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Formerly named Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50 (at the age of 66), Victoria Moran is an esteemed expert on preserving vitality in every decade. She joins Kristine on the show today to share how we can use the wisdom of Ayurvedic medicine to transform our lives at any age. Listen in, and discover your unique dosha type so you can learn to eat, move, and age like a yogi!    Her new book Age Like a Yogi: A Heavenly Path to a Dazzling Third Act is now available everywhere.  Victoria Moran is a longtime devotee of yoga and author of thirteen previous books on wellbeing, compassionate living, and eclectic spirituality. Creating a Charmed Life was an international bestseller, and Shelter for the Spirit and Lit from Within earned her spots on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Victoria hosts the Main Street Vegan Podcast. Victoria is a frequent speaker and podcast guest based in New York City.    Visit Victoria's website here Read Victoria's new book Age Like a Yogi Take the Dosha Quiz   

Air Date - 15 January 2025While advanced age is revered by some, very few are in a hurry to get there. Is there wisdom in the ancient practices of Yoga and Ayurveda that will allow us to age with both physical and spiritual health? My guest this week on Destination Unlimited, Victoria Moran, says Yoga and Ayurveda are the keys to aging beautifully. Victoria Moran is a longtime devotee of yoga and author of thirteen previous books on well-being, compassionate living, and eclectic spirituality.Creating a Charmed Life was an international bestseller, and Shelter for the Spirit and Lit from Within earned her spots on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Victoria hosts the Main Street Vegan Podcast, is the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, and is a co-founder of the Compassion Consortium, an interfaith spiritual center based on the principle of ahimsa. At age 66, she was voted Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50, and in her early 70s trained as a Yoga instructor (RYT-200) and Raja Yoga instructor. Victoria is a frequent speaker and podcast guest based in New York City.Her website is http://VictoriaMoran.com, and she joins me this week to share her path. She just published her 14th book, Age Like a Yogi: A Heavenly Path to a Dazzling Third Act.#VictoriaMoran #VictorFuhrman #DestinationUnlimited #Interviews #Lifestyle #Metaphysics #Paranormal #SpiritualityConnect with Victor Fuhrman at https://victorthevoice.com/Visit the Destination Unlimited Show Page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/destination-unlimited/Subscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/

Call Caryn's personal archive number to hear the most recent five episodes of It's All About Food: 1-701-719-0885 Victoria Moran, Age Like a Yogi: A Heavenly Path to a Dazzling Third Act Victoria Moran is a longtime devotee of yoga and author of thirteen previous books on wellbeing, compassionate living, and eclectic spirituality. Creating a Charmed Life was an international bestseller, and Shelter for the Spirit and Lit from Within earned her spots on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Victoria hosts the Main Street Vegan Podcast, is founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, and a cofounder of the Compassion Consortium, an interfaith spiritual center based on the principle of ahimsa. She was, at age 66, voted Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50 and in her early 70s trained as a yoga instructor (RYT-200) and raja yoga instructor. Victoria is a frequent speaker and podcast guest, based in New York City.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Victoria Moran began her vegan journey through yoga. Victoria took up yoga, an activity that recommends vegetarianism, at just 17. Despite the changing pace of yoga positions, the internal philosophy always stuck with her and directed her towards an open minded and spiritual take on life. Victoria briefly discusses an eating disorder from her past which ties into her difficulty in transitioning from vegetarianism to veganism. With an abundance of encouragement and support from dear friends, she officially became vegan at the age of 33. Victoria speaks of how her soul led her to become vegan, and in doing so, she stayed close to her higher power. Victoria and her interviewer, Dr. Elisa Haransky Beck, discuss her daily routine, in which is in harmony with nature, and her compassion consortium, a spiritual center and home. Victoria's pet rescue pigeon, Thunder, also makes a special appearance. About Victoria Moran is a committed vegan and an experienced vegan author of over 30 years. She is the Founder and Director of Main Street Vegan Academy, where vegans train as certified Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators. She is also one of the Founders of Compassion Consortium, a spiritual center and home. Victoria is a radio show/podcast host, a registered yoga teacher, certified holistic health counselor, certified life coach, and holds the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies certificate in plant-based nutrition, all while being Peta's Sexiest Vegan Over 50. Journey Through Health & Wellness is a project of ReImagine Turtle Creek Watershed and Airshed Communities Plus. Music: "Higher-Up" by Shane Ivers bensound.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/journeyhealthandwellness/message

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  

 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.

