episode 268: Angry Vegan to Leading with Love: Kate Galli on Protein, Muscle & Mindset!
Vegan health coach and Healthification host Kate Galli joins Michele to talk about trading outrage for effectiveness—and the practical mindset and protein strategies that keep a plant-strong life doable in midlife. Kate shares her memorable 5-S Protein Strategy, why muscle is metabolism, and the simple mindset shift that neutralizes overwhelm: only focus on what you […]
episode 267: The Mad Libs Method of Turning Overwhelm into Clarity!
Ever felt so overwhelmed that when someone asks what’s wrong, the only answer that comes out is “everything?” In this episode, Michele introduces a simple but powerful tool inspired by the classic game Mad Libs and adapted from education: a “fill-in-the-blank scaffold” that helps transform vague frustration into clear, actionable steps. When we’re vague, we stay stuck. Specificity […]
episode 261: Back To Vegan Month – A September Plant Based Reset!
September feels like a fresh start. New notebooks, crisp air, sweater weather. The perfect time to go “Back to Vegan.” Whether you’re brand new to plant-based living, returning after a flexible summer or a long-time vegan looking for fresh inspiration, this episode will help you reset across food, fashion, cosmetics, health, and even fun. In […]
Episode 260: Permission to Be Bad: Master of None!
What if the most meaningful, exciting, and vibrant years of your life require you to be bad at things—on purpose? In this episode, Michele explores why midlife and beyond might be the perfect time to stop chasing mastery and start embracing messy, awkward beginnings. If you’ve been stuck in “I should already know this,” or […]
Episode 255: The Vegan Blame Game!
Why do we say we want to go vegan—or at least more plant-based—and then we don’t follow through? Why does it sometimes feel so hard to align our actions with what we deeply believe? In this episode, we explore the “Blame Game”—the very human habit of explaining away our inaction by pointing to our personalities, […]
Let’s Talk About Michele . . .
Ever heard anyone talk about themselves in the third person…? Think, Dobby the house elf in Harry Potter or, if you’re old enough to remember, Mr T. It’s called “Illeism.” It may sound oddly childish or pompous, but it can also be an effective coaching tool. Trying to make a difficult decision? Speaking about ourselves in the […]
Gordon Ramsay Vegan Ally?
I didn’t really enjoy UK’s TV chef Gordon Ramsay even before I stopped eating animals. In fact, I take a tiny bit of unseemly satisfaction that he would be annoyed that I just referred to him as “UK’s TV chef.” Recently, after many years of being unnecessarily loud and derisive of Vegans and vegetarians, Ramsay has […]
“Stuck” is a Symptom
Feeling stuck is one of those very normal vaguely unpleasant human feelings. It’s not like “fear,” “embarrassment, “ “shame,” “anger.” For most of my clients, “stuck” is low grade, humming in the background, chronic like ‘confused” and “overwhelmed.” In coaching we call those “indulgent” emotions, because we tend to use them to hide behind. […]
Happy Birthday to ME!
June 16 is my birthday and even though I do not really care about presents or cake on my birthday, I actually DO really love my birthday. June is such a perfect month for a birthday and I will be recording next Tuesday’s podcast today with some of my thoughts about birthdays, the birthday gift […]
Vegan Networking
Did you know that there is a Vegan Network? That’s how I learned about brilliant, charismatic Vegan Publisher and Book Consultant Mitali Deypurkaystha. In April I received an email from Vegan Publicist and Business consultant Katrina Fox encouraging me to learn more about Mitali and her bestselling book aimed at Vegan and ethical experts, influencers, and […]