Patreon-only offerings.

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Jen Howk website: https://jenhowk.com/

Chef AJ has been devoted to a plant-exclusive diet for over 46 years. She was the host of Healthy Living with CHEF AJ on Foody TV. She's the author of three bestselling books, The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss, Own Your Health, and The 10th Anniversary Edition of Unprocessed. Chef AJ was the Executive Pastry Chef at Santé Restaurant in Los Angeles where she was famous for her sugar-, oil-, salt-, and gluten-free vegan desserts, which feature "the fruit, the whole fruit, and nothing but the whole fruit." She broadcasts CHEF AJ LIVE! on YouTube daily at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time.

Chef AJ is the creator of the Ultimate Weight Loss Program. In 2018, she was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame.

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SoCal native and longtime vegan Rich Rees started his music career as a professional drummer and  concert producer. He went on to become a successful booking agent, working \with such artists as Colin Hay, Wynonna Judd, Michael McDonald, Alan Parsons, Human League, English Beat, Dave Davies, and many more. Rich was the assistant to the music director for President Bill Clinton's Arkansas Ball at the 1997 inauguration, and later went on to produce a Classic Rock all-star show that toured North America for nearly three years.

In 2006, a the height of his booking career, he produced a sold-out 80s show at the legendary Hollywood Bowl In Los Angeles, featuring The Human League, Psychedelic Furs, and ABC. He later produced a tour called Classic Hits Live that showcased artists from the 70’s era, including Ambrosia, Christopher Cross, Edgar Winter, and Dave Mason. He toured with that show throughout the world for nearly ten years. It was one of the first Yacht Rock package shows, that spawned the genre and has since become a household term.

Rich has since retired from the mainstream music business and in 2020, hw moved to the Nashville area. He is again playing drums, working with several local artists in the Conscious Music scene. He's started a new venture called Conscious Music Nashville and is promoting Conscious Music shows throughout Nashville and surrounding areas.  

After a number of extended stretches as a vegetarian, Rich became a full-fledged vegan after attending a two-week vegan cooking course at the Vegan Fusion Academy with chef Mark Reinfeld. He has been vegan now for over a decade and still cooking pretty much every day. He lives just south of Nashville with an epic garden, and he's learned to make Old World styIe sourdough bread with an ancient culture from Europe. His vision is to open a vegan cafe and bakery in the near future and bring healthy organic food to his neighborhood.

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Lee Hall has been vegan for almost 40 years! Lee worked for many years as a legal officer, a board member for several nonprofits, and an adjunct animal law and environmental law professor at Rutgers Law School and Widener-Delaware Law School. Lee even wrote the entry for the Encyclopedia for the UN Sustainable Development Goals titled "Nonhuman Rights and Human Sustainability." A frequent presenter at Vegan Summerfest, Lee is the author of On Their Own Terms: Animal Liberation for the 21st Century. Check out Lee's studio for the Art of Animal LIberation at patreon.com/leehall.

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Lee's Studio for the Art of Animal Liberation: https://www.patreon.com/leehall

Alyssa Almond began her career with Teach For America as a third-grade bilingual teacher in Washington Heights, New York City. Her fascination with languages and language learning called her to specialize in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). She helped immigrants acquire the language skills necessary for them to succeed in the U.S. Alyssa worked both as a middle school ESOL teacher and as a program administrator in Adult Basic Education.  

But, her veganism reminded her that she's not just about helping humans.  

So, in 2017, after some intensive coaching, she gathered her courage and left her full-time job in education. This leap landed her at a farmed animal sanctuary. She later became a writer and curriculum designer for documentary film The Last Pig.

Following her passion, talent, and empathetic nature, Alyssa created the perfect role for herself. As a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Alyssa gets to help animals by supporting the humans who serve them!

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Special Thanksgiving Day Episode! JH Burnett of Wilderness, South Africa, is an ex-farmer who is now a full-time vegan activist and author. He has been plant-based for five years and fully vegan (for the animals) for two and a half years. He's got a unique story that I guarantee you don't want to miss.

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Jenn Friedman is a therapist, writer, musician, and vegan from New York City. She is the author of Veganism and Eating Disorder Recovery (Routledge, 2022), a book that aims to improve the discourse about veganism in eating disorder recovery. Jenn has presented on eating disorders at treatment centers, universities, and mental health conferences. She also writes, records, and performs music, which she considers a source of healing, connection, and growth.

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While earning her degree in English Literature, Sandra Nomoto published poetry in literary journals and posted online film reviews. At 25, she founded Conscious Public Relations Inc., an award-winning virtual agency certified as a B Corporation. After a decade in business, she authored and self-published The Only Public Relations Guide You’ll Ever Need in 2019. Living vegan since 2018, Nomoto is now a content writer and editor for vegan businesses. She also helps vegan and spiritual non-fiction authors. Sandra aspires to eat vegan food around the world and blog about it. She lives with her husband in East Vancouver, Canada.

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Shelley Watts, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is a retired high school home economics teacher. Arrogant about what and how much she could eat, Shelley started gaining weight in her late 20s by overeating sugar, salt, and fatty foods. Over the years, she gained 65 pounds and developed multiple health issues, including type 2 diabetes. She knew things were bad. Despite a lifelong aversion to needles, she learned to prick herself to administer her diabetes meds. Finally, she prayed and made a decision to make real changes in how she ate. She did her homework, researching websites, books, and articles and listening to experts. She made a plan, based on science, and then she executed it – beginning with a fast at the Fasting Escape., run by Dr. Nate Gershfeld. Since June 24, 2019, she’s eaten only plants, all the time - and she'[s transformed her health! Now, at 70, she's got a brand-new life and looking forward to many more QUALITY years ahead.

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Nerma Frieden came to the United States as a refugee from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1996, having survived a years-long war where she was terrified not of being killed but of being tortured, being captured, being raped. In 2014, after watching an ethical eating presentation at her Unitarian Universalist Church and seeing what was happening to farmed animals, she realized that they were living her worst nightmare: being at the mercy of someone with no mercy. She went vegan and subsequently became a certified Food for Life instructor through the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

Nerma is also an animal rights activist and member of Voices for the Peoria, Illinois, Voices for Animals. Besides teaching Food for Life classes, she regularly leaflets at local universities, organizes local protests and tabling events, and gives regular vegan presentations at a local high school. She has organized movie screenings and presented at local libraries. Nerma also volunteers at a nearby farmed animal sanctuary, Wedrose Acres. Finally, she has shared her vegan story at several UU churches titled  "Forced to Live My Worst Nightmare: From Surviving Genocide to Confronting My Own Violence."

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Vangile Makwakwa is a full-time entrepreneur and the founder of wealthy-money.com, a company that helps women of color heal ancestral money trauma so they can fall in love with their bank accounts, increase their income, and live their best lives. Vangile hosts two podcasts: The Money Magic Podcast and The Property Magicians Podcast. She is also the author of three books: Heart, Mind & Money: Using Emotional Intelligence for Financial Success, The Holistic Wealth Manifesto Workbook, and The Next Level You Money and Womb Journal. Vangile started her personal finance journey by paying off U.S. $60,000 in debt and living a cash life. And, of course, Vangile is a longtime vegan, who hasn’t eaten animal flesh since the age of 16. She has been travelling for 15 years and has lived in over 12 different countries, builiding her company as she travels. Trust me, she’s got the best vegan restaurant tips from all around the world!

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After a life-changing health experience, Nathan Gershfeld changed careers, from being a numbers-focused electrical engineer to a person-centered chiropractor. Following an internship under Dr. Alan Goldhamer, he joined the staff doctors at the world-renowned True North Health Center from 2011 to 2014. Dr. Gershfeld then moved his practice to Orange County in Southern California, where he founded  Fasting Escape, a health center offering supervised therapeutic fasting. Fasting Escape has since evolved into a supervised remote fasting program designed to make water-fasting and a health-promoting diet accessible to everyone, regardless of location.

Dr. Gershfeld also serves on the board of the True North Health Foundation and produces the Beat Your Genes podcast. 

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What would God, Scripture, and/or Divine Wisdom want for us humans when it comes to our diet and health? Author and nutrition educator Cyd Notter argues that it's nothing less than freedom from addiction, healing, and optimal health and wellbeing. In her acclaimed, award-winning book The "Plan A" Diet, she seamlessly intertwines the fundamentals of whole-food plant-based eating with the timeless wisdom of Scripture. The result is a book that speaks to Christians and non-Christians alike and offers a workable, accessible plan for eating and living in harmony with the Divine.

