A Story of an Oak Tree: How to Be Resilient, Rooted, and Renewed

Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Arts, Zerowaste, Eating, Recipes, Vegan, Humane, Society & Culture, Meat, Food, Vegetarian, Colleen, Cook, Animals, Patrickgoudreau, Ethical, Cooking, Sustainable, Compassionate, Compassion

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

A story about a house, a hillside, and a centuries-old oak tree—and what it teaches us about healing, renewal, and the resilience of nature. In this episode, I explore what it means to be a participant in the restoration of the world around us and ourselves.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Food for Thought, providing real-world inspiration to live compassionately, sustainably,
0:06.7	and healthfully for humankind, animal kind, and the ecosystems we all depend on. Thanks for
0:13.3	listening if you're new. Thanks for listening. If you've been listening for years,
0:17.7	anywhere in between the start of this podcast, 18 years ago and today. Today's episode
0:23.2	is a story of an oak tree and what it taught me about resilience. My name is Colleen Patrick Godrow.
0:30.7	You can find me at joyfulvegan.com. You can also get my new book, A Year of Compassion, 52 weeks of living zero waste, plant-based,
0:40.3	and cruelty-free from wherever you buy books. You can also get signed copies through my website.
0:46.9	I am working with the most wonderful bookstore, Mrs. Dalloways in Berkeley, California.
0:52.9	I sign books. They fulfill them. It has been the most
0:56.4	delightful partnership. I had my launch party there, and they've been amazing. But you can order
1:01.1	from wherever you like. At joyfulvegan.com, you can find a link to my page where I have all
1:08.4	of the links to large retailers, independent stores, Mrs. Dalloways,
1:15.5	all the things. So thanks so much to everybody who pre-ordered the book, who ordered the book,
1:21.0	who will order the book, and who's gifting the book. Someone who has been buying my books for
1:27.2	many years, he used to come to my cooking classes and not stay for the book. Someone who has been buying my books for many years, he used to come to my
1:28.9	cooking classes and not stay for the class, but just come to buy piles of books because he just
1:35.4	gifts them to people. He just bought 65 copies of a year of compassion for Mrs. Dalloways. So in a couple days, I will be heading back
1:47.8	to Mrs. Dalloways to not just sign them, but to personalize them. I'm so grateful, and I just
1:54.4	really hope it has the impact that I desire, which is to create a more compassionate world.
1:59.4	I also really encourage you to go to
2:01.5	joyfulvegan.com where you can find my substack. And thanks to all of you who've become paid
2:06.8	subscribers. We're moving over from Patreon. It has been such a thrill to be on substack,
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