by Lani Muelrath | Feb 14, 2022 | All Posts
The elephant orphans of Kenya again called to us, and last August we once more journeyed to Kenya to work with them, and to be with the magnificent wildlife that lives in this part of Africa. This time, another extraordinary experience was ours in meeting Jack...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 25, 2022 | All Posts, Animals, Video
Note: Be sure to listen to the sound on the above video clips!Backstory: About seven months ago, someone found three turkey eggs near San Francisco. They decided to hatch them. Quite soon, they ended up at the San Francisco Humane Society. From there, they were taken...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 14, 2021 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
The Covid-19 lockdown was barely born when my literary agent was approached by Random House/Penguin/DKBooks. They wanted a popular mindfulness book that they had previously published revised and updated. And they wanted yours truly to do it. During my...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 1, 2021 | All Posts, Animals, Video
Though it was difficult to leave our Magalia house that served us well for 43-years, here we are!Greg captures the new environment in which we now find ourselves – in the Sonoma Mountains – in this video.We are overwhelmed by the natural beauty of the oak...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 5, 2020 | All Posts, Recipes
Just as I experienced post-trauma after the Camp fire that I shared with you in my article title After the Camp fire here, the turbulent times of Covid-19 have inspired a resurgence in these same ways of supporting family and community: with shared sustenance and...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 29, 2020 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Support in Turbulent TimesRecent global developments have driven it home hard and fast: everything changes and our sense of the way things are and expectations about the day ahead are unreliable. As my friend Ari says, our current situation could be called amplified...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 19, 2020 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
It’s Been a Long Time……since I sat down to talk with you. And there is so much to say. So much to share with you.First of all, I am overwhelmed by the flood of kind, loving emails, texts and messages I have received since sending out some quick...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 21, 2019 | All Posts, Plant-Based Journey, Plant-Based Nutrition
My New Plant-Based Doctor. Plus A Nice Surprise.Yesterday, I got a new doctor. To my great good fortune, I was able to come on board with a plant-based doctor couple, Dr. Randal Sloop and Dr. Christine Sloop, in Chico, California.And to my great delight, when I walked...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 9, 2019 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Yay! It is with great pleasure and excitement that we announce the publication and release of the audio version of The Mindful Vegan: A 31 Day Plan for Finding Health, Balance, Peace, and Happiness. The full content of the thirty-one days is recorded in my voice. ...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 6, 2019 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
This latest video release from my husband Greg opens with a sunrise in Africa and moves to our town of Magalia with a message of symbolism and hope following our experiences in the Camp fire. Says Greg: “In August 2017, we had the good fortune to witness a...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 17, 2018 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Plant-Based Journey, Plant-Based Nutrition
This just aired on NPR and now archived for your listening pleasure!NPR Special Program With Dr. Michael Greger and Lani MuelrathThe Back StoryNot long ago the host of a popular local North State Public Radio program, Nancy Weigman, reached out to me and asked if I...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 14, 2018 | All Posts
Top: Greg’s short video of our experiences.Above: Photo from Day 4 as refugees from the Camp Fire . We are so hardwired to early walks that we have been simply strapping on our regulation masks that help protect from all the ash in the air and go out walking for...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 19, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, VegWorld
Cover girl is not what I ever anticipated would be on my resume. Yet mindfulness I know is always a lead story when it comes to healthy, happy vegan living. So when the new ownership of VegWorld Magazine approached me about their upcoming mindfulness issue – the...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 26, 2018 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes
Have you ever been to Alaska? I’ve always wanted to go and this summer my opportunity came. Don’t worry, we’ll get to the recipe shortly. First, a little bit about Alaska. Alaska Vegfest The organizer of Alaska Vegfest, Delisa Renidio, wrote to me...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 17, 2018 | All Posts, Animals, Travel
We’ve just returned from our fifth journey to Africa. Wildlife advocacy and adventure travel keep my husband Greg and I coming back. Once you get Africa in your blood, you can’t help but return each opportunity you get. Maybe it’s because it’s...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 16, 2018 | All Posts, Animals, Video
Yesterday on our morning bike ride along the flumes, we encountered a fawn that had fallen in the rushing waters. The sides of the flume are steep, and opportunities to escape are few and far between. Greg jumped in while I held the camera. In spite of the freezing...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 16, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
This morning I filled over an hour with the task of sorting through some of the detritus of life that has been waiting patiently in the attic to be processed. I found old diaries, files of college transcripts, an early draft of my Masters thesis, extra wedding...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 17, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
