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Todays made-me-cry email: Hi Colleen. I was listening to some of your podcasts today and one in particular brought me to tears...the shame of overweight vegans. I relate to this so much as I am overweight and struggling with veganism at the moment. I too am embarrassed at times to tell people I am vegan due to my size. I imagine all the things that will go through their minds that are unkind and it really bothers me. I feel myself not speaking about my lifestyle to them because people are already searching for chinks in your armor as a vegan, and my weight just seems like one more issue for them to latch on to and discount veganism. I love how you talked about having compassion not just for other people and animals, but also for ourselves. It never occurred to me that while I am taking care not to harm others, I have been slowly tearing myself apart. Your podcasts have taught me how to speak my truth about animal rights while still managing to have compassion for those that havent become enlightened yet. Thank you for your words and wisdom and teaching me how to extend compassion to animals, other people, and finally myself!! Listen to the episode here or on iTunes: compassionatecook/writings/podcast-media/the-shame-of-overweight-vegans
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 21:59:30 +0000

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