Vedge Your Best, Vegan Ideas for Everyone At Any Age

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In this solo episode, Michele invites you to look ahead to the final nine weeks of 2025 — and beyond — through the lens of “The Vision Thing.” Michele explores how vision keeps us growing when life feels settled or stuck.

Drawing inspiration from author Tracy Goss, Michele shows how we can stop letting the past dictate what’s possible next — especially when it comes to living more intentionally and compassionately.

Humor, psychology, and even a little Back to the Future wisdom, this episode helps you create a clearer picture of your “invented vegan future.”

You’ll learn:

• Why our “winning strategies” eventually keep us stuck

• How to spot the “shoulds” that limit growth and creativity

• The difference between predicting the future and inventing it

• Seven steps to reimagine your relationship with food — and yourself

• Why even imperfect progress changes everything
  

Listener Challenge:

Write two short statements:

1. Your default future — what happens if you change nothing.

2. Your invented vegan future — who you’re becoming on purpose. Read them out loud daily and notice which one feels alive.
   

Key idea:

“The future doesn’t need you to predict it — it just needs you to Vedge Your Best.”

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Vegan health coach and Healthification host Kate Galli joins Michele to talk about trading outrage for effectiveness—and the practical mindset and protein strategies that keep a plant-strong life doable in midlife.

Kate shares her memorable 5-S Protein Strategy, why muscle is metabolism, and the simple mindset shift that neutralizes overwhelm: only focus on what you can control.

She opens up about moving from training omnivores to working with vegans and “vegans at heart,” and why structure isn’t pressure—it’s freedom.

Whether you’re re-starting, leveling up, or leading by example for your family, this episode blends compassion with clear, repeatable tactics.

In this episode:

• How Kate shifted from “angry vegan” to leading with love (and why that approach works).

• The 5-S Protein Strategy: Star, Scatter, Side, Stir-through, Sauce—a simple roadmap for balanced vegan meals.

• The antidote to O.V.E.R.W.H.E.L.M., starting with the “O”: Only focus on what’s within your control.

• Why mindset is the foundation of sustainable change.

• How muscle is metabolism, especially for women in midlife.

• Why structure = freedom when it comes to food, fitness, and follow-through.

Try this week:

• Add one 5-S element to your next meal—scatter hemp seeds (Michele’s fave) or stir through protein powder.

• Do a 2-minute Overwhelm Reset: brain-dump everything, circle one “Do,” and start there.

• Begin a strength habit: 10 bodyweight squats today, then build consistency.

Connect with Kate Galli:

• Website: https://strongbodygreenplanet.com

• Healthification Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-healthification-podcast/id856696884

• The Plant Positive Journal: https://strongbodygreenplanet.com/plant-positive-journal/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strongbodygreenplanet/

Listener Challenge

Share one small action from this episode—your favorite “S” from Kate’s protein strategy, your 2-minute overwhelm reset, or your first day of squats—and tag @vedgeyourbest so we can cheer you on.

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Ever felt so overwhelmed that when someone asks what’s wrong, the only answer that comes out is “everything?"

In this episode, Michele introduces a simple but powerful tool inspired by the classic game Mad Libs and adapted from education: a “fill-in-the-blank scaffold” that helps transform vague frustration into clear, actionable steps.

When we’re vague, we stay stuck. Specificity can feel risky, but clarity doesn’t need to solve everything—it just needs to shine a light on the next step.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• Why vague help requests create overwhelm and stall progress.

• The origins of Mad Libs and how professors use scaffolds to guide students.

• A practical “fill-in-the-blank” template you can use to get unstuck.

• A plant-based lifestyle example: moving from “I’m bad at meal planning” to identifying a specific, solvable problem.

• How clarity, even when imperfect, reduces the fog and opens up possibilities.

The Scaffold: Fill in the Blanks

• I need help with: __________

• One example of where I’m stuck is: __________

• Three things I’ve already tried are:

1. _____________________________________
2. _____________________________________
3. _____________________________________

• I don’t have trouble with: __________
• So I think the main problem might be: __________
• What I hope to achieve is: __________

Listener Challenge

This week, choose one area where you feel stuck.  Your vegan journey or any other area . Use the scaffold prompts to fill in the blanks and read it back to yourself—or share it with someone supportive. Notice whether it feels clearer and whether it suggests one or two next steps.

