Welcome to Food for Thought, the place to explore, celebrate and manifest a life-motivated

and defined by unconditional compassion and optimal wellness.

Today's episode is the greatest thing since sliced bread, words from the staff of life.

Before we begin, I hope that peaks your curiosity.

My name is Colleen Patrick-Gadriel, you can find me at joyfulvegan.com.

You can find my books wherever books are sold and you can join me in my online cooking classes or on my vegan trips around the world.

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There is a friendly neighborhood dog who has decided to join in this episode.

So hopefully you enjoy him in the background.

I wrote this episode from Italy, though I'm recording it from Oakland, California.

And I hope you vicariously enjoyed the trip to Italy along with me.

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, after two years of no travel and canceling our joyful vegan trips,

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