Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis presents:

Waylon talks with Stefanie Stevens, founder of Life, Veganized, about transitioning to veganism—and why we might want to make that transition.⁠ Listen as they cover veganism 101, the reason to be vegan not just vegetarian, making a living as a vegan influencer, and some talk about great vegan brands to try.

“Going vegan can be intimidating. But it’s a wall of fire—step through & it fast becomes easy, healthy, yummy—& full of love.” ~ Waylon Lewis⁠

Stefanie’s story began early in her life:

Waylon: Life, Veganized. Why, of all the things you could do, did you start an Instagram account about veganism?

Stefanie: I’ve been vegan since I was a teenager. I went vegetarian at 15, then vegan at 16.

Waylon: Wow. And you know the usual question: what inspired it?

Stefanie: Ever since I was little, I knew that there would be a time where I didn’t eat animals. I knew I would always be vegetarian. I grew up in like small farm town in Ohio eating all types of animals and just knew one day that I didn’t want to do that anymore.

A clip of our conversation: 

“I’ve worked for years to get to the point where I can spend 40 hours a week doing what I love and making a bigger impact reaching as many people as I can. I don’t want to make a living doing something that doesn’t call to me…or just doing vegan stuff in my spare time.” ~ Stefanie Stevens

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Waylon: When my heart gets touched, especially in a way that I’m like, oh, this is inconsistent with my values or who I want to be or what I care about, then I change.

Stefanie: Right.

Waylon: It’s not always easy.

Stefanie: No, it’s not supposed to be easy. 

Waylon: Usually, honestly, it has been easy. [in the sense that empathy, caring, leads our basically good nature toward caring]

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Inside the conversation, Stefanie and Waylon discuss why veganism is better for us and the planet than vegetarianism. Stefanie has some thoughts, and shared them recently: 

 

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