Vegan Psychologist Clare Mann

15/04/2026

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01/04/2026

.....If you're a vegan who typically says tells someone you are vegan when they ask, "Are you a vegetarian?" then you could be missing an opportunity.

New LinkedIn article explains why and what you can do differently.

So you're at a dinner party, a work event, or a family gathering, and someone turns to you and asks the question that vegans hear more often than, “Where do you get your protein?” They say, "Are you vegetarian?" If you're vegan, your instinct is almost certainly to correct them immediately, to c...

30/03/2026

.When advocating for animal liberation and veganism, communication isn't about facts. It's about understanding the trance.

Every vegan I ever speak to has tried sharing the facts,the statistics. the footage and the logic.Maybe like them, you've watched people nod, agree that it's terrible, say they admire you for doing something about it, and then... order a burger.

This is the frustration that drives vystopia deeper: How can they say they see it and still not change?

Here's what I believe many vegans don't understand:

People aren't in denial because they lack information. They're in denial because they're in a trance.

- A cultural trance that says animal exploitation is normal, natural, necessary.
- A psychological trance that protects them from a number of psychological defences, including cognitive dissonance.
- A social trance that makes it easier to conform than to question.

You can't break a trance with facts. You break it with strategic communication that disrupts the pattern. This means that your engage with someone and learn to naturally engage in a way that helps them feel the disconnect 'within' themselves instead of 'between' what you are saying and what they are doing.

Let that sink in for a moment.

It requires more than an understanding of human psychology - it requires an embodiment of existential trance-breaking communication.

The most effective advocates I've worked with have learned to:

→ Ask questions instead of making statements
→ Create curiosity instead of defensiveness
→ Invite exploration instead of demanding change
→ Embody the future instead of arguing about the present

When you learn to communicate this way, everything shifts.

If you'd like to explore what it will take for you to become a trance-breaking communicator then JOIN THE WAIT LIST for my next FREE 90-min Masterclass - Beyond Vystopia Advantage: 3 Keys to Communicate with Confidence and Impact
Link: https://veganpsychologist.com/master-class-register

23/03/2026

....What Effective Vegan Communication Can Actually Looks Like - my latest LinkedIn Article which tells a story of one of my members of Vystopia Transformation who tried something very different when communicating veganism with her family - and it worked!

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-effective-vegan-communication-can-actually-look-like-mann--he2cc/

23/03/2026

.....So inspiring and so true. Rowdy Girl Sanctuary

I still remember the first time I saw this man - I was singing in a club and he was in the audience. There was something about him. I made my way to him and sat in his lap singing “Crazy” by Patsy Cline. Maybe I put a spell on him that night because we fell crazy in love.

Tommy is my rock. I don’t know what I’d do without him. He keeps my wild, wandering nature tethered to the reality of the earth - and he knows how to love. His heart has always been full of love and becoming vegan has allowed him to fully express that love. Animals have always loved him. They sense his gentle, calm and grounded nature and they gravitate to him. They know he is a safe place. And that’s what a real man is - a safe place. Strength combined with compassion is a superpower.

I long to see more of this version of masculinity in our culture. Where are the true heroes? The ones who stand against the crowd for what they know is truly right? The ones who always protect the vulnerable?

I see so much hate online from men and I know they could be offering so much more than their bitterness, mockery and criticism.

The world has so much to offer the man who steps into his compassion. I truly hope y’all grow into the evolved version of yourselves.

Tommy had to give up a lot when he went vegan alongside me. He lost friends, and he lost the version of himself he used to be. He couldn’t rely on easy answers from the past anymore. But like Tommy does, he took it in stride, one day at a time. He did things his own way.

We’re both here in Texas, doing things our own way. As former cattle ranchers to vegan sanctuary founders in a deep red meat state, we have to truly know ourselves and stand firm in our purpose.

Your support helps so, so much.

Become a MEMBER at https://buff.ly/GGu8iNi to stand with our mission. 🔗 ❤️

04/03/2026

Inner alignment is everything.

