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257: How You Go Vegan Is How You Do Everything – Writing a Book in 30 Days Using the Vedge Your Best Coaching Method

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Aug 5, 2025

Explore how embracing vegan principles can mirror personal growth and creativity. Discover the challenges of writing a book in 30 days and how to navigate the discomfort that comes with creative pursuits. Michele Olender shares her journey, focusing on vulnerability and confronting perfectionism. Learn how small daily actions lead to significant transformation and why the process holds more power than the finished product. This intriguing conversation encourages listeners to tackle their own delayed goals today!

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INSIGHT

Vegan Journey Mirrors Life Approach

How you go vegan reflects how you approach all life's challenges and goals.
Growing vegan habits builds decision-making and discomfort tolerance muscles vital for transformation.

ANECDOTE

Writing Book Publicly to Share Growth

Michele began a 30-day experiment writing a book draft publicly to prove her coaching method's broader usefulness.
She shares imperfections openly to show that discomfort and messiness are part of growth.

ADVICE

Decide and Trust Yourself

Avoid overcomplicating decisions by seeking perfect answers; instead, make deliberate choices and trust yourself.
Decide and move forward even when both sides have valid points.

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What if the way you go vegan is the way you do everything else in life?

This week, we go behind-the-scenes with Michele Olender writing the first draft of a book in 30 days using the very same coaching method she’s used to help hundreds of people start, restart, or re-energize their vegan and plant-based practices—especially in midlife and beyond.

This isn’t just about writing a book. It’s about facing resistance, moving forward without the perfect plan, and becoming the kind of person who keeps going. Whether you’ve been stuck on a big goal, scared to fail, or overwhelmed by the “how,” this episode offers a candid, encouraging look at how small daily actions build real transformation.

Michele shares:

Why she decided to draft a book in public, in just 30 days
How her V.E.G.A.N coaching framework applies to writing, mindset, and more
The role of fear, perfectionism, and vulnerability in personal growth
What her book-in-progress is about (and where you can read it)
Why the practice is more powerful than the finished product

If you’ve ever said, “I’ll start when…”—this one’s for you.

Listener Challenge:
What’s one thing you’ve been putting off because it doesn’t feel like the right time? What if you started a tiny version today?

Resources & Links Mentioned:

Follow Michele’s writing journey on Substack: How You Go Vegan
New website: VeganAtAnyAge.com — help Michele test it!
Instagram: @vedgeyourbest

About Vedge Your Best:
Hosted by certified life coach Michele Olender, Vedge Your Best helps midlife and beyond listeners use mindset tools, humor, and compassion to make consistent and meaningful vegan choices—without perfectionism or pressure. New episodes every week.

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