Ever feel like rolling your eyes when someone talks about the importance of self-compassion?

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Oftentimes if we’re giving in to junk foods, overeating, skipping our workouts, we think we need a kick in the butt, not compassion!

In this enlightening episode, we discuss the benefits of self-compassion, the consequences of not showing yourself compassion, and strategies for embodying self-compassion.

It’s easy to be good to ourselves on those days when we are on top of the world.  Self-esteem flying high. Life is rolling and beautiful.

But let’s face it…those are moments, not the way life is all the time.

Self-compassion is treating ourselves with kindness and empathy in our not so beautiful moments.

Kristen Neff, the leading researcher in the field of self-compassion, says there are three components:  

1. Self-Kindness: Being kind and understanding towards ourselves.  Instead of allowing our inner critic to run amok, speaking to ourselves in a loving way, as we would a friend.
2. Feeling of Common Humanity: Recognizing that everyone makes mistakes, no one is without weakness. Understanding our humanity is accepting that we are not alone.
3. Mindfulness: Being in the moment, becoming mindful of the now allows us to not become engulfed by our troubles, difficulties, or anxiety. It allows us to put things into perspective.

Here are some strategies…

1. Ask yourself:  “What do I need right now?”  Sometimes we aren’t very good at answering this question for ourselves in those moments of difficulty, so in that case, take it outside of yourself and…
2. Ask yourself:  What would I say to my best friend in this situation, and HOW would I say it?  We often offer more warmth and kindness to others than we do for ourselves.  When we are in need, we need to offer that same warmth and kindness to ourselves.
3. Invest in yourself according to your needs.  Sometimes that means an afternoon away in nature or two weeks off from work.  At other times, that means really allowing yourself to take a very big step and do what needs to be done for your well-being and health.

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Buckle up – Episode 71 of The Vegan Life Coach Podcast takes you on quite a ride!

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I had the fortune of speaking with Monk Coleman, who is an author, transformational coach, public speaker, personal trainer, and 3X Pro Natural Physique Bodybuilder. 

Monk grew up fatherless and had a very poor upbringing, eventually falling into a life of substance abuse and crime. 

After hitting rock bottom he turned to meditation and transformed his entire life to that of service. 

Now 13 years sober and living a completely different life, he works with others to help facilitate their healing through his coaching. 

His new, powerful book is Love Over Fear: A Guide to Peace and Purpose. He is working to get it into health and wellness centers, schools, halfway houses, and correctional facilities where it can make a massive impact.

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If you’re not a Matt Frazier super fan yet… Get ready to become one!

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In Episode 70 of The Vegan Life Coach Podcast, I sit down with New York Times bestselling author (with Robert Cheeke) of The Plant-Based Athlete, and a vegan ultramarathoner, author, and entrepreneur, best known as the founder of the No Meat Athlete movement and host of the No Meat Athlete Radio podcast.

In addition to discussing his new book (which is making WAVES!), we cover a lot of ground in this episode… From Matt’s journey into veganism to life after 40 to willpower, supplements, and the future of the plant-based and vegan movements.

You’re in for a treat. Enjoy!!

About Matt:

Matt Frazier is the New York Times bestselling author (with Robert Cheeke) of The Plant-Based Athlete, and a vegan ultramarathoner, author, and entrepreneur, best known as the founder of the No Meat Athlete movement and host of the No Meat Athlete Radio podcast. Matt found he could run longer and faster with the help of a plant-based diet, and shortly after adopting a plant-based diet, Matt qualified for the Boston Marathon after taking over 100 minutes off his first marathon time. He has run several 50-milers and a 100-mile ultramarathon on a vegan diet.

Matt’s books have sold over 150,000 copies in five languages, and he and his work have been featured in books including Rich Roll’s Finding Ultra, Brendan Brazier’s Thrive Foods, Seth Godin’s What to Do When It’s Your Turn, Julianna Hever, and Ray Cronise’s Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition, and Kathy Freston’s Clean Protein; print magazines such as Runner’s World, Trail Runner, Outside Magazine, VegNews, Shape, and Canadian Running; online publications including Sports Illustrated, People, Huffington Post, Forbes, Business Insider, WebMD, Shape, and Competitor; and other media including CNN and the Rich Roll Podcast, where Matt has been a two-time guest.

In 2015, Matt was named by Greatist as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness, and Sports Illustrated called The No Meat Athlete Cookbook one of the 7 Best Health & Wellness Books of 2017. 

Along with No Meat Athlete, Matt co-founded Complement (lovecomplement.com) and 80/20 Plants (8020plants.com), two companies whose mission is to grow the plant-based movement and help vegans thrive.

Matt lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife, two plant-based athlete kids, and rescued dog and cat.

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“I’ve failed trying to change my diet so many times… How can I believe in myself enough to succeed when all I know is failure?”

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If you’re frustrated from “falling off the wagon,” time after time, this episode is for you.