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

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

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

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.   

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

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.

The Main Street Vegan Academy Cookbook with Victoria Moran & JL FieldsVictoria Moran is a vegan of over three decades, an obesity survivor, and the 2016/17 winner of the “Peta’s Sexiest Vegan Over 50.” Listed by VegNews among the Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors, she’s written twelve books and her fans range from Bill Clinton to Ellen Degeneres. https://mainstreetvegan.netJL Fields is a newspaper writer, magazine columnist, speaker, culinary instructor, lifestyle coach, activist, and media personality. https://jlgoesvegan.comSpirituality 103: The #Forgiveness Code with Dr. Ivan Figueroa-OteroIvan Figueroa-Otero MD focuses his holistic medicine practice in the use of medical acupuncture treatments, as developed in Traditional Chinese Medicine. His goal is to help patients in their search for total balance, in order to achieve physical, mental & spiritual #wellness. This in turn stimulates the reprogramming of their #lifestyles, nutrition habits and stress control skills. www.ivanfigueroaoteromd.com/en/For more show information visitwww.MomentswithMarianne.com

Wacky Willard Returns Actor Fred Willard is back to share his love for the furry-four-legged and his pet project, Actors and Others for Animals. If you saw him on Modern Family (ABC) last week, you might say he looks the same as he did in the movie Best in Show, almost 18 years ago. He'll tell us his secret to youth. Yes, it might have something to do with animals. Hugging Turkey? Albert the Hugging Turkey is a viral sensation. His guardian, Hollywood producer Brant Pinvidic is our guest and he'll share the story of how Albert was "pardoned" on Thanksgiving and what his plans are to help adoptable dogs using Albert's fame. The Health Benefits of Your Dog and Cat Voted P.E.T.A.'s Sexiest Vegan Over 50, Holistic Practitioner Carlyn Montes De Oca has the prescription for better health. She says you should consider your dog your doctor and your cat your nurse. Carlyn will explain why your pets set good health examples. Deadly Dog Flu in Florida At least even dogs in Florida have been diagnosed with potentially deadly dog flu, a highly contagious virus that popped up in 10 states in 2015. Despite not being transmittable to humans, the dog flu can infect cats. Most cases are not fatal to cats, but, if left untreated, the virus can progress to pneumonia. Frequent Flier Rewards for Pets Korean Air has introduced an innovative program for pets that are frequent fliers. Now, there's a frequent flier reward system called SKYPETS. The program allows pets to rack up points for every trip they take and redeem them for future free travel. Virgin Atlantic has Flying Paws, which rewards travelers for trips with pets. Read more about this week's show.

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

Vegan novelist Camille DeAngelis with her first nonfiction book, Life Without Envy: Ego Management for Creative People, followed by Dr. Joel Kahn, America's holistic heart doctor, and my fellow "Sexiest Vegan Over 50" for 2016 and 2017.

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)

