Marrying Myself  is the debut novel from Chrissy Benson -- writer, attorney, and Main Street Vegan-certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach. In this thoughtful conversation, Benson connects the dots: romantic love, self-love, animals, food choices, life choices. The novel's protagonist is a Vegan whose journey to finding love takes a curious, and curiously satisfying, turn. And the author is a remarkable woman who shares her life journey and unfolding awakening.Get the book Marrying Myself by Chrissy BensonCheck out her author web site at ChristineMelanieBenson.com Find writer, speaker, animal advocate, and spiritual adventurer Victoria Moran here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalism is a tough business, with magazines and newspapers perishing at a steady clip and an largely unvetted Internet providing content from writers who are largely underpaid. Karen Asp, however, is remarkable: a professional journalist and author with a food, health, and fitness specialization and a reputation so solid she's one of the few full-time freelance writers making it -- acing it, in fact -- in the brave new world. In addition to sharing with us her writer's life in 2023 -- and some snazzy tips for youthful aging from her book Anti-Aging Hacks -- Karen lets us in on her other life as a companion animal rescuer. Tune in to hear her gripping story of volunteering for one of the shelters tasked last year with transporting beagles from the Envigo facility in Virginia, a breeding plant producing dogs for the research industry.Connect with Karen on Instagram: @karenaspwriter and Twitter @karenaspwriterFind out more about Karen Asp And mentioned in the closing segment: Main Street Vegan Academy, training Vegan Lifestyle Coaches & Educators, https://mainstreetvegan.comLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join the plant based nutrition movement. Victoria talks with Kimberly Campbell, Director of Culinary Education and Development at PlantPure and the daughter in law of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, the "science father of the modern plant based nutrition movement. Kimberly is the author of the book PlantPure Comfort Food: Over 100 Plant Based and Mostly Gluten-Free Recipes to Nourish Your Body and Soothe Your Soul. Discover new whole food recipes and plant based recreations of traditional family dishes with no oil, often no gluten, and lots of rich, satisfying flavor.Find out more about Victoria Moran writer, speaker, animal advocate, and founder of Main Street Vegan AcademyFind out about Main Street Vegan AcademyLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kimberly Wilson is my style role model, embracing the effortless savoir faire of a Parisian woman -- but she grew up in Oklahoma. She is a psychotherapist, pet loss grief counselor, adult ballerina, eco/activewear designer, author, podcaster, and longtime yogini who created a studio named in the Top 25 on earth by Travel & Leisure. In this fast-paced and utterly uplifting conversation, we cover personal style, yoga, altars, animals (pigs and pugs, in particular, since Kimberly's nonprofit is PigsandPugs.org), Paris (of course), and the big, bright year that's ahead of us. Follow Kimberly at www.kimberlywilson.com. (Note: We mention at one point a pig sanctuary in West Virginia. To the best of our current knowledge, this sanctuary is no longer in existence.)TDJ by Kimberly (fashion line) IG - @tranquilitydujourA Year of Tranquility Lifestyle Planner www.KimberlyWilson.com Find out more about Victoria Moran Author, Speaker, Animal AdvocateLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A 24-year-old New Yorker whose life is dedicated to ending animal suffering, Jamie Logan is a case study in commitment. Whether standing silently in a Cube of Truth, showing video imagery of standard practices in animal ag; going out on the street in her skivvies as part of The Lingerie Protest; doing a beautifully produced -- and sometimes seriously funny -- YouTube show, "It's Jamie's Corner," in which she confronts passersby about where animal foods come from; or working her day job at a Vegan film production company, this is a young woman who has figured out how to have a life, have her twenties, and also show up every day as a voice for the voiceless. Some quotations to take away: "There's no right way to do the wrong thing," and "The only thing I've taken out of my diet is the cruelty."Jamie's website: Her YouTube channel trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uCaG85EtLkInstagram: @itsjamiescorner and @jaylokurtz (she promised listeners that if anyone is interested in moving in a Vegan direction, they can contact her on IG for recipes and help)Also alluded to in the episode:Veganuary: 2023: Your Year of Living Agelessly: Victoria's January 7th Zoom retreat -- check it out at https://www.tinyurl.com/ageless2023Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Muneeza, the Intuitive Medicine Woman®, is a healer who was once a patient. Chronic fatigue syndrome and intractable eczema pushed her to find answers beyond what traditional medicine had to offer. She studied nutrition, changed her own diet, became a certified holistic health coach, and ultimately discovered Anthony William, the Medical Medium®, who brought her recovery full-circle and recognized her innate healing gifts. Today, Muneeza counsels private and group clients in the Medical Medium protocols which use foods (the Holy Four: fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices, and wild foods), supplements, and a spiritual connection to get to the root of various ills. During this hour, we discuss pathogens that may be behind autoimmune