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Aging Joyfully, Living Compassionately – with Victoria Moran This week on Vegan Boss Radio, I'm joined by the incredible Victoria Moran, founder of Main Street Vegan, and author of 14 books including Main Street Vegan, Creating a Charmed Life, and her latest: Age Like a Yogi: A Heavenly Path to a Dazzling Third Act.
Enjoy this episode of my conversation with Victoria Moran on her podcast Main Street Vegan. In it, we explore how everyday choices — from the food we eat to the words we use — can reflect and deepen our commitment to compassion, sustainability, and justice. We discuss the power of habit, the myth of perfection, and how to stay hopeful and grounded while navigating a world in crisis. Whether you're new to plant-based living or a longtime advocate, this conversation offers both practical insight and soulful encouragement. ——————
In this episode, I interviewed Victoria Moran, vegan author of fourteen books on wellbeing and eclectic spirituality, including Younger by the Day, Main Street Vegan, and her latest Age Like a Yogi: A Heavenly Path to a Dazzling Third Act. Victoria is the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training vegan lifestyle coaches since 2012. She is also the host of the Main Street Vegan Podcast. You will learn: Victoria's experience with bioidentical hormones What Victoria would have done differently if she was approaching perimenopause today What happens around and after menopause, according to ayurveda How ayurveda can help us thrive in midlife What ayurveda practices Victoria recommends for menopause Victoria's website: https://victoriamoran.com/ Follow Victoria on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victoriamoranauthor/ Follow Victoria on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VictoriaMoranAuthor/ Get my free guide to Menopause Weight Loss Mistakes! New course: Weight Loss Quick Start Mini-Course DISCLAIMER: This website's information is general in nature and for informational purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice and is not intended to substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
Victoria Moran is a seasoned professional speaker with a career spanning back to the mid-1990s. She is the founder of Main Street Vegan Academy, established after her book Main Street Vegan was published in 2012, where she trains and certifies Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators. Victoria is a certified life coach, holistic health coach, and a registered yoga teacher (RYT-200). Her expertise includes workshops and retreats focusing on wellness, aging, ayurveda, spirituality, and thriving as a vegan. Additionally, she hosts the Main Street Vegan Podcast and the Main Street Vegan Salon, which streams on Unchained TV. Here are our topics of discussion: [2:35] Brief Background and Early Life [5:51] Modern Science vs. Ancient Wisdom [8:55] Ayurveda and Yogic Principles for Aging Gracefully [10:04] Mental and Spiritual Aspects of Aging [19:49] The Impact of Stress on Health and Longevity [22:01] Ayurvedic Doshas and Their Balance [34:00] Digestive Health Across Ages: Tips for Longevity [43:19] Graceful Aging: Final Tips
This week on Truth to Power, we bring you highlights from our live broadcast from the 5th Annual Bluegrass VegFest held on Saturday, June 22, 2024. Forward Radio was a proud media sponsor of this year's VegFest, providing wall-to-wall live coverage. Tune in for a sample of Kentuckiana's Largest Vegan Food Festival - a free public event produced by Bluegrass Veg, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, featuring 30,000 sq ft of marketplace halls at the Mellwood Art Center. Learn more at https://bluegrassvegfest.com In this third hour of our broadcast, we caught up with some of the plant-based vendors, including learning about vegan kefir with KFR, and the latest innovations coming from Louisville Vegan Jerky in Shelby Pakr. We also bring you the incredible insights of keynote speaker, bestselling author, animal advocate, and founder of Main Street Vegan Academy, Victoria Moran. Victoria has been vegan for 40 years and is the author of twelve books including the iconic Main Street Vegan and the international bestseller, Creating a Charmed Life. She hosts the Main Street Vegan Podcast and the Main Street Vegan Salon, streaming on UnchainedTV. Victoria is also the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training vegan lifestyle coaches and educators since 2012. She appeared twice on Oprah, was voted Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50 in 2016, and long ago before either was even vegetarian, Paul McCartney bought Victoria a drink. On Truth to Power each week, we gather people from around the community to discuss the state of the world, the nation, the state, and the city! It's a community conversation like you won't hear anywhere else! Truth to Power airs every Friday at 9pm, Saturday at 11am, and Sunday at 4pm on Louisville's grassroots, community radio station, Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP and live streams at forwardradio.org
Forward Radio was a proud media sponsor, providing wall-to-wall live coverage, of the 5th Annual Bluegrass VegFest held on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at the Mellwood Art Center. Tune in for a sample of Kentuckiana's Largest Vegan Food Festival. Learn more at http://bluegrassvegfest.com In addition to mouthwatering plant-based cuisine from over 20 restaurants and food trucks, VegFest offers much more than just great food. Listen in as we talk to vendors & non-profits, and hear from inspiring speakers and a live cooking demo. 2024 Guest Speakers: STUART WALDNER Author of Escape The Meatrix: Eat Plants, Feel Great, and Save the Planet! Kentucky native Stuart Waldner didn't set out to be an activist. Growing up, he embraced the standard American diet until 1985, when he made a transformative shift to a 100% plant-based lifestyle. As he delved deeper into the statistical correlations between our dietary habits and global crises, he felt compelled to awaken people to the urgent need for change—for our health and the planet's well-being. DR. RUBY LATHON Holistic Nutritionist Dr. Ruby Lathon is an engineer who turned holistic nutritionist after healing herself of thyroid cancer by drastically changing her lifestyle through a plant-based diet. She was featured in the hit documentary, What the Health and the newly released documentary, They're Trying to Kill Us. Dr. Lathon now teaches others how to re-engineer their health and live disease free. VICTORIA MORAN Bestselling Author, Animal Advocate, Founder of Main Street Vegan Academy Victoria Moran has been vegan for 40 years and is the author of twelve books including the iconic Main Street Vegan and the international bestseller, Creating a Charmed Life. She hosts the Main Street Vegan Podcast and the Main Street Vegan Salon, streaming on UnchainedTV. Victoria is also the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training vegan lifestyle coaches and educators since 2012. ROBERT CHEEKE Bestselling Author “The Plant-Based Athlete” Robert Cheeke has been the face of vegan bodybuilding for the past two decades. He is the author of the books Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness, Shred It!, Plant-Based Muscle, the New York Times bestseller, The Plant-Based Athlete, and his latest, The Impactful Vegan, to be released on June 25, 2024. He is often referred to as the “Godfather of Vegan Bodybuilding.” MARISA MILLER WOLFSON - HOSTING A PANEL ON RAISING PLANT-POWERED KIDS Filmmaker, Cookbook Author Vegucated documentary filmmaker & vegan family cookbook author Marisa Miller Wolfson moderates this panel of fellow vegan moms from the region to help answer all your questions about vegan parenting. Marisa grew up in Evansville, IN before moving to NYC, where she became a vegan over 20 years ago. She joins panelists: Chef Kristina Addington owns Louisville vegan restaurant, V-Grits, and is mom to 5 year old Andrew, a proud vegan kiddo and hero for the animals since birth. Nancy “Sultra” Smith is a vegan mother, chef, entrepreneur & hip hop artist, and owner of two former beloved local vegan cafes - Flora Kitchenette and Café Zinho. Christine Beyer has been vegan for 12 years, raising two vegan children and managing Vegans of Evansville Indiana on Facebook. Quiana Counts' family has been vegan for almost nine years. She has four children, aged 14, 9, 7, and 3. Her youngest two have been vegan since birth. ADRIENA DAME - COOKING DEMONSTRATION Founder of HighVibe Mettaverse Adriena Dame is the former owner of LOVAFARE, a vegan cafe that once nestled in the Highlands, serving up scrumptious plant-based delights (healthy, gluten-free, soy-free, low-glycemic, primarily oil-free). Hearty bean-based LOVApatties and sandwich spreads/sauces were their specialties. Desserts became neighborhood favorites, and they made a mean Sassy Kale Salad and Nacho Feast. Her lively talk is titled “Sexy Systems + Lemon Blondies: A Healer's Quickie Guide to Scrumptious Self-Care Solutions.”
Today, I am joined by author, Victoria Moran. Listed by VegNews among the “Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors,” Victoria Moran has written thirteen books including Creating a Charmed Life, Younger by the Day, and Main Street Vegan. Featured twice on Oprah and host of the Victoria Moran Podcast: Meetings With Remarkable Women, Victoria has studied yoga since the late 1960s and did her yoga teacher training at age 70. She has a degree in comparative religions and has studied the spirituality of daily life in India and Tibet. She is the founder of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators since 2012; lead producer of the 2019 documentary, A Prayer for Compassion, about food choices and spirituality; and a cofounder of the Compassion Consortium, an online Interfaith spiritual center for people who care about animals. She lives in New York City with her husband, Interfaith minister William Melton, adopted chihuahua Rupert, and rescue pigeon Thunder. In this episode we talk about how amazing being vegan is (surprise!), Victoria's experience at the Parliament of World Religions, aging well as a vegan, her vegan coach training program, The Main Street Vegan Academy, the Compassion Consortium, and so much more. To get in touch with Victoria: Visit her Websites: https://victoriamoran.com & https://mainstreetvegan.com Social Media Links: https://www.instagram.com/victoriamoranauthor/ https://www.instagram.com/mainstreetvegan/ https://www.facebook.com/VictoriaMoranAuthor https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriamoranauthor/ Mentioned in this episode: Main Street Vegan Academy Compassion Consortium Parliament of World Religions A Parenthesis in Eternity - Joel Goldsmith OneSpirit Seminary Veganism through the Jesus Filter - Steven Lee August on Did You Bring the Hummus podcast Vegetarian Christian Saints - Dr. Holly Roberts Michael Moore Alicia Silverstone James Cromwell Gene Bauer To connect with me: Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @didyoubringthehummus Join my mailing list and get 3 free recipes just for signing up! https://www.didyoubringthehummus.com/3recipepdf Join my Podcast Fan Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/didyoubringthehummus/ Book a free 30 minute call with me: https://www.didyoubringthehummus.com/book-online To be a guest on the podcast: https://www.didyoubringthehummus.com/beaguest ©2023 Kimberly Winters - Did You Bring the Hummus LLC Theme Song ©2020 JP Winters @musicbyjpw --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kimberly-winters/message
There are hundreds of ways to introduce Victoria, and I'm about to share so many of the incredible things she's done, but to me, she was the very first author that made me see that there was a connection between my relationship with food, my values, spirituality, ethics, that every step I took had meaning, that even my messy past with food and emotional eating could find healing, and that most of the work with my issues had to start internally, not externally. She got me started on a path that has taken me to so many places since then, all on this quest to find peace with food, while still being in connection with the meaning behind my choices and my love for animals. In today's episode we talk about her 38 years of being vegan, what she's seen, how she's stayed the course, how she found veganism back when there weren't hundreds of books and podcasts and documentaries about it. We talk about having missteps on our journeys to veganism, how imperfection is a part of the process and what we can compassionately tell ourselves to celebrate even the smallest victories. We talk about some of the reasons many people stop being vegan, and one essential piece of the puzzle that can help keep us on course. We talk about the importance of taking things a day at a time, as well as the deeper, spiritual meaning behind our food choices. I ask Victoria a question I've been wanting to ask her for years about religion and spirituality. We discuss her passion for and practice of yoga, and why it's so important, when practicing a philosophy that stems from another culture, to honour and incorporate its many teachings, and what is TRULY going to stay with us throughout our lives (spoiler alert, it ain't that headstand!). Victoria talks about all the exciting projects she's got coming up including the incredible documentary she helped produce “A Prayer for Compassion”, her incredible Mainstreet Vegan Academy where they prepare and certify vegan lifestyle coaches and educators, her upcoming and newly revamped podcast The Victoria Moran Podcast and much more. Listed by VegNews among the “Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors,” Victoria Moran has written thirteen books including Main Street Vegan and Creating a Charmed Life, and was featured twice on Oprah. She is the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators since 2012; and she was lead producer of the 2019 documentary, A Prayer for Compassion, about food choices and spirituality. Victoria is one of the cofounders of the Compassion Consortium, an Interfaith, inter-species spiritual center for people who care about animals. After 475 episodes of the Main Street Vegan Podcast, she is about to launch the Victoria Moran Podcast, an exploration of vitality, spirituality, and compassion. Make sure to follow her work through her website, on instagram where she is @Victoriamoranauthor, as well as on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Our sponsor for today's show: Etsy shop Green and Experience: Natural and Reusable Vegan and Cruelty Free Hemp Dryer Balls - get 10% off your purchase by using promo code: BROWNBLE10 For all the other links mentioned in today's episode, click here.
Victoria Moran is a vegan of over three decades and was voted “Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50” in 2016. Listed by VegNews among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors, she made her reputation in the self-help and spirituality genre with books including the bestselling Creating a Charmed Life. In the vegan space, her books include The Love-Powered Diet, The Good Karma Diet, and Main Street Vegan. Featured twice on Oprah and host of the award-winning Main Street Vegan podcast, Victoria is the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches, educators, and entrepreneurs since 2012. The Academy's 500+ alumni hail from 30 countries and are engaged in vegan enterprises ranging from counseling to cooking to cowboy boots. Moran has hosted the award-winning Main Street Vegan, "the spiritual and spirited vegan podcast" -- as a weekly live radio show and then podcast-on-all-platforms -- for the past nine years. She is also lead producer of A Prayer for Compassion, the 2019 documentary from Student Academy Award winner, Thomas Jackson, that explores the intersection of food choices and spirituality. Her life passion is spiritual growth, starting on the yoga path at seventeen and becoming a Registered Yoga Teacher at 70. She is also a student and devotee of Ayurveda. Victoria lives with her husband, Interfaith ministerial student William Melton, their rescue-dog, Forbes, and a handicapped pigeon, Thunder, in a “green” building in New York City. This spring, William, Victoria, and vegan Interfaith clergy Rev. Sarah Bowen and Rev. Erika Allison will launch The Compassion Consortium, a spiritual home (or second home) for people who care about animals. The website will launch in early February and the first monthly Zoom service will be April 25th, 4 pm Eastern Time. Find Main Street Vegan online at www.MainStreetVegan.net, and on Facebook, and Instagram.
Victoria Moran is a vegan of over three decades and was voted “Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50” in 2016. Listed by VegNews among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors, she made her reputation in the self-help and spirituality genre with books including the bestselling Creating a Charmed Life. In the vegan space, her books include The Love-Powered Diet, The Good Karma Diet, and Main Street Vegan. Featured twice on Oprah and host of the award-winning Main Street Vegan podcast, Victoria is the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches, educators, and entrepreneurs since 2012. The Academy's 500+ alumni hail from 30 countries and are engaged in vegan enterprises ranging from counseling to cooking to cowboy boots. Moran has hosted the award-winning Main Street Vegan, "the spiritual and spirited vegan podcast" -- as a weekly live radio show and then podcast-on-all-platforms -- for the past nine years. She is also lead producer of A Prayer for Compassion, the 2019 documentary from Student Academy Award winner, Thomas Jackson, that explores the intersection of food choices and spirituality. Her life passion is spiritual growth, starting on the yoga path at seventeen and becoming a Registered Yoga Teacher at 70. She is also a student and devotee of Ayurveda. Victoria lives with her husband, Interfaith ministerial student William Melton, their rescue-dog, Forbes, and a handicapped pigeon, Thunder, in a “green” building in New York City. This spring, William, Victoria, and vegan Interfaith clergy Rev. Sarah Bowen and Rev. Erika Allison will launch The Compassion Consortium, a spiritual home (or second home) for people who care about animals. The website will launch in early February and the first monthly Zoom service will be April 25th, 4 pm Eastern Time. Find Main Street Vegan online at www.MainStreetVegan.net, and on Facebook, and Instagram.
Victoria Moran is a vegan of over three decades and was voted “Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50” in 2016. Listed by VegNews among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors, she made her reputation in the self-help and spirituality genre with books including the bestselling Creating a Charmed Life. In the vegan space, her books include The Love-Powered Diet, The Good Karma Diet, and Main Street Vegan. Featured twice on Oprah and host of the award-winning Main Street Vegan podcast, Victoria is the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches, educators, and entrepreneurs since 2012. The Academy's 500+ alumni hail from 30 countries and are engaged in vegan enterprises ranging from counseling to cooking to cowboy boots. Moran has hosted the award-winning Main Street Vegan, "the spiritual and spirited vegan podcast" -- as a weekly live radio show and then podcast-on-all-platforms -- for the past nine years. She is also lead producer of A Prayer for Compassion, the 2019 documentary from Student Academy Award winner, Thomas Jackson, that explores the intersection of food choices and spirituality. Her life passion is spiritual growth, starting on the yoga path at seventeen and becoming a Registered Yoga Teacher at 70. She is also a student and devotee of Ayurveda. Victoria lives with her husband, Interfaith ministerial student William Melton, their rescue-dog, Forbes, and a handicapped pigeon, Thunder, in a “green” building in New York City. This spring, William, Victoria, and vegan Interfaith clergy Rev. Sarah Bowen and Rev. Erika Allison will launch The Compassion Consortium, a spiritual home (or second home) for people who care about animals. The website will launch in early February and the first monthly Zoom service will be April 25th, 4 pm Eastern Time. Find Main Street Vegan online at www.MainStreetVegan.net, and on Facebook, and Instagram.
Victoria Moran is a vegan of over three decades and was voted “Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50” in 2016. Listed by VegNews among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors, she made her reputation in the self-help and spirituality genre with books including the bestselling Creating a Charmed Life. In the vegan space, her books include The Love-Powered Diet, The Good Karma Diet, and Main Street Vegan. Featured twice on Oprah and host of the award-winning Main Street Vegan podcast, Victoria is the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches, educators, and entrepreneurs since 2012. The Academy's 500+ alumni hail from 30 countries and are engaged in vegan enterprises ranging from counseling to cooking to cowboy boots. Moran has hosted the award-winning Main Street Vegan, "the spiritual and spirited vegan podcast" -- as a weekly live radio show and then podcast-on-all-platforms -- for the past nine years. She is also lead producer of A Prayer for Compassion, the 2019 documentary from Student Academy Award winner, Thomas Jackson, that explores the intersection of food choices and spirituality. Her life passion is spiritual growth, starting on the yoga path at seventeen and becoming a Registered Yoga Teacher at 70. She is also a student and devotee of Ayurveda. Victoria lives with her husband, Interfaith ministerial student William Melton, their rescue-dog, Forbes, and a handicapped pigeon, Thunder, in a “green” building in New York City. This spring, William, Victoria, and vegan Interfaith clergy Rev. Sarah Bowen and Rev. Erika Allison will launch The Compassion Consortium, a spiritual home (or second home) for people who care about animals. The website will launch in early February and the first monthly Zoom service will be April 25th, 4 pm Eastern Time. Find Main Street Vegan online at www.MainStreetVegan.net, and on Facebook, and Instagram.
