I'm not going to assume I know how YOU are feeling this past week - and Yes, I am referring to the US Election. 💔 However this is a safe space and I always share my heart and MY heart, is a little broken. 💔 And yet, (as I shared on Insta) I need to drag back some HOPE. In the same way I always do as a vegan living in a non-vegan world. So... When a man who “leads” with Hate, Greed, Arrogance, Ignorance, Lies and a mind-blowing heart-breaking Lack of Empathy is voted into power - AGAIN.... Then it means those of us who value LOVE, Compassion, Co-operation, Kindness, Truth and Integrity MUST step up and shine our lights of love. As the wise beyond his years River Phoenix would have said: “Run to the rescue with love, and peace will follow.” 💫 Part 2: Enjoying The Journey. 💫 Whether your journey is health related, business related or perhaps it's about doing all you can to create a vegan world... it will likely take longer than you would love and regardless, it is vital to prioritise enjoying the process. Every. Single. Day. Right now, I feel it's even more important to focus on injecting JOY into our every single day. Here's how I'm doing it, and I'm using a filter of Stop, Start, Continue which I often turn to to help me focus my thoughts. ⏰ Stop: Short-changing myself on time. Rushing is UN-fun. It also means I miss out on those incidental unimportant little (important!) things. Like, casual conversations with gym members or colleagues. Or sitting looking at the stars with my morning coffee and the cats milling around me. Or taking longer with my morning meditation because, today I am feeling it and I want to just sit for longer. ✅ Start: Being even more intentional with my focus and energy. Because what you focus on expands. And energy is contagious. I recently heard the advice, to be generous with your energy. I love that. Our hearts have a frequency and people can feel it. Maybe that is the "open-heartedness" I find to be so rare and so attractive.

A fresh new month and I hope it has started fabulously for YOU! A great start has got to be #WorldVeganDay right? Also, I am SUPER EXCITED that Christspiracy is now available to stream free here: https://christspiracy.com/?mcp_token=eyJwaWQiOjkxMTA0NCwic2lkIjo1Njk2NTU2NTksImF4IjoiZjA4OGIwMDMyMDE2NjMyMjU2ODVmNzU4MTg1MTRiMGMiLCJ0cyI6MTczMDUzMTE5OCwiZXhwIjoxNzMyOTUwMzk4fQ.EzHY-a78_RbZRQCSCbYe6fd9AWGz_fwQPN4DmfLAYwc Gosh I hope that crazy link works) Otherwise just go to their Insta: (this will be my Saturday evening!) I just saw this meme and it's Saturday Silly in Australia so I had to share with my Plant Positive friends! Also, a little WIN - I have my first book signing event for the Plant Positive Journal version 2 tomorrow! How exciting. It is at a FULL vegan cafe and retail store here on the Sunshine Coast. They are celebrating World Vegan Weekend. Whatever happens, I plan to devour some deliciousness! I hope your weekend includes much plant positive deliciousness too.

What is your ONE most important daily action for 30 Days this October Plant Positive Jumpstart? Considerations for your daily action: - This is about skill acquisition as well as results. What skills are worth building? - What is something that will have a compounding positive impact on your life? - What is the upside, if it goes really well? - What is the downside, is there even one - besides a little time?

I am so very grateful to everyone for joining Plant Positive and especially, for everyone who has been active and supportive throughout this past 30 Days. 💞 It's a small community however it has taught me, my goal of a safe space for vegans and the plant-based curious is possible. I know we have serious animal rights activists in this group AND we have people who still eat some meat, some time. The vibe remained positive and for that I am grateful. 💞 I genuinely believe the way forward to the compassionate vegan world I am seeking is paved with love and yet I KNOW how much that can cost those of us who are locked and loaded vegan For The Animals. 🎯 My learnings? The June 30 Day Jumpstart was transformative for me. I replaced a bad habit - drinking during the week with an AMAZING habit, journalling and got the calm and clarity I had been seeking. With a huge side of belief and self-respect because my food and exercise is on point and I felt like drinking during the week was incongruent with the person I wanted to be. That was why I was so pumped to share this Oct Jumpstart with YOU. I know how powerful habit change is. 🎯 And yet, I stretched too hard in this Oct Jumpstart. I aimed for too much and some of it felt wrong. Not bad, just not congruent and NOT sustainable. 🎯 The actionable learnings that hopefully will be of value for you too? ✅✅ You've got to know where your time and energy for a new habit will come from. That's why swapping a "bad habit" with a more supportive one can be so impactful. ✅✅ You've got to have fuel in the tank, to push through even if you're not yet seeing results for the new habit. I've been pushing too hard for too long and although I "thought" 30 Days was doable, I ran out of fuel! I decided (and this is a WIN) that sacrificing my two important learnings this year... 1. Prioritising the simple things that help me enjoy the journey. 2. Journalling in a non-rushed manner every day for calm and clarity. ...was NOT something I wanted to do to hit my own little (LARGE!) self-imposed targets that were not yet working.

Our Theme, #ThursdayTraining, I can be a consistency queen to my detriment. If YOU can relate, it's vital for both of us to regularly take the time to check in and confirm we are spending our time, energy and CONSISTENCY wisely. Because, being patient is ONLY a strategy for success when you are taking the RIGHT actions. How to know the right actions? That's tougher! I look at, A) Am I seeing results? B) Are these actions that the person with the results I'm seeking prioritises? C) Does this feel like it could become a sustainable and joyful part of my life? Beyond setting a specific and compelling goal, here are 3 Keys to help you get and stay consistent with your exercise: - Lock and load set training days and times. This means you get to avoid any exhausting “will I, won’t I” self negotiation.   - Ensure your training is not dependent on circumstances beyond your control, like the weather or a training buddy. Or, if it is, sort your alternatives – before you need them! - Choose a form of training that you enjoy or at the very least could learn to enjoy. My caveat is that initially you might not enjoy it, because initially you might not be good at it. You can think of something you would like to be good at though.  Or at the very least, something you would like the results for being good at.   Have you ever done consistency to your detriment? Put another way, stuck with something well after it stopped being a valuable use of your time? Apologies... I got lazy with my picture picking however this is an old fav of mine... I think I'm dreaming of bread!