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posted January 30, 2024 We know the word vegan conjures up all sorts of imagery for non-vegans, mostly negative. As the joke goes, “How do you know if someone is a vegan? Don’t worry, they’ll let you know.” So how do we overcome this bad rap and be a likeable vegan? Step One: Practice What […]

posted January 23, 2024 Growing up, my standard breakfast was eggs and cheese, white toast and margarine. I even ate Spam cooked in fake maple syrup. My dad could whip up some tasty buckwheat pancakes on weekends, but his oatmeal was always lumpy, and I hated it. I wanted Lucky Charms or Cap’n Crunch. Looking

posted January 16, 2024 I admit I often make meal-planning decisions based on the number of dishes I have to wash afterwards. So, I appreciate having a few quick and easy vegan dessert recipes on hand. But relying on cookbooks or Google searches to find such recipes is overwhelming. And the definition of easy varies

posted January 9, 2024 Menopause is a transition half of the world’s population will experience. It can be difficult and stressful, with wildly fluctuating hormones, a host of unpleasant symptoms, and a sense of loss or anxiety around aging. This stage occurs when one year has passed since one’s last menstrual cycle. Natural menopause usually

New Year’s is a big deal. It comes smack in the middle of Christmas (which for me goes through Epiphany, January 6), and it’s maybe the only holiday that lasts a month. You can say “Happy New Year” on January 31 and still be okay. I think of January, its first days and weeks in

posted December 26, 2022 Continued from A Short History of Animal Advocacy in the Catholic Church, Part 2 Pope Francis and the Future of Catholic Animal Advocacy Is it possible that Pope Francis would be the first pope to actively advocate on behalf of animals? After all, he was the first pope to take St.

posted December 19, 2022 Continued from A Short History of Animal Advocacy in the Catholic Church, Part 1 The Official Church View in Modern Times It should be noted that all the actions on behalf of animals by those who were commemorated in the Catholic church were committed by individuals—not a bishopric, not an archdiocese,

posted December 12, 2022 The modern definition of advocacy is “public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.” In the past it had other meanings. In Old French, it was “the act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending,” and in Middle English, the meaning was even more profound—”one who intercedes for another,”

posted December 5, 2023 We are a society running on empty. Our land, once teeming with a mosaic of whole grains, now lies exhausted under the weight of monocultures. Our personal reserves dwindle, mirroring this planetary fatigue. Prior to gaining my certification as an educator in vegan lifestyle coaching, I witnessed firsthand the burnout that