This is A Sustainable Mind, episode 35.

Every single one of us has the power places that we make every day to create a healthier

environment and kinder world and a powerful lifestyle choice that will be helpful to all species on this planet and to the environment

and help create a kinder world and a healthier body is the vegan lifestyle.

Welcome to a sustainable mind, where we delve into the minds behind today's most impactful

environmental campaigns, organizations, and startups, inspiring the environmental changemakers

of tomorrow. I'm your host, Marjorie Alexander. Today I am ecstatic to be interviewing

Erica Sotis, a mentalist,

magician, and psychic entertainer that also happens to be a vegan and fierce animal rights activist.

We will be discussing veganism and animal cruelty in varying levels of detail, so this is your

trigger warning. Please use discretion. But despite the uncomfortable parts, this is going to be a fun and high-energy conversation.

Because that's just the kind of person that Erica is, and we become pretty fast friends.

Oh, and one more thing.

I kind of put Erica on the spot and asked her to do a magic trick with me on camera that I could share with you

all. So if you want to check it out, go to the show notes page after this episode by going to

a sustainablemind.com forward slash 035. So without further ado, Erica, welcome to the show.

Thank you so much, Marjorie. I'm so excited to be here.

Awesome.

So first, I want to start off with learning a little bit about how nature, the environment, and sustainability played a role in your home life growing up.

Well, I grew up in a fairly dysfunctional, toxic family environment.

So for me, nature was the place where I found calm and beauty and

connection and love. And I'm not even talking about major awesome mountains. I mean, I'm from

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