As vegans, we can have all the communication skills in the world. We can know every argument, every statistic, every strategy.

But if we're not aligned internally—if our values and our actions aren't in harmony—people will feel it.

This is one of the hidden gifts of vystopia: It forces you and I to examine our own alignment. So let me ask you:

- Are you living fully in integrity with what you know?
- Are you channeling your awareness into effective action?
- Are you building the life that reflects the world you're trying to create?

The most powerful advocates I've worked with aren't perfect. But they're aligned.

They've done the internal work to:

→ Heal their own trauma around animal exploitation
→ Develop emotional regulation tools
→ Build sustainable practices that prevent burnout
→ Create lives that embody vegan values

When you're internally aligned, your external communication becomes magnetic.

- You're not arguing from desperation—you're inviting from wholeness.
- You're not trying to convince—you're simply being the change.

And people feel the difference.

Are you ready to prioritise your internal alignment that will make your external advocacy unstoppable?

CONTACT ME VIA DM to explore how the Vystopia Transformation Framework will help you turn vystopia into powerful action for change and become a calmer, more confident and influential communicator.

22/02/2026

Collaboration accelerates everything.

Having just returned from the Annual Animal Rights Forum in Sydney, I am reminded how important collaboration truly is. In short, if we want to go fast, we go it alone. If we want to go far, we go together.

So for many people who finding working with others not all it should be, they may try to figure it out alone. Reading books. Watching documentaries. Crafting arguments. Testing approaches.

Many make progress. But it's slow. And exhausting.

Here's what I've learned from working with vegans worldwide:

The transformation happens faster when you're learning with others.

When you're in a room (virtual or physical) with people who:

→ Are asking the same questions you are
→ Are testing strategies and sharing what works
→ Are holding each other accountable to effective action
→ Are building the vegan world together

Suddenly, you're

- Not reinventing the wheel.
- Building on collective wisdom.
- Not isolated in your struggles.

You're supported in your growth.

You're not wondering if change is possible. You're watching it happen in real-time.

The vegans who transform vystopia into impact don't go it alone They're part of a purpose-focused group—moving together, learning together, building together.

What becomes possible when you stop trying to figure it out alone and start collaborating with others who share your vision?

If this resonates and you want to know how groups 'can' be productive, creative, not avoid interpersonal challenges and differences but work through them, BOOK a CALL with me and get some clarity on your next step. https://veganpsychologist.com/conversation

26/01/2026

You've tried sharing facts.

You've sent documentaries.

You've stayed calm when everything in you wanted to scream.

But the people you care about still don't see what you see — and you're left carrying the weight alone.

Here's what most vegan communication advice won't tell you:

- Facts don't change minds.
- Vystopia does — when you know how to transmute it.

I'm hosting a free webinar to show you how.

Beyond Vystopia: 3 Keys to Communicate with Confidence and Influence

DETAILS:
Tuesday 3rd Feb 2026
1:00PM California, USA
4:00PM New York, USA
9:00PM London, UK

Wednesday 4th Feb 2026
7:00AM Brisbane, Australia

Register Free: https://lnkd.in/ggfhkj9H

05/01/2026

You're not "too sensitive." You're experiencing vystopia.

While the world goes about its day, you carry something most people can't see: the weight of knowing.

You know what happens behind closed doors. You know the scale of suffering. You know how easily it could stop—if only others could see what you see.

But they don't. And that gap—between what you know and what they're willing to acknowledge—creates an existential crisis that has a name: vystopia.

It's not depression. It's not anxiety. It's the anguish of being vegan in a non-vegan world.

And here's what matters: You're not alone in this. Of the research I originally conducted, 39% of vegans experience vystopia for 1-5 years or more. That's thousands of people carrying the same burden, feeling the same isolation, wondering if they're the only ones who can't just "let it go."

You can't unsee what you've seen. But you can transform how you carry it.

A vegan world is inevitable. The only question is: how will you show up in the acceleration of that inevitability?