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-344 – Ellen Jaffe Jones – Eat Vegan on $4 a Day!  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4344.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends and welcome to episode 4-344 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Today we talk with a fascinating and successful woman – Ellen Jaffe Jones – about how to eat healthy on the cheap!  .  I connected to Ellen because my daughter brought home Ellen's book . I started looking at it and saw that Ellen had a cool back story and was now a practicing endurance sports addict as well as a vegan and an author.  She has escaped from being a broadcast news personality on a fast track to an unhealthy and early demise by eating better and living a healthier life.  Whether you are vegan or not you can pick up some tips on how to shoehorn some healthier food into your busy life. She's also one of those people that we talk to a lot who take control of their story and change directions mid-life.  That should give all of us hope that the only thing stopping any of us is the decision and action to make the change we want and start telling a different narrative about our lives. I am not vegan but I do like to eat clean-ish.  I get a lot of fruits and vegetables and nuts in my diet.  The thing is, I like fruits and vegetables and nuts.  You have to make these decisions for yourself but there are simple ways to eat a bit healthier.  One is to get your fruit and veg and nuts.  Another is to ease into eating less of the bad stuff.  It has been consistently shown that there are a small set of lifestyle inputs that have an outsized impact on your health, quality of life and longevity.  Going all the way back to episode 97 in 2010 with Dr. Monte we talked about this: In no particular order: Number one:  Eat a healthy diet with lots of fruits and vegetables nuts (fiber).  Number two:  Don't smoke. Number three:  Exercise consistently.  If you're listening to my voice here on the RunRunLive Podcast you probably have most of these covered.  All three is great.  If you can't do all three, two is good and even just one of these is better than nothing.  It's not black and white.  We'd all like to be perfect but just remember your goal is progress not perfection.  This is just for your physical health.  There's probably a similar list that includes cultivating a positive attitude, working on your self-awareness and having an attitude of abundance.  There's no winning the game.  We all end up in the same place. What you get is a few more good years.  A better life and a better legacy, maybe.  Anyhow – in summary – Eat Kale!  Heh…I actually see that bumper sticker when I'm commuting.  “Eat more Kale!” like it's some sort of political protest. I do have some Kale in my garden.  And some chard.  My squash were making a wonderful display of prolificness this week but, much to my ire, Mr. Woodchuck has dug a burrow directly under my squash bed and is browsing his way through the plants.  And so another battle is pitched.  Man vs nature in a dance played out each summer season for the last 8,000 years.  Chaos want to have its way with our taming of the world. And this is 100 feet from where Buddy hangs out in the front yard! Brazen woodchucks and bunnies and squirrels! I guess Buddy is more of an observer than an interventionist.  A Laissez-faire border collie. He had a big week this week.  He had surgery to remove a couple of the large lumps that were accumulating.  He's an old dog, but there was one under his back leg that seemed to be restricting his range of motion.  He made it through the surgery fine and is now recovering.  He went out for a quick run in the woods with me yesterday and seems no worse for wear. I've been trail running like a maniac.  I signed up for a trail marathon in Indianapolis July 30th – yes next Saturday.  This past Sunday I did a 20 mile trail tempo run that I was pretty proud of.  My runs have been crappy in the heat and humidity so far this summer.  So that one was a confidence builder.  Come up and join me next weekend! It's called the .  There's a half and a 10k too I think.  One Interesting thing that is bugging me is that my pace has slowed to the point where the deer flies can catch me now.  I never had a problem with the bugs because I could stay in front of them.  But now I've reached an inflection point where they can catch me and it's quite bothersome.  On a couple of these trail runs in the heat I'd have what felt like hundreds of deer flies swarming me in the woods.  50 would hold me down while the other 50 bit me.  I feel so violated. In section one today I'm going to talk about beginner trail running – now that I've made it sound so sexy.  In section two we're going to talk about understand the narratives that other people are listening to.  … Have you watched the new Tony Robbins documentary on Netflix?  It's fascinating.  He does these live intervention things with people where you can see him reading the people.  He watches their physical cues and asks them questions, almost like a psychic would.  It's an amazing example of how good or at least practiced he is at reading people.  It's fascinating.  I guess we're lucky he's not using those skills for anything overtly evil.  He could make these people do anything in these seminars.  It's like the old religious camp meetings. There are a lot of the things we recognize as familiar behavioral tricks.  Like getting people to change their state – i.e. breaking their frame.  Getting people to lean in – to buy in – a little bit at a time until they are totally susceptible to suggestions and instructions.  Asking good questions that get around the façade.  Getting past the perceived problem to the deeper self-awareness.  And then, using the power of a shared experience to reinforce behavior.  So really it's just another version of the group run! On with the show! The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access To Exclusive Members Only audio Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Exclusive Access to Individual Audio Segments from all Shows Intro's, Outro's, Section One running tips, Section Two life hacks and Featured Interviews – all available as stand-alone MP3's you can download and listen to at any time. For the cost of a 5/8 ounce bottle of On Half.com  you can be a member of the runrunlive support crew.   