How do you cope when global fear goes viral?

Clare Mann April 16, 2020

Recent 2020 events are bringing the world to its knees. Mainstream media are ramping up the fear in confusing and often misleading reports, throwing us further into panic and two universal fears:
Fear of Death + Fear of Uncertainty.

If you’re to maintain your sanity, recover after the crisis is over and re-build what you’ve lost, you have to develop mental resilience to this and future uncertainties.

Discover how to unlock your innate ability to protect yourself both physically and psychologically during these uncertain times.

CLICK here to watch a 30-min presentation.

Categories: Vegan Psychology, Watch

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

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

From Surviving to Thriving – Tools for living expansively in a non-vegan world

Where are you in your vegan journey? Are you a new vegan who excitedly wants to share veganism but feel thwarted by those who ridicule you, think you’re odd or who show no real interest? Have you become aware of animal cruelty and are outraged when others don’t become vegan when you tell them about…

Clare Mann December 19, 2016

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

Breaking through Vystopia to Create Powerful Change for Animals

In this interview with the animal rights campaign group ANDA in Brazil, Clare Mann shares her work in animal social justice

Clare Mann December 21, 2017

Related Articles