From Vystopia to Powerful Action for Creating a Vegan World

Animal Rights Activism in Australia achieved international media coverage following the 2019 actions celebrating the one-year anniversary of Dominion. Despite changes to laws seeking to silence whistle-blowers of the animal exploitation industries, animal rights activism is growing in Australia. In this conversation with Marlene Narrow of Vegan Rising/Vegan Nation Radio in Massachusetts USA, Clare Mann…

Why People Won’t Change and What You Can Do About It

Globally, 2019 was called The Year of the Vegan with Time Magazine saying this on one of front cover of one of its issues. Record numbers of people attended the Australian festivals with the annual World Vegan Day in Melbourne seeing nearly 25,000 attendees. Despite the increasing awareness of the moral, health and environmental imperatives…

Break through your trance to break through theirs!

Phrases like, “It’s my choice what to eat!” or “Why are vegans so preachy?” fuel our vystopia because real victims are involved and most pre-vegans just aren’t getting it.  In discussion with Kate Galli of the Healthification podcast, I discuss the 8 pervasive myths or unquestioned assumptions lurking behind peoples’ resistance to change.  Most importantly, how,…

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 tend to remember these disasters and open our hearts and wallets to help people in need. Some of us go further, getting on planes to provide help. What makes a…

The Importance of Bearing Witness in Animal Activism

Have you ever wondered if vigils and “bearing witness” to the suffering of animals on their way to the slaughterhouse is really making a difference?  Does it help the animals who are just about to lose their lives or having no benefit other than traumatising activists further?   These questions and more are explored in this…

Does it matter if your therapist is vegan?

Clients see therapists for a wide range of issues including divorce, physical abuse, addictions and eating disorders.  They don’t necessarily need to have personally suffered from these challenges to help.  But what if you’re suffering from vystopia? Would you feel heard by a non-vegan therapist?  If your problems aren’t about vystopia, could you compartmentalise your…