Unwind with Carly Jean Puch

Living with endometriosis has been a rollercoaster of a journey for Carly, and in this week's solo episode, she's pouring her heart out about my personal experience with the disorder. From dealing with the challenges of chronic pain to the impact on mental health, she shares how she's been striving for a conscious and sustainable lifestyle while managing this often debilitating conditi...

Are you crafty? Do you love pulling out the sewing machine and seeing what you can create? Even if this is totally not you (it's not Carly!) you can learn a lot from Liz. Liz McDade teaches others how to craft a zero-waste life with sewing, crafting, & mending projects & zero waste lifestyle tips. She’s been featured in the San Jose Mercury News and several podcasts, including Hippie H...

Welcome to the monthly My Vegan Story series on the Consciously Clueless podcast. If you’ve listened to the podcast, you’ll know anyone who becomes vegan has a unique path to getting there. Something usually pushes someone over the edge and solidifies their vegan status. This series is dedicated to highlighting all those unique paths. Some switch overnight, and some take years to find their way th...

Dominique Side is a singer, vegan lifestyle & fashion influencer, and ethical living serial entrepreneur. She is the co-owner of Vgn Bae Music Group and Studios in Houston, Texas. As the artist DOM, her music has been recognized as having a fierce voice for female empowerment. After being part of different R&B groups over the years, she stepped into the spotlight in 2021 with her first sol...

Want all the basics about living more sustainably in one place? You're in the right place. This episode of Consciously Clueless is a mash-up of six episodes all focusing on sustainable living. Carly takes you on a journey of learning about sustainability from the first steps, everyday tips, helpful definitions, and things to avoid. Her most epic sustainable living fails to remind you that perf...

Maia Kiley is a licensed psychotherapist and certified ecotherapist (nature-based healing). As a member of the Climate Psychology Alliance, she works with clients dealing with climate distress. She incorporates the power of nature into sessions as a source of healing. Maia received her master's in counseling psychology and ecotherapy certificate from Pacifica Graduate Institute. For more on he...

Welcome to the monthly My Vegan Story series on the Consciously Clueless podcast. If you’ve listened to the podcast, you’ll know anyone who becomes vegan has a unique path to getting there. Something usually pushes someone over the edge and solidifies their vegan status. This series is dedicated to highlighting all those unique paths. Some switch overnight, and some take years to find their way th...

My favorite part of Sandra's story is that she is proof that you don't have to make the vegan switch overnight. Her journey took years, and now she's THE vegan marketer. While earning her degree in English Literature, Sandra Nomoto published poetry in literary journals and film reviews online. At twenty-five, she founded Conscious Public Relations Inc., an award-winning virtual agency...

What an honor to have Ed Begley Jr. on Consciously Clueless. An environmental inspiration for decades Ed has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to save our planet.  Ed Begley, Jr. is a Hollywood icon with hundreds of film and television credits to his name.  The Golden Globe and seven-time Emmy nominee burst onto the national television scene in the series “St. Elsewhere” and currently can be s...

Welcome to the monthly My Vegan Story series on the Consciously Clueless podcast. If you’ve listened to the podcast, you’ll know anyone who becomes vegan has a unique path to getting there. Something usually pushes someone over the edge and solidifies their vegan status. This series is dedicated to highlighting all those unique paths. Some switch overnight, and some take years to find their way th...

Kristen Mandala is back! Kristen is a passionate environmentalist focused on the power of reconnecting with nature through simple daily action. Whether it’s through slow fashion, eating your greens, or simply spending more time outside, Kristen believes that the more we work to heal the Earth, the more it heals us. She currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada as a public speaker and social med...

If you spend any time on Insta or TikTok you might have noticed a trend called "de-influencing." Does this trend matter? Is it going to change the sustainability game? Should you care? This quick solo episode breaks it all down! ---This episode is supported by, The Healthy Seas Podcast. Are you ready to hear some good-news stories? Listen and meet the people doing all they can to help the...

