Sometimes when starting to make changes - going vegan, becoming more eco-friendly, exploring mindfulness - the people in our lives can be unsupportive. That can be halting to the journey. This episode explores how to handle that situation and keep growing. Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Shop my fav conscious brands. Click here for information on how to work with me.Join the conscious community on Patreon. Inst...
Nov 02, 2022•13 min•Ep. 158
Grant Brown is a Tech entrepreneur turned eco-activist. Grant uses his deep knowledge of environmental issues and solutions to distill complex issues into simple, easy-to-understand terms. His goal is to inspire hope for the future in those who worry about the effects of climate change and pollution. Happy Eco News is the passion project that convinced Grant to move from the sideline to the front line and use his entrepreneurial skills to help good people do good things.This episode is sponsored...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 157
Welcome to a new series on the Consciously Clueless podcast called My Vegan Story. If you’ve listened to the podcast, you’ll know anyone who becomes vegan has a unique path to getting there. There’s usually something that pushes someone over the edge and solidifies their vegan status. This series is dedicated to highlighting all those unique paths. Some make the switch overnight and some take years to find their way there. Some stumble their way to vegan through personal nutrition needs, others ...
Oct 19, 2022•8 min•Ep. 156
Miguel C. Yiallourides is a certified personal trainer and vegan nutritionist. He runs a successful online coaching business, helping individuals take control of their health and fitness. His main goal is that his client's "last coach", by offering a holistic coaching approach touching on nutrition, exercise, mental health/ mindset, and overall relationship with food. He also has 2 cats, loves to surf, and lift weights, and has been vegan since 2015. You can contact him at @miguelthevegan on Ins...
Oct 12, 2022•50 min•Ep. 155
Lizzo, Woody Harrelson, Billy Ellish - OH MY! Vegan celebrities. They keep popping up all over the place! Do they help the movement? Do they hurt the movement? Let's get into it in this week's episode.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp: Get 10% off the first month of online therapy at https://betterhelp.com/carly Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Shop my fav conscious brands. Click here for information on ho...
Oct 05, 2022•14 min•Ep. 154
Shelot Masithi is a climate activist from South Africa. She is the founder of She4Earth - a youth-led organization educating children and youths about environmental problems with solutions rooted in Ubuntu. She is a volunteer at Force of Nature, a Social Change Ambassador at Thred Media, and YOUNGA 2021 Youth Delegate.Connect with Shelot on Instagram and follow She4Earth! Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Shop my...
Sep 28, 2022•49 min•Ep. 153
Climate anxiety is real. The state of our environment and the lack of change from the biggest contributors should make us anxious. The trick is understanding how to move through that anxiety on an individual level and make a change on a global level. We can't have one without the other. In this episode, Carly explores climate anxiety a little differently than how you may have heard it discussed before and shares tips on how to manage it. Resources: The Cure for the Climate Blues Climate change a...
Sep 21, 2022•16 min•Ep. 152
Jeffrey Boadi is back! This time he's here to share about all the ways mushrooms can level up your health game - from medicinal to psychedelic - we get into it all. Jeffrey is a plant-based nutrition and wellness advocate, who believes in the power of plants for optimal health and healing, and who believes that we have the power within us to take control of our health. He is the founder of the online plant-based resource The Wealth of Health, as well as the Eat More Plants recipe ebook, where he...
Sep 14, 2022•57 min•Ep. 151
There are so many terms that get used interchangeably in the sustainability movement but what do they all mean? In this episode, Carly defines these three terms and talks about if they matter or not.Article referenced. The episode about greenwashing can be found here! Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Shop my fav conscious brands. Click here for information on how to work with me.Join the conscious community on P...
Sep 07, 2022•12 min•Ep. 150
Amanda is back with more juicy knolwedge about how to help us learn how to nourish our souls. Amanda shows the listeners how finding our dharma is essential to our health. Amanda Sevilla is a plant-based dietitian, Dharma/Spiritual life coach, and yoga teacher based in Southern California. Her work encompasses an integrative mix of mindfulness, plant-based nutrition, intuitive eating, Life Purpose coaching, energy healing, breathwork, and yoga. Her experience in chronic disease management at the...