I’ve just returned from a weekend retreat on Mindfulness and Self-Care that I co-hosted with friends Allison Rivers Samson and Lisa Levinson. Held at the beautiful and restful Banyan Grove in Forest Knolls, California, the retreat was filled with mindfulness...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 23, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Transformations, Video
This year I was once again honored to be invited to be a guest at The Plant-Based Transformation Summit. In this video, you will be present for my conversation with the creator of the summit, Margot Freitag. Margot asks me all about my book The Mindful Vegan, and in...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 15, 2018 | All Posts, Appearances, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Creating Your Best LIfe Retreat 2018 with Lani Muelrath and Joan Stanford Stanford Inn, Mendocino, California, Sept 28 – Oct. 1, 2018 To save your spot, click here Join author, meditation instructor, and mindfulness trainer (among other things!) Lani Muelrath...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 20, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Have any of these, or something similar to them, ever happened to you? You find your mind wandering during conversations, sometimes so much that you need to ask the person you are talking to to repeat a question. You are on deadline to complete a task, yet the urge to...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 14, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
We keep our fingers crossed that the facts themselves will sell people on eating less meat. But the research tells a different story. People are more inclined to make choices based on the social norm. So if facts are presented in a way that speaks to that norm in a...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 3, 2018 | All Posts, Media, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
This week I had the honor and privilege of being guest on Our Hen House podcast. This extraordinary, internationally renowned podcast hosted by Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan. Click here to jump right to the full podcast on Our Hen House, which opens with...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 2, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Not only is a becoming vegan great for your health, animals, and the planet, it can also help you relax. The Vegan Relaxation Connection This week, an article underscoring the connection between becoming vegan and feeling more at ease because of it – for a whole...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 23, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Move Your Body
Restorative Yoga is a mindfulness-of-body practice that quickly counters stress and restores equanimity. The Supported Bridge is one of my favorites. What follows is the transcript of the video above. This video was created as a gift for pre-ordering The Mindful...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 18, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
This webinar was presented as part of Activist Appreciation Month hosted by In Defense of Animals (IDA). The program host is Lisa Levinson, Director of The Sustainable Activism Campaign for IDA. In the words of Lisa Levinson, In this Activist Appreciation Month...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 8, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Sometimes a letter is just too compelling not to share. This note just in from Kathy, whom you met here a couple of weeks ago. In today’s letter, Kathy described some clear outcomes from diving into meditation and instruction in The Mindful Vegan: A 30-Day Plan...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 4, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Move Your Body, Plant-Based Journey, Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes
The Day The Blue Zones Called Imagine my delight when the managing editor at Blue Zones central reached out to me regarding The Mindful Vegan. They had fallen in love with the book, and were particularly interested in sharing an excerpt from Day Seventeen in The...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 29, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
A note to readers: the following is a posting I made on facebook a few days ago. It resonated with so many, and generated such intense conversation, that I wanted to bring it into an article here on the blog to share it with you. Included are my opening comments and...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 25, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
I’m a big fan of the work that the people at Vegucated.com have done and continue to do to advance the cause of veg living. True to their name, they are the champions of veg education and they have a gazillion resources at their website to prove it. A few days...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 24, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
The Mindful Vegan book is giving me the happy opportunity to present, teach, and talk about mindfulness meditation to a lot of people. During these presentations, when there is time – after the introduction to mindfulness training, the presentations about the...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 13, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
“Yesterday I wanted pizza REALLY BAD!” Thus read the headline of Kathy’s post on facebook this week. Now ten days into her study of The Mindful Vegan: A 30 Day Plan for Finding Health, Balance, Peace, and Happiness, Kathy was armed with new...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 7, 2018 | All Posts, Recipes
My friend Heather Nicholds, Certified Holistic Nutritionist, author, and extraordinary recipe artist and cook, recently put together a lovely gift titled Why Vegan: Recipes and Stories from Eighteen Vegan Bloggers. Today, I am very happy to share this gift with you....
