Live Kindly – the Maxim of Veganism

Clare Mann June 19, 2018

Live Kindy magazine is about humanity, our home and those who share it with us. In this article, But in an age of fake news, how do we avoid overwhelm and cynicism in order to cut through to the truth?

Often, we hear scepticism from vegans that people are not changing, and that there is little point trying to work towards a vegan world. This hopelessness stems from an acute aspect of what Clare Mann calls ‘vystopia’.

This article in Live Kindly Magazine asks, “How can vegans move from the debilitating agony of vystopia to changing the world?”

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You are not alone: mental health in vegans and animal activists

Originally published on the veganindepent.com (no longer running) You are not alone: mental health in vegans and animal activists Mental anguish is common among vegans and animal rights activists, but there is help out there. Like many vegans and animal activists, Sydneysider Lyndsay Doyle has experienced intense mental suffering relating to her veganism. Fighting pain from…

Clare Mann November 9, 2015

Can the Pain of Vystopia Help Create a More Compassionate World?

Why is veganism increasing as a compassionate philosophy, with animal social justice being at its core? Drawing on key emotional experiences of vegans, survey data collected in 2018 and observational data from her private psychology practice, Clare Mann created the term Vystopia: The Anguish of Being Vegan in a Non Vegan World In this article…

Clare Mann January 11, 2024

When knowing the facts isn’t enough to become vegan

How is it possible after sharing facts about something that has direct significance to a person, they don’t change their behaviour? Despite showing them how their choices are making them unhealthy or unhappy, they still ignore the facts or refuse to look further. We still see people smoking despite years of advice that it’s not…

Clare Mann November 2, 2017

Breaking the Trance – Vystopia and The Cube of Truth

You may know about the Cube of Truth public rallies in cities around Australia. As part of a global movement called Anonymous for the Voiceless, animal advocates don masks and create a physical square in a public place whilst holding TV screens with images of undercover animal cruelty in abattoirs. Reports all over the world…

Clare Mann December 11, 2017

Living as a Stranger in a Strange Land

When you become a vegan, you run a high chance of developing a mental illness. This might seem extreme and enough to make non-vegans avoid talking about the subject, so let me clarify what I mean. Firstly, someone who adopts a plant-based diet and calls themselves a vegan is unlikely to suffer in the same…

Clare Mann June 23, 2017

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