Hi there! I’m Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, an author, podcaster, and speaker. I’m the very proud author of eight books, including the bestselling The Joy of Vegan Baking, The 30-Day Vegan Challenge, The Joyful Vegan, and my newest: A Year of Compassion: 52 Weeks of Living Zero-Waste, Plant-Based, and Cruelty-Free. HOW TO GET YOUR HANDS ON MY BOOKS. 🙏
My podcast, Food for Thought, is in its 18th year—making it one of the longest-running podcasts, and though Animalogy was a limited-run podcast, its content lives on.
In my store, you can also find:
one-on-one mentoring / coaching
recipe ebooks
on-demand cooking classes
and more…
What you’ll find here that I think you’ll appreciate
For 30 years, I’ve been providing tools and resources to help people live in alignment with their own values of compassion and wellness—not mine, theirs. It’s an honor to serve as a guide on that journey—because, really, that’s all any of us are to one another.
And I spend a lot of time emphasizing that living compassionately, healthfully, and sustainably is not about perfection. Most people do nothing at all when they think they have to do everything, and my motto has always been Don’t do nothing because you can’t do everything. Do something. Anything.
However, while we will never be perfect in this imperfect world, there is so much we can do in our everyday lives to protect animals, support the planet, and optimize our own health. And that is my intention here:
To inspire you to live in alignment with your deepest values—without the burden of perfection, purity, or dogma
To unpack, demystify, and normalize compassion—highlighting the joy and abundance that come from living intentionally, not the sacrifice or martyrdom often associated with it
To offer a perspective—and spark a paradigm shift—that sees animals not as objects for our use, but as individuals with intrinsic worth and dignity
No matter where you are on this journey of compassion, I’m excited to explore the topics I hope will resonate with you—whether it’s food and cooking, sustainability, animal protection, travel, gardening, wildlife, philosophy, history, language, or the countless other themes we’ll uncover together. You’re in the right place, and I’m so glad you’re here.
Why Subscribe?
As as subscriber, you will find inspiration, information, tools, and resources for living compassionately—joyfully, sustainably, and deliciously. You will be part of a community of practicing humans—ambassadors of compassion—who share the desire and intention to live with kindness and wellness—imperfectly but earnestly.
Here’s what you get:
Free Subscribers:
daily inspiration, resources, and support in the form of articles and notes
short emails from me twice weekly with a dose of practical inspiration to start your day
an email every Friday with my personal recommendations, which I call Friday Musings, offering a peek into what I’m eating, cooking, watching, reading, and listening to
Paid Subscribers ($10 a month, or $100 a year)
For those of you who want to unlock more resources, have a deeper connection with me, and directly support my mission to create a more compassionate world, consider upgrading to a paid subscription. You’ll gain access to exclusive content, comments, community engagement, and deeper insights—all while helping sustain this space.
✔ Exclusive in-depth articles and access to the full archive
✔ Community access and commenting
✔ Live Q&A, cooking demonstrations and "Ask Me Anything" sessions
✔ Behind-the-scenes
Founding members ($350)
I definitely took a financial hit when I transitioned from Patreon to Substack, since Patreon allowed for more tier options—especially for monthly support. But the ability to provide deeper value and connection here on Substack made the move worth it to me.
That said, many supporters have expressed interest in contributing at a higher level, so I’ve created this tier.
As a thank you, in addition to everything included in the standard paid subscription, Founding Members receive a private 1:1 chat with me (which we schedule together) and a thank-you shout-out on the podcast.
Thank you for helping me create a world of ambassadors of compassion. Thanks for being one of them.
For the animals,
Short Bio for Media
For nearly 30 years, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s compassionate living philosophy has been propelling plant-based eating into the mainstream and forever changing how we regard animals and treat the planet we live on. A recognized expert and thought leader on the culinary, social, ethical, and practical aspects of living compassionately, healthfully, and sustainably, she is a bestselling author of eight books — including The Joy of Vegan Baking, The 30-Day Vegan Challenge, The Joyful Vegan, and her newest book, A Year of Compassion: 52 Weeks of Living Zero-Waste, Plant-Based, and Cruelty-Free. (All of her books can be found here.)
Colleen is also an acclaimed speaker and the host of all-inclusive luxury sustainable, vegan, animal-friendly trips around the world. Host/Producer of Food for Thought Podcast (one of the longest running podcasts) and a regular contributor to Perspectives on KQED, NPR’s San Francisco affiliate, Colleen lives in Oakland, CA with her husband David and their beloved cat Michiko. Subscribe here for daily articles and inspiration.
FEATURED IN:
✔️ National Public Radio, New York Times, The Atlantic (letters and editorials)
✔️ Food Network, CBS, PBS, and FOX (TV segments)
✔️ Huffington Post and U.S. News and World Report (interviews)
✔️ Epicurious.com and Oprah.com (recipes)
(Feel free to use any of the photos below for media purposes, crediting photographer Michelle Cehn.)
