How to Survive Thanksgiving 2020
Thanksgiving is a time for family, tradition, and gratitude. So what do we do when we can’t be near our families? When we can’t participate in our traditions? When we feel anything *but* grateful?
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Shave Your Balloon: How to Not Fear the Holidays
The holidays are coming up, and for many of us who have “evolved” in direct directions from our families of origin, it’s a difficult and sometimes painful time. It’s natural to fear them, at least the “let’s get together and eat and impose our political views on each other” part.
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Grease Them Strings
“Let Buddy play his violin with you in the talent show,” Ella told her teenage sons, Larry and Travis.
The year was 1941. Larry and Travis weren’t happy. Both accomplished musicians, they were counting on winning at least a few bucks, which was nothing to sneeze at in depression-era Lubbock, Texas.
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The Matador, the Car Wash, and the Ten Commandments of Holiday Eating
When I am eight years old, my dad gets us a new car.
Because he is an organizer with the United Auto Workers, a foreign car is out of the question – even as the 1973 OPEC crisis sent most Americans scurrying for fuel-efficient Datsuns and Toyotas.
Also not on the acceptable list is his dream car, a sunflower yellow Corvette C3 Stingray convertible: Bad form to show up at a picket line in a set of wheels that expensive and flashy.
So, practical man that he is, my dad settles on a lemon-yellow 1974 AMC Matador with a black vinyl roof.
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Navigating a Plant-Based Thanksgiving with Elspeth Feldman: PYP 236
Elspeth Feldman is The Speedy Vegan. Combining a love of cooking with a stint in culinary school with a dedication to human health and love of all sentient beings, she teaches and coaches people on adopting a plant-based diet in a delicious and non-time-consuming fashion.
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Guest Post: Sue’s Holiday Buffet Thought Process
Sue Boyles is an alumna of the Big Change Program, and a plant-powered dynamo in her own right.
Her before-and-after-and-after photos (below) capture not just the weight loss part of her journey, but the real, meaningful changes have all occurred in Sue’s Inner Game.
Here’s a post she shared with her Big Change cohort this morning. It was so smart and empowering and inspiring, I got permission from Sue to share it with you.
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