Welcome back, fellow traveler!
So, you tried to go vegan, but for some reason (perhaps many reasons?), it didn’t stick. Maybe you’re feeling a bit of shame about that?
Hungry Beautiful Animals is here to remind you that everyone’s journey is unique, and it’s never too late to start again.
Let’s reframe this experience with joy and compassion—no shame allowed.
Here’s what to expect from HUNGRY BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS…
Rediscover Your Why: We all stumble, but this book will help you rekindle your inspiration for going vegan, turning shame into a renewed sense of purpose and reframing challenges as expectable opportunities to learn and build resilience.
Fresh Philosophical Nuggets: Glean new insights on going vegan to reignite your passion and calm your worries. Think of it as an inner soil amendment to help the seeds of your vegan resolve grow robust roots, allowing you to be both firmly planted and flexible.
Practical Tips for a Joyful Return: Find practical advice on how to reintroduce vegan habits into your life without the pressure to be perfect. It’s all about progress, not perfection.
Heartwarming Tales: Discover inspiring stories of others who’ve stumbled on their vegan journey and found their way back with even greater joy and commitment (in part because they’ve learned that even the stumbles can be a valuable part of the vegan life well-lived).
Laughs Included: Hungry Beautiful Animals will remind you that it’s okay to take this journey lightly, that there’s joy to be discovered in smiling through the chaos, and that laughing at our failures can be a superpower.
Community Vibes: Learn how to build and nurture a supportive community that will help you stay on track and celebrate your progress, no matter how small.
About HUNGRY BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS
Perhaps you’ve looked at factory farming or climate change and thought, I should become a vegan. Maybe you succeeded and things are going beautifully. Maybe you’re trying, but it’s a slog. But very probably, like most people who’ve entertained this aspiration, you haven’t found the gumption to try. And that might feel deflating–even demoralizing. Why is it so hard to do something that we strongly suspect we should?
Well, in our world, roast turkey emanates gratitude, steak confers virility, shawarma is the center of the street party, and chicken soup represents a mother’s love. Against attachments this precious, simply swapping meat for plants won’t work. Animal products are just too woven into the shaping forces that make us who we are to imagine living joyfully without them!
In Hungry Beautiful Animals, philosopher Matthew C. Halteman shows us how–despite all the forces arrayed against going vegan–we can create an abundant life for everyone without using animals for food. It might seem that moral rectitude or environmental judgment should do the trick, but they can’t. Going vegan must be about flourishing, for all life. Shame and blame don’t lead to flourishing. We must do it with joy, instead.
Hungry Beautiful Animals is more than philosophy: it’s a book of action, of forgiveness, of love. Funny and wise, this book frees us joyfully to want what we already know we need.
