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Eat Vegan With Me author Mary Lawrence reached guru status for host Victoria Moran when Lawrence said, “Tell people you’re plant-based if you want them to know you changed your diet; tell them you’re vegan if you want them to know you intend to change the system.” Ellen Debenport gets her guru card by being a genuine spiritual teacher, Unity minister, author of The Five Principles: A Guide to Practical Spirituality, and a vegan.
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Ellen Debenport works here at Unity Village as vice president of content and media strategy, which means she oversees the people who write and edit Daily Word, Unity Magazine and other Unity publications, as well as Unity Media Network. She’s a Unity minister who has served at churches in Dallas and Wimberley, Texas. And that’s where she became a vegan — in the land of barbecue and beef enchiladas.
Book: The Five Principles: A Guide to Practical Spirituality
Website: www.EllenDebenport.com
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Mary Lawrence is a vegan chef and wellness educator with Well on Wheels, Connecticut’s premier vegan personal chef service. She is a long-time animal activist who connects the principles of nonviolence, compassion, and unity among all beings with her work and activism. In 2014 she published her first cookbook, Easy Peasy Vegan Eats. Her new cookbook, Eat Vegan with Me, combines techniques for engaging in effective conversation with compassionate cuisine to make the transition to a vegan lifestyle delicious and fun. In addition to running her business, she is also an adjunct faculty member teaching English composition at Gateway Community College, a Board member of the American Vegan Society, and co-chair of the Green Party Animal Rights Committee. She holds a certificate in plant-based nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, a certificate in nutrition and wellness consulting from the American Fitness Professionals Association, an MA in Communication and Cultural Studies, and a BA in English.
Book: Eat Vegan with Me
Website: www.wellonwheels.blogspot.com
Facebook: WellonWheelsLLC
Twitter: @WellonWheels
Instagram: @WellonWheels
Youtube: WellonWheels2010
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Blast from the Past! Chef AJ, Author of “Unprocessed.” We’re focusing on food this month, and our first September guest is the gifted Chef AJ, author of Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight. She’ll talk about her own health and weight loss transformation and how she makes dishes that are animal-free, oil-free, salt-free, and refined-sugar-free, and still super-yummy every time.
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Our friends at Candle Cafe West, 2427 Broadway, NYC, love the Main Street Vegan podcast and are offerings its listeners a 10 percent discount on your check any time you visit Candle Cafe West this summer. Whether you’re a New Yorker or plan to visit the Big Apple, enjoy lunch, dinner, or legendary drinks at this newest of the Candle restaurants, say “Main Street Vegan sent me,” and receive your discount, now through Labor Day.
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