As someone who is pretty particular about the temperature of her beverages, the search for the ideal water bottle has been a tricky one. As insignificant a dilemma as that might seem to many people, I carry bottle with me wherever I go—whether it’s to my full-time job in fitness, a concert, the supermarket, the […]
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Book Review: Make Your Own Rules Diet by Tara Stiles
Let me tell you something: I am not a fabulous cook, and I’m not the healthiest girl in the world. I am constantly searching for the next health related book or article. Today, I think I am bringing you something a little better-rounded health-wise, spirit-wise, and mentally. Tara Stiles’ new book Make Your Own Rules Diet has […]
BOOK REVIEW: Vegan Cowboy – Romance and Self-Awakening, with a Side of Activism
Unless they are happily married to a fellow vegan, or have one of those mysteriously successful vegan/non-vegan relationships, most herbivore romantics have at least a fleeting desire for the perfect vegan companion. Someone warm, compassionate, strong and intelligent. Someone who gets the choice to be vegan and has committed to the lifestyle. Someone to walk […]
Happy Vegi-versary
This month marked my wife Ashley’s 5-year anniversary with the vegan lifestyle. Although we started this journey together, she was all in from the start while I had to lean in and take my time with it. Our evolution started simply enough – on a summer morning in 2009 I was reading an article about […]
Vegan Slipping
A while back, I had my fall from veganism. It lasted a few days, but, man, was it brutal. It started with a dream. I was dreaming of cheese. It scared me, after eight years of veganism, I was starting slip back to non-veganism. I had my terrifying dreams where I eat meat accidentally, but […]