What should we do when science and spirituality conflict? Should we follow our intuition on what and how to eat, or should we only make evidence-based food choices? And can we truly make evidence based food choices when the science often seems to be contradictory or constantly changing? In today's episode I speak with best selling author and inspirational speaker Victoria Moran, about how she navigates making healthy and ethical food choices as both a spiritual yogi and ethical vegan. Victoria is the bestselling author of thirteen books, including Creating a Charmed Life, The Love-Powered Diet, and the iconic Main Street Vegan. She is also a holistic health counselor, the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, a podcast host, and film producer. She's appeared twice on the Oprah Winfrey show and her articles and work have appeared in numerous publications including Yoga Journal, the Washington Post, Glamour, and Martha Stewart's Whole Living. Visit Victoria's website here Get a FREE vegan living guide! Join the Vegan Climate March Learn about the Vegan Van Tour Support the podcast on Patreon For more information or to contact Sarina visit www.bornvegan.org or send an email to info@bornvegan.org
Fran Costigan, chef, cookbook author and Director of Vegan Baking and Pastry at the Rouxbe Online Culinary School is internationally renowned as the authority on vegan desserts. Professionally trained, Fran was a chef in both traditional and vegan pastry kitchens before moving into teaching over 25 years ago. Her unapologetically luscious confections lack nothing — except dairy, eggs, white sugar, and cholesterol. Fran's vegan desserts are appropriate for everyone who loves dessert, whether or not dietary restrictions are an issue. Fran enjoys mentoring students off all levels, from beginner to pro in The 90-day Essential Vegan Desserts Course she developed and leads at Rouxbe.. Fran's cookbook, Vegan Chocolate Dessert: Unapologetically Luscious and Decadent Dairy-Free Desserts, is available in German, French and Italian editions, and follows the classic, More Great Good Dairy Free Desserts. You can find Fran sharing her knowledge and passion across North America and Europe, at schools, conferences, festivals, and corporations at resorts and on cruise ships too. A professional member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Les Dames d' Escoffier, and American Culinary Federation, Fran is a proud to be an advisory board member of the New York Coalition for Healthy School Foods, and Main Street Vegan Academy. For more information and recipes, newsletter sign up, visit https://francostigan.com/ Follow @goodcakesfran on Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn Fran Costigan Vegan Pastry Chef on Facebook Essential Vegan Desserts at Rouxbe Victoria Moran Listed by VegNews among the “Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors” and voted "Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50" in 2016, Victoria Moran has written thirteen books including Main Street Vegan and Creating a Charmed Life. She was featured twice on Oprah. Vegan for 38 years and an obesity survivor, Victoria is the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, in its eleventh year training and certifying Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators. The course, live via Zoom, has as its presenters Vegan and plant-based luminaries including Marty Davis, MS, RD, Milton Mills, MD, Stephanie Redcross West of Vegan Mainstream, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan, JD, of Our Hen House, and Chef Fran Costigan. Chef AJ herself will present for the October 2022 cohort. The Academy prepares committed Vegans to expand their outreach to the professional level, and graduates are coaching, consulting, writing books, working for Vegan organizations and plant-based companies, and starting their own businesses -- cafes, food trucks, an award-winning bakery, a bodega, bed and breakfast, retail shop, Vegan cheese and yogurt companies, Vegan cowboy boots, and many more. (As a subscriber of Chef AJ's, you can get 20 percent off your Main Street Vegan Academy tuition by using the code Kindness20 AT https://mainstreetvegan.com/) In addition to her passion for Veganism and healthy living, Victoria is very involved with yoga and ayurveda. Her undergraduate degree was in comparative religions; she worked with Tibetan refugees in Nepal and Northern India; and she is a Yoga Alliance-registered yoga teacher (RYT-200). She was lead producer of the 2019 documentary, A Prayer for Compassion, about food choices and spirituality; and is one of the cofounders of the Compassion Consortium, an online Interfaith spiritual center for animal advocates. After hosting 475 weekly episodes of the Main Street Vegan Podcast, she recently launched the Victoria Moran Podcast: Meetings With Remarkable Women. And she is working on her 14th book, Age Like a Yogi. Please follow Victoria on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn: @VictoriaMoranAuthor. And follow Main Street Vegan Academy on Instagram and Twitter: @MainStreetVegan.
Listed by VegNews among the “Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors” and voted “Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50” in 2016, Victoria Moran has written thirteen books including Main Street Vegan and Creating a Charmed Life. Vegan for 38 years and an obesity survivor, Victoria is the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy. With her Andrea Zuckerman-like style for never giving up, and Woodward and Bernstein sense of journalism, Victoria has led a fascinating life. From meeting Paul McCartney to being featured twice on Oprah, this vegan is an incredible example of what tenacity and truth can lead to in life! Victoria is one of the cofounders of the Compassion Consortium, an online Interfaith spiritual center for people who care about animals. After hosting 475 weekly episodes of the Main Street Vegan Podcast, she is about to launch The Victoria Moran Podcast: Meetings With Remarkable Women. Thank You to Our Sponsors! Just Thrive Health Probiotics A Proven, Potent and Effective Spore Probiotic to Help You Be Your Healthier You. Guarantees survivability through the stomach & upper digestive system. Just Thrive's breakthrough, award-winning probiotic contains the proprietary strain, Bacillus Indicus HU36®, which produces antioxidants directly in the digestive system where they can be best absorbed by your body. Go to www.justhrivehealth.com, use the coupon codefoodheals15, get 15% off your first order, and add a spore-based probiotic to your healing and detox routine today. Sambucol Sambucol is made from premium European black elderberries which are natural sources of powerful antioxidants and key vitamins like A, C, and E. They really are Nature's superberries and help support a healthy immune system! They have syrups, gummies, chewable tablets, drink powders, capsules, and more. All of their products are vegan - except their throat lozenges which contain honey – they are all gluten free, dairy free, nut and soy free, with no artificial colors or flavors. Use my code FOODHEALS15 at SambucolUSA.com to get 15% off your order of $9.99 or more. Organifi Organifi, is a line of organic superfood blends that offers plant based nutrition made with high quality ingredients. Organifi takes pride in offering the best tasting superfood products on the market at a price that works out to less than $3 a day. You can experience Organifi's high quality superfoods without breaking the bank. Go to www.organifi.com/foodheals and use code foodheals for 20% off your order. True Leaf Market Since 1974 True Leaf Market has been the choice of over a million growers for Heirloom and Organic garden seeds. True Leaf Market offers a great selection of cover crop seeds, including their all purpose garden cover crop mix: their most popular cover crop seeds for home gardeners. Order Online at TrueLeafMarket.com, use promo code FH15 to save 15% on cover crop seeds. Thrive Causemetics Thrive Causemetics was born out of a friendship. Makeup artist and product developer, Karissa Bodnar, lost her dear friend Kristy to cancer at just 24 years old. Kristy's compassionate and vivacious spirit inspired Karissa to establish Thrive Causemetics, a beauty brand and philosophy that goes beyond skin deep by empowering women. No parabens, sulfates, or phthalates. Certified 100% vegan and cruelty-free. Right now, you can get 15% off your first order when you visit ThriveCausemetics.com/FOODHEALS
Avi Gordon and Victoria Moran discuss veganism, yoga, ahimsa and being a good example.Featured twice on Oprah and listed by VegNews magazine among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors, Victoria Moran has written thirteen books including Creating a Charmed Life and Main Street Vegan. Her Integral Yoga training started in the early 1970s, and she is an RYT-200. Victoria is founder of Main Street Vegan Academy, training vegan lifestyle coaches; a co-founder of the Compassion Consortium, an online spiritual center for animal advocates; and lead producer of A Prayer for Compassion, the 2019 documentary exploring food choices and spirituality. Her latest project is the brand new Victoria Moran Podcast: Meetings With Remarkable Women.Links:www.mainstreetvegan.comwww.victoriamoran.com (under construction)IG: @VictoriaMoranAuthorFB: VictoriaMoranAuthorLinkedIn: VictoriaMoranAuthorTwitter: Victoria_MoranYouTube: VictoriaMoranNYC Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors (VegNews), Victoria Moran has written 13 books including The Love-Powered Diet and Main Street Vegan. Featured twice on Oprah and voted "Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50" (2016), she is the founder of Main Street Vegan Academy, training vegan lifestyle coaches, educators and entrepreneurs since 2012. Victoria is a co-founder of the Compassion Consortium, an online spiritual center for humans who honor all beings. She lives in New York City. Website: https://mainstreetvegan.net/ Become a member of our Patreon page: patreon.com/chooseyounow to have access to exclusive content and send us your questions and comments at chooseyounowpodcast@gmail.com. For more about my Nutrition services and resources, visit me at PlantBasedDietitian.com
There are hundreds of ways to introduce Victoria, and I'm about to share so many of the incredible things she's done, but to me, she was the very first author that made me see that there was a connection between my relationship with food, my values, spirituality, ethics, that every step I took had meaning, that even my messy past with food and emotional eating could find healing, and that most of the work with my issues had to start internally, not externally. She got me started on a path that has taken me to so many places since then, all on this quest to find peace with food, while still being in connection with the meaning behind my choices and my love for animals. In today's episode we talk about her 38 years of being vegan, what she's seen, how she's stayed the course, how she found veganism back when there weren't hundreds of books and podcasts and documentaries about it. We talk about having missteps on our journeys to veganism, how imperfection is a part of the process and what we can compassionately tell ourselves to celebrate even the smallest victories. We talk about some of the reasons many people stop being vegan, and one essential piece of the puzzle that can help keep us on course. We talk about the importance of taking things a day at a time, as well as the deeper, spiritual meaning behind our food choices. I ask Victoria a question I've been wanting to ask her for years about religion and spirituality. We discuss her passion for and practice of yoga, and why it's so important, when practicing a philosophy that stems from another culture, to honour and incorporate its many teachings, and what is TRULY going to stay with us throughout our lives (spoiler alert, it ain't that headstand!). Victoria talks about all the exciting projects she's got coming up including the incredible documentary she helped produce “A Prayer for Compassion”, her incredible Mainstreet Vegan Academy where they prepare and certify vegan lifestyle coaches and educators, her upcoming and newly revamped podcast The Victoria Moran Podcast and much more. Listed by VegNews among the “Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors,” Victoria Moran has written thirteen books including Main Street Vegan and Creating a Charmed Life, and was featured twice on Oprah. She is the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators since 2012; and she was lead producer of the 2019 documentary, A Prayer for Compassion, about food choices and spirituality. Victoria is one of the cofounders of the Compassion Consortium, an Interfaith, inter-species spiritual center for people who care about animals. After 475 episodes of the Main Street Vegan Podcast, she is about to launch the Victoria Moran Podcast, an exploration of vitality, spirituality, and compassion. Make sure to follow her work through her website, on instagram where she is @Victoriamoranauthor, as well as on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Our sponsor for today's show: Etsy shop Green and Experience: Natural and Reusable Vegan and Cruelty Free Hemp Dryer Balls - get 10% off your purchase by using promo code: BROWNBLE10 For all the other links mentioned in today's episode, click here.
Victoria Moran is a whole-foods vegan of over three decades and listed by VegNews among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors, Victoria Moran has written books including Creating a Charmed Life, The Love-Powered Diet, and Main Street Vegan. Featured twice on Oprah and voted "Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50" in 2016, she is the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches, educators, and entrepreneurs. Victoria was the lead producer of A Prayer for Compassion, the 2019 documentary exploring food choices and spirituality; she is a co-founder of the Compassion Consortium, a spiritual center for humans who honor all beings. She lives in New York with her husband, dog, and pigeon, all of whom rescued one another. Episode Notes: Accept things changing in your life that you cannot control. Acceptance occurs before change. Understanding Ethical Veganism and a Philosophic way of approaching veganism. As you navigate life, its absolutely important to Follow Your Heart and fulfill your life long dreams and passion. The experience of homeschooling in the 80s and the positive life impacts. The importance of being present in your kids' life. Children are very in tune with the planet and all living things which co-exist together. Victoria addresses the complexities of talking to children at a very young age about eating animals that they care about, especially in their story books. The Main Street Vegan Academy certifies individuals to become coaches in the lifestyle and philosophy of being vegan. The impacts of a plant based lifestyle on our overall health. Be a light for others as you navigate through your day and life. The New Victoria Moran Podcast will be available this Month!!! Connect with Victoria: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victoria.moran.9887 Main Street Vegan: https://mainstreetvegan.net Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victoriamoranauthor/ _________________________________________________________ Connect with Farrah La Ronde-Hutchison @gaiatarian Website: https://bit.ly/2ZE6dKo Instagram: https://bit.ly/3CwE6eM YouTube:https:https://bit.ly/30dZNlA Podcast: https://anchor.fm/beastmamas
For our 100th episode, we chat to author and coach Victoria Moran from Main Street Vegan about how she stays youthful, fit and healthy at 72. She discusses the danger of assuming being vegan will help you live forever, why we shouldn't always try to be perfect and how we must accept we will get sick sometimes. Victoria shares insights into what she eats in a day to help her feel energised, including celery juice as championed by the Medical Medium, smoothies, sweet snacks and salads. She touches on her Ayurvedic lifestyle, the supplements she takes and how herbal remedies help her stay well. We also touch on the spiritual side of veganism, why Victoria feels her purpose on Earth is to help the animals, and how eating a whole food, plant-based diet gives you life force energy to enable you to be the best version of you. Our best-selling magazine, Vegan Food & Living, is packed with nutritional vegan recipes and expert advice. You can join us today and try an issue for just 99p, by visiting veganfoodandliving.com/podcast, or using code PODCAST when you order with us. Choose between our print and digital plus membership to receive the latest issue to your door or to your device, along with having easy access to 1000's of plant-based recipes at your fingertips in our fully searchable digital magazine archive. Music by Purple Planet
5 DELICIOUS DINNER RECIPES to support your weight loss: https://www.chefaj.com/5-delicious-lo... ----------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Main Street Vegan Academy:https://mainstreetvegan.net/academy/ For 20% off your tuition at Main Street Vegan Academy us code Kindness20 VICTORIA MORAN A whole-foods vegan of over three decades and an obesity survivor, Victoria Moran is listed by VegNews among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors. Her books include the international bestseller Creating a Charmed Life, The Love-Powered Diet and Main Street Vegan. Featured twice on Oprah and voted "Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50" in 2016, she is the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches, educators, and entrepreneurs. Victoria was lead producer of A Prayer for Compassion, http://aprayerforcompassion.com/, the 2019 documentary exploring food choices and spirituality; and she is a co-founder of the Compassion Consortium, https://www.compassionconsortium.org/, a spiritual center for humans who honor all beings, meeting via Zoom on the fourth Sunday of every month. A Yoga Alliance-registered yoga teacher, Victoria has studied yoga philosophy and practice since her teens and uses the teachings of yoga's sister science, ayurveda, as a health-promoting (and age-erasing) adjunct to her WFPB lifestyle. Victoria's Website:https://mainstreetvegan.net/: You can find her on Instagram: https://z-p42.www.instagram.com/victo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VictoriaMora... Twitter: https://twitter.com/Victoria_Moran LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriam... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/VictoriaMoranNYC Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Amazon Author's Page: https://www.amazon.com/Victoria-Moran... She lives in New York City with her husband (William), dog (Forbes), and pigeon (Thunder), all of whom rescued one another.
In Episode 3 of The Green Life, I have the pleasure of speaking to Vegan author, coach and inspirational speaker, Victoria Moran. Victoria is 72 years young and looks 49. She has been a vegan for 38 years and in her path, she created a charmed life by following he passion, using her God given talents and raising the good vibrations of the planet wit her actions of kindness. She shares her story, her tips and her Dharma to inspire us all to be kinder to ourselves, animals and planet , in the process, so that us too can have a Charmed Life. I want to apologise for my microphone having a mishap and not recoding my audio as well; but I am still hearable and Victoria is Crystal clear, which is the most important :) Victoria Moran, has been a Main Street Vegan® for 38 years and she held the title of Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50, alongside the male winner, Joel Kahn, MD, in 2016/17. She is the bestselling author of thirteen books, including Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages around the world); the gentle weight loss classic, The Love-Powered Diet, reflecting the author's own struggle with and recovery from compulsive eating; The Good Karma Diet, celebrating a high-green, high-raw, high-energy food style; the iconic Main Street Vegan; and her latest, The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook, coauthored with JL Fields.Victoria is also an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches. A graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition and a certified Holistic Health Coach (HHC, AADP), she hosts the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, awarded the Outstanding Vegan Media Outlet award in 2015 and noted by Feedspot in January 2019 among #3 in the Top 25 Vegan Podcasts. If interested in her academy program, please click here to apply for the October 2022 intake.Victoria is also the lead producer of Thomas Wade Jackson's exquisite documentary, A Prayer for Compassion, to introduce vegan living to people of faith. Victoria is also an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches. A graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition and a certified Holistic Health Coach (HHC, AADP), she hosts the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, awarded the Outstanding Vegan Media Outlet award in 2015 and noted by Feedspot in January 2019 among #3 in the Top 25 Vegan Podcasts. If interested in our academy, click here to apply. And she is lead producer of Thomas Wade Jackson's exquisite documentary, A Prayer for Compassion, to introduce vegan living to people of faith.Cited by VegNews among the Top 10 Contemporary Vegetarian Authors, Victoria appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show and her articles have appeared in Yoga Journal, Mothering, Natural Health, Woman's Day, Martha Stewart's Whole Living, VegNews, and Vegetarian Times. Her work has been noted in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Self, Elle, Glamour, Allure, and O, the Oprah Magazine. Victoria lives with her husband, writer and musician, William Melton, with their rescue-dog, Forbes, and rescue pigeon, Thunder. To keep in touch with lovely Victoria Moran please follow her via the following social channels: Twitter: @Victoria_Moran and @MainStreetVeganFacebook: Main Street VeganInstagram: @victoriamoranauthor and @MainStreetVeganSubscribe to the Main Street Vegan Podcast on iTunes
It was a full-circle moment sitting down with Victoria Moran, who was listed by VegNews among the “Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors.” One of my very first opportunities to be interviewed was given to me by Victoria in 2016 for her Mainstreet Vegan Radio show (now also a podcast)!Featured twice on Oprah, Victoria Moran has written 13 books including Main Street Vegan and Creating a Charmed Life.Victoria is the host of the Main Street Vegan podcast and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators. A yoga practitioner of fifty years and a Yoga Alliance RYT-200, Victoria is working on her 14th book, Age Like a Yogi.Victoria has one of the most beautiful and inviting spirits of anyone I've ever had the fortune of knowing. Enjoy our fascinating conversation covering a wide range of topics related to veganism and spirituality!Full Show Notes Click HERE
“Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” This is one of our favorite quotes from Michael Pollan. Can it really be that simple? Today's guest, Olympian Julia Murray believes that it can be with her new app, 80/20 Plants. 80/20 Plants is the leading plant-based coaching service that moves people and the planet to a better future. The 80/20 Plants App delivers approachable and fun one-on-one coaching, along with community and practical education, that is accessible to anyone motivated to thrive on plants. With the typical Western diet consisting mostly of processed foods, meat, and dairy, (which contribute to serious health issues including cancer, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes) there is no better time than now to start eating more plant-based food. By incorporating most plants into your diet, you get an instant nutrition boost of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants. A plant-based diet can also aid with weight loss, prevent and reverse chronic disease, and lower mortality rates. The planet will also thank you: shifting away from a meat-heavy diet helps to combat climate change and pollution! That's why I had such a great time with today's guest! Julia is the co-founder, spokesperson, and coach of ‘80/20 Plants' the plant-based transition app, and she's the vegan blogger, and plant-based chef behind Hooked on Plants. She's also been named one of Canada's top vegan athletes by Impact Magazine and is certified as a Main Street Vegan lifestyle coach. Listen Now! Thank you to our sponsors! Sovereignty Sovereignty creates amazing supplements that will help take your workout to the next level by giving you that extra boost to get you through your workout and provide you the motivation you need to keep moving throughout the day. So, have the best day every day with Purpose Plus! Purpose Plus is their blend of CBD and CBG, and they also have 7-clinically derived ingredients with the world's best adaptogens that provide fast results. Can't sleep? Does the anxiety monster keep you up at night?Don't forget to check out their Dream Plus! Along with the CBD, CBG, and powerful adaptogens, Dream Plus helps you fall asleep and stay asleep longer and help heal your body from the inside out. Go to Sovereignty.co and use the coupon code foodheals and get 20% off your first purchase. Just Thrive Health Probiotics A Proven, Potent and Effective Spore Probiotic to Help You Be Your Healthier You. Guarantees the survivability through the stomach & upper digestive system. Just Thrive's breakthrough, award-winning probiotic contains the proprietary strain, Bacillus Indicus HU36®, which produces antioxidants directly in the digestive system where they can be best absorbed by your body. Be sure to visit www.justhrivehealth.com, use the coupon code foodheals15, get 15% off your first order, and add a spore-based probiotic to your healing and detox routine today. Poshmark Buy, sell, and discover fashion, home decor, beauty, and more. Are you a buyer or a seller? Or maybe you're both? That's what makes Poshmark the best app ever. You can sell high-end ticket items that you no longer need, or you can find amazing deals on brand name clothing like Lulu Lemon at amazing prices! Poshmark allows you to buy and sell your clothing up to 70% off and find unique brands that are either brand new or gently used; you can list an item in less than 60 seconds, sell whatever you have in your closet, and shop for something else that you love. Poshmark makes it super easy to get started! Download the app and be sure to use my invite code foodheals and get $10 off your first purchase. Timeline Nutrition One thing we don't talk about enough is keeping our mitochondria functioning optimally. Mitopure by my friends at Timeline Nutrition aims to slow aging and continuously looks for new ways to optimize cellular health. After years of research, Mitopure has launched a new class of nutrition that helps address age-associated cellular decline by revitalizing mitochondria and powering muscle cells. It comes in powder form, and you can mix it with your favorite plant-based yogurt or smoothie every morning. Check out TimelineNutrition.com and use the coupon code foodheals to get 10% off your first purchase.
