Today on the PAN Podcast, Cirus Henn interviews Harvard-educated psychologist & award-winning author, Dr. Melanie Joy.

About Melanie

Dr. Melanie Joy is a Harvard-educated psychologist and the founding president of the international NGO Beyond Carnism (http://carnism.org/), whose mission is to expose and transform carnism, the invisible belief system that conditions people to eat certain animals. Melanie and her team have provided training and consulting across six continents, helping those who advocate a plant-based diet build communication, outreach, strategic thinking, and relational skills. Melanie is also the author of six books, including the award-winning Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows and Getting Relationships Right, which is a one-stop guide to building relational literacy and healthy relationships. Learn more about her at http://carnism.org/.

About PAN

The Physicians Association for Nutrition (PAN) International is a non-profit organization on a global mission to empower health professionals, individuals, and communities to recognize and use whole food, plant-based nutrition as a powerful tool to create and sustain optimal health. Since our founding in 2018, in Munich, Germany, PAN continues to grow our volunteer network and international presence. 

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