or other "mystery" illnesses, the Unforgiving Four (disease promoters), brain health, how celery juice got so sexy, and juxtaposing science with a way of seeing health and disease that comes from a very different place.Muneeza's links: Website: https://www.muneezaahmed.comInstagram: @muneezamedicalintuitive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Health.With.Muneeza Books mentioned in this episode:  Medical Medium (revised and expanded edition), by Anthony WilliamMedical Medium Life-Changing Foods, by Anthony WilliamMedical Medium Celery Juice by Anthony WilliamMedical Medium Cleanse to Heal, by Anthony William Medical Medium Brain Saver by Anthony WilliamMedical Medium Brain Saver Protocols, Cleanses and Recipes, by Anthony William Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oscar buzz started for the romance/horror film based on the eponymous book by today's guest when it premiered to a standing ovation and rave reviews at the Venice Film Festival. Brimming with star power -- Taylor Russell, Timothee Chalamet, Mark Rylance -- this tale of an improbably likable teenage cannibal means much more to DeAngelis. A committed Vegan, she conceived the Bones and All concept after seeing that, in an antique Scottish cookbook, the meat section was called "Flesh." Flesh is universal in the animal kingdom, human animals included. Thus emerged a well-meaning cannibal: she doesn't eat a lot of people and she would cut back, but it's hard. We discuss the film's subtle Vegan message, being part of a major studio motion picture, putting her book into the hands of a screenwriter, her writer's life, before and after, and our 2014 meeting when Camille attended my Main Street Vegan Academy and became a certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator.Camille DeAngelis website - https://www.cometparty.comInstagram - @cometpartyYouTube Trailer #1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM1JjlD2EMATrailer #2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9bxJN16nEGet the book Bones and All by Camille DeAngelis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With her unshakeable confidence and a voice like Lauren Bacall's, the Lauren featured on this episode belies her chronological age: eighty-two. Rev. Lauren McLaughlin is a Unity minister, spiritual teacher, and author whose work centers on gratitude, the shifts we experience in every decade of adulthood, and the necessity of slowing down to genuinely experience life. Among the nuggets she shares are:·      "Being an American is running up an elevator."·      "We want more and more and more, so we do more and more and more."·      "Slowing down opens us up to wonder."·      "Whatever we appreciate appreciates: it gets better."·      "Gratitude is realizing how well cared for we are." ·      "If you're not afraid, you can do almost anything in this world."·      "People ask what's the meaning of life. What's the meaning of your life?"Find out more about writer, speaker, animal advocate, and spiritual adventurer Victoria Moran www.victoriamoran.comLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacqueline Whitmore didn't come from the upper crust, but she learned early that courtesy and caring opened doors and created opportunity. After paying some dues to corporate America, she set out to found the Protocol School of Palm, offering etiquette training not a Downton Abbey-style class system, but a contemporary refiguring of etiquette that seeks to incorporate "classy" into one's work life and personal dealings. Jacqueline's definition of etiquette is "the art of knowing how to treat other people," and in this episode she shows us how to do this with confidence and ease. Are the rules changing at a dizzying pace? They are. Is it common to feel, especially post-pandemic, that we're just not sure what's acceptable, online and off? Very common. But even so, says Jacqueline, we would all do well to follow this advice from one of her mentors: "Always take the high road, because the low road is really crowded."Jacqueline's website https://etiquetteexpert.comInstagram @jacquelinewhitmoreGet the book! Poised for Success: Mastering the Four Qualities That Distinguish Outstanding Professionals Victoria Moran Author, Speaker, Animal Advocate, Podcast Host, Spiritual AdventurerLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They're such buzzwords: inflammation, anti-inflammatory...and yet few lay people know what they mean, even the millions suffering from arthritis, colitis, gingivitis, gastritis, and the numerous other conditions of obvious inflammation, not to mention the pathologies attributed to hidden inflammation, including heart disease, cancer, and abdominal obesity.Gastroenterologist and Columbia University Medical School instructor Shilpa Ravella, MD, seeks to change that with her new book The Silent Fire. A gifted storyteller, Ravella takes us on the journey that began for her when a healthy young friend was quickly rendered profoundly disabled by an autoimmune disease, all of which are believed to be inflammatory in origin. She then introduces us to the brilliant, often quirky, characters who first came to understand the confounding role inflammation plays in health -- for which it's vital -- and disease -- which it can incite or exacerbate. And she leaves us with delicious bits of information to take away and use today about food choices (there is a science-based anti-inflammatory diet, not necessarily the one we might find in a Google search), exercise (think more)Get the book- The Silent Fire by Shilpa Ravella, MDFind out more about host Victoria Moran Main Street Vegan Academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices