What Happens When You Stop Eating Animals – Stage Two: Guilt & Remorse
Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2013
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
After providing an overview of The 10 Stages We Go Through When We Stop Eating Animals (check out the previous episode called From Consumption to Compassion, as well as Stage One: Validation), today’s episode focuses on the second stage: Guilt & Remorse. This is the stage where we reflect upon the animals we once ate and feel bad for having done so.
Stage 2 is the stage when we say: "How could I have been part of the suffering of animals?" "How do I not get weighed down by the guilt I feel for having contributed to violence against them?" And "I feel bad for eating an animal product by mistake." In this episode, I talk about the difference between guilt and remorse, how to move through remorse through forgiveness, how there is no such thing as a perfect vegan, and I share some symbolic ways we can "make amends" to the animals.
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| 0:15.8 | Welcome to Food for Thought. My name is Colleen Patrick Gudro. I'm an author and educator dedicated to empowering people to make informed food choices to debunking myths about veganism to being a voice for animals and to giving people |
| 0:21.5 | the tools and resources they need to live according to their own values of compassion and wellness. |
| 0:28.0 | I always say that I'm not asking people to live according to my values. I'm urging people to live according to their own values. I'm the |
| 0:35.8 | author of The Joy of vegan baking, The vegan table, Color Me vegan, |
| 0:40.3 | vegan's Daily Companion and On being vegan, reflections on a compassionate life. |
| 0:45.6 | I'm also the creator and host of the 30-day vegan challenge which gives you |
| 0:49.5 | everything you need to make the transition healthfully, joyfully, and deliciously. |
| 0:54.6 | And if you're already vegan, you will also get a lot out of it. |
| 0:58.2 | You can gift it to the veg curious in your life. |
| 1:00.4 | You can check out 30-day vegan challenge. |
| 1:02.4 | com and you can check out all of my work |
| 1:05.0 | at compassionate cook.com and from there you can follow me on Twitter and Facebook and |
| 1:09.3 | Instagram and YouTube and Pinterest and all of the places we were supposed to be followed on these days. |
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| 1:23.3 | started planting some seeds out on Facebook. Food for thought. This podcast is going to have a |
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| 1:34.4 | I am about to launch a new live call-in radio show called Joyful vegan Radio |
| 1:41.2 | and you will be able to stream it live, call in, ask your questions, talk to me directly. |
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