Imana Grashuis is the founder and soul behind Magical Food Department. A Dutch Practicing Kitchen Witch with an obsession for everything Wizarding World. She is a full-time photographer, stylist, and recipe developer. Emotions and scents have stuck in her memory from childhood and made her into the Kitchen Witch she is today. The love for her Dutch Carribean heritage and flaming passion for witchc...

Welcome to the monthly My Vegan Story series on the Consciously Clueless podcast. If you’ve listened to the podcast, you’ll know anyone who becomes vegan has a unique path to getting there. There’s usually something that pushes someone over the edge and solidifies their vegan status. This series is dedicated to highlighting all those unique paths. Some make the switch overnight, and some take year...

In honor of the recent passing of my family's first shelter dog, I'm resharing this very special episode with John Rush! December 5th is Celebrate Shelter Pets Day and who better to help Carly honor this day than John Rush! John Rush is a professional Canadian football player, vegan, violence against women advocate, and lover of rescue dogs. In this episode, John and Carly dive into the is...

In 2020, a few months after starting the podcast, Carly shared her vegan story. With many new vegan followers and listeners, it was time to reshare the story! Anyone who becomes vegan has a unique path to getting there. There’s usually something that pushes someone over the edge and solidifies their vegan status. There's a new series on the podcast dedicated to highlighting all those unique pa...

Megan McSherry is an environmentalist and uses single-use plastic. She eats meat and dairy. She buys more stuff than she needs. She is by no means a perfect conscious consumer and perfection is by no means her goal. The motto of her space is progress, not perfection. Making small, meaningful changes over time is a hell of a lot more realistic than becoming a vegan, minimalist, zero-waste tree-hugg...

Welcome to the monthly My Vegan Story series on the Consciously Clueless podcast. If you’ve listened to the podcast, you’ll know anyone who becomes vegan has a unique path to getting there. There’s usually something that pushes someone over the edge and solidifies their vegan status. This series is dedicated to highlighting all those unique paths. Some make the switch overnight, and some take year...

Crystal was that little girl who loved animals and brought home strays whenever her parents would allow it (that may still be her M.O.!). She was that teenager who watched a show about pollution and vowed to stop it when she grew up. But she’s also that woman that loves to travel to far-off places on fossil fuel-guzzling airplanes while wearing leather shoes. She may not be the perfect example of...

 What are the tangible ways our positive mental health creates less waste? Carly talks about her latest dealings with depression and what it taught her about sustainability.  This episode isn't to shame anyone who isn't able to do what they want with their sustainability goals due to struggling mental health. But more of an interesting observation and future motivation.  Previous episodes...

Lauren is back to SHATTER all of those silly plant-based nutrition myths with the science to back them up. She does not hold back and it's one of the many reasons Carly loves her! This episode will arm you with the plant-based nutrition information you need to confidently start or continue on your plant-based journey. Lauren Plunkett RDN LD CDCES is a registered dietitian and certified diabete...

Welcome to a new series on the Consciously Clueless podcast called My Vegan Story. If you’ve listened to the podcast, you’ll know anyone who becomes vegan has a unique path to getting there. There’s usually something that pushes someone over the edge and solidifies their vegan status. This series is dedicated to highlighting all those unique paths. Some make the switch overnight, and some take yea...

You've heard about meal planning, but how do you do it? Is it as easy as social media makes it seem? Kathy Davis is back on the podcast to teach you how to save money, time, and food waste with plant-based meal planning. Kathy is a plant-based lifestyle coach and recipe developer, the CEO of VegInspired.com, and the author of three cookbooks: The 30-Minute Whole-Food Plant-Based Cookbook, The...

Does ethical consumption under capitalism exist? How can we still have the joy of gift-giving without contributing to waste? In this episode, Carly explores these questions through the current holiday season lens.  Listen for gift-giving ideas, how to consume thoughtfully, and more. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp: Get 10% off the first month of online therapy at https://betterhelp.com/car...

Yvette Baker is a Los Angeles–based writer, educator, social critic, and animal liberation activist. Her work is devoted to exposing and analyzing the intersections of human and nonhuman oppression through an Afro-Indigenous lens. As a lifelong social justice advocate for human rights with experience in strategic grassroots organizing, she has become passionate about furthering collective liberati...