💚 A Great Question... PLUS some uplifting weekend listening! 🎧

Yesterday it was my true joy to guest on Victoria Moran's podcast.

It is not live yet, however I will let you know when it is, as it's perhaps my favourite ever interview as the guest. For context, I'm averaging almost one guest interview a week this year.

💞 Victoria truly is a beautiful soul and I want to share a great question she asked me.

The context was the state of the world - the hate, the conflict, the unnecessary cruelty and injustice... Victoria asked: Can you ever be at Peace with the state of the world right now?

😩 My answer? NO, absolutely not! However, I can be at peace with the person I am Being in the world.

Also, I am just as driven as ever to create the kind, compassion, healthy, happy, vegan world I am seeking AND I have hope we can get there. I must have hope. 💞

Here are some of the things I am prioritising right now to BE the person I can be at peace with. More than that... to strive to be the person that makes me proud:

✅ Live a life aligned with my values: Freedom, Integrity and Compassion. This starts with veganism for me, however it extends to so much more.

✅ Be generous with my energy. Put another way, leave a person better for the time they spent with me. Gotta say it - be that "bright spark of happy", my dear mum always was. Note to self here: MAKE TIME. You cannot be generous with your energy when you are always rushing and trying to maximise your efficiency!

✅ Realistic expectations for loved ones. Hell, honestly, let's call this Lower Expectations for loved ones and higher expectations for myself. Meet people where they are. Without judgement. It's hard I know. I'm trying to lead with more curiosity as it's just more effective... and more enjoyable. Which leads me to...

✅ Focus on what's effective rather than what is right. I genuinely believe NOT exploiting animals is RIGHT. Yet also, leading with hard to hear truth bombs is not always effective.

I write this to share my intention and to hold myself more acceptable to get better. Knowing and Doing are not the same and you can bet I don't get this right all the time!

💚 Love to know your thoughts and especially your strategies for BEING the person you can be at peace with?

🎧 P.S. After some uplifting weekend listening?

I LOVE, LOVED this high value conversation with Victoria Moran and Ellie Laks of The Gentle Barn.

There are actionable self-care takeaways and, I might be obsessed with cows now! Highly recommend!

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/main-street-vegan/id1779531033?i=1000676825862

To quote Victoria's Main Street Vegan site: Founder of the Gentle Barn animal sanctuaries in California, Missouri, and Tennessee, Ellie Laks shares what she has learned from animals and her new book, Cow Hug Therapy: How Animals at the Gentle Barn Taught Me About Life, Death, and Everything in Between.

Find Ellie at https://gentlebarn.org and on Instagram @thegentlebarn

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