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 2, 2018 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Dear Oprah, It has just come to my attention that you have recently released a new book Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations Wisdom of Sundays:, on just about the same day as my new book The Mindful Vegan: A 30-Day Plan for Finding Health, Balance,...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 30, 2017 | All Posts, Recipes
Imagine my delight when Forks Over Knives called and asked me if they could feature one of my recipes from The Mindful Vegan: A 30-Day Plan for Finding Health, Balance, Peace, and Happiness. Mom’s Baking Powder Biscuits with Almonds recipe had caught...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 26, 2017 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Weight Loss
Are you hooked on dieting? Has an obsession with getting thinner hijacked your eating mentality, ruining your innate wisdom about when to eat? If your days are filled with constant reference to and thinking about anything eat-to-lose-weight related, the question may...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 20, 2017 | All Posts
Mindfully Navigating Difficult Conversations How do you stay centered while in the midst of holiday parties and family gatherings? These places can be highly charged with a wild assortment of foods and opinions at any time of year, let alone the holidays. Often the...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 15, 2017 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
There are three origins of cravings. In this recording of this week’s Mindful Vegan Moment facebook LIVE broadcast, find out what they are, how to understand them, and how to navigate them should they arise. These key points are elaborated upon in The Mindful...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 20, 2017 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
Thanks again to Jeanne Schumacher, who I introduced you to recently when she interviewed me on video for Insights on Being a Mindful Vegan with Lani Muelrath. Jeanne continues to catalog an impressive collection of video interviews of thought leaders and world...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 18, 2017 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
Many thanks to Gina Carr and Karen Jacobson for inviting me to their Healthy Happy Hour Show to talk about mindfulness training and how it restores mental balance and calm. In This Facebook LIVE Video Broadcast, discover how… Inner calm, happiness, and presence...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 18, 2017 | All Posts, Holidays, Recipes
The very same day I had scheduled to publish the recipe for Chocolate Mousse here on The Mindful Vegan blog, Christa from The Artistic Vegan did the same, accompanied by a giveaway for a copy of the book The Mindful Vegan: A 30-Day Plan for Finding Health, Balance,...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 12, 2017 | All Posts, Media, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
In this interview for North State Public Radio, Nancy Wiegman of the popular show Nancy’s Bookshelf interviews yours truly about my book The Mindful Vegan: A 30-Day Plan for Finding Health, Balance, Peace, and Happiness. I snapped the photo (left) just before...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 28, 2017 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Reviews
Read the full review of, The Mindful Vegan: A 30-Day Plan for Finding Health, Balance, Peace, and Happiness including Lani’s responses to the ten questions, on the Vegan Street website. “Finally, one night I read one page. Then another and another and...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 22, 2017 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
In this in-depth video interview with Jeanne Schumacher of starchqueens.net, I describe the mindfulness practices as taught in The Mindful Vegan: A 30-Day Plan for Finding Health, Balance, Peace, and Happiness that have restored a healthy, happy relationship with...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 5, 2017 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
Think you are addicted to sweets? Sabotaged by mindless snacking and stress eating? This conversation will expand your awareness of what might be driving these – or any other compulsions and obsessions you might find creating misery – and introduce you to...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 12, 2017 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Video
The Mindful Vegan Interview: Jane Velez Mitchell with Lani Muelrath Imagine my delight when the text message from media superstar Jane Velez Mitchell popped up on my phone. Jane was inviting me to join her in a facebook live broadcast to give a sneak preview...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 19, 2017 | All Posts, Plant-Based Journey, Reviews
I don’t know about you, but I always enjoy diving into “best books” lists to see if I can spot an old favorite. Or find a new one. And when I discover that a book authored by yours truly is on the list, well, how fun is that? And in this case, the...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 19, 2017 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation, Plant-Based Journey
Livekindly recently contacted me for an interview about successfully transitioning to plant-based, healthy vegan nutrition. I like the questions Emily Dreeling asked,and the way the article came together, integrating the topics of The Plant-Based Journey and The...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 14, 2017 | All Posts, Appearances, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Snapshots from Summerfest! (click to enlarge) Double trouble – with Dr. Michael Greger At the author’s signing table in the bookstore! With Fran Costigan, Miyoko Schinner, and Jill Nussinow Lucky me – Victoria Moran and I planned a special session...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 25, 2017 | All Posts, Animals
Whenever a message from the honorable Neal Barnard emerges in my email, it always brings a measure of anticipation and happiness. Such was the case when this came in this week – and of course I had to ask him right away if I could share the news and his note...
