The Flirty Vegan

Vegan Lifestyle Coach: Jenny Cheifetz

Formerly known as Sideline Sisters, THE FLIRTY VEGAN is THE destination for current and aspiring vegans and vegetarians. You will hear inspiring and important conversations about all aspects of veganism -- the deliberate decision to honor animals, the conservation and appreciation of the planet and natural resources, and the compassion we feel toward the world and our health. Settle in and prepare to be educated, awed, and excited by stories of kindness and grace, determination and grit, and challenge and resilience. Going vegan isn't the easiest choice... but it's the most loving one.

  1. How VEGANISM heals mind, body, and spirit with psychologist and author Dr. Angela Crawford

    2D AGO

    How VEGANISM heals mind, body, and spirit with psychologist and author Dr. Angela Crawford

    ⁠If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕ 👩‍🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES ☎️⁠⁠Book a FREE CONNECTION CALL⁠⁠ 🎥⁠Watch the video podcast on YouTube⁠ 🌐Check ⁠The Flirty Vegan website⁠ 👉Follow ⁠@theflirtyvegan on Instagram⁠ 📣Join ⁠The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group⁠ ⭐️Get the ⁠newsletter ⁠Angela Crawford, Ph.D. is a psychologist, vegan educator, Food for Life instructor, and author of The Vegan Transformation: A Journey to Heal Yourself and the World (Lantern Publishing & Media, 2025). She is passionate about bringing her background in clinical psychology to share the benefits of plant-based living for mind, body, and spirit. She teaches individuals, groups, and organizations about thriving with a plant-based lifestyle, drawing on principles of psychology and lifestyle medicine. Angela's website Angela's Instagram Angela's book The Juicy Bits: Veganism is not just about avoiding harm; it's embracing something that's exciting and good, and leaning into authenticity and living your values.There are so many different entry points to veganism. Check out my interview with Thomas Jackson to hear 6 of the reasons to go vegan.Veganism is the interconnectedness of health, loving animals, and being kind to nature.Dr. Melanie Joy coined the term CARNISM, which is the deeply conditioned and invisible belief system that says it's okay to eat certain animals. We don't question carnism, we just follow it.With cognitive dissonance, we can change behaviors or compartmentalize so we don't feel out of alignment with our values.Being true to oneself as a vegan doesn't mean it's one's responsibility to change other people.Practices to stay grounded: include yourself in the self-care circle, have a morning routine of meditation, journaling, exercise, prayer, and affirmations, limit exposure to traumatizing contentBenefits of veganism include: lightness, being in touch with intuition, compassion, improved moodAngela's favorite vegan foods: veggie burgers, soups, curries, veggie lasagna, and vegan crabcakes**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for generalinformational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.

    1h 5m
  2. Healing cancer naturally with Dr. Ruby Lathon

    JAN 21

    Healing cancer naturally with Dr. Ruby Lathon

    ⁠If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕ 👩‍🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES 🎥⁠Watch the video podcast on YouTube⁠ 🌐Check ⁠The Flirty Vegan website⁠ 👉Follow ⁠@theflirtyvegan on Instagram⁠ 📣Join ⁠The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group⁠ ☎️⁠Book a FREE CONNECTION CALL⁠ ⭐️Get the ⁠newsletter⁠ Dr. Ruby Lathon is a certified holistic nutritionist and inspires with a powerful story of recovering from cancer through alternative treatment focused on a whole food, plant-based diet. Dr. Ruby was featured in the hit documentaries, What the Health and They’re Trying to Kill Us. Dr. Ruby worked as a researcher and an award-winning engineer, and now teaches others how to re-engineer their health and live disease free. Dr. Ruby recently released a new cookbook: Stop Playin’, Go Vegan: Getting Serious with Healthy Vegan Recipes to Prevent and Reverse Disease! The Juicy Bits: Overwhelming research shows that a plant-based diet can heal cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and more.There are side effects and risks to taking medication, and for some people, feeling free means not needing to take meds; medication may give the illusion of freedom, but it's a trap, often leading to more meds to offset the risks of original meds.If you've already had your thyroid removed and are taking medication, don't worry. You can still offset negative side effects of meds with a healthy lifestyle. Do your research before accepting whatever a doctor says.RESTED RICH FACE is a marketing ploy to get you to buy unnecessary products. Don't eat cheese, drink alcohol, or smoke, and instead get the glow easily and cheaply with plant-based nutrition.Simple, clean, and plant-based means greens, juicing, no microwave, no ultra-processed packaged foods, herbal teas, non-toxic beauty products, and detoxing.It's okay to question authority, trust your gut, and verify for yourself.That fact that your ancestors ate meat and lived long, healthy lives is not an indication that you should eat that way. Today's food system is different, our lifestyle is different, stress is different, plus there's tech, emfs, and chemicals that our ancestors didn't have.Cows don't just product milk. They must have given birth in order to lactate, just like humans. If you avoid meat for ethical reasons but still consume dairy, consider the process by which dairy is produced.Being plant-based makes sense for every aspect of living - health, environment, and cruelty. If you wouldn't slaughter a chicken yourself, why are you okay letting someone do it on your behalf?People who work in slaughterhouses have much higher rates of domestic abuse and violence.You need to do what you want to do, not what you think you're supposed to do.The benefits of whole-food plant-based nutrition include: period relief, weight management, easy menopause, glowing skin.The China Study showed that eating 90% whole-food plant-based reduces the risk of turning on cancer cells dramatically. The antioxidants from plants (even non-organic) far outweigh the toxins in animal foods.Dr. Ruby's favorite foods: air fried marinated string beans, kombucha, seltzer, kale chips, and faux meats. Dr. Ruby’s Healing Community:  https://member.rubylathon.com/community-page Discount Code: HEALING to save 70% Dr. Ruby's website Dr. Ruby's Instagram **The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for generalinformational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.

