Self-Discipline Series

From Cancer To Compassion

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I had the opportunity to speak with Miriam Baur who lives in Munich, Germany, from my home in South Carolina, USA. She is a social worker and chose a vegan lifestyle about two years ago. Miriam is an activist who is very interested in and committed to the rights of all animals. Carla: What happened […]

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Man on a Mission

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Charlie Holland has been living in Sun City, South Carolina, USA, for five years with his wife and is currently enjoying the retired and sheltering-in-place (for COVID19) lifestyle. He moved from St. Louis where he lived for 15 years and worked in the health insurance industry. I met Charlie when he started attending the Palmetto […]

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The Lone Vegan

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I met John Bergdoll about five years ago through Vegan Ripple Effect, a Facebook group he started and continues to facilitate. It’s a devoted and focused safe harbor for “thought provoking discussions designed to share vegan awareness issues and move toward greater mainstream acceptance.” John is an excellent conversation starter and examines veganism and its […]

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Learning to Heal

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I finally met Kerri Dodson when I invited her to speak at the Palmetto Plant Eaters Club in December 2019. I’m surprised that it took so long as we are both very passionate about eating well and teaching others how to do so also. Kerri is a Certified Master Health, Wellness and Nutrition Coach, Certified […]

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Blessed By Veganism

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Lisa Sisko has been a realtor based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, for 15 years and three years licensed in South Carolina. She has been vegan for almost four years. As a mother to three now-adult sons she was very careful to raise them being aware of preservatives, chemicals, and carcinogens in food. They gravitated toward […]

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Animals Are Our Teachers

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Edwin Auza Villegas had been vegetarian for 40 years and became a whole food, plant-based vegan 3 years ago after taking an online nutrition course through Cornell University with T. Colin Campbell, PhD. Edwin is retired from professional academia in engineering and human ecology and lives in Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is still […]

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Like A Dog With Two Tails

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I think I discovered my British soul sister in Pippa Day! She is my same age, vegan, a teetotaller, body worker, spiritual seeker, a booklover, and mother. We had a lot of common ground to share and explore! Pippa, a long-time vegetarian, was turned on to veganism by her brother who invited her to participate […]

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Just Veganize It

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I met Lynne Nordenberg at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Lowcountry in Bluffton, South Carolina, USA, several years ago and we are now neighbors who live just down the street from one another on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Lynne grew up in Duluth, Minnesota, and at age 16 she moved with her family […]

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