Vedge Your Best, Vegan Ideas for Everyone At Any Age

266: Moderation - Decision or Excuse?


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Is moderation your strategy—or your excuse?

In this episode of Vedge Your Best, Michele unpacks the sneaky ways “moderation” shows up in our lives—not as a well-thought-out plan, but as a default response when we don’t want to commit.

You’ll learn:

  • Why moderation isn’t a value—it’s a strategy.

  • How default moderation leads to decision fatigue and moral licensing.

  • The difference between spontaneous flexibility and intentional, values-based boundaries.

  • Tools to design your own moderation rules (including the “More or Less” framework).

  • How to apply behavioral science and coaching tools from Dan Ariely and Britt Frank to your plant-based goals (or any life goal).

This episode is especially for anyone who describes themselves as “mostly vegan,” “trying to eat better,” or “aiming for balance”—but suspects that their version of moderation might be keeping them stuck.

Vedge Your Best Challenge: Pick one area where you’ve been practicing vague, rearview-mirror moderation—and make a real decision. Define it. Write it down. Set a review date. That’s it.

Because you don’t have to be perfect to be powerful.


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