Unwind with Carly Jean Puch

She's baaaaaack! Honey and Carly got so chatty that they needed a Part 2! They dive deeper into veganism, ethical shoplifting, how Honey got her drag name, and how a better world is waiting there for us.  Honey LaBronx stars in her own YouTube cooking series, The Vegan Drag Queen, and hosts the Big Fat Vegan Radio podcast. An LGBTQ rights activist, she is committed to bringing discussions abou...

Carly talks all the time about being vegan but in this episode, she shares how exactly she became vegan. In honor of World Vegan Day (November 1st), she details how her initial reasoning for the vegan transition was health but issues like animal cruelty, environmental rights, and more quickly came into her consciousness. Carly also gives her secret to not only helping in the vegan transition but f...

Honey LaBronx stars in her own YouTube cooking series, The Vegan Drag Queen, and hosts the Big Fat Vegan Radio podcast. An LGBTQ rights activist, she is committed to bringing discussions about animal rights, intersectionality, and social justice to new audiences. In 2011, she was one of 8 activists arrested for blocking New York City traffic while demonstrating for marriage equality alongside her...

Collectively we are talking about mental health more and more, especially in 2020! In this episode Carly talks about a new way to check in with ourselves and others suggested by her best friend Kris. The technique is called P.I.E.S. and stands for physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. Carly demonstrates how to run through checking in on each of these levels and encourages the listener...

Ilyse Wassermann Petter has been a practicing clinical nutritionist for over 25 years. Her practice quickly evolved into focusing on plant-based nutrition. Ilyse used this knowledge to create many projects and organizations to help educate people on plant-based living and eating. Most recently she helped to found the non-profit, Seed Releaf, a nonprofit that partners with local farms and restauran...

When was the last time you were quiet? No podcasts, music, or TV playing - just your own thoughts. In this episode, Carly details how a quiet hike through the woods reminded her of how long it had been since she was truly alone with herself. Sometimes the scariest place to be is in our own head. But when Carly got really quiet something great happened - she had all the space she needed to envision...

Jen Rivera Bell is back! Last time Jen joined the podcast she and Carly talked about the beautiful intersections of her identity; being Indigenous, vegan, low waste, a mother, an activist, a lover of Mother Earth and so much more. This time Jen came on to dive deeper into the resilience of Indigenous People. Jen shares beautiful insight into how to be an ally to Indigenous People, her experience a...

When we feel we have arrived at enlightenment or know what is right it can be easy to forget that everyone else is still on their journey. It can be even easier to forget that just when we think we know what's right we stop learning and growing. In this episode, Carly talks about the many times she has unintentionally made people feel ashamed for not being as "with it" as her. She admi...

Cara is a vegan food blogger, recipe developer, ethical traveler, social justice advocate, and budding astrologist. She uses her platform to spread positivity and light while talking about serious topics. Cara and Carly talk about food, injustice, astrology, the compassion of animals, and how the world is in a moment of transition to a better and brighter place.  Connect with her on her website, I...

There's a phase that happens when you become vegan that nobody warns you about - it's the angry vegan phase. It might sound silly but anybody who's been through it will agree that it is a very real thing. Learning about systems of oppression is bound to make someone angry! Listen as Carly details this part of being vegan and how to move through it.  Support the showThanks for listening...

Bill Muir is a former Army combat veteran, martial artist, published author, registered nurse, musician AND he's been vegan since 1992. Bill is a role model for anyone wondering how to piece together all the facets of their identities and specifically for men who want to rewrite the masculinity checklist. Bill and Carly dive into veganism, the military, politics, religion -they get into it ALL...

With the recent passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Carly discusses how it is possible to both honor and critique an icon. She dives into this issue further talking about how to practice this in our personal lives too - seeing multiple perspectives about our own experiences. Nothing is ever good or bad, it's often everything at once.  Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow...

Chloe Moki is an activist, a citizen lobbyist for green EU policy, and the founder of The Green Seed Project, an Environmental education NGO, she hosts her own podcast, The Burning Case Podcast and so much more! In this episode Chloe and Carly dive into the importance of focusing on systematic change. They also chat about how making change as an individual is a process and to not get caught up in...

If you listen to some of the influencers on social media self-care may look like an expensive activity that is done once a week. But what if we thought of self-care as the little ways we take care of ourselves every day? In this episode, Carly talks about why self-care is actually much more accessible than Instagram may have you believe and why it is so crucial to do when trying to change the worl...

What are the excuses you tell yourself that stop you from living your absolute best life? Are you causing your own suffering and holding yourself back? We all do this once in a while but in this episode, Carly reminds us all that making excuses only holds us back from all the things we could be doing. She guides the listener through an exercise of reframing excuses into positive affirmations to he...

Roxy Furman is a wildlife presenter & filmmaker, zoologist, climate activist, zero waste market owner and so much more. What Carly appreciates about talking to Roxy is how clear it is that when Roxy sees a problem she sets out to work on it. Roxy and Carly talk about the importance of taking care of yourself, making individual changes, and working to fight issues on a systemic level as well. C...

Nobody knows EVERYTHING and if they claim to you should run! In this episode, Carly talks about the danger of following people online who make us feel bad about ourselves and our own journeys. If a health coach talks about being able to "fix you" but doesn't talk about their own story about how they arrived at this point in life be cautious. Carly advises that ultimately you should wor...

Clare Mann is an Australian-based vegan psychologist, communications trainer, and animal rights campaigner. She consults with people all over the world to help address the personal and social challenges of being vegan and living in a non-vegan world and is the author of "Vystopia: The Anguish of Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World." She has been influential in my own journey in activism and v...

"To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves" - Fredrico Garcia Lorca This episode was inspired by this quote. Carly discusses the importance of using our voices, especially in the conversations happening in our society right now. As the quote points out, it is imperative not only for others but also for ourselves because we are all conn...

We often don't think of business and consciousness as going together but Natalie Brite is out to change that. Natalie is a conscious business and leadership educator that is working to change the paradigm of business mentoring. In this episode we talk about how any business can become more conscious and connected to the bigger picture. We also talk about how important it is to find your passio...

There's a lot of talk of going back to "normal." But what if normal isn't what we want to go back to? Normal was not working for everyone in this world so screw going back to normal! In this episode Carly talks about how going backwards to normal is not only wrong for her but wrong for society at large.  Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and s...

Zipporah is an important voice in the vegan movement. She writes and shares about injustices for people of color within veganism and within greater systems of the world. In this episode Zipporah and Carly discuss issues of accessibility when it comes to veganism, eating disorders, intuitive eating, finding a community of people to support you and more! Connect with her on Instagram, her blog and P...

Social media can be an amazing place for connection, it can also be an exhausting place to be. Carly talks about what she learned from her 48-hour social media detox. She realized that it was time once again to practice what she preaches and take care of herself so she can show up for the world in a more meaningful way. And stepping away from her platforms gave her space for new ideas and creativi...

Emilia Frano is a natural wellness advocate, plant-based vegan, sustainability enthusiast, essential oil pro, yogi, and new mama. Emilia and Carly started by diving right into important conversations about privilege in spaces that discuss sustainability and veganism. They reminisce with stories of how they both tried to change people in their lives to live more like them and talk about how becomin...

Sometimes you just need to come to peace with it not being a perfect day. After two days of anxiousness Carly realized that as soon as she accepted it was ok to not be ok she felt a little better, funny how that works!  Support the showThanks for listening to another episode. Follow, review, and share to help Consciously Clueless grow! Shop my fav conscious brands. Click here for information on ho...