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When I went vegan in April 2011, I began the most joyfully creative phase of my life so far. I’m a novelist, and I used to have frustrating “trough periods” in between books—but since that spring I’ve written three novels in three years and the ideas (great ideas!) keep on coming. So if a fellow […]

We’ve all heard that eating “keeps body and soul together.” Evidence now suggests that our spiritual lives impact our relationship with food, and that the foods we eat can affect our spiritual sensibilities.  Dine like a yogi The ancient seers who developed yoga may have been the world’s first nutritionists. They looked for a diet […]

Writing a guest post for a highly respected blog is an amazing opportunity I wanted to share with my non-vegan friends. I asked what they would like to know about and was surprised to hear a lot of really interesting questions. One that came up several times was how does a person stay vegan when […]

Dear reader, do you enjoy ‘fabulous’ fashion, maybe even energised by it? Or are you fed-up, and let down by ‘frivolous’ fashion.  Perhaps, like myself, you see fashion as flawed, yet with the potential of being great fun. Let’s, for a moment, imagine a world where everything you see, in clothing stores, fashion magazines and […]

If you are the odd vegan out at your company, it can be difficult.  And if you happen to work in a fairly conservative profession, it might be really difficult.  But it’s not impossible.  I was a vegetarian for more than 20 years before I went vegan almost three years ago, so I had plenty […]

One of the most useful books in my library is Eat to Beat Cancer, by Robert Hatherill, a nutritional biochemist who came up with an easy-to-implement system of grouping those families of plant foods known to prevent cancer. These are his “9 Cancer-Fighting Food Groups” and they are the:  Onion group – onion, garlic, asparagus, […]

I’ve had a serious love affair with sweets for as long as I can remember. This risqué affair, though, has caused a lifelong internal battle between my sweet tooth and my passion for healthy, whole-foods, plant-based eating. For those of you who understand my daily struggle, here is a comprehensive go-to guide for creating your […]

My third baby, Paleo Vegan-Plant-based Primal Recipes, was born. It’s still listed in the top 30 “Hot New Releases” in Amazon’s cookbook category. ALL cookbooks, not just vegetarian or vegan. It’s topping Amazon’s bestsellers in not only the vegan and vegetarian categories, but in the paleo category as well.  The only vegan book to do that. […]

I love books! Books have played a major role in my life for a very long time. Every day begins with books and often ends in reading too. Books are personal. What I like you may not. What you deem to be important I may not. So it is with some reservation that I put […]