Non-human animals surround us every single day and they have always been a part of our lives, consciously or subconsciously. I am sure that you don’t hate them. You may not love them, but I’m sure you respect their existence. 

Empathy is something that makes us human (kind, compassionate, showing benevolence towards others) and is so essential to living a fulfilled life. It's a must-learn skill that brings more ease to your life and relationships to all kinds - human and non-human animals.

The awakening to the ugly truth of the oppression, husbandry, breeding, enslavement, exploitation, and murder of non-human animals has hit me hard and I will never (and don't want to) let it go unnoticed again. This personal and opinion-based blog post describes the difficulties in relationships with non-vegans that vegans face and the choices that go along with them.

It is incredible how often I hear the statement "baby steps", how often people try to sweet-talk to themselves to ignore the actual elephant in the room. I'd laugh if it wasn't so sad.

As a vegan, you'll quickly realize that you have to question everything and by everything I truly and whole-heartedly mean EVERYTHING. From the hygiene products you are using to the household products, makeup, shampoo, etc.

It is in almost every vegan’s interest to be active, but why? Because there is this totally new world you discover and you get introduced to (unfortunately and fortunately) and it’s a tough and – out of empathy – a very painful world.

Still being part of a minority can be very challenging and difficult for some vegans – especially transitioning vegans and new vegans, but long-term vegans as well.

Many posts on this blog so far are as we would say ‘advanced vegan topics’ – topics, which you’ll come across when already chosen to live a vegan lifestyle when already adopted new habits.

This blog post ise especially for non-vegans, trying to understand the mindset and intentions of a/your vegan family member, friend, co-worker or partner or movement itself.

What is The Liberation Pledge? What does it say? Where does it come from? What are the pros and cons and why it is so important?

Many appeals and fallacies can be made discussing meat, dairy and egg consumption with flesh eaters and we’re here to talk about them and refute them. 

Transitioning and adapting a vegan lifestyle isn’t a really easy thing to do – let’s be honest about it.

This topic is a very important one and definitely one a lot of new vegans struggle with. It wasn’t until a few months ago (6 months into a vegan lifestyle) I struggled with this a lot.

As a vegan, you are avoiding any kind of animal cruelty, although some vegans still rely on their non-vegan jobs or partly-vegan jobs in order to make a living.

Due to the domestication of once wild animals – the by society so-called livestock animals and pets* – we put great responsibility in the present to our actions of the past.

It’s been almost a year since Kevin and I went vegan and it’s been the most fulfilling time in our lives – out of many reasons. 

The reason this blog post is written is to raise awareness on the specific definition of the word veganism.