I definitely had a chip on my shoulder when first approached to review The Reducetarian Solution: How the Surprisingly Simple Act of Reducing the Amount of Meat in Your Diet Can Transform Your Health and the Planet by Brian Kateman. As an ethical vegan, terms like “flexitarian,” “veganish,” and “reducetarian” rub me the wrong way. […]
Vegan Living
When Veganism and Food Issues Collide
I recently rejoined Weight Watchers. The last time I was a member, I was thirteen years younger and 30-35 pounds lighter. I was also about 5 years away from going vegan. Why “vegan as a diet” is problematic I became vegan after reading Skinny Bitch – an animal rights tome packaged as a profanity-laced, weight […]
Traveling While Vegan: The Horror of Forgetting to Pack Your Own Snacks
As I write this, I’m sitting Newark International Airport, awaiting a flight back to my home in Los Angeles. Much like there are food deserts throughout the country, I’d count airports among the places with some of the worst food options around. Sure, if you do some digging you can find a few sorry, overpriced […]
New Year, New Vegan: A Coach’s Guide to Sticking to a Vegan Resolution
Not everyone is a New Year’s resolution kind of person. For those who are, it’s often a time of initial excitement that quickly diminishes to indifference or even feelings of failure. Most people don’t stick with their resolutions, but it doesn’t have to be that way! If you’ve made a vegan resolution for the New […]
Resolve to Be More Like Yoda in 2017
I’m excited for 2017. Now, those who know me would probably raise an eyebrow at that statement. I’m a cynic, a pessimist; when am I excited about anything? But the end of each year is a time where I take a couple of weeks away from the office, catch up on books and movies, and […]