{"product_id":"the-joyful-vegan-by-colleen-patrick-goudreau","title":"The Joyful Vegan by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"52\" data-end=\"136\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eA warm, supportive guide for navigating vegan life with confidence and compassion\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1048\" data-end=\"1122\"\u003eVery Good Condition – light shelf wear with minimal edge wear visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1048\" data-end=\"1122\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFinding plant-based recipes? Easy. Dealing with the social, cultural, and emotional aspects of being vegan in a non-vegan world? That's the hard part.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Joyful Vegan is here to help.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany people choose veganism as a logical and sensible response to their concerns about animals, the environment, and\/or their health. But despite their positive intentions and the personal benefits they experience, they're often met with resistance from friends, family members, and society at large. These external factors can make veganism socially difficult—and emotionally exhausting—to sustain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis leads to an unfortunate reality: the majority of vegans (and vegetarians) revert back to consuming meat, dairy, or eggs—breaching their own values and sabotaging their own goals in the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColleen Patrick-Goudreau, known as \"The Joyful Vegan,\" has guided countless individuals through the process of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ebecoming\u003c\/span\u003e vegan. Now, in her seventh book, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Joyful Vegan, \u003c\/span\u003eshe shares her insights into why some people \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003estay\u003c\/span\u003e vegan and others \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003estop\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's not because there's nothing to eat. It's not because there isn't enough protein in plants. And it's not because people lack willpower or moral fortitude.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRather, people stay vegan or not depending on how well they navigate the social, cultural, and emotional aspects of being vegan: constantly being asked to defend your eating choices, living with the awareness of animal suffering, feeling the pressure (often self-inflicted) to be perfect, and experiencing guilt, remorse, and anger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these pages, Colleen shares her wisdom for managing these challenges and arms readers—both vegan and plant-based—with solutions and strategies for \"coming out vegan\" to family, friends, and colleagues; cultivating healthy relationships (with vegans and non-vegans); communicating effectively; sharing enthusiasm without proselytizing; finding like-minded community; and experiencing peace of mind as a vegan in a non-vegan world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy implementing the tools provided in this book, readers will find they can live ethically, eat healthfully, engage socially—and remain a joyful vegan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Value Junction ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608780325076,"sku":"TVJ-017940","price":19.55,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/3059\/2980\/files\/IMG_8980.jpg?v=1772434959","url":"https:\/\/thevaluejunction.co.nz\/products\/the-joyful-vegan-by-colleen-patrick-goudreau","provider":"The Value Junction ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}