In today’s episode, my last before taking a summer break, I’ll be sharing a few thoughts on the literal and figurative turbulence we face in our lives. And our options for dealing with it.

Here’s the link to my YouTube skydiving video I reference in the episode:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=tPLo3zWSIEp5-g1c&v=9Ph_ypxvXwQ&feature=youtu.be

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Today I’m excited to share that we are headed back to Italy, this time to Bergamo, for a conversation with Claudia Pievani, Founder and CEO of fashion brand Miomojo.

Miomojo is a certified B Corp based in Bergamo, Italy. Founded by Claudia in 2012 they design and produce cruelty-free fashion accessories that do no harm to animals, humans, or our home: the beautiful planet we live on. All Miomojo fashion accessories are not only cruelty-free but are also made with the most innovative materials available in the world, sourced from oranges, cacti, apples, corn, and other high bio-based content, ensuring a minimal environmental footprint.

This constant search for revolutionary materials establishes Miomojo as a leader in fashion innovation, aiming to guide the industry towards a kinder and more conscious future. With creativity and compassion, they have proved that is possible to have fashion, without fashion victims.

Embracing the motto “you buy, we donate,” Miomojo actively supports animals in need by allocating

10% of the value of every purchase, both online and offline, to projects carefully selected in collaboration with leading international organizations dedicated to animal protection.

Each Miomojo is more than just a bag; it is an Act of Love.

You can find more information about the company and explore potential collaborations at:

Website

Miomojo | Italian, vegan handbags.

LinkedIn

Miomojo | Certified B Corp: Overview | LinkedIn and Claudia Pievani | LinkedIn

Instagram

Miomojo. Designed Kind. (@miomojo_italia) • Instagram photos and videos

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In today’s episode, I’ll share a few brief thoughts about being considered “vintage” and how that might be an interesting concept to apply to both my own work and segments of our movement.

I’d love to have your thoughts. So please feel free to reach out to me at podcast@theunexpectedactivist.com

Also, as I mentioned in this episode, I’d really love to help organizations that are working to take care of and find loving homes for senior dogs. Here are a few of them that I hope you will follow and support their work:

Muttville Senior Dog Rescue

muttville.org

Instagram: @muttvillesf

Vintage Pet Rescue

vintagepetrescue.org

Instagram: @vintage_pet_rescue

Touch of Grey Rescue

touchofgreyrescue.org

Instagram: @touchofgrey_rescue

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In today’s episode, I’m joined by the lovely Angel Walkine.

Angel is a Well-being Coach, Author, Wellness Speaker, Retreat Leader, Certified Raw Vegan Chef, and a Certified Yoga Teacher (specializing in posture, breathing, and meditation) who is passionate about helping you to thrive on a healthy plant-based | vegan diet | raw vegan diet and lifestyle from head to toe.
With decades of experience traveling around the world to over 30 countries, Angel has gained a deep appreciation for many cultures and healthy practices worldwide that have influenced her holistic wellness approach and she enjoys helping others to enrich their well-being through a healthy lifestyle at home and while traveling.
Living a holistic lifestyle, is very important to Angel, and involves more than just her high vibrations plant foods diet. She also focuses on practicing powerful habits such as meditation, yoga, gratitude, self-love, self-care, aromatherapy, herbalism, physical fitness, and healthy relationships, to achieve her high vibrations lifestyle.

Angel is happy to announce that she is hosting the 2024 Women’s Retreat: AWAKENING IN THE JUNGLE in magical Costa Rica.

Angel is based in the United States, and considers herself a global citizen.
You can connect with Angel and her community at:

Website: https://happyenergyjourney.com/

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Sdym3W

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HappyEnergyJourney

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happyenergyjourney/

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Today I’m thrilled to have as my guest Rebecca Gade Sawicki, who is joining me from Detroit.

Rebecca is the founder of the vegan travel company, Veggies Abroad. In an effort to align her professional pursuits with her ethics, Rebecca left her 15-year career in 2021 in order to start the company. Veggies Abroad offers a myriad of services including small group tours and custom trip planning that combine the thrill of exploration with a commitment to ethical practices. With a focus on plant-based cuisine and cultural immersion, Veggies Abroad invites travelers to discover the world in a way that aligns with their values.

You can find information about all of Rebecca’s activities including her blog, her podcast, her travel planning services and upcoming tours on her website:

Veggies Abroad | Vegan Travel & Tours

And you can follow her on social media (she is most active on Instagram):

@veggiesabroad

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In today’s episode I’ll be speaking with Ellen Meijers. Ellen is a 23-year-old certified fitness trainer, soon to be a personal trainer. She
adopted a vegan lifestyle almost 5 years ago after spending 2 years as a vegetarian. It was one short conversation with a vegan that planted a seed. And fast forward to today, she is thriving as a healthy and happy vegan.

Ellen plans to join forces with her mother to combine vegan food recipes with workout inspiration and perhaps develop an app that combines the two. That sounds like a winning combination to me.

Ellen’s story is a reminder that as vegans our conversations can and do have impact. You never know what might result, so never stop talking.

As she is developing other parts of her business/marketing, Ellen is focusing mainly on her Instagram professional pages... @pushupqueen__.

@tofualwayswins

I hope you’ll follow along and see where her passion and commitment take her.

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Today I am joined by Linda Middlesworth, aka the VeganMentor.

Linda has been living as an ethical plant-based vegan for over 35 years. As she turns 80, Linda can point to so many accomplishments including: creating the Sacramento Vegan Society in 2008 which boasts 5,200 members, and obtaining her certification in Plant-Based Nutrition from eCornell and the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition in 2018.
Linda is incredibly passionate about physical activity and is an aerobics instructor for CA Family Fitness, where she has taught cardio and weight training classes for the last 20 years. She is a Certified Personal Trainer through AFFA and an event organizer for Get Healthy Sacramento.
Having been an advocate in the whole food, plant-exclusive vegan lifestyle arena, Linda is the founder of Get Healthy Live!, a series of virtual summits designed to reach people around the globe with healthy, plant-exclusive teaching. The series, Get Healthy LIVE, Go Compassionate LIVE, and Go Sustainable LIVE, features doctors and leaders in health, animal advocacy, and climate change.
Linda is also the co-owner (with her son Darren Middlesworth) of V-Dog.com, a vegan dog food business that she and her late husband, David, launched in 2005 so dogs could benefit from a healthy, cruelty-free and environmentally friendly dog food. V-Dog recently garnered international recognition as one of the Top 3 Best Specialty Dog Food Companies in the world.
An active animal rights activist for PETA, Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), Sacramento Animal Rights, Sacramento Animal Save, and Sacramento Health Save, Linda also recently joined the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies CNS Medical Advisory Board in the role of Community Liaison.

You can find Linda on her website www.veganmentor.com

And follow her on her social media pages:

LinkedIn: Linda (Vaughan) Middlesworth

Instagram: @lindamvegan

Facebook: @lindamiddles

X: @farmanimalluv

TikTok: lindamiddlesworth

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