Aug 31, 2022•58 min•Ep. 149
Every day there are new trends in the world of sustainability and eco-friendly. Some are helpful and some...not so much. In this episode, Carly identifies some of the trends you can kick to the curb!The episode about greenwashing can be found here! Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Shop my fav conscious brands. Click here for information on how to work with me.Join the conscious community on Patreon. Instagram | ...
Aug 24, 2022•13 min•Ep. 148
Nicole Brecht is the Founder & Executive Director at Good Life Refuge. Nicole is an avid animal lover, accomplished marketing professional, and nonprofit leader with a strong desire to make the world a better place. Starting the Good Life Refuge and building it up to provide a safe haven for 70 animal residents, bringing the organization to financial stability, and increasing our volunteer base to almost 60 people has been her biggest challenge and accomplishment. Outside of work, she loves ...
Aug 17, 2022•56 min•Ep. 147
Admit it... you're on your phone more than you want to be. Why not figure out how to make your phone work for you and help you stay healthier every day? In this episode, Carly shares the top five apps she uses to help her stay aligned mentally and physically. Did she miss any? Let her know! Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Shop my fav conscious brands. Click here for information on how to work with me.Join the c...
Aug 10, 2022•15 min•Ep. 146
Carly talks a lot about nourishing our minds and bodies but Amanda is here to help us learn how to nourish our souls. Amanda shows the listeners how finding our dharma is essential to our health. Amanda Sevilla is a plant-based dietitian, Dharma/Spiritual life coach, and yoga teacher based in Southern California. Her work encompasses an integrative mix of mindfulness, plant-based nutrition, intuitive eating, Life Purpose coaching, energy healing, breathwork, and yoga. Her experience in chronic d...
Aug 03, 2022•48 min•Ep. 145
Carly talks a lot about being vegan, but do you have to be vegan to care about the planet and call yourself...an environmentalist? No, but...In this episode, Carly dives into this question and more! Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Shop my fav conscious brands. Click here for information on how to work with me.Join the conscious community on Patreon. Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn | Youtube | Tiktok Music by Ma...
Jul 27, 2022•12 min•Ep. 144
An Indian yoga practitioner, Susanna Barkataki, is the founder of Ignite Institute for Yogic Leadership and Social Change, 200/500 Yoga Teacher Training programs. She is an E-RYT 500, Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT). Author of #1 International Bestseller in Yoga, Nov 2020 Embrace Yoga’s Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice. She has an Honors degree in Philosophy, from UC Berkeley, and a Master's in Education, from Cambridge College. Barkataki is a diversity, accessibility, inclu...
Jul 20, 2022•56 min•Ep. 143
Unfortunately, the vegan community is not immune to the harmful diet culture that runs rampant in our world. In this episode, Carly dives into the harmful ways the vegan community perpetuates diet culture and how to counteract it. Resources: "8 Ways to Deal with Diet Culture in the Vegan Community""We Need to Talk: Diet Culture and Veganism" Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Shop my fav conscious brands. Click he...
Jul 13, 2022•21 min•Ep. 142
Brooklynne Palmer is a vegan medical student and social media content creator who uses her platform to explore the intersectionality of all things health and wellness while sharing insights into her life as a future plant-based doctor. Check out her Instagram! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp: Get 10% off the first month of online therapy at https://betterhelp.com/carly BetterHelp Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extr...
Jul 06, 2022•57 min•Ep. 141
I talk a lot about being vegan on this podcast - activism, nutrition, the whole work. But I realized I haven't yet done an episode on how to go vegan and STAY vegan. This episode has five tips that have nothing to do with nutrition! Please take a listen and let me know what tip helps the most. Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Shop my fav conscious brands. Click here for information on how to work with me.Join th...
May 25, 2022•13 min•Ep. 140
Matt is a 34 yr old airline pilot who created a page called Veggie Pilot to prove anyone could be vegan even while on the road. Veggie Pilot features recipes, restaurants around the world, and various philanthropic endeavors. Check out his Youtube and Instagram! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp: Get 10% off the first month of online therapy at https://betterhelp.com/carly Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! ...