Clarity doesn’t have to be perfect. It only needs to be specific enough to help you move forward—one step, one choice, one meal at a time

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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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Is moderation really the key to fabulous health? According to plant-based nutritionist and author Terri Chrisman, board certified through the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, the answer is a resounding no. In this candid and passionate conversation, Terri shares why moderation has failed us in the age of ultra-processed foods, and how shifting to a purposeful whole food plant-based lifestyle can transform not just our health, but our identity and culture.

We talk about:

• Why the myth of moderation contributes to today’s obesity, diabetes, and heart disease epidemics.

• The role of culture, memory, and identity in making (and resisting) dietary changes.

• Terri’s personal story, including the loss of her father to heart disease, and how it shaped her mission.

• Practical strategies for transitioning family meals without conflict.

• The science behind lifestyle medicine and why more physicians are embracing it.

• Why vegan junk food is still junk food—and how to focus on whole plant foods for real vitality.

Terri also reminds us that lifestyle isn’t just about diet—it’s about exercise, sleep, connection, and creating an environment free from toxins. Her message is both compassionate and uncompromising: don’t gamble your health on being an outlier when the science is clear.

Whether you’re vegan-curious, already plant-based, or supporting someone through lifestyle changes, this episode will leave you with tools, insight, and encouragement to take your next step with intention.

Connect with Terri Chrisman
Website: fabuloushealth.net
Book: Fabulous Health: A Simple Plan to Get Well and Stay Well (and her newest release, recently #1 on Amazon!)

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Episode 264 – "Vegan Voices in Your Head: Internal Family Systems and the Plant-Based Practice"

Ever feel like there’s a whole committee in your head when it comes to staying consistent with your vegan or plant-based choices? One part of you is passionate about animals and the planet. Another part just wants to fit in at the family dinner table. And yet another whispers that travel would be easier if you weren’t vegan at all.

If that sounds familiar, nothing has gone wrong..

In this episode of Vedge Your Best, Michele introduces Internal Family Systems (IFS), a powerful way of understanding those inner conflicts. Instead of trying to silence the “vegan voices in your head,” you can learn to listen, thank them, and then let your calm, compassionate Self take the lead.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why mixed feelings are a normal — and even healthy — part of behavior change.

• How IFS reframes conflicting thoughts as “parts” that are actually trying to help.

• Why acknowledging your parts can make self-advocacy as a vegan easier.

• A short guided practice you can use before meals, social events, or travel.

Whether you’re navigating restaurants, family gatherings, or planning trips abroad, this episode will help you see inner conflict not as a setback, but as a sign of growth.

Listener Challenge:

This week, when you feel that tug-of-war inside, don’t shut it down. Pause, thank the parts of you that are speaking up, and invite your compassionate Self to guide the next step.

Little by little, your vegan journey will feel less conflicted and more peaceful.

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I’m packing me battered Rimowa suitcase for a trip to Liverpool, Belfast, and Dundalk, Ireland. No matter how organized we are while traveling, there’s so much we can’t control—flights, weather, menus, other people. But the Stoics, have plenty to say about what we can control on a vegan journey of any kind: our choices, our mindset, and our integrity.

In this episode of Vedge Your Best, I revisit the Stoics and connect their wisdom to both vegan practice and my 30-day writing challenge. Because whether you’re committing to a plant-based lifestyle, writing a book, or simply trying to live your values more fully—Stoic teachings are surprisingly relevant.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• Why looking foolish might be the first step toward real progress.
  

• How to resist short-term pleasures in favor of long-term values.
  

• Why difficulties reveal your true strength, not your weakness.
  

• How honest effort counts more than perfectionism ever will.

Resources & Links

• Epictetus, Discourses and Selected Writings
  

• Follow my vegan and writing journey at VeganAtAnyAge.com

Until next time — remember: it’s never too late, and you’re never too messy, to Vedge YOUR Best.

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Vegan travel without compromise.  Kim Giovacco, of Veg Jaunts & Journeys, talks about building a vegan travel community, 52 tours around the world, and why 60% of her travelers keep coming back.

Traveling as a vegan doesn’t have to mean settling for side salads or stressing over where to eat. My guest this week, Kim Giovacco, founder of Veg Jaunts & Journeys, has been changing the way vegans see the world since 2017.