Born and raised in Whistler, Julia Murray is an Olympian and Registered Holistic Nutritionist. She’s a co-founder, spokesperson, and coach of ‘80/20 Plants’ the plant-based transition app, she’s the vegan blogger, and Rouxbe certified plant-based chef behind Hooked on Plants. She’s also been named one of Canada’s top vegan athletes by Impact Magazine and is certified as a Main Street Vegan lifestyle coach. She is the Social Media Manager for No Meat Athlete and Complement. She’s the co-creator of the Whistler Vegan Fest Podcast and virtual fest too!Vegan since 2015, and always making the most of her adventurous backyard playground, Julia’s mission is to help the world move towards plants.What we talked about:4:50- Her athletic and plant based journey8:00- Being named one of Canada’s top vegan athletes and how going plant based helped inflammation as an athlete10:00- Message to athletes that are fearful of going plant based because of how it may affect performance12:10- Feeding her dog a vegan diet15:45- Her entrepreneurship journey21:25- No Meat Athlete and 80/20 Plants24:05- What a day in Julia’s life looks like25:40- The coaching that Julia and her team do through the app to help people learn more about plant based eating27:10- Her motivation behind being an entrepreneur and helping people31:45- Advice to other people that are interested in becoming entrepreneurs33:30- Small steps that you can make to become vegan38:25- Wrap-upShow notes:Virchew vegan dog food@Hookedonplants on Instagram@8020plants on Instagram@lovecomplement on Instagram@nomeatathlete_official on Instagram@whistlerveganfest on Instagram@Zaktherescuedog on Instagram (her vegan pup!)Connect with Stacey:Stacey on InstagramStacey’s WebsiteJoin The Herban Farmacy Facebook GroupShop BeautycounterShop NeogenSandyBoy Productions Shows:Why is Everyone Yelling?The Up and Running PodcastThe Illuminate PodcastI’ll Have Another with Lindsey Hein
Author and host Victoria Moran, from the Unity Online Radio show Main Street Vegan, joins Jim Lefter and Sarah Bowen to talk about how to commune with our animal friends and tips for going vegetarian or vegan. Victoria also talks about her journey to where she is now. Plus, new segments from Martha Creek and Funniest Thing! guy Ed Biagiotti.
Victoria Moran has been a Main Street Vegan® for 37 years and she held the title of Peta’s Sexiest Vegan Over 50, alongside the male winner, Joel Kahn, MD, in 2016/17. She is the bestselling author of thirteen books, including Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages around the world); the gentle weight loss classic, The Love-Powered Diet, reflecting the author’s own struggle with and recovery from compulsive eating; The Good Karma Diet, celebrating a high-green, high-raw, high-energy food style; the iconic Main Street Vegan; and her latest, The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook, coauthored with JL Fields. Victoria’s college thesis became Compassion the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism, originally published in 1985 and the first work on vegan philosophy and practice to come from a major publisher.Victoria is also an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches. A graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition and a certified Holistic Health Coach (HHC, AADP), she hosts the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, awarded the Outstanding Vegan Media Outlet award in 2015 and noted by Feedspot in January 2019 among #3 in the Top 25 Vegan Podcasts. If interested in our academy, click here to apply. And she is lead producer of Thomas Wade Jackson’s exquisite documentary, A Prayer for Compassion, to introduce vegan living to people of faith.Cited by VegNews among the Top 10 Contemporary Vegetarian Authors, Victoria appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show and her articles have appeared in Yoga Journal, Mothering, Natural Health, Woman’s Day, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, VegNews, and Vegetarian Times. Her work has been noted in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Self, Elle, Glamour, Allure, and O, the Oprah Magazine. Moran lives with her husband, writer and musician, William Melton, in a LEED-certified green condominium in New York City’s thriving Harlem neighborhood. They’re co-humans to a rescue-dog, Forbes, and rescue pigeon, Thunder.Chandra/Jo Sgammato is a certified Integral Yoga instructor and has served in a variety of capacities, including General Manager, Executive Director and Board Member at Integral Yoga Institute of New York for more than 20 years. A former book publishing executive and bestselling author, she is also the founder of Yoga At School, a program that brings Integral Yoga into schools throughout the five boroughs. She has produced numerous programs on the wide array of Yoga's gifts to the world. In this episode Yoga Is Vegan's Holly Skodis, Victoria Moran and Chandra discuss the following:Yoga Goes VeganThe six branches of Integral Yoga; Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, & Japa YogaListen to Victoria Moran's episode 16 on the yoga is vegan podcast Bhakti Center NYCManu Dawson Yoga is Vegan Episode 11Transcendental MeditationMeat out Day - created by the founder of the Farm Animal Rights Movement Dr. Alex HershaftSwami SatchidanandaDr. Dean Ornish Yoga Goes Vegan: An All-Day Gathering and Retreat If you are financially in need, you can apply for a grant by emailing Chandra to request one.Nutiva Organic Vegan GheeJoin Holly Skodis and Co-host John Caldwell Saturdays 12pm EST in the Plantbased Club on Clubhouse. Download the Clubhouse app and reserve your handle. Once you are in follow @hollyskodis and @vegsurfer and click the bell in the bio for notifications. Subscribe & Listen: Listen & Subscribe on SpotifyConnect with Victoria:Website: mainstreetvegan.netConnect with Chandra: Website: iyiny.org
In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Victoria Moran about improving your health through the teachings of yoga. Many of us have had to pivot in our jobs, businesses, and personal lives in the last year. Victoria shares how she has pivoted both in her business and with her daily routines. We talk about Ayurveda and yogic ideas and how they overlap with other cultures can be incorporated with your cultural traditions and how there is also a disconnect at times. Make sure you listen through to the end if you are wondering why more yogis are not vegan. Listed among VegNews Magazine’s “Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors” and voted PETA’s “Sexiest Vegan Over 50” in 2016, Victoria Moran has written thirteen books, including The Love-Powered Diet, Main Street Vegan, and the international bestseller, Creating a Charmed Life. Featured twice on Oprah, Moran hosts the award-winning Main Street Vegan podcast on Unity Online Radio, produced the 2019 documentary, A Prayer for Compassion, and is director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators. A vegan of thirty-seven years, Victoria lives in New York City with her husband, Rev. William Melton, founder of The Compassion Consortium, a vegan Interfaith ministry, their rescue dog Forbes, and rescue pigeon, Thunder. In this episode we discuss: Pivoting Looking for the little miracles Shifting to online Whole person health Ayurveda Schedules and routines Sleep Incorporating Ayurveda with your own culture Feeding a dog an omelette Spiritualism without the religion Why Aren’t more yogis vegans
Meet Our Guest:Main Street Vegan Academy trains and certifies Vegan Lifestyle Coaches & Educators in exciting real-time courses that cover every aspect of the vegan lifestyle. Our respected faculty prepares committed vegans with the skills to succeed as a vegan coach, influencer, or entrepreneur, and we provide post-course support and networking. Our graduates hail from 30 countries and their businesses include vegan retailing, manufacturing, food service, fashion, education, and more. Since its inception in 2012, I took great pride in Main Street Vegan Academy's being in person in NYC, complete with field trips. We've shifted to Zoom and it's been wonderful, so post-COVID we'll offer the course both ways. The big pivot for me was having a business at all. I've been a writer since my teens and my first book, Compassion the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism, came out in 1985. I never expected to be in business, but the 2012 publication of my book, Main Street Vegan, sparked a podcast, a production company, and Main Street Vegan Academy. That's when I learned that the key to a successful pivot is acceptance, to lean into the new way, the new phase, and not stay stuck. Website www.mainstreetvegan.net Subscribe to Pivot! A Vegan Business Interview Series on Soundwise
In this episode, we interview Julia Murray from Hooked on Plants. Born and raised in Whistler, Julia Murray is an Olympian and Registered Holistic Nutritionist. She’s a co-founder, spokesperson, and coach of ‘80/20 Plants’ the plant-based transition app, she’s the vegan blogger, and Rouxbe certified plant-based chef behind Hooked on Plants. She’s also been named one of Canada’s top vegan athletes by Impact Magazine and is certified as a Main Street Vegan lifestyle coach. She is now the social media manager for No Meat Athlete and Complement. She’s the co-creator of the Whistler Vegan Fest Podcast and virtual fest too!Vegan since 2015, and always making the most of her adventurous backyard playground, Julia’s mission is to help the world move towards plants. Connect with her on Instagram: @hookedonplants @8020plants@lovecomplement@nomeatathlete_official@whistlerveganfestHer puppy: @zaktherescuedog Show Notes: Whistler Virtual Vegan Fest 2020https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP1FCzZ73LQ If you enjoy the show, please give us a rating & review. Help us spread the word! You can also find us on Instagram: @vegan_bossTo apply to be a guest on the show or to become a sponsor, email us at veganbossradio@gmail.comEpisode Sponsor:This episode is sponsored by Plant Life Nutrition, located in Vancouver Canada. 2140 E Hastings St.To get 10% off products & services just enter coupon code 'veganboss' at check-out.Website: www.plantlifenutrition.caInstagram: @plantlifenutritionVegan Boss Hosts:Shawna Barker, Synergy NutritionIG: @synergy_nutritionMegan Barker, Megan Media DesignIG: @meganmediadesign
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In this episode we speak with the incredible Victoria Moran, Founder and Director of Main Street Vegan. Victoria is an Author, Director, Vegan Lifestyle Coach & Educator. We discuss the Main Street Vegan Academy where she has created a certification program in which individuals who are already vegan learn to teach and counsel others. We touch on her extensive knowledge on Yoga, Spirituality and Ayurveda. Lastly we speak about her two inspiring appearances on Oprah. https://mainstreetvegan.net/ Books: Main Street Vegan: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Main-Street-Vegan-Healthfully-Compassionately/dp/1585429333/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=main+street+vegan&qid=1605566950&sr=8-1 The Love-Powered Diet: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002MSDRNU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2 Vegan Chyawanprash Supplement: https://www.ascendedhealth.com/nutrigenomics/Euphoraprash.htm Past students mentioned: JL Fields, cooking academy, cookbooks, consulting, Colorado Springs, CO: https://jlgoesvegan.com V Marks the Shop, bodega, Philadelphia, PA: https://vmarkstheshop.com Kat Mendenhall, cowboy boots, etc., Dallas, TX: https://katmendenhall.com Riverdel Cheese, New York City: https://riverdelcheese.com Bon Mot Ice Cream, Mexico City: https://www.bonmot.land Instructors mentioned: Robert Ostfeld, MD, Montefiore Cardiac Wellness Program, Bronx, NY: https://www.montefiore.org/cardiacwellnessprogram Joshua Katcher, BraveGentleman (upscale men's and unisex fashions): https://www.bravegentleman.com Jasmin Singer (author, activist, VegNews staffer) and Mariann Sullivan (animal rights attorney and animal law professor, NYU), founders of Our Hen House, multi-media hub to change the world for animals: https://www.outhenhouse.org About PLANT CEO More people are choosing to follow plant-based diets. Exciting new startups are disrupting this space by creating innovation in food, direct to consumer food delivery services, clothing, health care products and restaurants. We will be interviewing plant-based CEO's and established leaders in their own fields. Hear what drives these entrepreneurs, why they became vegan and learn more about their companies. https://www.plantceo.com/
Victoria Moran is a veritable lighthouse in this plant-strong movement and a true matriarch. She's been in the trenches for well over 35-years and, at age 70, she’s just getting started! Her mission? To share the joys and rewards of living a whole-foods vegan lifestyle with the entire world. She’s written 13 books, hosts her own radio show and podcast called, “Main Street Vegan” and most recently produced a documentary called “A Prayer for Compassion” that asks the question, "Can people who identify as religious or spiritual come to embrace the call to include all human and nonhuman beings in our circle of respect, caring and love?” Powerful, indeed. She also runs The Main Street Vegan Academy - a program for training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches and entrepreneurs around the world. Did we mention that she’s 70? Whew! As you’ll hear in our conversation, one of her goals is to help others age in slow motion and I think you’ll agree, she’s doing just that! And, that’s a wonderful thing because the world needs Victoria Moran and others like her who have the heart of a hero and the compassion to change the world. Episode Resources: Support for this week's episode comes from Wild Earth Dog Food. Visit the episode page at plantstrongpodcast.com to claim their offer of up to 50% your purchase. Engine 2 Meal Planner Use code: HEALTHNOW for $20 off yearly membership The NutraMilk - Make Alternative Milks and Butters in Minutes Use code: PLANTSTRONG for $50 off Theme music for episode Victoria Moran Resources: Main Street Vegan A Prayer for Compassion Film Main Street Vegan Instagram
Many people think that losing weight is easy, but keeping it off is the hard part. Nearly 40 years ago Victoria Moran lost 60 pounds and has kept it all off! On this episode of The Exam Room™ podcast, “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll is joined by Victoria who shares her secrets to winning the battle of the bulge once and for all. A huge part of her success is eating a vegan diet. She and Chuck compare the tricks and tips they’ve learned over time to stay healthy and prevent the pounds from piling back on. Victoria also talks about ways to manage food cravings and addictions. Plus, Dr. Neal Barnard and Dr. Jim Loomis help raise your nutrition IQ by opening The Doctor’s Mailbag and answering your questions! How can a heart attack survivor who went vegan convince their doctor that it is a healthy diet? Should you eat only raw vegetables every day or should you eat cooked ones as well? How can you control sugar cravings? What are the health advantages of including soy in your diet? And many more! — — — Victoria Moran Acing Age Retreat: https://tinyurl.com/acingageretreat ~ Use code POD for 20% off registration ~ Main Street Vegan: http://wghtloss.cc/MainStVegan Twitter: @Victoria_Moran IG: @mainstreetvegan — — — Switch4Good Web: https://switch4good.org Podcast: http://wghtloss.cc/S4Gpod — — — Chuck Carroll Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook — — — Dr. Neal Barnard Twitter: @drnealbarnard IG: @drnealbarnard Facebook: http://bit.ly/DrBarnardFB — — — Physicians Committee Twitter: @PCRM IG: @PhysiciansCommittee Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook YouTube: https://bit.ly/PCRMYouTube — — — Barnard Medical Center Telemedicine Schedule Appointment https://bit.ly/BMCtelemed 202-527-7500 — — — Share the Show Please subscribe and give the show a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or many other podcast providers. Don’t forget to share it with a friend for inspiration!
Victoria Moran is the Main Street Vegan. Victoria has been a Vegan for 35 years and is a bestselling author of thirteen books including Creating a Charmed Life, an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches. A graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition and a certified Holistic Health Coach (HHC, AADP), she hosts the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, awarded the Outstanding Vegan Media Outlet award in 2015 and noted by Feedspot in January 2019 in the Top 25 Vegan Podcasts. Get In Touch with Victoria: @mainstreetvegan mainstreetvegan.net Get In Touch with Dan: @goingveganpodcast dan@goingveganpodcast.com
The woman, the myth, the legend! Victoria Moran in on #AwesomeVegans with Elysabeth Alfano to dish on veganism in the time of BLM, Coronavirus and #BoycottMeat. Listed among VegNews magazine’s “Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors”, Victoria Moran has written thirteen books, including the iconic Main Street Vegan. Featured twice on Oprah, Moran hosts the award-winning Main Street Vegan podcast. TUNE IN. Awesome Vegans Influencer Series airs #Live every Wednesday at 1p PT. For more information, visit http://MainstreetVegan.net and http://ElysabethAlfano.com .
