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Mental & Emotional Well-being for Vystopians and Animal Rights Advocates
World Mental Health Day is on 10th October of each year and encourage everyone to reflect on their own and other’s mental health and well-being. For

Vegans, There’s No Such Thing as the “State of the World”.
“It seems as if the world is on fire!” was a comment I recently heard on a podcast. Every day, we are bombarded with bad

YOU’RE INVITED! FREE 50-min Vystopia Recovery Webinar Series
YOU’RE INVITED! FREE 50-min Vystopia Recovery Webinar Series If you are like so many vegans I know, you struggle with the challenges of living in

What about Trance-Breakers to Respond to the Non-Vegan’s Insistance That It’s a Diet?
As vegans, we’re always looking for more impactful ways to communicate. So here’s something to consider. Typical Scenario A common response to discovering you or

Transmuting Vystopia into Making Big Change Happen
You may be aware of the work of Sailesh Rao whose global initiatives are guiding people to live more lightly on the planet, starting with

Vegans, Why Won’t Friends and Family Look When Strangers Might?
We all know how difficult it is to get friends or family to see graphic images or videos of animal cruelty. Often they refuse to

The Continuum of Awareness and How It Influences Outreach
We’re often bewildered as to why people don’t become vegan when presented with the reality of what’s happening to animals, their health and the environment.

Compassionate Coexistence
On Building Resilience and a Kinder World: A Q&A with Vegan Psychologist Clare Mann

What can Success Psychology teach us about enhancing our vegan outreach?
One of the most famous and successful golfers in the world, Tiger Woods, was asked by a fan, “What do I need to do to

How Applying Principles of Neuroscience can Improve Vegan Outreach Conversations and Influence Others to Change
Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) is one of the oldest animal protection organisations in the world. Their unrelenting pursuit of the most effective ways to

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

The Sound of Freedom and the Roots of Violence
Having worked as a psychologist for over 30 years in psychiatry, homicide and private practice, I continue to discover hidden levels of violence and abuse