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Cyd Notter is a Center for Nutrition Studies Certified Plant-based Professional, a past newspaper columnist, and an instructor for several dietary therapy courses, including The Starch Solution, Food Over Medicine, and Women’s Health. She’s also the author of the award-winning book The “Plan A” Diet: Combining Whole Food Plant Based Nutrition with the Timeless Wisdom of Scripture. For over 25 years, Cyd has provided a variety of health and cooking classes, both locally and online. She offers personal coaching through her online courses and hosts an Inflammation Support Group each month for PBNSG.org. Cyd is often a featured speaker at Veg Fests and other local groups, and she has worked with school district employees and a hospital’s fitness center.

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Why do vegans hurt so much? And why do so many vegans cease their questioning after they reject our horrific animal-based food system? Freedom-loving vegan existential psychologist Dr. Clare Mann ponders these and other big questions in this, an episode for the ages!

Dr. Mann has termed the mental and emotional burden that we vegans carry "Vystopia." She discusses how we can use our Vystopia to gain greater self-understanding, greater emotional awareness, and an expanded capacity for love. In addition - keep this on the DL - you'll hear ME spontaneously disclosing an act of nonviolent activism in Grand Central Station during my days living in NYC. Don't tell the New York butchers, please!

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Dr. Clare Mann is a vegan psychologist, speaker, author, and animal rights campaigner. She created the term Vystopia and has written numerous books including Vystopia: The Anguish of Being Vegan in a non vegan world, Myths of Choice: why people won't change and what you can do about it and Communicate: How to say what needs to be said, when it needs to be said, in the way it needs to be said. She also has numerous programs and runs leadership training more widely for organizations wanting to create a world to which we all want to belong. She is a well-known speaker at vegan festivals, podcasts, and webinars all over the world as well as speaking generally on leadership at conferences and organizations.

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Dr. Clare Mann website: https://veganpsychologist.com/

Vystopia by Dr. Clare Mann: https://vystopia.com/

After a near heart attack at age 21 followed by literally dropping dead on an airplane, recording engineer Ady Parzentny finally heeded the wakeup call to take care of himself rather than just everyone else. Given his more than near-death experience, it's perhaps little surprise the value Ady now places on consciousness, in every sense of the word. In this intimate interview, Ady talks about his incredible adventures traveling the world as a music producer and recording engineer in over 17 different countries, his decision to extract himself from the "drama cycle" and put himself first, and how self-care and food as medicine have skyrocketed his creativity to new levels and brought him to places he thought he'd never go.

A musician since the age of 11 and vegan for over a decade Ady Parzentny switched to music production in 2017, specializing in location recording, remote mixing, and producing (writing, composing) songs for artists worldwide. He spent two years in Morocco during the COVID craziness, supporting local artists by producing over 50 singles and music videos, two LPs, and six live shows. A truly mobile recording engineer who travels from location to location recording music, Ady is currently based in Poland, where, clearly, his newest chapter of adventures has only just begun.

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Diagnosed with cancer at the age of only 19, Hanna Rakowska questioned the treatment path down which her traditional doctors were trying to send her and ultimately decided to take her healing into her own hands. What ensued was a never-ending journey of discovery into the healing power of food, lifestyle, and holistic remedies. Hanna went on to become a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Certified Holistic Cancer Practitioner. Now, almost two decades later, Hanna empowers other cancer patients like her with evidence-based information that will allow them to effectively navigate their own path to wellness. She currently maintains her private consulting practice in Vancouver, BC. She is dedicated to empowering individuals facing a cancer diagnosis to take control of their health through the power of nutrition. She is an animal lover and dedicated advocate of a vegan lifestyle for the health of the planet and all of its inhabitants.

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From working as an exotic dancer to support herself during college to empowering women to become their best selves, inside and out, Ella Magers, a.k.a. Sexy Fit Vegan, has experienced great darkness, great healing, and, at last, great light. In this intimate interview, Ella shares about going vegan at an early age, her journey toward spiritual transformation and self-love, and, most of all, her beloved (late) cat companion, Bob.

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Mariquita Solis is a Vegan Empowerment Coach and visionary behind the Empowered Vegans Livestream Show. As a transformational coach, Mariquita specializes in empowering individuals through personalized one-on-one and group coaching programs. Her expertise lies in guiding people from anger, depression, and frustration toward inner peace, personal power, and effective activism. Her leadership, mentorship, and commitment to helping others on teh vegan path have made Mariquita ia trusted authority in the vegan coaching realm, dedicated to creating positive change in the world.

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