Today we sat down with Victoria Moran. Vegan since 1983, Victoria Moran was listed among VegNews magazine’s “Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors,” voted Peta’s “Sexiest Vegan Over 50” in 2016, and featured twice on Oprah. She has written thirteen books, including the iconic Main Street Vegan and the international bestseller, Creating a Charmed Life. She hosts the award-winning Main Street Vegan podcast; produced the 2019 documentary, A Prayer for Compassion.www.mainstreetvegan.netThis series features conversations I conducted with individuals who have dedicated their work and lives to Vegan research, businesses, art, and society. This podcast series is hosted by Patricia Kathleen and Wilde Agency Media. TRANSCRIPT Patricia [00:00:10] Hi, I'm Patricia. And this is Investigating Vigen Life with Patricia Kathleen. This series features interviews and conversations I conduct with experts from food and fashion to tech and agriculture, from medicine and science to health and humanitarian arenas. Our inquiry is an effort to examine the variety of industries and lifestyle tenants in the world of Vigen life. To that end, we will cover topics that have revealed themselves as common and integral when exploring veganism. The dialog captured here is part of our ongoing effort to host transparent and honest rhetoric. For those of you who like myself, find great value in hearing the expertise and opinions of individuals who have dedicated their work and lives to their ideals, you can find information about myself and my podcast at Patricia Kathleen dot com. Welcome to investigating Vigen Life. Now let's start the conversation. Hi, everyone, and welcome back. Patricia [00:01:15] This is your host, Patricia. And today, I'm sitting down with Victoria Moran. Victoria is the best selling author, a podcast host, a documentary film producer and a vegan expert who has been around for the past 30 years shedding her wisdom on all of us. You can locate her directly on her Web site w w w dot main street vegan dot net. Welcome, Victoria. Victoria [00:01:39] Patricia. Thanks for having me. Patricia [00:01:41] Absolutely. I'm so excited to crawl through. I don't know. One podcast guest that I've had speaking with us over the past three months that has not mentioned you. And so now I'm getting it straight from the source. Victoria [00:01:54] There's something to be said for being an early adapter. Yeah, absolutely. Patricia [00:01:59] Your flagship to be certain. Patricia [00:02:01] So for everyone listening or watching on the podcast, I have a bio I will read on Victoria, but I want to offer everyone a quick roadmap. For those of you that listen to my podcast, you know that I offer everyone a quick roadmap before we get started. So we'll first look at some of Victoria's early academic background and professional life that may have kind of launched her into where she's at. And then we'll turn our attention straight to unpacking Main Street Vigen dot net. There is there is an academy, there's podcasts, there's books, there's online courses. And I kind of want to crawl through some of that so that we get a better understanding of Victoria's platform. And then we'll turn our efforts towards looking at some of the ethos and philosophy behind her books and other more heavy research endeavors as to her vegan life and philosophy. We'll look at the documentary that she had a handle with with. It's called A Prayer for Compassion. And I know she did it in conjunction with filmmaker Thomas Wade Jackson. So we'll talk a little bit about that. And then I want to turn our efforts towards contemporary conversations, obviously, in the middle of what we're doing right now and how we're living as a society. Then we'll look at goals that Victoria may have. Those have been changing for everybody across the platform, not just with her business, but with her with her vegan endeavors. We'll wrap everything up with advice for those of you who are looking to get involved with her or reach out and maybe emulate some of what Victoria's been doing. Quick bio on Victoria before I start peppering her with questions. Vigen Since 1983, Victoria Miron was listed among vege newsmagazines as the top ten living vegetarian authors voted PITAs Sexiest Vegan over 50 in 2016 and featured twice on Oprah. [00:03:43] She has written 13 books, including the iconic Mainstream Vegan and the international bestseller Creating a Charmed Life. She hosted the award winning Mainstreet Vegan podcast, produced the 2019 document documentary A Prayer for Compassion and Directs. And Durex of Main Street, Vigen Academy. She's the director of the ministry, Vigen Academy. The exciting and in person certification program training vegan lifestyle coaches and educators. And a magical week in New York City. [00:04:17] That's exciting because I can't wait to hear how some of that may be shifting a little bit. Victoria and I want to climb through all of those endeavors, especially some of your past things. It is exciting to look up and see, you know, old version of Oprah with you on and then some of your later things. But before we get to all of that, I was hoping you could kind of draw for everyone listening. Like a platform of what you're early academic life and professional life was prior to you kind of embarking on the vegan journey. That was over 30 years ago. [00:04:48] What a wonderful question. Well, I knew from the time that I was a little kid that I had one gift and it was words spoken and written. And I really was not at all good at anything. [00:05:02] So I did learn early on that writing and speaking would be how I spent my life. I also had a great interest in the big picture in the religions of the world and spirituality in what it all means. And so with those things together, I tried the first time to be vegetarian at 13. That didn't last permanently, but it certainly planted a seed. I developed an interest in yoga at age 17. And all the books that were out then about yoga, I think there were three of them said over and over again, if you're gonna be serious about yoga, you have to be vegetarian. So that bed in. [00:05:46] And I was also writing at that time for magazines, mostly teen magazines. I had a press card that any little girl could get for a dollar. But I took my very seriously and I met all of the rock groups of the era from the Beatles on down. I had a lot of fabulous stories there. [00:06:09] And when I did go to college, I was in my late 20s. I'd been writing and working in journalism during my 20s. And everybody said, oh, so you'll finally get your degree in journalism. And I said, Are you kidding? I've been doing that all my life. I quoted Einstein. I want to know God's thoughts. The rest are commentary. So I got a degree in comparative religions. And in my junior year there I was awarded a fellowship to do foreign study. So I could study anything as long as I left North America to do it. [00:06:45] And I opted to go to the U.K. to study vegans, because at that time there were so few in the U.S. that an institution of higher learning actually funded me to cross an ocean. Excellent study vegans in the country where it had started. So that led to my very first book, Compassion The Ultimate Ethic, which came out in nineteen eighty five and the rest. You've already told people. [00:07:14] Yeah. That's exciting. And I have a pilgrimage. [00:07:17] It's so it's daunting to think about it as being so specialized and miniscule that you know that you're getting this grant to go and cover them like this rare tribe of individuals. And it's it's exciting. And that kind of states it as as where you're coming from. And I love that, because having that breadth of knowledge of where trends, even within the community and understanding and public awareness, you know, that change has been so significant. I think when it comes to the vegan world, I'm wondering really quickly so that we can kind of give everyone who's still listening. You're this maverick individual, you know, who's had this history. But right now. So if we jump on to, you know, your the main street begin Web site and we look at it, you have a host of offerings. It's first of all, it's a wealth of knowledge. You know, it's kind of this beautiful index. But you have you immediately have books. You have a cat at the academy, you have a podcast, you have online courses. How did these all develop? Blake, what did they all come about all at once when you had the website or did it start with specific things and kind of grow and branch off from that? [00:08:27] That's a that's a fascinating question. At least it is to me. So I started my writing career with vigor. I mean, I guess I started my writing career with rock groups when I started writing books. I wrote vegan books. I wrote three specifically vegan books. And then I thought, what else can I say about animals and vegetables, especially when very few people were interested. [00:08:52] So I used my degree and I went out and wrote a lot of books about spirituality and contemporary living and well-being. And it was in. T12 that I had cycled back to writing a book about veganism called Main Street Vegan. Now, you've told me that you come from a documentary family, so you will appreciate the story. The book was sold to Tata Penguin and the day after that. The editor called and said, We're so happy to have you, but you really have to change the title. They didn't like Main Street, so I was trying to write the book and give it another title and walking up Broadway here in Magical Manhattan. We saw somebody who is so famous that you can recognize him from the back. And that was Michael Moore. Now, he had read an earlier book of mine, a weight loss book, and he'd gotten some help from that and written about it in Oprah's magazine. So I had some vague idea that he might know who I was. So I gave my card to the woman who was with him. And a few seconds later, we hear Victoria Michael Moore is following us up Broadway after exchanging pleasantries. He said, we need to talk. We need to talk about food. And so we started doing that. And at one point in one of these phone conversations, I mentioned that I was trying to get a new title for my book because the publisher so disliked Main Street and he said, they're wrong. Let me talk to them. [00:10:21] So in a three way call with my editor who happened to be a Michael Moore fan, a lot of people are not. Have an Academy Award winner and myself. I got my title mainstream again. And when my editor called three days later to tell me that that was my title, it was as if the world opened up. And I knew that there needed to be a main street vegan radio show. I don't think I even knew the term podcast in 2012 that there needed to be a mainstream vegan production company, and certainly that there needed to be mainstream vegan academy which would train and certify vegan lifestyle coaches and educators. So I put that out into the world just before the book was published. And I remember I hadn't had a vegan book since nineteen ninety four new vegan book. And so I didn't know if I had any following in that world or not, but they're amazing. People showed up for that first academy and everything has grown from there. And I believe that the reason for that is that veganism is now a force to be reckoned with. People want it. People are looking for it. Even people who aren't sure they want it like, oh, I'd have to give up cheese are finding it because it's the wave of the future. And certainly right now, even the wave of the present. [00:11:52] Absolutely. And the radio show, it sounds like a lot of these efforts are coming in. Most of the drive behind what you've been doing is this educational platform. And so when you when you launched your radio show, the first big and radio show, did you what did that look like in the beginning? Were you just trying to implement an understanding of some of the core tenets of veganism? Were you interviewing experts? How did you shape shape what you spoke about or who did you interview people? Was the platform not interview based tenet of that look? [00:12:22] Right. It's always been interview based. I actually didn't know how to do something like that. I had had a show in two thousand five and six on the Martha Stewart channel at Serious, which was to become Sirius XM. And then when the Martha Stewart channel took a different direction, I was no longer doing that. But then I had interviewed people. I had interviewed people in the personal growth arena, and many of them were vegan. I had had Jim Bauer from my farm sanctuary. So I'd even put a little bit of vegan in. Back then when I was on tour with the Main Street Vegan book, I got a call from the woman who was then the head of Unity Online Radio, and she said, Would you like to have a radio show? [00:13:13] You can call it Main Street again. It's about time we get back to our roots. Well, come to find out. Unity is a very liberal Protestant denomination that was founded by two extremely dedicated vegetarians. I'm sure they would have been vegans had veganism been a thing in the 1890s when they started out. But they were very staunch vegetarians. They didn't wear leather. And so as they passed away and other people took over the reins of unity, a lot of that fell away. But the foundation was still there. So I have been doing the Main Street Vegan live radio show every other Wednesday identity online radio since June of twenty. Well, and then it's a podcast. So the next morning it goes up on all the podcast platforms. So it is an interview show. And because it is called Main Street Meegan. What that means to me is opening the gate really widely. So we're not specializing to a certain aspect of veganism. [00:14:21] We're not just animals or just health or just the environment. We're not geared to a particular age group. We're not geared to athletes. We're geared to Main Street. And so that means that I get to have on all these incredible guests that represent all of those worlds and other worlds besides people who have followings, people that begins have heard of and people that nobody has heard of. Who are sometimes the most fascinating guests because the stories might not get out in the world. Media are still so relatable and so precious. [00:14:59] Yeah, no, I agree. And I think that it's still necessary to have kind of an overarching view, this unifying factor. And I think there have been a lot of things as of late that have done that as well. [00:15:10] There are works that have happened. You know what? The health and and a bunch of different, you know, forks over knives over the past decade, if you will. And then the game changers. A lot of more recent works that have turned and kind of unified people under an understanding of health, you know, and what veganism is. It unifies humanity largely. And I like the idea that you came and did it that way first, because the niche communities, I always feel can branch off. But they become very sporadic. It's very confusing as someone who's trying to educate in the very beginning. [00:15:43] And I'm curious. So with it, you've had now you've had three books out of the 13 as of late that have been cited as and then kind of touted as these major industry changers. And not to delineate the others, of course. But the love power diet is your personal story of weight loss, as I as I kind of read it. And then there's also the good karma diet. And it's choosing a diet based out of compassion and the global responsibility. The rhetoric within that is kind of how, you know, it's it's thinking about your diet as something that's actually based on questions other than what sounds yummy. [00:16:16] You know, how is this affecting humanity? And I wonder if you can speak to. I don't know if it was in that order. I don't know if it went mainstream. The Love Power Diet and then the good karma diet. But I wonder if you can kind of talk about the road that led you through all of those who were. [00:16:32] Well, actually, the Love Power Diet started a very long time ago. It was first published in nineteen ninety two. And it was my story because I am a compulsive overeater in recovery and that was tough for me. My dad was a diet doctor. [00:16:51] My mother was in the fitness industry for a time and I was a fat kid. Bad for business. So I struggled with that through my childhood and adolescence and young adulthood. [00:17:03] And when I finally got a handle on that through a 12-Step recovery program, I also knew, oh, wow, I really can be vegan because before that I wanted to be vegan. I was vegetarian. I went vegetarian at 19, but I was always running into a problem with either the binge eating disorder would crop up or I would try to pull myself up after a binge and try to lose some weight and get my life back on track. And then all the information out there talked about plain yogurt and egg white. And it was so confusing and so difficult. But once I really got it together on the inner level through that recovery program, and once I knew that a day at a time, if I stayed in fit spiritual condition, I would no longer need to eat for a fix. It became very clear that I could be vegan. And stay that way forever. And I was a little bit afraid of all those carbs. I struggle with weight for so long and I thought, oh my gosh, if I'm vegan and not eating all this protein, what will happen to me? Well, what happened was that I lost over 60 pounds and stayed off for 35 years and counting. And now at 70, I don't have the diseases that were prevalent in my family. There's no high blood pressure, high cholesterol or, you know, any of that kind of stuff that I just assumed would be inevitable through heredity. So that took us a little bit away from the books. I'm sorry for the little. [00:18:48] Oh, no. That's good. I like the back story as well. I think it's so pertinent. You know, when someone speaking of those things. [00:18:55] So did the Love Power diet. If I can just finish on that one, it kind of proves reincarnation because it went out of print after a few years, because in nineteen ninety two, again, not many people were looking for books that had to do with veganism. But then it was republished with a different name, love yourself. Then in 2007 and that one did well enough that it actually went into a mass market paperback. You know those little ones that are in kiosks at at airports and then that eventually went out of print. And there's a wonderful man. Maybe you've had him on your podcast. His name is John peire. He's a personal trainer. He was Ellen Degeneracy, his trainer. And he went to L.A. and kind of endured that to develop enough reputation so that he could leave L.A. and do the good work that he really wants to do. But he said to me, you know, there is nothing out there like the Love Power diet. So I photocopy it for all my clients. And I thought, oh, my goodness, just for John peire. Let me see if somebody will publish this again. So the good people at Lantern Books, which is a big and publishing house here in New York City, did a 2009 edition. [00:20:06] So to anybody who's got an idea that you want to put out there, just do it. You never know when it's going to find its time and when it's going to find its time again. [00:20:17] Absolutely. I think that that's core. You know, I think people underestimate the value of evergreen content. Well, there's updating that can happen. You know, there's reasons why old books are still around. When clean knowledge is clean, you can never get enough of it and it can never be dated. I'm wondering. So with the good karma diet, when and when did you write this and what was the impetus for it? [00:20:41] Well, that that was the first book after Main Street began The Good Karma, which I did in 2015. Actually, I'd had the title prior to that. I had done a lot with raw foods around two thousand eight. And I felt really, really great. And I thought, oh, wouldn't that be a wonderful title, the good karma diet? And I wasn't really in that headspace. You know, winter came. It got cold. I stopped being a rough rider. But my agent, an editor, really liked the concept. And so that was really at the heart of the good karma diet. And it's a little bit more where Main Street Vegan is about every aspect of veganism, sort of like we were talking about the podcast. And I think the reason that it's so wonderful that we have all these aspects to the vegan lifestyle is you open the door that says vegan or you open the door that says plant-based or however you get here, but you find behind that door so much else that in addition to the healthy animals, the environment, you know, there's a whole spirituality world, there's a fashion world, a travel world, a dating and marriage and raising children world. I mean, it's just it's huge. And so that's what Main Street Vegan is all about. But then the good karma diet zeroes in really on the body mind health aspects of this whole thing. And it celebrates a high, green, high raw. And even though I'm not raw, I am high raw diet that I think really likes people up. You know, some people just just want to do this for animals or they really like burgers and fries and cherry pies. And they want to do that in a vegan way that is totally legitimate and totally great. But for those who really want to have that glow, for those who who really want to feel what high level health and vitality is like, that's what I wrote about in the good karma diet. Because if you take this thing up a notch and if you really focus on those fresh, colorful foods, you can look and feel very, very different. [00:22:59] Absolutely. And I think it's bringing about the largest from what I have seen my. Humble experience. [00:23:05] The largest unlikely vegan population. You know, the latest converts and things like that I think are coming about. Even prior to Cauvin 19 were, you know, these these people that just didn't fit the prototype of someone who was searching for that vegan answer and they were coming into the lifestyle. And. And I've had a lot of conversations with even restaurant owners or different people who are saying, you know, my clientele has changed. It's no longer the 20 year old hipster. It's the 50 year old whose doctor said it's now or never. You know, you're going to burn looking at heart disease. It's that kind of a thing that has been creating, I think, more dialog than I've seen over the past 10 years. And I'm wondering, you dropped the word and I usually always wait for my guest to do it because I try to gage how long it takes, which you just said plant based in one of your last questions. And I love this conversation because it's just beginning. And I don't think anyone has a definitive answer. And so it's all very personal. [00:24:00] But I'm hoping that you can define what do the terms plant based as opposed to or in juxtaposition to vegan. Well, what are the differences between those two words for you? [00:24:11] Unfortunately, a plant based has many, many definitions. And that's why I'm not crazy about the term because I am a writer. I love the language and I think that we need to be able to have words that say exactly what they mean. So when some people say plant based, they mean eating more plants than animals. But if you look at it from a per calorie of observation, the standard American diet is plant based because more calories come from non animal foods than from animal foods. Other people will use it to mean something like flexitarian or reduce the Terrian. [00:24:54] I'm getting more and more plant based in my diet. I still eat everything but, you know, lots of salads and lots of Reggie's burgers and stuff like that. And that means plant based. [00:25:04] Now, the term whole food plant based, which was coined by Dr. T Colin Campbell, means that you're not only leaving out animal foods as any vegan would, but you're also leaving out refined products such as oils, sugar, salt, most packaged foods. And this is done for health reasons. And so a lot of people who say that their plant based mean that. And in the states, most people in this world would know what that meant. But if they were to say that to somebody in Europe or Australia, then it would probably be interpreted that they were flexitarian. So it's a little bit confusing. I like the idea of being a plant exclusive. I actually love the word vegan because people finally know what it means. And I think that if you really want people to know specifically what you eat, you could say I'm a whole food vegan or I'm a raw food vegan or I'm a macrobiotic vegan or a diabetic vegan. I think that's very, very clear. But we don't quite have all the terminology down yet. And yet the cool thing about all these terms is that everybody who calls themselves any of these things is on the path. You're sort of on one of those moving walkways at the airport to get to a destination which doesn't just lead to physical health for the individual or the best chance for physical health for the individual. I mean, this is planet Earth. I certainly don't want to be one of those people that says it this way and you'll never get sick. I mean, when you hedge your bets. But listen to that. It's also leading to the sustainability for the planet. So incredibly important and also to a kinder, gentler world to what spiritual teacher I used to have would call the upward progression of the universe. And if you really think about it, who wouldn't want to be part of that? [00:27:14] Yeah, absolutely. And the upward progression of one's life, you know, and then contributing to that universe. I agree. [00:27:21] So the good karma, it sounds like all of these things kind of build this beautiful and perfectly written and scripted platform for your collaboration involved with A Prayer for Compassion, which is the documentary that you did in conjunction with Thomas Wade Jackson and all of his team, the executive producers over there. [00:27:40] Can you speak to how that came to fruition and kind of the time period and for everyone listening? You can see a prayer for compassion on leave. Amazon Prime has it. Is that correct? [00:27:50] Is Amazon Prime and Vimeo. There you go. Very excited. We did a theatrical release because we really wanted a lot of people to be able to see it on the big screen. So we had a. Here in New York City in March of twenty nineteen and another in London in May, and it screened around the country, around the world, there was a two week tour of India with Thomas Jackson and Dr. Stylish Rao, one of our executive producers, and Tyrone Flynn from Game of Thrones, who came in as a supporter and executive producer of the film. So it was out there. And and now we are on Vimeo and Amazon Prime so people can watch that way. So the cool thing about a prayer for compassion, while there's quite a lot, but it's really to me both of the passions that I mentioned to you. It's about veganism. It's about the intersection of vegan values with the teachings of spiritual and religious traditions from around the world. So Thomas meets all kinds of people traversing the US a couple of times. He goes to the UN climate conference in Morocco and tours India, meeting lots of amazing Jains and Hindus and Buddhists. And and we really come to the conclusion at the end of this that regardless of of the name of one's religious or spiritual tradition, every single one is about compassion, mercy, care of the body, care of the planet. And these are vegan values. We just need to make that jump. [00:29:40] Absolutely. And I did I as we talked about earlier. I haven't watched it yet. I'm excited to do that this weekend. And the trailer did look like exactly what you said, the synopsis of this intersection. And within the brief trailer, in fact, you know, there was. [00:29:54] They have a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist. All these people kind of giving what you were talking about this march to the rhetoric of the dogma that they have, which is honoring the body and the earth and the environment around it. [00:30:07] So it sounds like it was perfectly suited. Did they find you when you were going to be collaborate on this? Did or was it something that you your people scouted out? [00:30:17] No, actually, we had a book give away the radio show. And it's interesting, in the years of doing the mainstream Reagen show early on and more people listened live on Wednesday afternoons, and now almost everybody gets a podcast because that's what we're used to. But back in 2015, Thomas Jackson was listening live. One day we had a book giveaway. He won the book. And when he was giving his address to the engineer, he asked if I would be in touch with him. And when I called him, he said, Would you like to be the producer of my movie? And my first thought is, I don't know how to produce the movie, but then that it's about veganism and spirituality. And I thought, shoot, I have to learn how to produce a movie. I don't want this one to be made without me. [00:31:06] Mm-Hmm. Yeah. I think that that's that that's the right answer. And it's you know, it's never too, it's never too late to learn a new skill even if it is film production. [00:31:16] That's fantastic. I'm wondering, looking at the local climate, I know everyone's personal conversation and in your case personal and professional kind of intertwined, but I'm wondering if you've had dialog. I know you on your website, you've had these these April shares with your your your customers and your audiences and things where you're sharing your environment and your thoughts and things like that. But for the purposes of this podcast, do you have any look recent dialog regarding Cauvin 19 pandemic and kind of where you see things headed or takeaways that have been really significant for you over the past couple of weeks. [00:31:57] But it's interesting that you would ask that now, because as I told you just before we started, I got my blog post for May just under the Wired today on the Main Street, you can dot net Web site and it's really about that. [00:32:13] It's called Notes from the epicenter of being a vegan in New York City during Koven, 19. [00:32:21] So what I see is first, I guess it's what I feel, which is a great love for my adopted city. I've been here for 20 years. I've been here one year when 9/11 happened and 19 years when covered 19 happened. And I see so much resiliency and so much bounce back. And I think about people in other parts of the country and other parts of the world. And I wonder sometimes if they're thinking we have to go through all this because you're really having the biggest problem in New York. You know, after 9/11, airports became an entirely different. From how they had ever been in the past and everybody had to do that even though the primary attack was was here, and yet I think that sometimes when you hear a very bright light, you're very easy to see. And New York City is a bright light and has historically been that because we are this incredible experiment in people living together. And for the most part, getting along. I remember going to a presentation several years ago in Queens at the park where the 1960 World Fair. Half the World's Fair. Nineteen sixty two, maybe sixty four. That was it. I wasn't there anyway. And Mayor Bloomberg at that time said within ten miles of where we sit. One hundred thirty five languages are being spoken. So in this amazing place, we're very close together. So we are environmental stalwarts in that we have been taking public transportation for years. And yet public transportation is a great way for an infection to spread. People close together holding the same pole. So New York City has been hit very hard by the virus. And what I see just in my life is that it started with like, OK, well, it's all right. Well, we'll mostly stay in, but I'm five blocks from Central Park. I'll take the dog to Central Park every day. That will be lovely. But then that became not wise, certainly for someone at my age who would be considered in the high risk category. So on the one hand, life started getting smaller and smaller. But this miracle happened. I think a lot of people all over the country and all over the world have experienced the same one. And that is how much we all done online. So through Xoom, through Facebook, Leive, through YouTube, we have both received and been able to give much information. And then the other great surprise in this horrible, tragic, awful time, one of those lights that just seems to find its way through in the worst of times is that the world, meaning newspapers, media, are noticing what prior to this, we're just big issues, things that you would read about based news or vege news or live kindly. All of a sudden, the plight of the slaughterhouse workers, the wet markets and the problems there, the similar problems that can come from factory farms in general. It doesn't have to be a wet market in China. It's it's crowding. And and these are all problems. And then we see articles about certain Wendys don't have any meat. And so they're open, but not offering burgers. I mean, whoever bought it. And so the idea is that that is positive in all of this negativity. Is that more and more and more people are thinking about, well, maybe I could eat something else today and that could change the world. [00:36:30] Absolutely. I agree. And I also think anything that brings our conscious thought into questioning connections between ourselves and what we're doing to our bodies is healthy, you know, and looking at these things and starting to question diet even for the most sage of experts. I just don't believe that learning ever stops. You know, even about one's self as opposed to one's community and everything else, and creating a dialog or a space for a dialog or a call for dialog, even if it's on a very individual level, I think is one of the most beautiful things to come from this that end that the room, the reminder that we are all here together. We are you know, we're an entire like creature system. It's not just continents and things of that nature. I was traveling when covered. The pandemic broke out. The State Department advised everyone come home. And I remember thinking it's not it's really unifying. You know, when when something like this happens starts to take place all over the world because everybody starts thinking it doesn't matter what language you're speaking. And I think you get reminded of this a lot in New York City, but in other pockets in places like Australia. I think that it's like a lot like other cities in America where people tend to forget about the global citizenship we all have on a health level. [00:37:45] You know, there's just things that unite us. And they can be good as well as bad. So I think that this is reaching into that. And I hope so, too. I'm wondering when you look forward. I don't know if you and your team or how you personally drive your own business or. Personal life. But most people tend to make goals on some trajectory a year to three years. And this has changed. Obviously the covert conversation changes everyone's dialog, which again is not always a bad thing. But I'm wondering, when you look at the future, particularly with someone such as yourself, this matriarch of the vegan voice. Do you you ever hypothesize you've been given such a history? You know, three decades of this relationship in this industry and all of it that goes and in between. Do you ever hypothesize about where it's headed next? We're talking about contemporary times and everything else. But if you do, can you tell us anything about what you've been thinking about, what the next one to three years and the vegan world or your vegan world looks like? [00:38:48] Yeah, well, I think for the vegan world in general, the future is very bright. And unfortunately, that's prompted by things not looking very bright in terms of climate change and pandemics. But you know what? It has been very not bright for a long time for the animals in the food system. And so it's time it's time that we start looking at this. So I am very excited about this, this move toward a more. And I'm going to say the phrase plant based diet over the next twenty three years. I mean, the sales of pho mates are up 200 percent in April. I mean, this is this is stunning. So I think that veganism is a force to be reckoned with. It's no longer something fringy that odd people do. It's something that just about everybody who is intelligent, educated and up on things does some of the time. And more and more people are doing more of the time. And even all of the time. So that I am very, very positive in terms of my personal vegan world. Like I talk to other people who are in big business. And I think like anybody in any business, we have to be in ratably flexible. So I'm glad I've done yoga for 50 years because mainstream vegan academy that we mentioned has always been in person and I have been very connected to the fact that it's in person because there is something magical about an in-person event. There's a British futurist who said the value of content is rapidly being replaced by the value of breathing the same air. And that was true until 2020. Now and for sometime in the future, we really want to breathe the same air. So we have all discovered Xoom and other online platforms. And so I'm actually going to be offering a Xoom option for Main Street Vegan Academy in 2020. And probably going forward it will be a part and part of probably do a couple of Xoom courses and one I guess we'll call it the elite course in Manhattan. And I think that like so many things that change, even if we go into it kicking and screaming, it's really going to be wonderful because people couldn't come to New York City even in the best of times. We'll never be able to get the certification and go out into the world as vegan lifestyle coaches and educators at a time when more and more people are doing this and more and more people want information. [00:41:36] Absolutely. I've spoken to a couple of personal trainers that have gone out and sought out vegan certifications simply because of their clientele, asking them if they were going to become a little bit more well versed upon it. [00:41:49] So I think it's it's kind of infiltrating a lot of different supply will meet demand, you know, even on the service ramp. So it's exciting. And it's it's it is this summer. And this is a with was previously an in-person weeklong seminar that you offered out of New York City, because that's where you're based. [00:42:06] Right. Yes. And hopefully it will continue to be that in some form, but it's going to have an online component as well. [00:42:15] Absolutely. [00:42:16] So if anyone's listening and they want to kind of drop into we talked about where you can where you can see the documentary and a bunch of other things. But if anyone's listening wants to grab any of your books, is everything on Amazon. You have sites or places that you send people. Should anyone be following you on a specific social media platform? What do you have for us? [00:42:36] Oh, that's so kind. I'm Main Street vegan everywhere. So Facebook and Twitter, you can find me at Main Street Vegan or certainly the website Main Street Meat Vegan dot net. And the books are on Amazon. B end up indie bound wherever you like to buy books. [00:42:54] I love it. Well, Victoria, we're out of time, which is very disappointing to me because I feel like we have just scratched the surface here. I could talk with you. Forever. [00:43:02] But we are going to wrap it up. [00:43:05] I just wanted to say thank you so much for taking the time. Your. You're such a prolific individual and you I know that even in this time of everyone being at home, everyone's busy. And I really appreciate you taking the moment to give myself and our audience your splendid expertise. [00:43:23] Thank you so very much. It's been my pleasure. [00:43:25] Absolutely. And for everyone listening, we've been talking to Victoria Maron. You can find out more on W WW Dot Mainstreet Vigen dot net until we speak again next time. [00:43:36] Remember to eat well, eat clean and always bet on yourself. Sainte.
