UNRESTRICTED LIVE IS A NEW WEEKLY BROADCAST TO SHOW WHAT OUR LIVES COULD BE LIKE IF WE STOPPED PAYING ATTENTION TO THE NORMS, AND STARTED BLAZING OUR OWN PATH?
My guest for Episode 5 was Vanessa Sturman, Co- Founder and Co-Director of The Vegan Larder
Join me as we explore how these trailblazers deal with hardship, cultivate a positive mindset, approach their business, and how they’ve created freedom and success for themselves, on their own terms.
Episode 5 features Vanessa Sturman, Co-Founder and Co-Director of The Vegan Larder.
Yesterday we heard that sometimes the path we set out on changes, and that’s ok.
Vanessa has been balancing a career in change management with running a startup, which is no easy feat. Often, as entrepreneurs, we can get lost in our businesses or be so set on achieving what we set out to do, we can lose sight of opportunities. Or you can burn yourself out trying to be ‘successful’.
Vanessa and her business partner started an incredible physical product business but through that process realized there was an opportunity to pivot to a model that brought them happiness and made more impact.
We talked about how organization, boundaries, and communication are crucial to your well-being. How affirmations can help you survive cold showers (which caused me to cry from laughter at how wonderful this habit of Vanessa’s is). In fact, now that she’s shared her ‘method’, I now have the inspiration to start taking cold showers myself which I’ve been actively resisting for months.
As the conversation went on, Vanessa shared with us her experience of being mixed-heritage and her incredible journey connecting with her West Indian family.
At a time when racism is on everyone’s mind, many of us are wondering what we can do about it. We discussed how you can take action, how empathy can be one of your most powerful tools, and what resources and tactics you can use to help obliterate racism.
I felt very inspired and empowered after this conversation. If you’re wondering about what it’s like running a business and a career, curious about plant-based food or cold showers, tips and advice on organization and communication, or want to feel empowered to get involved in changing racist behaviors and thoughts, give this one a listen.
If you are curious about plant-based food, you can check out The Vegan Larder's delicious recipes on their website (I’m OBSESSED with their Raspberry, White Chocolate and Pecan Blondies)
Be sure to check out the free community Vanessa mentioned, How To Go Plant Based, where herself and her co-founder help you personally with plant-based eating by answering your questions (whether you want to be vegan or not), and share inspiration and recipes.
If you would like to find out more about plant-based food coaching, where Vanessa works with you 1:1 to transform your eating and cooking with dedicated support, please drop her a line vanessa@theveganlarder.com
About UNRESTRICTED
Our old school definitions of success are broken. We shouldn’t have to fit in. We shouldn’t have to conform to some ridiculous notion of killing ourselves to have “success”. And It is not cool to completely burn yourself out trying.
Success is people who are brave enough to blaze their own path. It doesn’t come in the form of having a multi-million dollar business or crazy career, it’s in how we live our daily lives. It’s in valuing ourselves and our well-being above everything else.
I am sharing their stories to provoke a different conversation about what success really should be. To spark a new movement. What could our lives be like if we stopped paying attention to the norms, and started blazing our own path? What if we committed to living UNRESTRICTED?
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