Ep. 94: Elevating Vegan Activism via Mindfulness with Jun Fuchs

“When we’re not maintaining our mental health, we can’t sustainably function as a changemaker in the world. My way of advocating and being an activist is to amplify other people’s impact. And it doesn’t matter if they’re activists yet or if they don’t consider themselves activists. If you’re vegan, you’re an activist at heart, I know that somewhere your heart beats for that change”. 

– Jun Fuchs

Shownotes:

[00:50] Understanding vegan activism: finding your power but also having a balance. 

[03:03] Jun is a coach for a global vegan family: depression and burnouts are common among vegan activists.

[06:38] Tools and routines Jun has for self-care: mindfulness, stabilization and subconscious mind work. 

[09:33] Stephanie’s big aha moment for this year. 

[11:01] We are running on programs that are implemented in us in first eight years of our life.

[14:01] What happens when you practice breathwork every day: get more done in less time.

[18:38] Veganizing people and creating leaders: make vegan community irresistible by finding the right leadership voice. 

[21:30] Beyond Depression program: focusing on deeper levels and causes of mental health issues.

[25:53] The power of lasting momentum within the right group of people: resolutions and work that are not related to the outer world.

[28:06] We all have a lot of voices in our minds: choose your surroundings and don’t let too many things in your healing experience. 

[30:41] Stored anger due to activism caused pain to James Apseyi: don’t avoid the healing process, it is not selfish to take care of yourself.