Changing how you drink can shine a light on how you eat. This week's guest is Victoria Moran, an author, activist, podcaster, and producer, who has been a pioneer of veganism since her first book on the subject was published in 1985—and I invited her on the show to talk about what she sees as the common ground between being sober curious and veg-curious.With a history of compulsive eating, which she got sober from with Over Eaters Anonymous, Victoria is also a non-drinker—having decided at age 19 she didn’t want to risk becoming addicted to alcohol. In this episode we discuss: -The power of having an accountability buddy when making or breaking a habit.-Being a vegan pioneer for 37 years – and the similarities between the meat-free and alcohol-free movements.-Veganism as a celebration of life – and the role of animals in our ecosystem.-Victoria’s history as a compulsive eater – and her recovery with Over Eaters Anonymous.-Her decision aged 18 never to start smoking or drinking.-How to host a sober vegan party (for meat-eating drinkers).-Emotional conditioning versus rational thinking when it comes to our addictions to food and drink.-Thinking about veganism as a “good karma” diet.-The science that makes cheese as addictive as cocaine – and what makes some foods more addictive than others.-Living a life of integrity and “spiritual fitness” - and her definition of both.-The long-term health impact of our lifestyle choices.Discover more about Victoria and her work HERE follow her on Instagram HERE and check out her Main Street Vegan podcast.This episode is supported by Seedlip. Visit Seedlipdrinks.com and use the code SOBERCURIOUS for 20% off your online order and follow @seedlipsocial on Instagram.
May 2019 marked the beginning year of the Yoga Is Vegan Podcast. In The Best Of: Part 1, Holly Skodis features excerpts from some of her favorite interviews this year. This is a great episode to listen to if you are new to the show or haven't quite yet listened to them all. Clearly there wasn't enough time to share as many as she would have liked. Stay tuned next week, for Part 2. Episodes featured in this episode: Joy Pierson and Bart Potenza are pioneers in the vegan restaurant business. They have been New York's staple for fine dining for over 16 years and their restaurants have included Candle 79, Candle Cafe West and Candle Cafe. Unfortunately, their episode was corrupted while editing and the full episode never aired. What remains is golden non-the-less. For more information on the Candle Cafe's visit http://www.candlecafe.comSri Dharma Mittra: Legendary yoga teacher Sri Dharma Mittra first encountered yoga as a teenager before meeting his guru in 1964 and beginning his training in earnest. Sri Dharma founded one of the early independent schools of yoga in New York City in 1975 and has taught many tens of thousands the world over in the years since. Sri Dharma is the model and creator of The Master Yoga Chart of 908 Postures, the author of ASANAS: 608 Yoga Poses, the LOAY Teachers’ Manual and Yoga Wisdom, has released two DVDs to date – Maha Sadhana Levels I and II, and recently captured classes are available for streaming via alomoves.com, YogaJournal.com and Vimeo On Demand. Sri Dharma continues to disseminate the complete traditional science of yoga through daily classes, international workshops and his Life of a Yogi Teacher Trainings at the Dharma Yoga New York Center. For more information on all things Dharma Yoga, please visit: www.dharmayogacenter.com.Listen to Episode 28- Sri Dharma MittraVictoria Moran is a vegan of over three decades, a yoga practitioner of half a century, and was voted “Peta’s Sexiest Vegan Over 50” in 2016. Listed by VegNews among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors, Victoria made her reputation in the self-help and spirituality genre with books including the international bestseller, Creating a Charmed Life. In the vegan space, she’s written books including The Love-Powered Diet, The Good Karma Diet, and the iconic Main Street Vegan.Moran is founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, an in-person program in New York City that trains vegan lifestyle coaches, educators, and entrepreneurs. The Academy has over 400 alumni in twenty-eight countries, who are engaged in vegan enterprises ranging from counseling to cooking to cowboy boots.Featured twice on Oprah and regularly appearing on television and radio, Victoria is an internationally celebrated speaker and host of the award-winning Main Street Vegan podcast. She is also lead producer of A Prayer for Compassion, the 2019 documentary from Student Academy Award winner, Thomas Jackson, that explores the intersection of food choices and spirituality. She lives with her husband, writer and musician William Melton, their rescue-dog, Forbes, and a handicapped pigeon named Thunder, in a “green” building in New York City. Listen to Episode 16- Victoria Moran Dotsie Bausch- After concluding a prolific professional cycling career that produced a medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games, eight US national championships, two Pan American gold medals and a world record, Dotsie Bausch has become a powerful influencer for plant-based eating for athletes and non-athletes alike. Named by VegNews in 2019 as one of the top 20 most influential vegans in the world, she utilizes her degree in plant-based nutrition to inform her impassioned messages as an advocate on behalf of humans, planet earth and animals.Never one to shy away from facing staggering odds – just like she did in the Olympics while riding for Team USA, whose unlikely and triumphant story is chronicled in the Netflix documentary “Personal Gold” – her latest initiative is founding the non-profit Switch4Good. Switch4Good launched in early 2018 with a television commercial featuring six Olympians from four different countries and proves that cow’s milk is not part of a high-performance diet. The ground-breaking commercial aired on NBC during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games closing ceremonies and on ABC during the Academy Awards broadcast. View the commercial at: https://Switch4Good.org. Bausch is also one of the stars of the film The Game Changers (http://gamechangersmovie.com), which chronicles the story of the world’s most dangerous myth. Directed by Academy Award winner Louie Psihoyos and executive produced by Oscar winner James Cameron, The Game Changers released to worldwide audiences in October of 2019 and in just one week, became the #1 downloaded film of all time on iTunes.Long before embodying radiant health and becoming an influential game changer, Bausch struggled for years with severe eating disorders and a recreational drug habit, that combined, led to a suicide attempt. It was during her recovery that she discovered her gift and love for the bike. Bausch speaks passionately around the world, spreading her message about the numerous benefits – humane, nutritional and environmental – of plant-based eating. Her popular TEDx Talk, “Olympic Level Compassion,” has garnered over 275,000 views and has been a catalyst of change for thousands of people.Listen to Episode 27- Switch4Good & The Game Changers Dotsie BauschAnna Ferguson is the author of World Peace Yoga: Yoga for People Who Breathe, a companion book to Dr. Will Tuttle’s book, The World Peace Diet. In addition to being co-creator of World Peace Yoga studio in Cincinnati, Anna is engaged in several evolving paradigms as a co-founder of Heärt Montessori, a school where empathy and compassion are taught as part of core academics, the Jubilee Animal Sanctuary, providing a glimpse of what a peaceful world looks like, and the Cincy VegFest, an annual one-day vegan festival. Listen to Episode 4- Anna Ferguson: Yoga For People Who BreatheDr. Will Tuttle, visionary educator, has presented widely throughout North America and worldwide. A 39-year vegan, he is the author of the #1 Amazon best-selling book The World Peace Diet and is a recipient of the Courage of Conscience Award and the Empty Cages Prize. He is also author of the recent book, Your Inner Islands: The Keys to Intuitive Living, as well as editor of Circles of Compassion: Essays Connecting Issues of Justice and the newly-released Buddhism and Veganism: Essays Connecting Spiritual Awakening and Animal Liberation.Devoted to cultural healing and awakening, he is a former Zen monk and Dharma Master in the Zen tradition, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, focused on educating intuition and altruism in adults. He has taught college courses in creativity, humanities, religion, and philosophy, and is also a composer and concert pianist. He is noted for his clear and inspiring presentations, and is featured in many documentary films, including Cowspiracy; A Prayer for Compassion; Vegan: Everyday Stories; and HOPE: What You Eat Matters. Listen to Episode 7- Dr. Will TuttleGabriel Cousens, the “liberated vegan from Eden”, is the author of thirteen internationally acclaimed books including Spiritual Nutrition and Creating Peace by Being Peace. Known worldwide as a spiritual teacher and the leading expert in live, plant-source nutrition, Dr. Cousens functions as a holistic physician, psychiatrist, family therapist, and cutting-edge researcher on healing diabetes naturally. He holds an M.D. from Columbia Medical School, a doctorate in homeopathy, and diplomas in Ayurveda, and holistic medicine. His multicultural background as an ordained rabbi, an acknowledged yogi, and a four-year Native American Sundancer, adds insight to his “whole-person enlightenment” teachings. Dr. Cousens is the founder and director of the Tree of Life Foundation.Dr. Gabriel Cousens will recommend raw honey and bee pollen with vegan alternatives in his books. While this is not discussed in this episode, I do want to acknowledge that this is in conflict with strict veganism. He addresses this topic in http://treeoflifecenterus.com/the-art-of-live-food-preparation/Tiffany Paultauf and her husband Joe Bonitatebus started the Sleepy Pig Farm Animal Sanctuary where they have rescued over a dozen farmed animals from slaughter. Their goal for the future is to grow the sanctuary and to rescue more animals, as well as educate the community about obtaining a vegan lifestyle. At the the moment they are in the process of becoming a non profit.Listen to Episode 19- Tiffany Paltauf: Rescuing Animals and Starting an Animal Farm Sanctuary
This episode is brought to you by Vivo Life! Use our code 'chickpeeps10' to get 10% off your order at vivolife.com! For many vegans, animal welfare activism can feel problematic. Why advocate for better farming practices when you'd rather not endorse animal farming at all? Isn't it betraying the animals to be demanding anything less than their total freedom? And can animal welfare organisations really be working towards a vegan world whilst they are working alongside the companies killing animals for profit? This week co-hosts, Tylor and Evy discuss the complicated role of animal welfare in vegan activism and speak to expert animal welfare campaigner and hardcore vegan activist, Sean Gifford, of Compassion in World Farming to gain some valuable insights on how to straddle both the vegan and welfare approach to helping animals. Also on this episode… How a small gesture by a chipmunk inspired Sean's vegan awakening. Sean discusses his multiple arrests for the animal rights cause and why nowadays he tries to avoid brushes with the law. How a vegan deals with having to use welfare language like ‘humane meat'. Why must abolitionists be so rude online?!, Evy asks and Tylor explains. ‘Anyone in the animal protection movement, I think we should all just focus on what we share which is that unyielding belief that animals can feel pain and lead emotional lives from a chick to a pig, to a cow to even fish, the forgotten factory farmed animal.' Is veganism too idealistic to be achievable? Ending the Cage Age. The government are making ‘sympathetic noises' but you can also help CIWF stop live exports. ChickPeeps book recommendations for Moms/Mums: Grilled, Free The Animals, Forks Over Knives, and The Joyful Vegan, Main Street Vegan, Mercy For Animals And Deliciously Ella. Listener Stephen's interview for No Meat Athlete! Links Check out the work of Compassion in World Farming. Follow CIWF on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Sign the petition to End The Cage Age. Social Media: Twitter: @ChickPeepsPod Instagram: @ChickPeepsPod Facebook: @ChickPeepsPodcast Momoko Hill: @oh_momoko Robbie Jarvis: @robbjarvis Tylor Starr: @tylorstarr Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch
My guest today, Victoria Moran has been vegan 36 years and is known for combining the ethical, spiritual, and health aspects of enlightened vegan living. It's the one thing that connects all religions – compassion – that I'm most excited to discuss with her today. I want to better understand how leading a life devoted to compassion and kindness can ever be aligned with consuming ... READ MORE The post E653: Debunking Religious Justifications To Eat Animals: Main Street Vegan Is Introducing Vegan Living To People Of Faith. appeared first on Healthification.
Victoria Moran is a groundbreaking author and skilled entrepreneur who has changed the life of so many people all over the globe. The host of her very popular “Main Street Vegan” radio show, Victoria is a leader in the field of spirituality and veganism. She is a regular on the health and wellness circuit and a frequent visitor to the Organic Grill. Her energy and enthusiasm is palpable and one immediately feels like they’ve made a new friend the minute you sit down with her, as well as learning about ourselves and the world around us. She discusses her life with us, from the time she wrote for a fan magazine and met Paul McCartney to the kinds of ground-breaking work she is doing now in the field of health education. Come join us and spend some time with the great and lovely Victoria Moran. We know you’ll be as enlightened as we were. https://mainstreetvegan.net/
On today's show we interview Victoria Moran, of Main Street Vegan and she is going to talk about her adventures in going plant-based, whole food, unrefined and vegan and how she's done it for ethical reasons, for compassion reasons for connectivity to our greater world, greater spirit, greater everything, in everything that we do and how she's created an absolutely amazing life for herself. Victoria has been the Main Street Vegan for over 35 years, she holds the title of Peta’s sexiest Vegan over 50, alongside the male winner Joel Kahn. She's a best-selling author of over 13 books which include Creating a Charmed Life, The Love-Powered Diet, The Good Karma Diet, The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook and even her college thesis focuses on compassion, the ultimate ethic and exploration of veganism. So enjoy this podcast as we dived into learning more about Victoria's health coaching business, she's a counsellor, she's a corporate spokesperson and inspirational speaker, she is so many things and I'm thrilled to have her on the show. Links from podcast American Vegan Society Engine 2 Diet A prayer for compassion movie Book - The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Food Addiction Book – Sober Curious by Ruby Warrington Hip Hop is Green The Game Changers Movie Dr T. Colin Campbell Course
Victoria Moran is a vegan of over three decades, a yoga practitioner of half a century, and was voted “Peta’s Sexiest Vegan Over 50” in 2016. Listed by VegNews among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors, Victoria made her reputation in the self-help and spirituality genre with books including the international bestseller, Creating a Charmed Life. In the vegan space, she’s written books including The Love-Powered Diet, The Good Karma Diet, and the iconic Main Street Vegan.Moran is founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, an in-person program in New York City that trains vegan lifestyle coaches, educators, and entrepreneurs. The Academy has over 400 alumni in twenty-eight countries, who are engaged in vegan enterprises ranging from counseling to cooking to cowboy boots.Featured twice on Oprah and regularly appearing on television and radio, Victoria is an internationally celebrated speaker and host of the award-winning Main Street Vegan podcast. She is also lead producer of A Prayer for Compassion, the 2019 documentary from Student Academy Award winner, Thomas Jackson, that explores the intersection of food choices and spirituality. She lives with her husband, writer and musician William Melton, their rescue-dog, Forbes, and a handicapped pigeon named Thunder, in a “green” building in New York City. In this episode YIV's Holly Skodis & Victoria Moran discuss:• Yoga, spirituality and Ahimsa• Superfoods• The Vegan Documentary "Game Changers"• The Main Street Vegan Academy• ActivismTo learn more about Victoria visit www.mainstreetvegan.net Listen & Subscribe
We're talking about plant-based longevity and vitality with Victoria Moran, of Main Street Vegan, who has been a vegetarian for 30+ years and has raised a child completely on a vegan diet. She shares so many nuggets in this episode like: the sinister myth about protein, the challenges and advantages of raising a child as a vegan, why she became a vegan, what it was like for her to transition to a vegan diet and why she hasn't looked back! We promise you that this episode will inspire you and your plant-based journey.
