It was so great to get to talk with @Kate Galli recently on the Empathy Unbound Podcast and to explore her background, her present and her future. Inspirational is the only word I can use to describe our conversation, thank you Kate! https://rss.com/podcasts/empathyunbound/1759547/

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!

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.

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