I Am No Longer Vegan: The Full Story

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.7 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This episode was difficult to record and scary to release, but it’s a truth that Rachel wanted to share. She is no longer vegan. Rachel shares the full story, from going vegan for the first time, to how her needs changed throughout different life transitions, and what finally made her reconsider the views that were so ingrained in her psyche. She discusses what this means for her health and wellbeing, as well as the mixed emotions she feels about sharing this news with the world. Ultimately, we never know what is right for another human being. We can only hope to live in a way that is sustainable to the earth - and to ourselves. It is both brave and difficult to open ourselves up to backlash. With that, we ask that you listen with kindness. Emotional reactions are okay, but please keep them to yourself. Tune in for the story. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the podcast, I share some pretty big and what might be some
0:05.8	surprising news. I am not vegan anymore. This was a really big episode for me to
0:13.6	record, something I've been waiting to share. I give you the whole story of how I
0:18.9	have moved away from the label of being vegan. What that means for my well-being
0:24.3	and my health, and of course all the very mixed emotions that I feel about
0:29.0	sharing this with the whole world. Please listen with some kindness. Okay.
0:37.4	Hello my darling friends. Hi, hi, hi. Welcome to the show. I'm nervous. Welcome to
0:48.8	the show. I'm nervous. That's how we're that's how we're opening today's
0:52.7	episode of the podcast. I am nervous. I'm sitting here. I'm sitting here looking
1:00.3	out at the most gorgeous autumn day. Sun is shining. The lake is bright blue.
1:06.3	Everything looks so beautiful outside. And I have just my heart beating in my
1:12.2	chest really fast. And I feel like my hands are a little bit clammy. I almost
1:17.9	have that feeling like I sometimes have before a big like if I'm doing some
1:21.5	public speaking or something like that kind of like I'm just I'm just nervous.
1:25.3	And the reason I'm nervous is I am going to share something with you today that
1:31.5	I have been both dreading to share and that I'm also excited to tell the
1:41.3	truth about. This episode right here is one that I have really been planning for
1:46.9	a very long time and I've been contemplating how to do it and how to go about
1:50.9	it for a very long time and kind of planning it out and thinking it through and
1:56.3	finding different angles for it. And then all of a sudden I don't know what
2:00.4	changed but all of a sudden this morning I woke up and I was like no today is
2:03.9	the day. Today I'm recording this episode. So my darlings my loves my friends the
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