May 18, 2022•49 min•Ep. 139
Lately, on the podcast, we've talked to many activists from the animal rights movement. But in this episode, Carly ponders the question can anyone be a vegan activist? Do you have to march in the streets or post about veganism every day to make a difference? Take a listen and find out. Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Shop my fav conscious brands. Click here for information on how to work with me.Join the consci...
May 11, 2022•11 min•Ep. 138
VeganEvan is a passionate and talented young animal advocate committed to creating a healthy, compassionate, and regenerative world. He is the Youth Ambassador for APlantBasedDiet.org and a spokesperson for the Solutionary Species movement. Evan is also an ambassador for the global organization, Million Dollar Vegan. He is the World’s Youngest Certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach & Educator. VeganEvan has spoken in front of large audiences at several major events throughout the country including ...
May 05, 2022•55 min•Ep. 137
All month long we've been learning about the Animal Agriculture industry. We've heard from experts and activists. It's well established that eating a plant-based diet can reduce a TON of animal suffering. But what about the other places animal by-products are used? There are a lot of unexpected places the animal agriculture industry uses its "leftovers." Find out more and how to avoid these products in this episode! Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and sha...
Apr 27, 2022•16 min•Ep. 136
Claudia Lifton works at the Institute for Humane Education. Previously, as the Denver Director of Factory Farming Awareness Coalition, she spent six years speaking to students, business leaders, and stakeholders about the environmental, public health, social justice, and animal welfare impacts of factory farming. In Denver, she serves on Mayor Hancock's Sustainability Advisory Council and is a member of the Board of Directors for Good Life Refuge. Previously, she traveled throughout Africa and S...
Apr 21, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 135
This month on the podcast we are diving into the animal rights movement and veganism. How can so many of us grow up "loving animals" but still eat so many of them? Myself included! Turns out it's due to a little thing called cognitive dissonance. It sounds complicated but it's actually something we do with lots of things in life. Ready to learn more? Listen now! Support the show Thanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Shop my fav cons...
Apr 07, 2022•16 min•Ep. 134
Jake Conroy is a long-time activist, designer, and writer currently residing in Seattle, WA USA. He helped organize and participated in successful local, regional, national, and international pressure campaigns. He also helped build the foundation of SHAC USA, considered one of the most successful grassroots animal rights campaigns in history. He and his co-organizers were arrested by the US government for their roles and dubbed the SHAC7. Jake and his codefendants were found guilty after a leng...
Mar 30, 2022•59 min•Ep. 133
In this episode, Carly shares her recent experience with seed cycling after learning from last week's guest Kate Morton. She also gives an update on her endometriosis, including the discouraging incidents she's had on her journey. Carly talks about the privilege and importance surrounding advocating for yourself in healthcare. Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Shop my fav conscious brands. Click here for informat...
Mar 23, 2022•15 min•Ep. 132
Kate Morton is a Registered Dietitian & the founder of Funk It Wellness. She has a master's degree in Human Clinical Nutrition and focuses on menstrual health and anti-diet culture education. Funk it Wellness is a women-owned menstrual health company on a mission to end PMS, naturally! Check out Funk It's a perfectly balanced Seed Cycling kit developed by a Menstrual Dietitian. Each kit gives you everything you need to start seed cycling, including education on how to get started. It's time ...
Mar 16, 2022•58 min•Ep. 131
We know the old saying, "You are what you eat" but how does what we eat affect our mental health? After last week's conversation with Adam Sud, Carly was inspired to dive into nutrition and mental health. Listen to this episode to learn the basics!Resources: Plant-based dietary quality and depressive symptoms in Australian vegans and vegetarians: a cross-sectional study Diet and Depression: Exploring the Connection Food and Mood: Eating Plants to Fight the Blues Going Plant-Based for Your Mental...
Mar 10, 2022•18 min•Ep. 130
In 2012, Adam Sud’s life was completely out of control. Once weighing nearly 350lbs and struggling with multiple addictions, serious chronic diseases, and mental health disorders. His life nearly came to an end when he attempted suicide by drug overdose. He checked into rehab and with the help of his parents and a plant-based diet, he began a journey that led to a remarkable recovery. Reversing all of his chronic diseases and getting off all of his medications, including his psych meds within 1 ...
Mar 02, 2022•59 min•Ep. 129
