The 5-Second Window: What to Do When Someone Actually Feels It
A vegan friend shared this story with me recently, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. She had posted an image on…
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The Psychology of Bad Faith: Understanding Non-Vegan Resistance
By Clare Mann, Vegan Psychologist When someone tells you they’re gluten-free, you don’t get angry. When a friend mentions they’ve stopped drinking alcohol, you don’t…
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…
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…
Are You Tired of Trying to Change Others?
We all come into veganism through different paths – mostly ethics, health, or environmental concerns. However, once we become aware of the ethical imperative of…
Are You a Closet Vegan?
Are you comfortable telling everyone you’re vegan or do you hold back in certain circumstance because of real or feared ridicule, criticism or judgement? The…
The President of In Defense of Animals on Influencing Change
Why do people resist veganism so strongly when you tell them about animal cruelty? I posed this question to Marilyn Kroplik, Psychiatrist and President of…
Vystopia: Key to Creating a Kinder World?
Where were you when disaster struck in Haiti, the first tsunami in Indonesia or, more recently, catastrophic bushfires in Australia or the Queensland floods? We…