Shownotes Victoria Moran, has been a Main Street Vegan® for 35 years and she held the title of Peta’s Sexiest Vegan Over 50. She is the bestselling author of thirteen books, including Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages around the world); the gentle weight loss classic, The Love-Powered Diet, reflecting the author’s own struggle with and recovery from compulsive eating; The Good Karma Diet, celebrating a high-green, high-raw, high-energy food style; the iconic Main Street Vegan; and her latest, The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook, coauthored with JL Fields. Victoria’s college thesis became Compassion the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism, originally published in 1985 and the first work on vegan philosophy and practice to come from a major publisher. Victoria is an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy which trains and certifies vegan lifestyle coaches. A graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition, she hosts the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, which got the Outstanding Vegan Media Outlet award in 2015 and Feedspot, in 2019, placed it as #3 in the Top 25 Vegan Podcasts. She is the lead producer of Thomas Wade Jackson’s new documentary, A Prayer for Compassion, to introduce vegan living to people of faith. Cited by VegNews among the Top 10 Contemporary Vegetarian Authors, Victoria appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show and she’s one of the celebrity coaches for PCRM’s 21-Day Vegan Kickstart. Her articles have appeared in Yoga Journal, Mothering, Natural Health, Woman’s Day, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, VegNews, and Vegetarian Times. Her work has been noted in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Self, Elle, Glamour, Allure, and O, the Oprah Magazine. Moran lives with her husband, writer and musician, William Melton, in a LEED-certified green condominium in New York City’s thriving Harlem neighborhood. They’re co-humans to a rescue-dog, Forbes, and rescue pigeon, Thunder. Victoria Moran website Victoria’s mission: “Devote my life to healing people and animals and the the planet through food choices.” Victoria’s one-line message to the world: “Eat kindly. Live wisely. Make a difference.” The SUE Speaks Blog Post about Victoria Moran Talking points from this episode SUE's cookbook Suzanne’s house Main Street Vegan Academy Main Street Vegan Podcast What on Earth?, Suzanne’s crop circle documentary film What on Earth? review and video Prayer for Compassion documentary film Peta: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Veganism as a spiritual Lifestyle Mistreatment of animals in the meat and poultry industries Victoria's enlightened nanny Victoria becoming vegetarian and then vegan Yoga, Youth, & Reincarnation by Jess Stearn Yoga for Americans by Indra Devi Eating disorder, weight issues and yoga Vegan lifestyle, beyond eating Why people go vegan Dean Ornish studies B12 - the only supplement needed Vegan meat-like products Life as a spiritual adventure Animal agriculture causing global warming The only liberation movement in the history of the world in which the oppressed group cannot participate
On today's podcast, I talk to Victoria Moran from Main Street Vegan about starting Grape Cat and give some tips on vending at a vegfest, about starting Grape Cat and give some tips on vending at a vegfest. I started doing craft shows, farmers markets, and beach festivals fifteen years ago to promote my surfing and kids' t-shirt business. My wife started making jewelry, so I was selling that too. The jewelry was outselling the t-shirts, so I began investing in cheap jewelry that I would buy for a couple of dollars then mark up. The problem with this is that you need to sell a lot of cheap pieces just to break even for the tablespace. We have been able to grow Grape Cat by being a vendor at VegFests. Here are ten things I wish I had known before becoming a vendor. Read more here https://www.grapecat.com/blogs/podcast/10-signs-you-should-invest-in-vegfests --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vegan-styled-life/support
I mean the title kind of says it all. We talk to the one, the only Victoria Moran of Main Street Vegan about books, becoming a vegan, and the documentary she's producing! She's an absolute delight and a joy to listen to. We've also got some fairly uplifting pop culture and a touch of food to keep it true to form! Dani and Katt are vegans. They take a not-too-serious look at being a vegan in the real world, making jokes, puns, segues, cat sounds, and the occasional good point along the way. If you're a vegan or veg-interested, they're here to help and entertain. Updating every Friday.
I mean the title kind of says it all. We talk to the one, the only Victoria Moran of Main Street Vegan about books, becoming a vegan, and the documentary she's producing! She's an absolute delight and a joy to listen to. We've also got some fairly uplifting pop culture and a touch of food to keep it true to form! Dani and Katt are vegans. They take a not-too-serious look at being a vegan in the real world, making jokes, puns, segues, cat sounds, and the occasional good point along the way. If you're a vegan or veg-interested, they're here to help and entertain. Updating every Friday.
In this episode, Victoria Moran of Main Street Vegan takes us on a journey of a vegan lifestyle in the early 80s and ending with talking about the upcoming world premiere of her documentary, A Prayer for Peace. Click here to join us on Facebook. Click here to join us on Instagram. Click here for our webpage. Join the Flat Roving Vegans Spread a Trail of Peace World Tour Webpage: RovingVegans.com/FlatRovingVegans Instagram: @FlatRovingVegans Twitter: @RovingVegans Print out the Flat Roving Vegans
Our guest today has been, what she calls, a Main Street Vegan® for 35 years. She is the bestselling author of thirteen books, including The Love-Powered Diet, The Good Karma Diet, the Main Street Vegan, The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook, coauthored with JL Fields and Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages around the world). She is also an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), and host of the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast. Cited by VegNews among the Top 10 Contemporary Vegetarian Authors and she's appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Her articles have appeared in Yoga Journal, Mothering, Natural Health, Woman’s Day, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, VegNews, and Vegetarian Times. Her work has been noted in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Self, Elle, Glamour, Allure, and O, the Oprah Magazine. Today, Victoria Moran joins us to talk about Creating a Charmed Life.Links:www.mainstreetvegan.netCreating a Charmed Life by Victoria Moran https://tinyurl.com/y86vqazuA Prayer for Compassion Film www.aprayerforcompassion.comNYC Film Screening, March 5th Ticket Information https://tinyurl.com/compassionnycAlso mentioned:Film: Auntie Mame https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auntie_Mame_(film)Book: How to Win Friend and Influence People by Dale Carnegie https://tinyurl.com/ycj9u4z5
In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk to Dr. Sailesh Rao the Executive Producer of “What The Health”, “Cowspiracy” and the upcoming documentary “A Prayer for Compassion”. Dr. Rao is an extremely calm and intellectual man who has a strong understanding of strategy and possibility. During our time together we learned about the work Climate Healers is doing in creating a world of nonviolence as well as the economic repercussions that can affect a fully vegan world. He gives us some understanding of why we can expect 2026 to see an explosion of plant-eating people across the nations. We hope you find this intriguing. Make sure to join the conversations happening @planttrainers on Facebook and on Instagram around these topics this week. Dr. Sailesh Rao has over 32 years of professional experience and is the Founder and Executive Director of Climate Healers, a non-profit dedicated to healing the Earth’s climate. A systems specialist with a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Dr. Rao worked on the Internet communications infrastructure for twenty years after graduation. In 2006, he switched careers and became deeply immersed, full time, in the environmental crises affecting humanity and has been studying how to reverse them and achieve global sustainability from a systems perspective. Dr. Rao is the author of the 2011 book, “Carbon Dharma: The Occupation of Butterflies” and the 2016 book, “Carbon Yoga: The Vegan Metamorphosis”. He is an Executive Producer of the trilogy of documentaries “They Don’t Want You To See“, “The Human Experiment” (2013), “Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret” (2014) and “What The Health” (2017), which explore the systemic causes of human and environmental ill health. He is also an Executive Producer of the forthcoming documentary, “A Prayer For Compassion“. Dr. Rao has over 50 standards contributions to the ATM Forum and the IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD Working Group, 22 peer-reviewed technical publications, 10 U.S. Patent, and 3 Canadian Patents and has received numerous awards throughout his career. In this episode we discuss: Becoming vegan Himsa is cruel A calm demeanor The internet in the 90’s Shifting the community and creating standards for the internet and humanity Climate Healers Normalized violence and Normalized nonviolence Land, animals, and water Vegan 2026 Making vegan blow up Unemployment and the vegan world The most important reason for being vegan A Prayer for Compassion Links to things we mentioned: – grab a free call today! Operation Milagro V –> Dr. Sailesh Rao – Email –> srao@climatehealers.org Climate Healers – , , Main Street Vegan and Living A Vegan Lifestyle with Victoria Moran – What The Health & Navigating Information with Tom Barbieri – Food is The Solution: What To Eat To Save The World with Matthew Prescott – Thank you to this month’s Patrons for supporting us on : “Joe” Millie Pearson Mary Lou Fusi Carmen Fanous Emily Iaconelli Spanish Armada Michele Olender Don’t forget to contact us at with your question for our Plant Trainers Facebook Lives! We hope you enjoyed this podcast! Please take a moment and – we would be grateful! This will help get our podcast out to others who may enjoy it. We promise to read your reviews and consider your feedback. This show is for you. Please subscribe to The Plant Trainers Podcast on your favorite podcasting platform. Help us by spreading the news about our totally awesome Podcast! Click for a list of our services
Episode 49 is here and this week I was so very fortunate to interview Victoria Moran from Main Street Vegan and here her amazing story overcoming food addiction with a plant based diet.
Recently, Integral Yoga teacher Carole Kalyani Baral was interviewed on Unity Online Radio's "Main Street Vegan" program by its host Victoria Moran. In this excerpt from the show, Kalyani talks about her Integral Yoga journey, becoming a vegetarian (and, later, vegan), and the health challenges that culminated in a life-threatening diagnosis. Kalyani discusses how a liver transplant, Yoga, and a healthy lifestyle gave her a new lease on life and a renewed dedication to selfless service. Kalyani also talks about contributing several sections to the new book, The Yoga Way: Food for Body, Mind & Spirit by Swami Satchidananda and that she was instrumental in bringing to fruition. https://www.unityonlineradio.org/main-street-vegan Ⓟ© 2018 Unity Online Radio
Victoria Moran is a renowned author, speaker, vegan lifestyle coach and educator, and the host of the popular podcast, Main Street Vegan. Victoria has been vegan for over three decades and has dedicated her career to helping people eat plant-based themselves and remove cruelty from every aspect of their lives. But she does much much more than tell people why they should go vegan and how to do it. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/victoria-moran Learn how Eat For The Planet can help your brand: https://eftp.co/services Twitter: @nilzach
Victoria Moran (www.mainstreetvegan.net) is the author of thirteen groundbreaking books about inner and outer wellbeing, and has appeared on The Oprah Show, Today Show, Good Morning America Now, and NPR's All Things Considered. She's been an ethical vegan for thirty-five years, maintaining a 60-pound weight loss as a result. Victoria's undergraduate thesis in religious studies became the 1985 Compassion the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism – her first book and the first full-length book on vegan philosophy and practice ever to come from an actual publisher. Twelve additional books have followed, including the best-selling Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages), the essential vegan weight loss guide, The Love-Powered Diet; the good health/peace-of-mind manual, The Good Karma Diet; and the genre classic: Main Street Vegan, which VegNews magazine called “The Vegan Bible, New Testament,” and which Ellen Degeneres wrote “offers practical advice and inspiration for everyone interested in going vegan, no matter what tax bracket you're in!” Victoria was assisted on Main Street Vegan by her daughter, Adair, a lifelong vegan who is now an aerial performer, a stuntwoman, and a wildlife rehabilitator. Victoria has written for Yoga Journal, Mothering, Natural Health, Woman's Day, Martha Stewart's Whole Living, Vegetarian Times, VegNews, and The Huffington Post; and her work has been noted in publications included USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, Self, Real Simple, Glamour, Woman's World, Vegan Health & Fitness, and O the Oprah Magazine. She hosts the weekly Main Street Vegan podcast, recipient of a Vegan Media Outlet 2015 Award. In addition, she has appeared on the covers of Barefoot Vegan and La Fashionista Compassionista magazines, and she was voted Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50 in 2016. A moving and engaging speaker, a certified holistic health counselor (CHHC, AADP) and graduate of the T. Colin Campbell/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition, Victoria is the founder of Main Street Vegan Academy, training Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators in a boutique program in Manhattan with graduates from twenty-four countries. The program inspired The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook, coauthored with JL Fields, which debuted in December 2017 in the number 1 spot in vegetarian diets on Amazon. Victoria is also the producer of A Prayer for Compassion, a documentary from filmmaker Thomas Jackson which will debut this fall with the mission of introducing veganism to people who identify as religious or spiritual. She lives with her husband and their rescue dog, Forbes, and a handicapped rescue pigeon, Thunder, in a LEED-certified green condominium in Harlem. In this episode, Victoria shares her one way ticket to the mystical isle of Avalon. She also shares the myriad of reasons why one should explore adopting a vegan lifestyle. Victoria is just one of the accomplished guests featured on The One Way Ticket Show, where Host Steven Shalowitz explores with his guests where they'd go if given a one way ticket, no coming back! Destinations may be in the past, present, future, real, imaginary or a state of mind. Steven's guests have included: Nobel Peace Prize Winner, President Jose Ramos-Horta; Legendary Talk Show Host, Dick Cavett; Law Professor, Alan Dershowitz; Broadcast Legend, Charles Osgood; International Rescue Committee President & CEO, David Miliband; Grammar Girl, Mignon Fogarty; Journalist-Humorist-Actor Mo Rocca; Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.; Abercrombie & Kent Founder, Geoffrey Kent; Travel Expert, Pauline Frommer, as well as leading photographers, artists, chefs, writers, intellectuals and more.
You've heard it before, 'veganism is a religion, and I've already got one', or even the extreme, 'veganism is a cult'. Today we're exploring the connection, or lack thereof, between religion and veganism. Today's guest Victoria Moran of Main Street Vegan shares her take on veganism & religion, how veganism isn't a diet even though she's lost 60lbs through this lifestyle, and how veganism has changed in the 35 years Victoria has been vegan. Find Victoria Moran: https://mainstreetvegan.net/ Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1944648682/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=livep0f-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1944648682&linkId=8d81a7e4e4262dd5a8b28ea7b37abfe3 Support the pod w LP MERCH: www.etsy.com/shop/LivePlanted?r?=l2-shop-info-name Find a complete list of everything MENTIONED on the show including links to the 'Give a Sh*t' episode & The China Study: http://liveplanted.com/121-veganism-religion-w-victoria-moran-main-street-vegan/ ▶ Instagram: www.instagram.com/liveplanted/ ✮Write a review & subscribe in iTunes (preferably a 5✮!) The more reviews, the greater chance someone else will hear the podcast. Or share the podcast with a friend.
For the finale of season 1, all ChickPeeps gather to reflect on the past 8 months and discuss the guests who have altered our respective outlooks on vegan life. We discuss our summer activism plans and share our personal weekly sources of vegan inspiration to see you through the rest of the summer! The ChickPeeps' Recommends: Help Tylor and The Protego Foundation petition for Vegan Butterbeer! Attend the Official Animal Rights March on August 25th! Join Momo's vegan support group, GloVegan on Facebook! Watch The Vegan View on Youtube. Book recommendation: The Dominion of Love. Check out listener, Saoirse's Vegan Ventures. Check out The ChickPeeps' favourite vegan podcasts: The Animal Law Podcast with Mariann Sullivan. Main Street Vegan with Victoria Moran. Generation V with Nimai Delgado. Keep up with The ChickPeeps! Twitter: @ChickPeepsPod Instagram: @ChickPeepsPod Facebook: @ChickPeepsPodcast Momoko Hill: @oh_momoko Robbie Jarvis: @robbjarvis Tylor Starr: @tylorstarr Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch
I'm joined this week by bestselling author and fellow podcast host, Victoria Moran. Many know her through her site and podcast Main Street Vegan but the majority of our conversation on this episode talks about re-framing your perspective around your diet and your progress to come from a place of deeper self-care. We dive into addictive behaviors and the value of 12-step programs to help conquer eating habits that might throw you off course. Victoria has some really amazing tips that I know you'll be able to appreciate. To learn more about her work, check out www.mainstreetvegan.net To learn more about your host, visit www.jasonleenaarts.com and www.revfittherapy.com You can also like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/revolutionaryou Download, subscribe, share with your friends and please take a moment to leave us an iTunes review.
Main Street Vegan Cookbook Part 2 with Victoria Moran. In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, we discuss myths of eating a vegan diet, living a detox, finding healthier treats everywhere, and her Main Street Vegan Academy. Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #418: Main Street Vegan Cookbook Part 2 Upcoming Events Year of Tranquility: Join anytime Spring Virtual Retreat: April 14 Online Writing Lab: April 20 in DC at YogaWorks Yoga + the Animals: June 9 at Burleigh Manor Animal Sanctuary Penning in Paris: July 23-27 in Paris {1 spot left} Writing in the Woods: October 26-28 in West Virginia Tranquility in the Topics: February 16-23, 2019 in Costa Rica Tranquility in Tuscany: July 13-20, 2019 {more info coming} Featured Guest: Victoria Moran Victoria Moran has been a Main Street Vegan® for 33 years and she currently holds the title of Peta’s Sexiest Vegan Over 50, alongside the 2016/17 male winner, Joel Kahn, MD. Victoria is an obesity survivor, maintaining a 60+-pound weight loss, and She is the bestselling author of twelve books, including Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages around the world) and the gentle weight loss classic, The Love-Powered Diet, and the iconic Main Street Vegan. Her latest book is The Good Karma Diet: Eat Gently, Feel Amazing, Age in Slow Motion. Her college thesis became Compassion the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism, originally published in 1985 and the first work on vegan philosophy and practice to come from a major publisher. Victoria is also an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition, host of the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, awarded Outstanding Vegan Media Outlet 2015, and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches. Cited by VegNews among the Top 10 Contemporary Vegetarian Authors, Victoria appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show and she’s one of the celebrity coaches for PCRM’s 21-Day Vegan Kickstart. Her articles have appeared in Yoga Journal, Mothering, Natural Health, Woman’s Day, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, VegNews, and Vegetarian Times. Her work has been noted in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Self, Elle, Glamour, Allure, and O, the Oprah Magazine. She was named Vegan of the Year 2012, sharing that honor with male counterpart Michael Greger, MD, and she speaks extensively for vegetarian/vegan festivals, health events, women’s conferences, associations, corporations, and religious groups. Moran lives with her husband, writer and musician, William Melton, in a LEED-certified green condominium in New York City’s thriving Harlem neighborhood. They’re co-writers of the feature film in pre-production, Miss Liberty, and co-humans to a rescue-dog, Forbes. Savvy Sources Find Victoria Moran Website Instagram Books Twitter Facebook Mentioned in Podcast Main Street Vegan Academy Main Street Vegan Podcast Former Tranquility du Jour Podcasts with Victoria: The Good Karma Diet and Main Street Vegan Main Street Vegan Cookbook Part I with JL Fields Compassion is the new black tee Social Media Eye candy on Instagram Pin along with me on Pinterest Let’s connect on Facebook Follow moi on Twitter Watch via YouTube Tranquility Tips + Tools Shop slow locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT Browse my 5 Books New to Tranquility du Jour? Peruse the FAQs Tranquility-filled E-courses Download the Tranquility du Jour Podcast App: iPhone and Android Sign up for Love Notes and access Tranquil Treasures Read about my passion for animals Request Pen a review on iTunes and/or share this podcast via social media, s‘il vous plaît. Pen a review of my books on Amazon or Goodreads. Techy To listen, click on the player at the top of the post or click here to listen to older episodes. New to podcasting? Get more info at Podcast 411. Do you have iTunes? Click here and subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episode as released. Get the Tranquility du Jour apps to download the podcast "automagically" on iOS or Android.
In today’s episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk to Victoria Moran and JL Fields, the co-authors of The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook. We discuss some of the basic philosophies people identify with in the vegan and plant-based lifestyle. It’s interesting how individual journeys change people and although an overall goal may always be the same, core values can transform. Of course we talk about food, hacks for chopping food bills and discuss one lucky lobster. We also get into a bit of a debate when it comes to the topic of health and Veganism. You’ll have to listen for more on that. Victoria Moran is a vegan of over three decades and was voted “PETA’s Sexiest Vegan Over 50” in 2016. Listed by VegNews among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors, she’s written twelve books, including The Love-Powered Diet, The Good Karma Diet, the international bestseller Creating a Charmed Life, and the iconic Main Street Vegan, whose fans include Bill Clinton and Ellen DeGeneres, and which won the “Best of Vegan 2017” contest in the book category. Victoria was featured twice on Oprah, she hosts the award-winning Main Street Vegan show on Unity Online Radio. She is also producer of the upcoming documentary from filmmaker Thomas Wade Jackson, The Compassion Project. JL Fields is a newspaper writer, magazine columnist, speaker, culinary instructor, lifestyle coach, activist, and radio personality. She is the author of VegNews Magazine’s 2017 Cookbook of the Year, The Vegan Air Fryer, Vegan Pressure Cooking, and co-author of Vegan for Her and is the founder and director of the Colorado Springs Vegan Cooking Academy. She is also a brands consultant for a variety of national companies. JL did her culinary training at the Natural Gourmet Institute and the Christina Pirello School of Natural Cooking and Integrative Health Studies. She is a Main Street Vegan Academy–certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator and a certified Food for Life instructor with Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). She writes and broadcasts from Colorado Springs, Colorado. In this episode we discuss: The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook Lemon Dijon tempeh and mushrooms Spirituality Vegan values The healthy vegan debate Compassion The 3 myths Chopping your grocery bill vegan = weird The lucky lobster Actionable tips for putting more compassion into their everyday life Links to things we mentioned: Thank you to our sponsor, . To see if you qualify, get your free quote today at or mention the promo code “Plant Trainers” when you talk to a Health IQ agent. Victoria Moran – , JL Fields – , by Victoria Moran and JL Fields Thank you to this month’s Patrons for supporting us on : “Joe” Millie Pearson Mary Lou Fusi Carmen Fanous Emily Iaconelli Spanish Armada Michele Olender Don’t forget to contact us at with your question for our Plant Trainers Facebook Lives! We hope you enjoyed this podcast! Please take a moment and – we would be grateful! This will help get our podcast out to others who may enjoy it. We promise to read your reviews and consider your feedback. This show is for you. Please subscribe to The Plant Trainers Podcast on , , or so you will know when we release a new episode. We’re also available to ! Help us by spreading the news about our totally awesome Podcast! Click for a list of our services
Main Street Vegan Cookbook Part 1 with JL Fields. In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, JL Fields and I discuss changes post-40, healthy dishes, and her journey into veganism. Direct download: Tranquility du Jour #417: Main Street Vegan Cookbook Part 1 Upcoming Events Year of Tranquility: Join anytime Love Summit: Starts Today. Tips & tools on all things related to love {including self-love}? Urban Women's Retreat: March 30 in DC at YogaWorks Spring Virtual Retreat: April 14 Online Writing Lab: April 20 in DC at YogaWorks Yoga + the Animals: June 9 at Burleigh Manor Animal Sanctuary Penning in Paris: July 23-27 in Paris {2 spots left} Writing in the Woods: October 26-28 in West Virginia Tranquility in the Topics: February 16-23, 2019 in Costa Rica Tranquility in Tuscany: July 13-20, 2019 {more info coming} Featured Guest: JL Fields JL Fields is an author, culinary instructor, columnist, speaker, activist, and radio personality. She is the founder and director of the Colorado Springs Vegan Cooking Academy, the author of numerous books and co-author of Vegan for Her and Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbooks. She is also a brands consultant for a variety of national companies and food associations. The publisher of JLGoesVegan.com, JL has received culinary training at the Natural Gourmet Institute and the Christina Pirello School of Natural Cooking and Integrative Health Studies. She is a Main Street Vegan Academy-certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator and a certified Food for Life instructor with Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. JL, along with her husband, Dave, and their rescued cat, Oliver, lives in Colorado Springs. Savvy Sources Find JL Fields Website Instagram Books Twitter Facebook Mentioned in Podcast JL's Recipes History of Soy Vega powder PB2 Compassion is the new black tee Tranquility Du Jour Live Spring 2018 - COMING SOON Social Media Eye candy on Instagram Pin along with me on Pinterest Let’s connect on Facebook Follow moi on Twitter Watch via YouTube Tranquility Tips + Tools Shop slow locally-made, eco-friendly fashion: TranquiliT Browse my 5 Books New to Tranquility du Jour? Peruse the FAQs Tranquility-filled E-courses Download the Tranquility du Jour Podcast App: iPhone and Android Sign up for Love Notes and access Tranquil Treasures Read about my passion for animals Request Pen a review on iTunes and/or share this podcast via social media, s‘il vous plaît. Pen a review of my books on Amazon or Goodreads. Techy To listen, click on the player at the top of the post or click here to listen to older episodes. New to podcasting? Get more info at Podcast 411. Do you have iTunes? Click here and subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episode as released. Get the Tranquility du Jour apps to download the podcast "automagically" on iOS or Android.
