Ep 123: Today’s episode with Robert Cheeke, a New York Times bestselling author and longtime vegan activist. His new book, The Impactful Vegan, applies the principles of effective altruism to animal advocacy work to determine how to do the most good for animals. If you…
Last spring Derek and I went to New York City to meet up with his cousins visiting from Belgium. This was the first time since I’d been to the city in years. I was a little apprehensive, mainly because of how the city and state…
Ep 115: On this episode of The Refined Hippie Podcast I sat down with Lauren Burke, founder and coach of Power House Happy, to chat about building community and connection. Lauren helps clients shed what’s holding them back, discovering their new truth and self. She’s…
It’s here – My Plant-based Holiday Recipe Guide! I’ve been working on this for a while, compiling all my favorite vegan and gluten-free recipes just in time for the holiday festivities. This guide is almost 20 pages of my top appetizers, side dishes, mains, desserts,…
Ep 113: Today’s episode is with Dr. Crystal Heath, a veterinarian in the Bay Area who also happens to be vegan. In a profession that is supposedly all about ANIMALS, you would think this wouldn’t be that uncommon but unfortunately and oddly enough it is.…
Kathy Davis is an author of three cookbooks, CEO of VegInspired, and a plant-based accountability and empowerment coach. On this episode we chat about finding your intention and inspiration within the whole food plant based vegan lifestyle. We discuss Kathy’s transition to WFPB, her initial…
After two years of not traveling much, my husband and I made our first “big” trip down to Florida in April. We’ve been to St. Augustine around 4 times now and it’s still one of our favorite places to visit. The city is filled with…
Today’s guest Jeannette Donofrio, AKA Ms. FitVegan, has been a raw vegan for over 10 years and is passionate about inspiring others to live a happier and healthier life. Jeannette grew up like many of us, eating the Standard America Diet (SAD) and in turn…
Before moving to a new city one does the usual investigative work – housing market, crime rates, schools, cultural activities, health food stores, parks, and of course restaurants. If you’re plant-based vegan it becomes even more imperative to check out the local food scene. At…
Whether for health reasons, the environment, or animal welfare, more and more people are going vegan every day. In less than 10 years there has been a 500% increase in the amount of U.S. consumers that identify as vegan (1% in 2014 to 6% in…
