Vegan Posse VP#51: It’s Not a Disorder! Therapist Jenn Fried on Veganism and Eating Disorder Recovery

by christinembenson | Nov 10, 2023 | Vegan Posse

Jenn Friedman is a therapist, writer, musician, and vegan from New York City. She is the author of Veganism and Eating Disorder Recovery (Routledge, 2022), a book that aims to improve the discourse about veganism in eating disorder recovery. Jenn has presented on...

Vegan Posse VP#50: From Wanting to Die at Age Eight to Wanting to Live and Live WELL: An Odyssey of Courage, Compssion, and Integrity with Life Coach, Survivor, and Thriver Nancy James

by christinembenson | Nov 3, 2023 | Vegan Posse

In 1990, at the height of her corporate career, Nancy James was diagnosed with a life-threatening chronic and systemic auto-immune respiratory disease which was supposedly “incurable.” The doctor who diagnosed her was so cold and dismissive as he issued the...

Vegan Posse VP#49: Vegan Marketing Success Stories author Sandra Nomoto on her 10-plus-year bulid to fully vegan, navigating a V/non-V household, and getting the word out about a vegan biz!!

by christinembenson | Oct 27, 2023 | Vegan Posse

While earning her degree in English Literature, Sandra Nomoto published poetry in literary journals and posted online film reviews. At 25, she founded Conscious Public Relations Inc., an award-winning virtual agency certified as a B Corporation. After a decade in...

Vegan Posse VP#48: Fasting Escape Success Story Shelley Watts! How Eating Only Plants All the Time (and Some Divine Intervention) Took Her from Fat and Sick to Medication-Free and Transformed

by christinembenson | Oct 20, 2023 | Vegan Posse

Shelley Watts, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is a retired high school home economics teacher. Arrogant about what and how much she could eat, Shelley started gaining weight in her late 20s by overeating sugar, salt, and fatty foods. Over the years, she gained 65 pounds...

Vegan Posse VP#47: Manifesting Vegan! Filmmaker, Podcaster, & Comedian Graham Elwood on Living Healthy on the Road, Why Vegans Get So Much S***, & His New Comedy Special “Manifest It”

by christinembenson | Oct 13, 2023 | Vegan Posse

Some people think of us vegans as uptight, didactic, and humorless – and they can think again! Comic, filmmaker, podcaster, and longtime vegan Graham Elwood honed his comedic skills in comedy clubs and colleges to become a sarcastic hipster who can make light of...