What would change if you knew your vystopia could become your greatest strength?

Book a free conversation with me and get clarity on your next step: https://veganpsychologist.com/conversation

08/12/2025

.....If you’re a vegan who celebrates Christmas, or go along with it because of others, and yet already bracing yourself, you’re not alone.

Many vegans who are around not-yet vegan family and friends, tell me the same things every year:

• “I freeze when conversations get tense.”
• “I leave feeling drained and ashamed.”
• “I’m tired of being the only one who cares.”
• “I spend the whole day managing my emotions.”

There is a calmer way through.

I’m running a 90-minute online workshop to help vegans:
• Stay calm and grounded under pressure.
• Respond clearly and assertively in difficult conversations.
• Handle emotional reactions quickly and effectively.
• Walk into the day with a plan, with the animals remembered.

If this resonates with you, Register for this 90-min workshop and be ready to make this year a good one. Link in comments.

07/12/2025

Christmas is sold as a rewarding and existing time… so why might it feel heavy when you’re the only vegan in the room?

As a vegan, you will know that it's:

- The conversations.

- The comments.

- The tension you feel before you’ve even walked through the door.

If Christmas tends to leave you overwhelmed, frozen, or replaying conversations long after the day is done, I’m running something that may help.

Navigating Christmas as a Vegan
This is a 90-minute workshop to help you stay grounded, respond clearly to typical comments, and protect your emotional well-being this holiday.

Check out the link in the comments and if this resonates, register now and make this Christmas an enjoyable one.

30/11/2025

Vegans, You Don't Need a Platform to Speak Up - You Just Need to Use Your Voice
....When I was invited to be one of the five people to go into this business magazine on “The Five Most Influential Leaders Shaping the Future of Veganism”, I questioned whether I was the right person for the job. After all, to be called one of the “Five Vegan Leaders” doesn’t sound quite right.

True, I have and continue to speak out for veganism and animal liberation, but I am standing on the shoulders of giants in bringing the message of compassion to the world. Not only might these contributors be considered luminaries or leaders, there are also the millions of unsung vegan heroes who, every day, speak out in their own sphere of influence on these topics.

Then I thought…..

When business magazines talk about veganism, it’s usually to showcase new plant-based products or services as the four other contributors are doing. They are all bringing solutions to the world to influence change and kinder consumer choices.

However, in contributing here, I have focused entirely on what veganism really is – a philosophy of loving kindness – towards ourselves, other people, all other non-human animals, and ecosystems.

As all ethical vegans know what (or who actually) we eat is just a consequence of that belief system. And to constantly have to defend our beliefs when the not-yet vegan world invariably focuses on what we eat or don’t eat, is disheartening.

In my interview, I have not only invited business readers to grasp what veganism really is, but I have also introduced the concept of vystopia, the term I coined for the anguish of living in a non-vegan world – and it’s not because of anything to do with our taste-buds. It’s the ubiquitous, normalised, institutionalised, legalised brutality, ownership and violence enacted every day (much of which is behind closed doors) against non-human animals.

Haven’t We Come a Long Way?

When I became vegan nearly eighteen years ago after thirty years of vegetarianism, I actually didn’t know I had become a vegan. This was because I thought, like many non-vegans, that vegans are extreme vegetarians. And I was someone who, after thirty years, had become vegetarian on the spot after reading about brutality towards a cow going to slaughter!

How could I be so blind to not see how eggs and dairy are not bi-products of chickens and cows in the modern world, but products of the unimaginable violence and brutality of the animal agricultural industry?

And now……

We have a business magazine inviting me to dispel the myth that veganism is a fussy diet with 'do-gooders' putting farmers out of work and going around telling other people what to do.

The content of my interview wasn’t changed in any way. Instead, the words, “Compassion and Conscious Change" were clearly written on the front of this business magazine.

LINK to read the article on vystopia, as well as the stories from the other contributors: https://theelitex.com/magazines/