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Expansion of Awareness and Skills (Stage 8 of What Happens When You Stop Eating Animals)

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It’s in this stage that we might buy our first food processor or high-powered blender or we garden for the first time or we cook for the first time or we try new foods or cuisines or restaurants we never tried before. This is when we learn how expansive it is to live unconditionally compassionately. This is when we may feel more deeply connected to other animals and to other people in our lives. This is where we may be expanding skills that we will wind up turning into a new career that we implement in Stage 9: Where Do I Fit In?

The Joyful Vegan

This podcast series on the “10 Stages” turned into my 7th book, The Joyful Vegan: Staying Vegan in a World That Wants You to Eat Meat, Dairy and Eggs. It’s available wherever books are sold. Author-signed copies are available in my store.


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