    1h 8m
  3. Spirituality, synchronicity, and sex with author and activist Kathy Freston

    JAN 7

    Spirituality, synchronicity, and sex with author and activist Kathy Freston

    ⁠If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕ 👩‍🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES FREE COACHING SESSION 🎥⁠Watch the video podcast on YouTube⁠ 🌐Check ⁠The Flirty Vegan website⁠ 👉Follow ⁠@theflirtyvegan on Instagram⁠ 📣Join ⁠The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group⁠ ☎️⁠Book a CONNECTION CALL⁠ ⭐️Get the ⁠newsletter⁠ Kathy Freston is a writer, advocate, and board member working at the intersection of culture, ethical food innovation, and the celebration of animal sentience. She is the author of nine books, including four New York Times bestsellers, and her work has been featured on national television and in leading publications. She serves on the board of the Good Food Institute (GFI), a global network of nonprofit science think tanks working to advance alternative proteins.  She also serves on the board of Switch4Good, a coalition of athletes, health professionals, and advocates committed to accelerating the shift toward plant-based living. Through her writing, media voice, and board leadership, Freston champions forward-thinking ideas, lifts up the sentience of animals as central to a kinder world, and helps shape a more sustainable, ethical, and dynamic future. Kathy's website Kathy's Instagram The Juicy Bits: Kathy's simple spiritual values: kindness, mercy, alleviate suffering, be a responsible steward of the planetWe all need fun food to go with healthy food. We get it all as vegans.The same stuff that clogs arteries in the heart clogs blood vessels to the penis.Veganism means not contributing to all the -isms.Most Americans eat 250 animals EACH YEAR.Spirituality means considering the least among us.Individual protein needs depend on age, athleticism, pregnant, nursing.Fiber is your body's b*tch.Plant protein doesn't have growth hormones, antibiotics, preservatives, colorings, salmonella, ecoli.Eating a varied whole food plant based diet gets you all the amino acids and nutrients your body needs.Crowd out, don't cut out.Kathy's favorite foods: spaghetti and vegan meatballs, vegan burger and fries (and martini), pancakes, protein drinks (vega sport, FYTA, OWYN)**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for general informational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.

    1h 8m
  4. It's all about compassion with filmmaker and activist Thomas Wade Jackson

