For my birthday I asked my family to watch Dominion with me (it’s free on YouTube). I want them to know the truth and choose what feels right in their heart. I learned of this idea from @joeybilotich who had mentioned it worked for his family. So. I spent 2 months wondering how to ask my family to do this until I realized my birthday is right here. And if I were in their shoes I’d really want to see this footage to know the truth. So I asked. And they all said yes. I know they love me and they did this for me. Dominion is beyond informative. If you haven’t watched it vegan or not you are really missing out. There are so many things that happen to animals by humans and knowledge is power. How can we fight against abuse if we don’t even know all the crimes? Outcome: my sister said she was going vegan. And her husband said only a few things would need to be removed to make the household vegan. I think it’s a huge win. I’m so proud of them and hope they can see they are so capable of speaking up and standing up for the animals. Almost none of us are born vegan, we all needed help to wake up. Let’s keep helping.

1. I wish I had gone vegetarian faster. It took me about 6 months to go vegetarian when I was 10 years old. I took a little bit longer because I didn’t believe in myself enough. Obviously I wish I went vegan sooner too. For me I went vegan overnight once I learned about the dairy industry. 2. I wish I hired a coach. I did this alone for over 10 years. Allowing someone else to take the reins, build the meals, tell me what to do.. allowed me to make progress a lot faster. I was holding myself back. 3. I would have hired a financial advisor. To help me with my taxes, move money around, and invest best for me. 4. I wish I joined a team sooner. I ended up creating my own with the Vegan Squad Coaching Team. We have been able to do so much more as a team than we would have been able to do individually. 5. I wish I did the one big thing instead of the many smaller distractions each day. Maybe it’s even as big as a breakup and you know you need to do it but keep putting it off. “I’ll do it tomorrow” becomes next week, next month, next year. Anything you’re trying to do to make your life better? Do it now. If you want to work with me or any of the Vegan Squad Coaches? We’ll change your life. We’ll help you figure out how you can get set up for success. Reach out to us now if you’re ready to make a change.

I’m not going to lie. Sometimes it is hard living as a vegan in a non vegan world. I want to give a huge shoutout to @joeybilotich for continuing to encourage and inspire many in this movement, myself included. For my birthday I watched Dominion (it’s free online) with my family for the first time. Thank you Joey! Keep pushing brother. We’ve got a lot of work to do but I still believe in a vegan world in our lifetime.

If you are not being a fit vegan, if you're not taking care of your physique and working on your health, then are we doing all we can to draw people into this movement? One of the best ways to bring awareness is to be a walking billboard with vegan across our chest! Hopefully you're wearing a vegan shirt (I wish I did sooner). If we can bring fitness to veganism and bring veganism into fitness, I think we're going to have a much easier time getting up this hill of getting the world to go vegan. So all my fit vegans out there, thank you for putting it out there. Thank you for showing the world that vegans can be strong, that we can be fit, that we can be bodybuilders, getting on stage, winning powerlifting competitions, running marathons, whatever your thing is. It doesn't even matter what your thing is, but if you're a vegan, let's excel at what we do and show the world that vegans can be fit, vegans can be strong and put this out there so that everyone can see it. It's undeniable when you walk around with muscle as a vegan, that vegans can be fit, vegans can be sexy, vegans can be jacked and you can too. So keep it up my fit vegans. I appreciate y'all.

If you are the only vegan in your house, or the only vegan in your friend group, or the only vegan at your school, or the only vegan at your job: there are two really important things that I want you to remember.