Whether you’ve had the goal of…

• adopting a whole foods plant-based diet and/or healthy vegan lifestyle for the purpose of weight loss, long-term health, doing your part to save animals, and/or reducing your carbon footprint in this scary time of climate crisis…
• Starting your own business, or finding a job that sparks joy…
• Adopting a “Miracle Morning” (Hal Elrod’s phrase) that sets you up for a powerful day through practices like meditation… 
• Really any goal that you’ve “failed” trying to achieve…

We’ve got your back!

It’s time to see those “failures” through a new lens… A lens that EMPOWERS you instead of leaving you feeling hopeless.

In Episode 69 of The Vegan Life Coach Podcast Stephanie and I take you through the mindset shifts you can make, and strategies you can implement, starting today, to set you up for a lifetime of success, freedom, and abundance.

Remember… We must heal ourselves in order to best heal the world. 

Our goal at Vegan Life Coach Academy is to coach you to coach yourself so that you can continuously align your actions with your values and make a positive impact in the lives of animals, other people, and the Planet.

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Are you stuck in what one of our clients refers to as the “Clean Your Plate Cult”?

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You’re not alone! Many of us grew up being told that we had to clean our plate, in one way or another.

>> Which one resonates with you? <<

The Guilt Trip: “Don’t waste food… Think about all the starving kids out there!”

The Bribe: “You can have dessert, but only if you clean your plate first!”

The Ultimatum: “You can’t get up from the table until you’ve cleaned your plate.”

>> If you have one we missed, share in the chat below! <<

On Episode 67 of The Vegan Life Coach Podcast, we explore the psychology behind your urge to clean your plate, and strategies to stop eating when you’re full instead of when your plate is clean!

The side effect? Eating less without feeling hungry or deprived! Side effects = losing excess body fat, increasing your energy, ENJOYING your food (instead of stressing about it), and feeling happy, confident, and free! 

*By the way… We’re celebrating being named #3 in the List of Top 15 Vegan Podcasts!

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Talk about a refreshing new approach to an age-old practice, Day Christensen is making waves with her Day1Yoga Method.

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Day strikes me as the epitome of balance… between her strength and flexibility, power and grace, confidence and humility, discipline and fluidity. She is unequivocally authentic and her beauty radiates from deep within!

In this fascinating episode, we cover a lot of ground. Day shares her insights into valuable topics like the divergence of veganism and yoga and the healing power of fruit, and she does so with such passion and plenty of humor!

Get ready to fall in love with Day on Episode 67 of The Vegan Life Coach Podcast!

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More About Day:

Drawn to the elusive peacefulness and glow that so many yoga practitioners seemed to have while connecting with yogic philosophy, Day Christensen took up the practice of yoga in 2004. 

Starting out, she took classes that fit her schedule, but quickly became drawn to the Mysore style practice of Ashtanga yoga, where students were taught in a relatively silent room with one on one instruction. There, in this environment, she recognized that the student’s potential for growth super-ceeded what she had experienced in other styles of yoga that utilized the more typical “guided” method of teaching.

It was then that she began to schedule around her yoga practice, and her life of late nights and unhealthy habits did a 180. 

After immersing herself in Ashtanga and the Mysore method, taking trips to Mysore, India to study where the practice was born within the lineage of those who created it, on her third trip to India, Day was given the blessing to teach as an Authorized Level 2 teacher.

However, shortly after that time, suffering from persistent back pain, Day found that the system with its hierarchy of postures and repetitive movements could actually be more harmful than helpful. Through the process and years of learning to heal and recover from back pain, Day finally was able to break free of the cookie-cutter method of giving all students the same sequences of postures meant to be learned and repeated 6 days a week, sometimes for years and years on end with no variation in asanas or movement patterns. 

With this new perspective due to her own pain caused by repetitive movement, she recognized that the system of learning yoga asanas can be improved: groups of asanas should be given according to each student’s current and developing postural needs. 

“The how” being the Mysore Method of one on one instruction where each person in the room is able to work according to their own needs, ability, and pace, was and is the most effective way to learn and grow. But “the what” of specific series and order of postures MUST be re-assessed. Thus, The DAY1YOGA Method was born: A tailored and customizable practice, minus posture- or series-hierarchy, (zero delineation between “advanced” and “beginner” students), just students, people with issues, all there for the healing and strengthening modality that yoga should be

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“I’m so frustrated! I’ve been dieting most of my life and always gain the weight back. I’m scared to try another program and risk failing YET AGAIN (and wasting even more money than I have already).”

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If you’ve ever said something like this to yourself, you’re far from alone. 

In fact, almost every client we have ever worked with has this fear. 80% of people who diet gain all the weight back, so it’s a legitimate fear!

In Episode 66 of The Vegan Life Coach Podcast, we dive deep into the reasons why dieting sabotages your weight loss efforts. 

Here’s a summary of those reasons:

• Engaging in unsustainable practices of counting calories and macros
• Feeling restricted leads to self-sabotage
• Relying on your willpower to make healthy choices
• Fighting your body & ignore its signals, which fosters an untrusting, unhealthy relationship
• Failing to address the mental/emotional factors causing you to overeat/eat for reasons other than to nourish and fuel your body

If you want LONG-TERM results, but are scared of failing yet again, it’s important to explore the fear, because it has the potential to push you to give up before finding the answers you need to succeed.

