Colleen Patrick-Goudreau (JoyfulVegan.com) is a bestselling author, speaker, recipe creator, cooking class instructor, TEDx presenter, animal advocate. She is the host of luxury vegan trips around the world (JoyfulVeganTrips.com), an expert in food and wellness, and a lover of language and literature. She demonstrates that compassionate, healthy living, eating, cooking, and traveling does NOT mean deprivation; it is the epitome of abundance and joy. An inspirational bi-weekly resource since 2006, Food for Thought Podcast is one of the longest running podcasts. Listeners enjoy a regular dose of inspiring content related to food, wellness, sustainability, eating, cooking, traveling, nutrition, language, zero waste living, literature, history, film, animals, advocacy, and so much more.