    12/24/2025

    It's all about compassion with filmmaker and activist Thomas Wade Jackson

    ⁠If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕ 👩‍🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES 🎥⁠Watch the video podcast on YouTube⁠ 🌐Check ⁠The Flirty Vegan website⁠ 👉Follow ⁠@theflirtyvegan on Instagram⁠ 📣Join ⁠The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group⁠ ☎️⁠Book a CONNECTION CALL⁠ ⭐️Get the ⁠newsletter⁠ Thomas Wade Jackson is an award-winning filmmaker and musician, best known for his animal rights documentaries A Prayer for Compassion and the docuseries Compassion in Action – Bringing the Elixir Home. A passionate advocate for compassion and veganism, Thomas has spent years blending his creative talents with his commitment to a kinder world. Recently, he has returned to his first love—music—leading the folk rock band Sunshine Lemonade and using his art to inspire positive change through uplifting, soul-stirring songs. A Prayer for Compassion Mastering Diabetes Book What the Health The Juicy Bits: To be a grown-up, we're taught to bury feelings. But meditation and spirituality help bring them out again.We all have distractions, especially tech. Find a little time each day to tune in.4 pillars of well-being: whole-foods plant-based diet, exercise, meditation or prayer, sleep6 reasons to go vegan: environment, health, social justice, pandemics, animals, world hunger!Voting with your dollar is your most important vote.We're indoctrinated into violence, and we're tribal people who need community. But we no longer need to fear being cast out and sent to our death if we disagree.Judgment doesn't reach anyone. Lead with compassion.Every religion's teaching of compassion is aligned with veganism.When what we say is out of alignment with what we do, WE SUFFER - Dr. Sailesh RaoThomas's favorite foods: pb&j, coffee, pastas, stir-fries, salads, smoothies, fruit, and Blaze PizzaUse discernment and educate yourself. **The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for general informational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.

    1h 15m
  5. 12/10/2025

    Sentience and sanctuary for animals with Cheryl Moss

    ⁠If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕ 👩‍🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES 🎥⁠Watch the video podcast on YouTube⁠ 🌐Check ⁠The Flirty Vegan website⁠ 👉Follow ⁠@theflirtyvegan on Instagram⁠ 📣Join ⁠The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group⁠ ☎️⁠Book a CONNECTION CALL⁠ ⭐️Get the ⁠newsletter⁠ Cheryl Moss is the host of the Better Life for Animals podcast, where she shares inspiring stories from sanctuaries and conversations with vegan advocates, ethical consumers, and animal welfare leaders. A passionate animal welfare advocate and children’s author, Cheryl is dedicated to ending factory farming and raising $100,000 for Mercy for Animals. Cheryl is also preparing to launch a virtual Summit in the coming months that will bring together sanctuary leaders, advocates, and supporters to share strategies for sustainability, fundraising, and outreach. This Summit reflects her commitment to amplifying the voices of those doing critical work for animals while equipping sanctuaries with the tools they need to thrive. The Juicy Bits: Being vegan means not consciously harming anything when we eat.A varied whole foods plant-based diet is good for the gut microbiome.Animals are sentient beings, meaning they have feelings and experience pain and longing for mothers.Pasture-raised and family farm animals go to the same slaughterhouses as all other animals.If you go plant-based for health and don't get the desired results, you may not stay the course. Having the ethics keep you in the movement.Children have compassion and express pain and sadness. Society beats our natural instinct for compassion right out of us.Action is the antidote to depression.Cheryl's favorite foods: General Tso's tofu from Purple Carrot, nuts, and water with lemon.hello@betterlifeforanimals.com www.BetterLifeForAnimals.com www.BetterLifeForAnimals.com/podcast  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BLFAnimals/  • X (Twitter): https://x.com/betterlife4anim  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterlife4animals/  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylmossabetterlifeforanimals/  **The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice;all information, content, and material on this site are for general informational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.

    51 min
  6. Humanewashing - The truth behind food labels with Andrew deCoriolis

    11/26/2025

    Humanewashing - The truth behind food labels with Andrew deCoriolis

    ⁠If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕ 👩‍🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES 🎥⁠Watch the video podcast on YouTube⁠ 🌐Check ⁠The Flirty Vegan website⁠ 👉Follow ⁠@theflirtyvegan on Instagram⁠ 📣Join ⁠The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group⁠ ☎️⁠Book a CONNECTION CALL⁠ ⭐️Get the ⁠newsletter⁠ Andrew deCoriolis is the Executive Director of Farm Forward where he advocates for safe, healthy, and humane farming. Andrew is an expert in animal welfare standards, certifications, and policy. He works with food companies, universities and cities to help them improve the welfare of animals and increase the proportion of plant based food in their supply chains. Andrew was responsible for creating and launching the Leadership Circle, a program aimed at helping institutions source more climate friendly food. Andrew’s work at Farm Forward has been covered in leading periodicals including The New York Times, Wired, and Civil Eats. Andrew is currently an advisor to the WellBeings charity, the Game Changers Institute, The Good Food Purchasing Program, and the State Innovation Exchange and is a board member of FindHumane.com. Andrew lives in Portland Oregon with his partner, two kids and rescue mutt Tater Tot. Andrew's X⁠ ⁠Andrew's facebook⁠ The Juicy Bits: The end of factory farming is more likely than the end of farming animals in general for food.Factory farming is a method of farming, and it is also a set of laws, policies, and economic structures that enable a certain kind of farming.Since the Cold War, the USDA privatized industrial meat production for economic and political gain.People do not want antibiotics, drugs, chemicals, and contamination in their food.Humanewashing is like greenwashing, the use of marketing by companies to give the public the impression that their products align with your values.Because most people don't want meat, dairy, and eggs with drugs in them, there are layers of humanewashing: unregulated terms like all natural, humanely-raised, sustainable, cage free, and pasture raised; and unregulated certifications like certified human and animal welfare certified.The food industry doesn't do testing for antibiotics, because they don't want to know if they're there. If they know, then they'll have to solve the problem, and that's expensive.Andrew's favorite foods: cauliflower shwarma, Beyond Beef steak tips **The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice;all information, content, and material on this site are for general informational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.