Kim has led more than 50 small-group vegan tours around the world, with an incredible 60% of travelers returning for more. Her itineraries blend community, culture, and compassion—so you can explore places like Berlin, Lisbon, and South Africa without worrying about whether the menu has something for you.

In this episode, Kim and I talk about:

• How a birthday gift and a love of food co-ops sparked the idea for her tour company.
  

• What it took to build a vegan travel business—and keep it going through the pandemic.
  

• Why her guests come back for multiple trips each year.
  

• The hidden gems she’s uncovered around the world, from vegan Christmas markets in Berlin to plant-based safaris in Namibia.
  

• Her passion for building vegan community, both abroad and in her hometown of Greenville, South Carolina.

Whether you’re a seasoned plant based traveler or dreaming of your first vegan tour, Kim’s story will inspire you to pack your bags and see the world—vegan style.

Learn more about Kim and upcoming tours: Veg Jaunts & Journeys

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September feels like a fresh start.  New notebooks, crisp air, sweater weather. The perfect time to go "Back to Vegan.”

Whether you’re brand new to plant-based living, returning after a flexible summer or a long-time vegan looking for fresh inspiration, this episode will help you reset across food, fashion, cosmetics, health, and even fun.

In This Episode

• Why September is a great time to re-energize your vegan practice.
  

• Restock your pantry and reset your capsule kitchen with simple staples.
  

• Health habits to revisit, from supplements to scheduling your annual check-ups.
  

• Cruelty-free fashion and cosmetics.
  

• Vegan Reading List for fresh inspiration.
  

• From Veg Fests to Vegan Travel — keep this lifestyle joyful and sustainable.
  

• Supplements: Ritual, Future Kind, Complement
  

• Fashion: Good On You, Immaculate Vegan,
  

• Cosmetics: Leaping Bunny, Logical Harmony
  

• Books: Never Too Late to Go Vegan (Adams/Breitman/Messina), Vegan for Life (Messina/Norris), We Are the Weather (Foer)
  

• Podcasts & Films: I Could Never Go Vegan (Thomas Pickering), Lucia’s Vegan Lifestyle, Veggies Abroad (Rebecca Sawicki), World Vegan Travel (Brighde Reed)
  

• Events: Connect for Animals – Veg Fest Calendar
  

Listener Challenge

This week, build your Back to Vegan Starter Pack:

1. One pantry staple.
   

2. One movement routine.
   

3. One cruelty-free product swap.
   

4. One book, documentary, or podcast for inspiration.
   

5. One fun fellowship activity — a veg fest, vegan meal with friends, or a day trip.
   

And don’t miss next week’s episode with Kim Giovacco from Veg Jaunts and Journeys — all about vegan-friendly travel. Subscribe so you never miss an episode.

If you create your list, I’d love to see it! This September is the 5 Year Anniversary of the podcast! Share it on Instagram and tag me @VedgeYourBest or email me directly.

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What if the most meaningful, exciting, and vibrant years of your life require you to be bad at things—on purpose?

In this episode, Michele explores why midlife and beyond might be the perfect time to stop chasing mastery and start embracing messy, awkward beginnings. If you’ve been stuck in “I should already know this,” or “I’m too old to try that,” Michele makes the case for becoming a beginner again—on your terms, with your timeline, and with plenty of self-compassion.

What You’ll Hear:

• Why “Master of None” isn’t a character flaw
  

• How our adult brains resist learning new things
  

• Two big reasons to be a beginner (even if you're bad at it)
  

• Six mindset tools to help you start anyway
  

• Why being real beats being perfect—every time
  

• A personal challenge to try something new, slow, awkward… and wonderful

This episode is for you if:

• You’re in your 40s, 50s, 60s (or beyond!) and are unsure of your “purpose” or “passion.”
  

• You’ve been putting off something you want to try because you’re “not good at it”
  

• You love learning but it reminds you of time you’ve “wasted.”
  

• You want to model curiosity, courage, and self-compassion for the people in your life

Listener Challenge: Choose one thing you’re willing to be a beginner at this week. Let Michele know what it is—she’d love to cheer you on.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The phrase: “Jack of all trades, Master of None”
  

• Malcolm Gladwell’s “10,000 hours idea” of mastery in his book Outliers
  

• The power of tiny habits (like one Duolingo daily language or chess lesson)
  

• The phrase: “Let your mess be your message”

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