Vedge Your Best, Vegan Ideas for Everyone At Any Age

271: Waiting to Vedge Your Best?

Nov 11, 2025

Many of us fall into the trap of waiting for the perfect moment to start our journeys, influenced by diet culture. The host dives into why this mindset leads to cycles of perfectionism and guilt. Instead of waiting, she encourages listeners to make small, compassionate changes now, especially during the holiday season. Embracing the uncomfortable feeling of being unmoored can actually signify positive change. It’s all about reframing veganism as a lifelong practice filled with values rather than an end goal.

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Waiting Is Diet-Culture Conditioning

Waiting for a perfect time is often diet-culture conditioning, not wisdom.
That conditioning makes change feel all-or-nothing and keeps people stuck in cycles of restart and failure.

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Failure Feeds Profit In Diet Culture

Commercial diet culture profits from cycles of failure and restarting.
That model intentionally keeps people buying resets instead of supporting sustainable change.

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Veganism As Ongoing Practice

Michele reframes veganism as a practice, not a finish line or diet.
Seeing it as an evolving lifestyle removes the pressure of a single endpoint.

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Are you waiting to “start fresh” after Halloween? After Thanksgiving? After the holidays?
So many of us tell ourselves we’ll get back on track when things calm down — but what if waiting is just another diet culture trick keeping us from living the life we want right now?

In this episode, Michele explores how the mindset of “I’ll start when…” has its roots in commercial diet culture — and how that logic keeps us spinning in cycles of perfectionism, guilt, and delay. Whether it’s your vegan journey, your creative work, or your personal growth, Michele shares how to break the waiting habit and start from peace, not punishment.

In This Episode:

Why “waiting for the right time” is often just leftover diet culture conditioning
How perfectionism disguises itself as patience
Why change feels unmoored — and why that’s actually a good sign
The difference between starting from punishment and starting from compassion

Small, practical steps you can take today to move toward your vegan or plant-based goals

Listener Challenge

Don’t wait for the candy to be gone or the holidays to end.
Choose one small, compassionate action today — swap a meal, read a vegan book, donate to a sanctuary, or simply decide that your imperfect start counts.

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