    58 min
  7. Further your health journey with PLANTS - featuring Chuck Carroll

    11/12/2025

    Further your health journey with PLANTS - featuring Chuck Carroll

    ⁠If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕ 👩‍🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES 🎥⁠Watch the video podcast on YouTube⁠ 🌐Check ⁠The Flirty Vegan website⁠ 👉Follow ⁠@theflirtyvegan on Instagram⁠ 📣Join ⁠The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group⁠ ☎️⁠Book a CONNECTION CALL⁠ ⭐️Get the ⁠newsletter⁠ Chuck Carroll is host of the Physicians Committee’s popular “The Exam Room” podcast and known widely as The Weight Loss Champion, a name given to him by an NFL player for losing an incredible 275 pounds. At just 5 feet 6 inches tall, Chuck weighed 420 pounds and had a 66-inch waist before radically changing his life. Before that, like so many others, he tried and failed countless times to lose weight.  Any success he achieved was short-lived as the weight came pouring back on and then some. At his heaviest, he was eating 10,000 calories every day. Out of desperation, he decided to have weight loss surgery in 2009. Prior to the procedure he was convinced that it would become like all the other failed attempts to lose weight. Chuck was just 27 years old at the time and didn’t believe he would live to see 30. He thought at least he would go to his grave saying he tried everything. But then the unexpected happened. He woke up from the surgery and never looked back. Although a critical component, the procedure proved only to be the first step in his journey. In fact, he only attributes 10 percent of his long-term weight loss success to it. The rest he credits to a plant-based diet and changing his lifestyle! By adopting a plant-based diet, he is no longer afraid of regaining the weight as he had so many times before — no more yo-yo dieting! He is thrilled that he is lowering his risk of cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease, both of which run rampant in his family. As a bonus, he is no longer spending massive amounts of money on medical expenses because of his optimum health! The confidence he gained from the weight loss enabled him to pursue his dream of becoming a reporter where he covered sports and news for CBS and later NBC News Radio. He was also previously featured in PCRM’s Teaming Up 4 Health campaign where he had the opportunity to speak on Capitol Hill and share his remarkable journey. Now he is delighted to be bringing his passion and talents to the Physicians Committee as host of The Exam Room and to show others that the impossible is possible — you can get healthy! Chuck's substack The Exam Room podcast Chuck's Instagram The Juicy Bits: Fear is a powerful motivator.One Nacho Theory - you can't have just one. Junk food is addictive.Dieting isn't fun. Keep it simple. Protein is important, but fiber is more important. Eat a wide variety of plants and you'll get all the nutrients you need.You can struggle and still perform at a high level. Don't let sickness or setback get in the way of living.Plaque buildup can be reversed!Plant-based eating is not extreme. You can recreate all your favorite recipes in a new way.You will actually taste food and love it, and you won't be plagued with crazy cravings.Start small by replacing one meal per day with a plant-based one. Then, after a week, replace a second. Then by the third week, replace the third.Chuck's favorite foods: black coffee, Blue Zone and Plantstrong meals, popcorn, baked sweet potato with steamed broccoli and black beans and hot sauce, hummus!**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for generalinformational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.

    1h 5m
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Formerly known as Sideline Sisters, THE FLIRTY VEGAN is THE destination for current and aspiring vegans and vegetarians. You will hear inspiring and important conversations about all aspects of veganism -- the deliberate decision to honor animals, the conservation and appreciation of the planet and natural resources, and the compassion we feel toward the world and our health. Settle in and prepare to be educated, awed, and excited by stories of kindness and grace, determination and grit, and challenge and resilience. Going vegan isn't the easiest choice... but it's the most loving one.

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