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Melanie Joy, expert on the psychology of eating meat, award winning author and relationship coach, talks through why being vegan can feel so isolating, and offers actionable advice on how to communicate effectively and build healthy relationships with the people in your life. Melanie's website: https://www.melaniejoy.org Her books: https://www.melaniejoy.org/books On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxVN_3vz-L1YYtMILIxYvSg Her organization Beyond Carnism: https://carnism.org/ I learned so much through this conversation, and I really hope you find it valuable too. Thank you for listening, and let's keep defending animals!

Whatever your unique passions and skills are, they have the potential to be immensely helpful to the animal rights movement. Join me and Vegan Hacktivists founder David Van Beveren as we discuss how you can go about creatively finding ways to use your skills to help animals. Check out the Vegan Hacktivists and all their projects here: https://veganhacktivists.org/

In this episode I dive into stories of failed rescue attempts. Times when I had the opportunity to save some animals, but failed. I hope that this resonates with you in some way, and supports you in your journey of being an ally to the animals. I love you!

Hey! In this episode of the Animal Advocate podcast we dive into several ways in which we humans think completely irrationally. Enjoy!

Hey! a question vegans and animal activists ask me from time to time is whether I think it's effective to use words like "rape", "murder", or accuse people of being "animal abusers". In this episode, I answer that question and explain why I think the way I think. I hope you enjoy! Today's question was brought to us by Pilar, if you would like to submit a question, send me an email at peacebyvegan@gmail.com !

Hey! In this episode, we tackle the topic of HOW TO BE HEARD. This is a topic very near and dear to my heart because I have felt unheard for a long time in my life. There's much more to say about it, but I hope this is helpful regardless!

In this episode, we tackle how to respond to, and better yet, avoid common arguments against veganism.

When the topic of veganism gets brought up - what should you say? If you are not sure, this episode is for you! We're going to dive into how you can make any conversation on the topic easy to manage, and prevent getting into long circular pointless debates.As a vegan animal rights activist, I spent a lot of time talking to people about the plight of animals and the injustice that they endure. This is what I've learned from my experiences.

You know when you want to talk about animal rights but you don't know how to bring it up? Here's a method that I use in ride share situations, planes, and other situations where I have a stranger in front of me and time to talk.I hope this is helpful, and more importantly, I hope you go try it out!

Why do so many of us have a hard time with this, and what can we do about it? In this episode, we cover what helped me not only stay calm during outreach conversations, but also what helped me become a lot more in control of my emotions at all time.I hope you find this valuable!

How can you help animals from home? This is my take on what I think are some productive things you can do while we are advised to practice social distancing. The self help audio program I mentioned was "Lead The Field" by Earl Nightingale and the book I mentioned was "the 4 Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz. I hope you find this valuable! Much love.

Did you ever want to speak up for animals but felt intimidated? Maybe you felt like people would judge you, or maybe you didn't know what to say. In this episode, I delve into a step by step game plan that you can follow to build unshakable confidence and become the voice for the animals that you envision yourself to be.Books Cited (affiliate links):Mindset by Carol Dweck: https://amzn.to/3cTJmNjHow To Win Friends & Influence People: https://amzn.to/3a3hrIECrucial Conversations: https://amzn.to/2wWBWZ0