Special guest alert! This week Evy tries to keep her shit together as she interviews the woman who inspired The ChickPeeps Podcast in the first place, and who is an all-around beacon of light in the vegan community, Victoria Moran. Victoria is the host of the award-winning vegan podcast, Main Street Vegan, the author of thirteen books and the founder/director of the Main Street Vegan Academy where she trains and certifies vegan lifestyle coaches. A vegan for 35 years, Victoria shares what it was like being vegan when nobody knew what that meant, and discusses the concept of Attractivism as a tool for change. She also explains how veganism is an extension of her faith and spiritual life and shares her best advice for accelerating the dream of a vegan world. Also on this episode… 35 years vegan! Victoria talks about what life was like as a vegan over three decades ago: ‘It was so weird that very few people criticised it. Victoria shares her struggle going vegan as she was trying to overcome a binge eating disorder. What is a ‘Main Street Vegan?' ‘If we're going to have a vegan world then we're going to have to be open to liberals and conservatives and religious people and atheists and agnostics and rich people and poor people…the way I look at it is that every human being has at least one thing in common and that is that we all have a heart.' The Main Street Vegan Academy - Victoria describes the process of becoming a Vegan Lifestyle Coach Attractivism - Living in a way that makes other people want what you have. Is attractivism enough? We discuss the best way to do in-person activism. Raising a child vegan and Victoria's advice to worried parents of young vegans. In every reputable study over the past 50 years -with the exception of vitamin B12 - we don't see any [health] problems with vegans. Veganism and Religion - how extending love to animals should be a core tenet of one's spritiual practice Victoria's advice to all vegans wishing to make a change: Be aspirational. Live your very best life. Tylor and Evy discuss their vegan weeks and a problematic story circling the vegan news sites. Links: Victoria's Website, Main Street Vegan Become a Vegan Lifestyle Coach! Victoria's Podcast, Main Street Vegan Victoria's upcoming movie: A Prayer for Compassion NutritionFacts.org Book Recommendation: The Medical Medium Victoria on Twitter @Victoria_Moran and @MainStreetVegan On Facebook @MainStreetVegan On Instagram @MainStreetVegan Subscribe to MainStreetVegan on itunes Check out Man by Steve Cutts Social Media Twitter: @ChickPeepsPod Instagram: @ChickPeepsPod Facebook: @ChickPeepsPodcast Momoko Hill: @oh_momoko Robbie Jarvis: @robbjarvis Tylor Starr: @tylorstarr Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch
Deborah Vidal welcomes the famous vegan superstar Victoria Moran, who just launched her new book, Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook and shares her knowledge about veganism as a lifestyle. Enter the amazing world of veganism and transform your life. Listen to this amazing podcast and realize that becoming vegan can be different to many people, choose your way into veganism and enjoy the benefits to your body, as well as caring for animals and our environment. Here is some information about Victoria Moran. She has been a Main Street Vegan® for 33 years and she currently holds the title of Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50, alongside the 2016/17 male winner, Joel Kahn, MD. Victoria is an obesity survivor, maintaining a 60+-pound weight loss, and She is the bestselling author of twelve books, including Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages around the world) and the gentle weight loss classic, The Love-Powered Diet, and the iconic Main Street Vegan. Her latest book is The Good Karma Diet: Eat Gently, Feel Amazing, Age in Slow Motion. Her college thesis became Compassion the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism, originally published in 1985 and the first work on vegan philosophy and practice to come from a major publisher. Victoria is also an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition, host of the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, awarded Outstanding Vegan Media Outlet 2015, and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches. Cited by VegNews among the Top 10 Contemporary Vegetarian Authors, Victoria appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show and she's one of the celebrity coaches for PCRM's 21-Day Vegan Kickstart. Her articles have appeared in Yoga Journal, Mothering, Natural Health, Woman's Day, Martha Stewart's Whole Living, VegNews, and Vegetarian Times. Her work has been noted in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Self, Elle, Glamour, Allure, and O, the Oprah Magazine. She was named Vegan of the Year 2012, sharing that honor with male counterpart Michael Greger, MD, and she speaks extensively for vegetarian/vegan festivals, health events, women's conferences, associations, corporations, and religious groups. Moran lives with her husband, writer and musician William Melton, in a LEED-certified green condominium in New York City's thriving Harlem neighborhood. They're co-writers of the feature film in pre-production, Miss Liberty, and co-humans to a rescue dog, Forbes. Outline of This Great Episode [10:15] Victoria's Mobi story. [12:46] Victoria's latest Cookbook: The Main Street Vegan Academy. [17:35] Main Street Academy, real life, lectures, and field trips. [21:43] Becoming a Le Cordon Bleu Chef as a vegan. [22:44] Victoria's favorite recipe: Easy Cheesy Broccoli Soup. [25:32] Obstacles when cooking vegan. [28:05] Victoria's perspective about new diets. [29:16] Vegan is a life choice upon which you make dietary choices. [32:54] Ketosis is a disease state. [40:33] I believe in superfood! [41:40] Turmeric magic. [42:03] Spices you should use more often. [45:23] Fat and sugar together are what people consume. [48:24] Karmic reward when you stop eating animals. [52:42] The denomination “vegan” has lots of prejudgements. [58:11] Veganism is not something you can just convince someone into. [1:00:34] Vegan junk food. [1:01:43] How Victoria's husband became a raw vegan. [1:04:54] The sugar in fruit is entirely different. [1:09:46] Get the highest quality fruit you can. [1:11:34] The three biggest things Victoria has learned from her podcast. [1:18:23] The percentage of vegans in America. [1:19:08] How does Victoria see the future for animals? [1:24:04] A Prayer for Compassion, the movie. Mentioned In This Episode Visit Deborah Vidal and subscribe to this podcast! Vidal thanks you for using her banner for your shopping. Leave your review of Vidal Speaks podcast Vidal Speaks Facebook Page Patreon Vidal Speaks! Health IQ or call: (800) 549-1664 Connect with Today's Guest Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook: Over 100 Plant-Sourced Recipes Plus Practical Tips for the Healthiest, Most Compassionate You, by Victoria Moran and JL Fields Learn more about Victoria Moran and her projects.
We’ve all heard “you are what you eat.” But how does our dietary lifestyle influence romance and intimacy? Victoria Moran, multi-published author and host of Main Street Vegan, joins August to explore what plant-based eating has to do with great sex, navigating different-eater relationships and more. Dr. Megan Fleming weighs in for a listener whose marriage is suffering due to different political views. Sign up for occasional Girl Boner® extras at augustmclaughlin.com.
In this episode I interview two fabulous vegan powerhouses, both of whom have previously appeared on the show as individual guests: Victoria Moran from Main Street Vegan Academy in New York and vegan lifestyle coach JL Fields in Colorado. The reason I've got them back on the show and together is because they've co-authored a new book and being experienced authors, I knew they'd have a ton of advice on writing, co-authoring and publishing books. Victoria is a vegan of over three decades and made her reputation in the self-help genre with books including the international bestseller, Creating a Charmed Life. A twice-featured guest on Oprah, Victoria's vegan titles include The Love-Powered Diet, The Good Karma Diet, and Main Street Vegan, which received endorsements from Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Clinton. A renowned and popular international speaker, she trains vegan lifestyle coaches, educators and entrepreneurs via her in-person Main Street Vegan Academy and hosts the Main Street Vegan podcast on Unity Radio. JL is the founder and culinary director of the Colorado Springs Vegan Cooking Academy. She is a Master Vegan Lifestyle Coach & Educator, personal chef, career coach, and a corporate consultant offering wellness training, brand representation, and strategic planning services. Her books include Vegan Pressure Cooking and The Vegan Air Fryer. JL produces and hosts the weekly radio program Easy Vegan, blogs at JLGoesVegan.com and writes the monthly vegan dining review for the Colorado Springs Gazette. Left: Victoria Moran. Right: JL Fields. The pair have co-authored The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook: Over 100 Plant-Sourced Recipes Plus Practical Tips for the Healthiest, Most Compassionate You, which also includes tips and recipes from 60 graduates of the academy. In this interview Victoria and JL talk about: • How they navigated the writing process, considering they live in different cities • Why they chose an independent publisher and tips on how to pitch a book • The benefits of being an author to their respective businesses • The marketing and promotional strategies they use to sell their books • Their honest experiences of working with previous publishers • How Victoria got endorsements from Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Clinton, plus tips on how to secure high-profile people to praise your book or write a foreword • How JL dealt with unscrupulous people copying her work and publishing it as their own on Amazon • And much more Visit Main Street Vegan Academy Visit JLGoesVegan.com Check out books by Victoria Moran on Amazon Check out books by JL Fields on Amazon Find out more about The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook Listen to Victoria Moran's podcast interview in episode 15 of Vegan Business Talk Listen to JL Fields' podcast interview in episode 11 of Vegan Business Talk Brands mentioned in vegan business news roundup: Good Dot Naturli Foods RESOURCES: My Online PR Course for Vegan Business Owners & Entrepreneurs: Vegans in the Limelight My book Vegan Ventures: Start and Grow an Ethical Business Follow Vegan Business Media on: Facebook Twitter Instagram Connect with me personally at: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
This idea of empathy and sharing our stories, especially our deep and vulnerable ones, has been coming up a lot for me lately, from panel discussions on politics and social media I’ve participated in to podcasts I’ve been on talking about the power of public speaking to build trust and empathy. Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. I would add to that not just feelings, but their life situation and what brought them to where they are today. My guest today is Karen Millsap, the founder of The Grief Consultant, which helps organizations implement practical empathy in the workplace to strengthen engagement and improve overall performance. In this episode, we talk about: Why Karen started her company The impact of vulnerability in sharing your story What kinds of speaking engagements Karen has done and how she’s used them to build her business and network How Karen has gotten speaking engagements Her new podcast Invest Human and how she sees it aligning with her business goals What it’s like to be a woman in her field What she wants to be known for Karen also founded Well Now Global Retreats, wellness-inspired retreats to help you navigate complex or suppressed emotional baggage and also teach you how to implement simple healthy habits that will change, and can often save, your life. Karen has a book coming out soon called “Now What?”, in which Karen shares her journey of healing and personal development and gives you guidance on how to pick yourself up, grow through any hardship, and ultimately unleash the best version of yourself. Links: Karen’s website = http://www.karenmillsap.com/ Karen’s podcast Invest Human = https://www.investhuman.co/ Karen’s book = http://www.karenmillsap.com/nowwhat Sheryl Sandberg article = http://time.com/sheryl-sandberg-option-b/ Main Street Vegan podcast I was recently on = http://mainstreetvegan.net/msv-show-notes-april-19-2017-romance-vegans-speaking-cause/ Join the free Speaking Your Brand community at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/join/. Say hi to me on Twitter @CarolMorganCox Subscribe to the podcast, so you don’t miss out on future episodes!
In today’s episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast we talk to Victoria Moran about living a vegan lifestyle and Main Street Vegan. We discuss the definition of vegan which is possibly more encouraging than you may think. While looking at the development the vegan and plant-based world has made over the last 30 years we see a very big opportunity for a better planet with even more compassionate dietary and lifestyle vegans in the future. The more we expose our children to a life of compassion and plants, the better lives they will live later on. We love Victoria’s tips for becoming vegan and suggest you take the movie weekend advice no matter what stage you’re at! For those of you who don’t know Victoria Moran, she is a vegan of over three decades, an obesity survivor, and the current female winner of “Peta’s Sexiest Vegan Over 50.” Listed by VegNews among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors, she’s written twelve books, including The Love-Powered Diet, The Good Karma Diet, and the iconic Main Street Vegan. Victoria was featured twice on Oprah; she hosts the award-winning Main Street Vegan podcast; and directs Main Street Vegan Academy, the exciting in-person program in NYC that trains and certifies Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators. She is also the producer of Thomas Jackson’s upcoming documentary, The Compassion Project, introducing veganism to people of faith. In this episode we discuss: Pets The definition of vegan Doing the best you can The norm The coachable moment Our children Having the meat talk Spiritual connection and food Being helpful in the world When will vegan be normal? Vegan businesses Main Street Vegan Academy Sexiest Vegan over 50 Movie weekend Tips for going vegan Links to things we mentioned: – Use “PlantTrainers” at check-out for 15% off your order – Use “PlantTrainers” at check-out for 20% off your order Victoria Moran’s , , , , , Documentaries: , , , Thank you to this month’s Patrons for supporting us on : “Joe” Millie Pearson Stu Dolnick Mary Lou Fusi Don’t forget to contact us at with your question for our “Hey Plant Trainers” segment! We hope you enjoyed this podcast! Please take a moment and – we would be grateful! This will help get our podcast out to others who may enjoy it. We promise to read your reviews and consider your feedback. This show is for you. Please subscribe to The Plant Trainers Podcast on , or so you will know when we release a new episode. Now also available to ! Help us by spreading the news about our totally awesome Podcast! Click for a list of our services
For six months, during our Ride the High Vibe Tour, BJ and I experienced many unforgettable moments as we shared the mic with some of the most vibrant souls in our nation. Today’s guest, Victoria Moran, is one of those people. Victoria is a bestselling author, obesity survivor and current title holder of Peta’s Sexiest Vegan Over 50. Victoria lives her brilliance and intelligence by example through a vibrant vegan life. Dedicated to saving the lives of as many animals as she can while on this earth, she has created an entire lifestyle around her mission. Most notably known for her iconic book, Main Street Vegan, Victoria is a very big name in the plant-based world and we are quite honored to share her story with the YT community. I am almost done with reading this book and I cannot recommend it enough to anyone who is plant-curious. I’ve been vegetarian for most of my life and vegan for over five years, I have learned so much from this book because honestly living a harmless life is found on so many levels. Victoria meets you where you are at and her style of writing is a joy to digest. Victoria is the author of the first book on vegan ethics from a publisher, Compassion The Ultimate Ethic, which, was, in fact, her college thesis. She was introduced to the vegan life while living in London during her days in fashion school although she had already been living as a vegetarian for many years. She remained vegetarian because being vegan, at the time, felt too extreme. The daughter of parents who held professional roles in the weight loss industry, Victoria describes herself as the fat kid who suffered from food addiction and weight issues for decades. Always curious about the idea of “beyond”, Victoria shares her first spiritual experience as a child and reveals the person who had a profound effect on her life at a young age. Victoria remains a very curious person and pulls much of her literary prowess from those around her. She lives in Harlem with her husband William and their dog Forbes. She is so clearly in love with the energy of New York City and admittedly prefers coffee shop writing over seclusion. In our conversation, we talk about everything vegan and the way in which Victoria articulates her insight makes living the vegan lifestyle feel logical and attainable. We address all the frequently asked questions, the ones that all vegans had at their vegan beginnings, and she shares beautiful advice for those who are just getting started. Main Street Vegan opened up so many doors for Victoria, one of which is her Main Street Vegan Academy where she certifies participants as Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators. Without any guarantees of anyone showing up, Victoria opens the doors to the Academy. Years later that academy is thriving and she describes it as a five and a half day miracle. The caliber of her speakers is mind-blowing as is the diversity of the program and subject matter addressed. This is a full-spectrum professional development training academy and we’re secretly hoping for one on the west coast soon. Victoria describes her vegan lifestyle as a wonderful ethical stance and, although she is clearly in it for the welfare of animals, her vitality and vibrancy shine like the North Star. We hope you enjoy today’s episode with Victoria Moran, she is so well-spoken and eloquent in her delivery. We truly cherished our moments with her and are so happy to have her in the YT community.
