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In college I studied art and design, and I worked for quite a long time as a graphic designer. Over the years I found myself becoming more and more disenchanted with office culture, and I reached a point where I realized it was time for a career change. I discovered The Institute for Integrative Nutrition […]

We have some very exciting guests scheduled for upcoming Main Street Vegan shows on Unity.FM, also downloadable from iTunes. If you’re able to listen live at noon Pacific, 1 Mountain, 2 Central, or 3 Eastern time every Wednesday, you can call in with your questions and comments (or just have nice chat with you favorite

This is a guest blog from Rhonda Jones, VLC, a graduate of the first Main Street Vegan Academy course, who lives in Dallas, Texas. If you’d like to contact Rhonda about her services, her email is [email protected]. After being in the Vegan cocoon for two weeks this summer [the Main Street Vegan Academy course, followed by

I suppose I am one: an activist—for animals and a vegan lifestyle. I hear that word, however, and look around to see if someone is indeed referring to me. I don’t have the activist temperament. I like listening to divergent points of view and hearing people out. I like getting along. I even like being

. . . Our  radio guest today was Will Tuttle, Ph.D., author of The World Peace Diet — check it out at Unity.FM or download from iTunes.  Will is also co-host of the exciting Veganpalooza, starting today. This is an info-and-inspiration-packed 5-day  teleseminar featuring veg luminaries including Kathy Freston, T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., Mercy for Animals founder Nathan Runkle,

V – Validate your choice by learning all you can. E – Enjoy the adventure: have fun with this; we’re lucky to know about it! G – Get to know other vegans, thru conferences, MeetUps, making online friends. A – Add more than you subtract: new foods, new dishes, new activities, new places to shop — Going veg

I am an obesity survivor. I spent the first 30 years of my life either bingeing or dieting; each of those states was sufficiently unpleasant that I’d revert to the other out of desperation. I was not uneducated about food and nutrition. I had, after all, been trying to “fix” myself since childhood. It’s just

These are notes from my presentation, “Public Speaking for Activists & Educators” given at Vegetarian Summerfest, June 28, 2012. I do a more detailed version of this class for the Main Street Vegan Academy intensives. Enjoy giving your talks: people want to love you!  (c) 2012 Victoria Moran, HHC, AADP Presentation Skills Be lively and energetic.