Buckle up as we help you uncover hidden fears, and help you discover how to use them to your advantage by utilizing the Self-Empowerment Coaching System!

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Just wait until you meet today’s guest on The Vegan Life Coach Podcast, Scott Williams, aka Dubs, who rocks the world with his groundbreaking work helping kids get fit and healthy through FUN exercise and nutrition education.

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I met Scott weeks ago, and when I witnessed him going out of his way to help a bee who was trapped inside a window and then saw him form a bond with a friend’s kids within minutes, I knew I had to have him on the show.

Scott’s creativity and bold entrepreneurial spirit have led to the creation of Camp4Real, which is growing exponentially every year.

In this episode, we cover lots of ground with topics ranging from men and veganism to the most effective ways to teach kids about nutrition, to spirituality, vulnerability, and following your life’s passion.

You’re in for a treat!

More About Scott:

Scott Williams is the founder/owner of Camp4Real and taught elementary physical education at Meriwether Lewis School for 15 years and high school summer PE for six years. He was the 2013 Virginia Elementary PE Teacher of the Year, and the 2015-16 Virginia and SHAPE Southern District Dance Teacher of the Year. 

Scott was also honored as a National Healthy School Hero by Action for Healthy Kids in 2017 and was named to the 2019 class of Charlottesville’s Finest by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He is also a presenter and keynote speaker at physical education conferences across the nation, the US Coordinator for Omnikin, and an OPEN National Trainer! 

Scott absolutely LOVES his career and also enjoys educating others on plant-based eating, increasing mental health awareness, Spartan Races, hiking, and anything that involves the beach!

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In this insightful episode, we answer the questions many people have when we say, “Accepting your body as it is right now is a prerequisite for transforming it…”

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“How can I accept something I want to change?”

“If I accept my body as it is, how will I ever lose weight?”

We’re talking about resistance vs acceptance, and how making this powerful shift is key for achieving all of your personal and professional goals and dreams.

Carl Yung said, “We must ACCEPT what we want to change.” We’re telling you why and showing you HOW in episode 64 of the Vegan Life Coach Podcast!

Show Notes:

• Defining Resistance: The refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument
  • When we resist, we are firmly holding to what we want the truth to be. It is arguing with reality. When we spend our energy wishing something was different, we are wasting our time…wasting that energy.
    • Examples: 
      • Hitting the snooze button
      • Comparing yourself to others, wishing you had their legs,          personality, money, etc.
      • Getting angry about the traffic jam making you late for work
      • Worrying about things that are out of your control
      • Ignoring or distracting from negative emotions (eg a Netflix binge with a pint of coconut milk ice cream)
  • Resistance doesn’t change reality; It only makes it harder.
  • Humans are built for resistance. Our bodies and minds love homeostasis. So, overriding that can be difficult and is likely why we keep ourselves in that state, even though it causes us so much suffering. If I could choose a superpower, it would be Acceptance because it is simple but NOT easy.
• Defining Acceptance:  Act of taking or receiving something offered; willingness to tolerate a difficult or unpleasant situation.
  • What acceptance is NOT:  
    • Giving Up
    • Condoning
    • Liking or Enjoying
  • What acceptance is:
    • Active: It is a practice. It is a choice to allow reality to flow.
    • Understanding that reality just is and that there is a way through it if you don’t like it.
    • An important part of mindfulness:  The mind is fully engaged in what is, what is happening, and what we are doing and moving through without judgment of ourselves or the situation.
  • Why is acceptance important in the change process?
    • Carl Jung: We must ACCEPT what we want to change.  
    • Accepting reality allows us to look at it honestly and make a plan based on reality and NOT on what we wish reality was.
    • Acceptance empowers us to make the next move.
  • How do we move from resistance to acceptance?
    • “Accept then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you’ve chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.” –Eckhart Tolle
    • Ask yourself some questions:
      • What is the impact of resistance in this situation?
      • Am I engaging in the behaviour of resistance?  Arguing with reality: Wishing, worrying, comparing, refusing
      • Am I feeling the resistance through my emotions?  Anger, resentment, anxiety
      • What if I act as if I chose this situation?  How would that change things for me?
      • How would this change if I allowed reality to be exactly what it is in this moment?
    • Practical Strategies:
      • Take a pause when you find yourself engaged in resistance:  Compassion and Curiosity
      • Self-Empowerment Coaching system with a desired outcome of acceptance
      • Journaling
      • Mantra:  I accept reality as it is.  Resistance is futile.  I can only change what I accept.

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The barn doors to Hogs & Kisses Farm Sanctuary (a 501c3 non-profit organization) have opened and WOW, what a journey it’s been for founder Anne Molina, James Aubrey (Board member), and me (also on the Board)!

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In this fascinating and heartwarming episode, we tell you the story of how we transported 3 unexpectedly large farm pigs from New York to their forever home in Virginia. 

We share all the challenges we faced, that we can laugh about now that Dolly, Grace, and Imposter are roaming happily in the pasture at Hogs & Kisses.

Join us as we take you on the thrilling journey with us, and learn some fascinating pig facts along the way!

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