Super Life
Welcome to the Super Life podcast - an inspiring place to fuel your health journey. Join us, Kristel de Groot and Michael Kuech, as we connect with vegan celebrities, athletes, change-makers, thought leaders and industry pioneers. We dive deep into topics like plant-based eating, mindfulness, methods of natural healing, parenting, and self development. Receiving exclusive insights from these experts, will inspire you to live your #SUPERLIFE! With every episode, our mission is to inspire and empower you along your health journey. Join us for a new episode every week!
Kristel and Michael recently published their newest book Your Super Life and have welcomed their first mini plant lover Leo to the family. You can keep up with them on the top-ranking Your Super Life Podcast, their site kristelandmichael.com, and on social @kristelandmichael.
Super Life
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs & Wear Cows with Melanie Joy
Michael and Kristel speak with author and psychologist Melanie Joy about Speciesism and Carnism. Melanie walks us through how animals of different species are treated differently, and how that doesn't make sense in a holistic world and the psychology involved in what we eat. She has several books; Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows as well as Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters. We are so grateful for the insights she shared into the culture surrounding veganism and carnism and what we can do to change it.
How Melanie's vegan journey started 2:51
Carnism: an overarching belief system 7:37
The results of carnism 16:35
How to break away from carnism 20:25
The changes that bring Melanie hope 33:04
"Also, I encourage people to think of themselves as vegan allies, right? It is not black and white. ... You can be a non-vegan, you can be as vegan as possible and still be what I call a vegan ally." 21:14
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