Mindfulness, Mindset & Motivation
Meet My New Book: Mindfulness: Relax, De-Stress and Focus Your Mind for a Healthier, Happier You
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...
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A Year After The Camp Fire: New Life, New Home, New Chapter, plus 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...
The Mindful Vegan Book Full Audio Version Is Released!
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. ...
After the Camp fire: Symbols of Hope, and Reflections Two Months In (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 rare...
NPR Special Program With Dr. Michael Greger and Lani Muelrath
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...
Never Thought This Would Be on My Resume: VegWorld Magazine Mindfulness Issue Cover Girl?
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...
Does Letting Go of Things From the Past Bring You More Into the Present?
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...
Eight Simple Steps to Support Everyday Mindfulness: Lessons from the June Retreat
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...
The Most Important Tool in My Health and Happiness Toolbox! (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...
Creating Your Best Life Retreat with Lani Muelrath at Stanford Inn
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 and...
Four Simple Tools For Finding Greater Focus
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...
How To Be More Effective At Getting People To Eat Less Meat (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...
Our Hen House Podcast #425: The Mindful Vegan and Lani Muelrath
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...
Can Going Vegan Help You Relax?
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...
How to Easily Counter Stress In Minutes with Restorative Yoga: The Supported Bridge (video)
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...
How Does Mindfulness Practice Help Animal Activists and Advocates?
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...
“The Mindful Vegan Has Changed My Life”: A Letter From Kathy About Meditation, Mindful Living, and Mindful Eating
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 for...
The Day The Blue Zones Met The Mindful Vegan: Does Diet Affect Your Happiness?
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...
Beyond Dieting: Isn’t it Time to Let Ourselves Out of Food Jail, Embrace Conscious, Mindful Living, and Come to a Place of Peace With Our Bodies?
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...
Vegucated Features The Mindful Vegan (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...
Anderson Cooper Features Mindfulness Meditation On 60 Minutes (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 positive...
How Kathy Took Control of Pizza Cravings Using the S.T.O.P. Strategy From The Mindful Vegan Book
"Yesterday I wanted pizza REALLY BAD!"Â Thus read the headline of Kathy's post on facebook this week. Now ten days into her study of The Mindful Vegan:Â A 30 Day Plan for Finding Health, Balance, Peace, and Happiness, Kathy was armed with new strategies from her...
An Open Letter to Oprah, The Wisdom of Sundays, and Getting Woke
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...
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