The Hardest Part of Being Vegan Isn’t the Food

Clare Mann June 13, 2020

As more people adopt a vegan lifestyle, it’s important that vegans know how to advocate effectively about the moral philosophy underpinning this way of living. Janine Bancroft, a long-time social justice advocate and now host of Green Vegan Grandma, interviews Clare Mann the psychology of veganism and carnism, whistle-blowing and the battle for justice and freedom for all.

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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

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

Would a Sales Process Help Activists Convert More People to Veganism?

Imagine you are a part of an international sales team who have been tasked with the job of selling the most amazing solution the vast majority of the world’s problems? You hold the solution to the current global challenges to human health, environment, social justice, the economy, conscience, spiritual growth etc. The customer is every…

Clare Mann June 8, 2016

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

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