TODAY'S GUEST: Victoria Moran has been a Main Street Vegan® for 32 years and she currently holds the title of Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50, alongside the 2016/17 male winner, Joel Kahn, MD. Victoria is an obesity survivor, maintaining a 60+-pound weight loss, and She is the bestselling author of twelve books, including Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages around the world) and the gentle weight loss classic, The Love-Powered Diet, and the iconic Main Street Vegan. Her latest book is The Good Karma Diet: Eat Gently, Feel Amazing, Age in Slow Motion. Her college thesis became Compassion the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism, originally published in 1985 and the first work on vegan philosophy and practice to come from a major publisher. Victoria is also an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition, host of the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, awarded Outstanding Vegan Media Outlet 2015, and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches. Cited by VegNews among the Top 10 Contemporary Vegetarian Authors, Victoria appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show and she's one of the celebrity coaches for PCRM's 21-Day Vegan Kickstart. Her articles have appeared in Yoga Journal, Mothering, Natural Health, Woman's Day, Martha Stewart's Whole Living, VegNews, and Vegetarian Times. Her work has been noted in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Self, Elle, Glamour, Allure, and O, the Oprah Magazine. She was named Vegan of the Year 2012, sharing that honor with male counterpart Michael Greger, MD, and she speaks extensively for vegetarian/vegan festivals, health events, women's conferences, associations, corporations, and religious groups. Moran lives with her husband, writer and musician, William Melton, in a LEED-certified green condominium in New York City's thriving Harlem neighborhood. They're co-writers of the feature film in pre-production, Miss Liberty, and co-humans to a rescue-dog, Forbes. To keep in touch, please: Connect With Today's guest: VICTORIA MORAN Follow Victoria on Twitter: @Victoria_Moran and @MainStreetVegan “Like” her on Facebook: Main Street Vegan Share with her on Instagram: @MainStreetVegan Subscribe to the Main Street Vegan Podcast on iTunes IN THIS EPISODE: Many more people have thought about becoming vegan than you might think. The reason is that there's something inside each of us that knows that eating plant-based is much more sustainable and healthy than eating animal-based. On this episode, I'm chatting with a wonderful person who is one of the leading voices in the vegan lifestyle community, Victoria Moran. Victoria Moran has been sharing her story for many years about how she became vegan after discovering her own food addiction. It was that pivotal moment that inspired her once and for all to pursue a healthier life, which did include her transition to a vegan way of eating and living. On this episode, Victoria Moran and I talk about many, many important issues that the vegan lifestyle touches on. From the health impact of becoming vegan to the environmental and animal rights issues, you'll find Victoria not only a zealous advocate of the vegan way of life but also a voice of reason and sanity in the conversation. If you are considering becoming vegan I encourage you to hear Victoria's story and the reasons behind her passionate advocacy for the vegan lifestyle. She's a person who looks at it not only from the standpoint of the data but also from a common sense and compassionate stance. She's a truly amazing person who is an inspiration in so many ways. At the end of this episode, I asked my guest, Victoria Moran for 3 simple steps a person could take if they are considering becoming vegan and she gave some of the most practical and simple advice I've heard on the subject. I think it's doable for anyone, even you, so please take the time to listen. Outline Of This Great Episode [1:59] My welcome to this first episode of 2017, and introduction to this episode. [4:36] Looking toward the new year in light of lifestyle changes. [8:29] Who is Victoria Moran? [11:16] The media attention around Victoria's recent win of “Sexiest Vegan Over 50.” [12:47] Victoria's story of becoming a vegan: food addiction. [16:16] The recovery path for her eating disorder and Victoria's advice. [19:39] The practical practices Victoria follows as a vegan to maintain her lifestyle. [28:04] The modern ways veganism has become easier - sort of. [35:10] Why is the animal product issue so ignored - and what could happen if it were addressed more effectively? [44:20] The reason vegans and scientists need to walk the walk and talk the talk. [51:00] Is using the labels “plant-based” or “plant-sourced” a better alternative? [55:18] The “other slices” of a vegan lifestyle that are not often thought about. [1:02:29] Victoria's most rewarding animal advocate experience. [1:05:35] The movie Victoria has been working on (Miss Liberty). [1:07:16] Victoria's new book: The Good Karma Diet [1:10:02] 3 things you can do to improve your health as a vegan. Resources Mentioned On This Episode Mainstreet Vegan Academy BOOK: Creating a Charmed Life (affiliate link) BOOK: The Love Powered Diet (affiliate link) BOOK: Main Street Vegan (affiliate link) BOOK: The Good Karma Diet (affiliate link) BOOK: Compassion, the Ultimate Ethic (affiliate link) Chocolate Shake recipe from the BOOK: The Ayurvedic Vegan Kitchen (affiliate link) www.Lighter.world The Good Food Institute Cowspiracy movie BOOK: Great Chefs Cook Vegan (affiliate link) BOOK: The Super Genes (affiliate link) BOOK: The China Study (affiliate link) BOOK: How Not To Die (affiliate link) BOOK: Proteinaholic (affiliate link) BOOK: Farm Sanctuary (affiliate link) BOOK: Do Unto Animals (affiliate link) BOOK: Comfortably Unaware (affiliate link)
In this episode I interview Victoria Moran from Main Street Vegan Academy. Victoria is a hugely successful writer who's been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show – twice – as well as in other high-profile media including Good Morning America and The Washington Post. She's been vegan for 31 years and her college thesis was the first work on vegan philosophy and practice to be put out by a major publisher, back in 1985. Victoria is the bestselling author of 12 books, covering areas such as spirituality, compassion and plant-based eating and living. They include Creating a Charmed Life, The Love-Powered Diet, Main Street Vegan and the most recent The Good Karma Diet. A renowned and popular inspirational speaker, certified holistic health counselor and graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition, nearly four years ago Victoria launched the Main Street Vegan Academy to train and certify vegan lifestyle coaches. The six-day program is held four times a year in New York City where Victoria has lived for many years. She's also the host of the Main Street Vegan weekly radio show and podcast. In this interview Victoria talks about: • The mindset shift needed, particularly for creatives and activists, to launch and run a business and become comfortable with being a business owner • How being open to diversifying your offerings can bring a multitude of opportunities to grow your business • Why the Buddhist concept of ‘Beginner's Mind' is essential for vegan business owners and entrepreneurs to embrace • And much more Visit the Main Street Vegan website Check out books by Victoria Moran on Amazon Brands mentioned in vegan business news roundup: Doomies (Toronto) Nanashake (Toronto) Gardein Suzy Welch The Stoop (LA) RESOURCES: My Online PR Course for Vegan Business Owners & Entrepreneurs: Vegans in the Limelight My book Vegan Ventures: Start and Grow an Ethical Business Follow Vegan Business Media on: Facebook Twitter Instagram Connect with me personally at: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
In this episode I interview Victoria Moran from Main Street Vegan Academy. Victoria is a hugely successful writer who’s been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show – twice – as well as in other high-profile media including Good Morning America and The Washington Post. She’s been vegan for 31 years and her college thesis was the first work on vegan philosophy and practice to be put out by a major publisher, back in 1985. Victoria is the bestselling author of 12 books, covering areas such as spirituality, compassion and plant-based eating and living. They include Creating a Charmed Life, The Love-Powered Diet, Main Street Vegan and the most recent The Good Karma Diet. A renowned and popular inspirational speaker, certified holistic health counselor and graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition, nearly four years ago Victoria launched the Main Street Vegan Academy to train and certify vegan lifestyle coaches. The six-day program is held four times a year in New York City where Victoria has lived for many years. She’s also the host of the Main Street Vegan weekly radio show and podcast. In this interview Victoria talks about: • The mindset shift needed, particularly for creatives and activists, to launch and run a business and become comfortable with being a business owner • How being open to diversifying your offerings can bring a multitude of opportunities to grow your business • Why the Buddhist concept of ‘Beginner’s Mind’ is essential for vegan business owners and entrepreneurs to embrace • And much more Visit the Main Street Vegan website Check out books by Victoria Moran on Amazon Brands mentioned in vegan business news roundup: Doomies (Toronto) Nanashake (Toronto) Gardein Suzy Welch The Stoop (LA) RESOURCES: My Online PR Course for Vegan Business Owners & Entrepreneurs: Vegans in the Limelight My book Vegan Ventures: Start and Grow an Ethical Business Follow Vegan Business Media on: Facebook Twitter Instagram Connect with me personally at: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
There is more to a plant based diet than most people think. When you make better food choices, you become a healthier and happier person. You are also creating a more peaceful existence. When you put something out that is peaceful, it does indeed come back to you. In addition to your health, it also impacts your longevity. If you have ever wondered what the more in-depth transition to veganism is really about, this is one show you don't want to miss. In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, author and vegan advocate, Victoria Moran talks to host, June Stoyer, about her best-selling book, The Good Karma Diet: Eat Gently, Feel Amazing, Age in Slow Motion. Victoria Moran is the author of twelve books, is a sought-after speaker, host of the popular Main Street Vegan podcast, and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training vegan lifestyle coaches and educators.Stay tuned! Do you like FREE stuff? Tune in to The Organic View Radio Show, Monday through Friday @6pm Eastern and visit our contest section at www.theorganicview.com/contests to win one of our monthly prizes! Today's show is sponsored by Eden Foods the most trusted name in certified organic clean food! When you shop online at EdenFoods.com enter the coupon code “ORGVIEW” to receive 20% OFF any regularly priced items (excluding cases). For other promotional offers, please visit TheOrganicView.com's website.
Victoria Moran is the best-selling author of Main Street Vegan and a dedicated vegan who has appeared twice on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Listen in as Victoria and Brandon discuss the health, ethical, ecological and spiritual implications of veganism and its impact on everything from our personal well-being to the collective fate of our planet.
The Good Karma Diet with Victoria Moran. Learn what the good karma diet is, how it impacts our bodies and minds and affects the aging process, and how to eat plant-based even if you live far from Whole Foods. Featured Guest: Victoria Moran has been a Main Street Vegan® for 31 years and is an obesity survivor, maintaining a 60+-pound weight loss for all this time. She’s the bestselling author of twelve books, including Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages around the world) and the plant-based weight loss classic, The Love-Powered Diet, and the iconic Main Street Vegan. Her latest book is The Good Karma Diet: Eat Gently, Feel Amazing, Age in Slow Motion. Her college thesis became Compassion the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism, originally published in 1985 and the first work on vegan philosophy and practice to come from a major publisher. Victoria is also an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition, host of the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, awarded Outstanding Vegan Media Outlet 2015, and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches. Victoria appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show and she’s one of the celebrity coaches for PCRM’s 21-Day Vegan Kickstart. Her articles have appeared in Yoga Journal, Mothering, Natural Health, Woman’s Day, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, VegNews, and Vegetarian Times. Her work has been noted in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Self, Elle, Glamour, Allure, and O, the Oprah Magazine. She was named Vegan of the Year 2012, sharing that honor with male counterpart Michael Greger, MD, and she speaks extensively for vegetarian/vegan festivals, health events, women’s conferences, associations, corporations, and religious groups Moran lives with her husband, writer and musician, William Melton, in a LEED-certified green condominium in New York City’s thriving Harlem neighborhood. They’re co-writers of the feature film in pre-production, Miss Liberty, and co-humans to a rescue-dog, Forbes. Savvy Sources: Website: mainstreetvegan.net Facebook: facebook.com/mainstreetvegan Twitter: @victoria_moran Instagram: instagram.com/mainstreetvegan Podcast: Main Street Vegan Books: The Good Karma Diet and more First interview with Victoria on Tranquility du Jour {#240} Main Street Vegan Academy {I participated in August 2013} Join my complimentary 52 Weeks of Tranquility Program Tranquilosophy Fall Seasonal Podcast mp3 Fall's online book club pick: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Sign up for weekly Love Notes and access Tranquil Treasures Podcast app: Tranquility du Jour iPhone and Android Upcoming Events: Mini Retreat in DC: December 31 2016 Art + Asana in Costa Rica: February 13-20 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in DC: Starts February 26 Art + Yoga in West Virginia: May 13-15 Penning in Paris: June 6-10 Art + Asana in Tuscany: Fall TBA Writing in the Woods: October TBA Stay Connected: New to Tranquility du Jour? Peruse my FAQs. Tranquility University E-courses. Read along on Goodreads. Connect on Facebook. Follow on Twitter. Pin along on Pinterest. Eye candy on Instagram. Browse my books. Read about my passion for animals. Pen a review on iTunes. Techy: To listen, click on the player at the top of the post or click here to listen to older episodes. New to podcasting? Get more info at Podcast 411. Do you have iTunes? Click here and subscribe to the podcast to get the latest episode as released. Get the Tranquility du Jour apps to get the podcast automagically on iOS or Android.
Today award-winning television host, popular plant-based cookbook author and vegan chef Laura Theodore, the Jazzy Vegetarian welcomes Dianne Wenz, who is a Certified Holistic Health Coach, to share fabulous Halloween recipes and party tips! Then the Rockstar Vegan Laura Cheadle joins us to share her favorite foods for Halloween celebrating! Be sure to order your copy of Laura Theodore’s newest cookbook, Laura Theodore’s VEGAN-EASE ! Signed copies now available at vegan-ease.com! Or the cookbook is now for sale on AMAZON! Dianne Wenz, of Diannes Vegan Kitchen and Chic Vegan, is a Certified Holistic Health Coach, Vegan Lifestyle Coach, Plant-Based Nutrition Specialist, and Plant-Based Chef. She is passionate about helping others improve their health and wellbeing. Dianne coaches people from across the country to help them improve their health and wellbeing, and she helps people make the dietary and lifestyle changes needed to go vegan. Dianne runs the busy MeetUp group Montclair Vegans, and she is also editor-in-chief for ChicVegan.com, a website where compassionate fashionistas and vegan vixens meet up to discuss how they can make the world a better place for people and animals alike. Her articles and recipes have appeared on websites such as VeganCuts.com, Main Street Vegan.com and VegKitchen.com, and in Chickpea Magazine and T.O.F.U. Magazine.
Today Laura Theodore the Jazzy Vegetarian welcomes Victoria Moran to share about her incredible new book The Good Karma Diet. Signed copies of the new cookbook - Laura Theodore's Vegan-Ease are now available for pre-order at Jazzyvegetarian.com. Jazzy Vegetarian on public television is back for a fifth season, featuring QUICK and EASY meals. From Sunday Brunch to a Garden-Fresh Dinner, “Taste” award-winning host Laura Theodore—with help from celebrity guests like Lidia Bastianich, Julieanna Hever and Rickey Medlocke—shows viewers how to cook healthy, delicious vegan food for family and friends (check local listings). Join Laura from October 3rd to October 10th on the 2015 Jim Brickman Soothe Cruise Victoria Moran is a vegan of three decades and an obesity survivor. Listed by VegNews magazine among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors, Victoria has written twelve books, including Main Street Vegan, Creating a Charmed Life, and her brand new work, The Good Karma Diet. Her fans range from Michael Moore to Ellen Degeneres, and she was featured twice on Oprah. Moran hosts of the weekly Main Street Vegan podcast, and directs Main Street Vegan Academy, an in-person program in NYC to train vegan lifestyle coaches.
Celebrating the Main Street Vegan show's third birthday, Victoria welcomes animal rights icon Ingrid Newkirk, founder of PETA, and The Meaty Truth's coauthor Amy-Lee Goodman.
Today Laura Theodore the Jazzy Vegetarian welcomes Victoria Moran to chat about tips and recipes for hosting a healthy holiday meal. SEASON FOUR of Jazzy Vegetarian now airs on the CREATE NETWORK every Tuesaday and Thursday and is full of celebrity guests and celebratory meals! Looking for the perfect holiday gift? Autographed copies of the new, 3-disc DVD Collection - The Best of Jazzy Vegetarian and signed copies of all of Laura Theodore’s cookbooks are now available! Victoria Moran is the author of eleven books, a certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP) in private practice, and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training vegan lifestyle coaches. Her latest book is Main Street Vegan, which VegNews magazine calls “The Vegan Bible, New Testament.” A two-time Oprah! guest, winner of “Vegan of the Year” for 2012, and host of the Main Street Vegan Show on Unity.FM radio, Victoria lives in a green condo in New York City.
In response to animal welfare and taking a stand against animal cruelty, compassionate people everywhere are adopting a vegan diet. Adair Moran, a New York State Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator and co-founder of Urban Utopia Wildlife, joins us for an intimate discussion on the plight of animals, veganism and working with wildlife.When many people hear of “going vegan,” they may assume that one is doing it for the health benefits – after all, it’s one of the healthiest ways to eat as you consume so many phytochemicals and nutrients from living food. But, there’s another side to veganism: it’s good for our planet, because it uses fewer resources and doesn’t support industrial livestock farms, which face criticism for their treatment of animals. Adrian will talk to us about the animals she’s worked with and how we can coexist lovingly with them.Adair is also the co-author of the book Main Street Vegan, with her mother, author Victoria Moran (who has been on ‘Vegan and the Living is Easy’ several times). She’ll dish to us about how she has managed to eat vegan while traveling all over the world!As another special treat, she’ll even share with us how being a lifelong vegan has impacted her “other job” of being a stunt performer and aerialist who can frequently be seen performing stuns in films and television shows!
In response to animal welfare and taking a stand against animal cruelty, compassionate people everywhere are adopting a vegan diet. Adair Moran, a New York State Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator and co-founder of Urban Utopia Wildlife, joins us for an intimate discussion on the plight of animals, veganism and working with wildlife.When many people hear of “going vegan,” they may assume that one is doing it for the health benefits – after all, it’s one of the healthiest ways to eat as you consume so many phytochemicals and nutrients from living food. But, there’s another side to veganism: it’s good for our planet, because it uses fewer resources and doesn’t support industrial livestock farms, which face criticism for their treatment of animals. Adrian will talk to us about the animals she’s worked with and how we can coexist lovingly with them.Adair is also the co-author of the book Main Street Vegan, with her mother, author Victoria Moran (who has been on ‘Vegan and the Living is Easy’ several times). She’ll dish to us about how she has managed to eat vegan while traveling all over the world!As another special treat, she’ll even share with us how being a lifelong vegan has impacted her “other job” of being a stunt performer and aerialist who can frequently be seen performing stuns in films and television shows!
Victoria Moran joins Leigh-Chantelle to talk about her book, her academy, veganism, and more. See: http://mainstreetvegan.net
Main Street Vegan coauthor Adair Moran and Cathy Wolfe, both NYS licensed wildlife rehabilitators, on cohabiting with wild beings in urban and suburban settings, and introducing Urban Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitation, New York City's first rehab program dedicated to wild mammals. Special guest in the appetizer segment: Caryn Hartglass of ResponsibleEatingandLiving.org.
Brilliant—and at times renegade—dietician Ginny Messina and blogger (JL Goes Vegan), Main Street Vegan lifestyle coach, and educator JL Fields riff on their good-sense/good-read new book, Vegan for Her.
Every day is a new show. Today Victoria Moran will talk about her whole food plant based life and her latest book "Main Street Vegan". Everything you need to know to eat healthfully and live compassionately in the real world.
Today Laura Theodore, the Jazzy Vegetarian welcomes Victoria Moran to chat about wellness and veganism. Ms. Moran is the author of eleven books, a certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP) in private practice, and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training vegan lifestyle coaches. Her latest book is Main Street Vegan, which VegNews magazine calls “The Vegan Bible, New Testament.” A two-time Oprah! guest, winner of “Vegan of the Year” for 2012, and host of the Main Street Vegan Show on Unity.FM radio, Victoria lives in a green condo in New York City.
On March 2nd and 3rd thousands of NYC Vegetarians, Vegans, and the Veg-curious came out to the NYC Vegetarian Food Festivalto sample, purchase, and learn about vegan food and lifestyle. Add in some animal rights organizations and farmed animal sanctuaries, the NYC Veg Food Fest is sure to be a hot spot for our favorite vegan super stars (every vegan is a super star to us)! That means, that in this spectacular 100th episode of Vegan Radio we hit the mother-load on interviews!!First we hear the story behind the festival from co-creator/coordinator Nira Poliwoda followed by Eddie Garza of Mercy for Animals, the benefactors of the festival's official after party. Next we feature Vegan Radio's favorite subject, farm animal sanctuaries! We hear from Gene Baur of Farm Sanctuary again and find out what he's been up to since the last episode. Theresa Sarzynskifrom For the Animals Sanctuary tells the story of mother and son bovines Grace and Benjamin; Mike Stura, long time animal saver and sanctuary volunteer tells the story of the slaughterhouse escapee goat Wilfred who he rescued from the streets of Brooklyn and brught to Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary.The next segment of interviews feature amazing powerful woman authors, bloggers, and food providers who are each working towards veganism becoming the norm in the future. Ellen Jaffe Jones author of How to Eat Vegan on $4 a Day and Victoria Moran author of Main Street Vegan were kind enough to share their light with Vegan Radio and tell us what they are up to and how they are spreading the vegan experience to others. Next Rachel Kay and Marina Guvenc tell us about their newly launched vegan fashion blog The New Luv. Then Derek Goodwin shares magic moments with the ever regal Ella Nemcova of The Regal Vegan. Our final interview is with two of Sea Shepherd International's finest (fine as in you wish it were a tv interview) Georgie Dicks of Sea Shepherd Australia and Ethan Wolf the NYC Chapter of Sea Shepard tell us about the current campaigns and direct actions of Sea Shepard Conservation Society. Direct action is so dreamy.
Guest co-host Erin Red Grayson of Erin Red Radio joins Main Street Vegan for a discussion with Marty Davey, MS, RD, "La Diva Dietician," on the basics of plant-based eating.
Vegcast 111 features an interview with Victoria Moran, centering on her latest book Main Street Vegan, which demystifies veganism as an elite pursuit and brings the nuts and bolts to the mainstream. She also discusses the new Main Street Vegan Academy and her Main Street Vegan radio show on unity.fm. There is also a song from Moby and a Science Fact about the official Declaration on Consciousness of nonhuman animals signed last month by some of the foremost neuroscientists in the world.
Vegcast 111 features an interview with Victoria Moran, centering on her latest book Main Street Vegan, which demystifies veganism as an elite pursuit and brings the nuts and bolts to the mainstream. She also discusses the new Main Street Vegan Academy and her Main Street Vegan radio show on unity.fm. There is also a song from Moby and a Science Fact about the official Declaration on Consciousness of nonhuman animals signed last month by some of the foremost neuroscientists in the world.
Let's get Vegucated ... with the fun and fabulous film by that name from radiant auteur Marisa Miller-Wolfson, our guest today on Main Street Vegan. Marisa's delightful documentary follows the adventures (and misadventures) of three meat-and-cheese-loving New Yorkers (she found them on Craigslist!) who agree to go vegan—no animal products at all—for 90 days. As warm and funny and accepting as her film, Marisa wants to talk with YOU about all things veg.
Welcome to the intro program of Main Street Vegan! Victoria and Adair will lay out the format of this lively and life-giving hour, answer questions that have come in online, and interview two fascinating guests: blogger JL Fields of JLGoesVegan.com (she went veg after 40, became a triathlete, and encourages us to "Stop Chasing Skinny!"); and Gary Gibson, HHC, AADP, CPT, health educator, fitness coach and creator of The Vegan Effect.
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