I am currently working on an additional podcast feed so you can subscribe and the members audio will be downloaded to your listening device with no extra effort.  Like Magic!  Because my existing members asked me to do that. I'm also going to go back through time and re-curate some of the 300+ interviews I've done that I particularly liked for members. Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – Trail running for beginners - Voices of reason – the conversation Ellen Jaffe Jones Bio: Ellen Jaffe Jones won 2 Emmys and the National Press Club Award during 18 years in TV news as an investigative reporter in St. Louis and Miami. She is the only female in her adult family without breast cancer, and has placed in 101 5K or longer races since 2006 "just" on plants. She placed 7th in her age group in the National Senior Games in the 1500 meters, 10th in the 400. She is a certified personal trainer and running coach. She is the author of 3 vegan cookbooks, "Eat Vegan on $4 a Day," "Kitchen Divided," "Paleo Vegan," and a 4th on the way, "Vegan Fitness for Mortals." She co-hosts "Dr. Don's The Vegan Myth Busters Radio Show" on KAAA-AM.   The Veg Coach & "The Broccoli Rep"--because who else is? ;) SOON! VEGAN FITNESS FOR MORTALS! Eat Vegan on $4 a Day Kitchen Divided: Vegan Dishes for Semi-Vegan Households Paleo Vegan: Plant-Based Primal Recipes Running, Eating, Thinking: A Vegan Anthology Co-Host "The Dr. Don Show" Motivational Speaker Fitness, Health & Life Coach PETA's "Sexiest Vegan Over 50" 1 of PETA's 5 Inspirational Women Who Stand Up For Animals Every Day -7th in '13 US W60-64 1500 Meters 2013 -101 5K+ Age Group Awards since '06 -1st FL '14 W60-64: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 Meters 2014 he Veg Coach& "The Broccoli Rep"--because who else is? ;) (Co-author) Co-Host "The Dr. Don Show" Motivational Speaker Fitness, Health & Life Coach PETA's ""  1 of PETA's -7th in US W60-64 1500 Meters 2013 - ​100 5K+ Age Group Awards since '06 -1st FL W60-64: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 Meters 2014 -Rollin' Oats Chef Instructor-Tampa/St. Pete, FL -Certified Personal Trainer (AFAA) & Running Coach (RRCA) Section two Other peoples' narratives - Outro Well my friends time to put down that fist full of raw kale and get on with your lives. You have grazed your way through to the end of Episode 4-344 of the RunRunLive Podcast.   Next week I have a cool interview with a guy who hit the slot machines for a couple million bucks, it ruined his life then he became an ultra-runner…of course. The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access To Exclusive Members Only audio Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Exclusive Access to Individual Audio Segments from all Shows Intro's, Outro's, Section One running tips, Section Two life hacks and Featured Interviews – all available as stand-alone MP3's you can download and listen to at any time. For the cost of a 5/8 ounce bottle of On Half.com  you can be a member of the runrunlive support crew.  I am currently working on an additional podcast feed so you can subscribe and the members audio will be downloaded to your listening device with no extra effort.  Like Magic!  Because my existing members asked me to do that. I'm also going to go back through time and re-curate some of the 300+ interviews I've done that I particularly liked for members. Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com   I finished my stint wearing the heart monitor for my doctor.  I ended up running out of electrodes.  If you're working out every day and it's summer time you take a lot of showers – and that chews up a lot of electrodes if you replace them every time. Going in to see them in August but I don't think they saw anything.  I think it was the heat and jet leg and just getting old!  I also think the few rounds I went with pneumonia in May and then the antibiotics that nuked my biome knocked me down a couple pegs.  Not much I can do about that.  Just put the head down and muddle through.  One of my mantras is to wake up every day and do the best I can with what I have – or as Schwarzkopf said – “You fight with the army you have.” … I do have a new project that I'm working on. And part of this project is to put it out there, share it broadly and ask for feedback.  I'm writing a new book.  Specifically I think I will write about how to create a powerful personal narrative to drive your life.  I believe this ability to create a powerful narrative has enabled me to be successful, but more importantly to be at peace with myself and my choices. I would like to share this keystone ability with the world.  I know there are millions of people like me who are in a place where they don't know what to do next or don't have a purpose or reason in life and are struggling.  By walking them through the process of documenting their past narrative, identifying the negative narratives in their life, re-writing and internalizing a powerful, positive self-narrative I can change their lives.  The difference this time, or differences are: It will be a self-help styled book with simple exercises and such to specifically walk you through the process. It will be designed to be saleable. It will be designed to support speaking engagements around those themes. It will be designed with publishers, publicists and media as the target audience. There you go.  It's out there.  No turning back! If you want to help.  I'd love to get feedback as I create this project and its content.  If any of you have ideas or people I should talk to feel free.  I've always been a go-it-alone, do-it-myself guy but this time I'm aiming to break that bad habit and learn something new. Because at the end of the day if you're not scaring yourself you're not growing. Keep growing with me and I'll be out there seeing you do it. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -