NBSV 225: Eat more plants, celebrate imperfection: Molly Patrick on ditching diet culture for good
- Karina Inkster
- Jun 23
- 2 min read
Co-founder of Clean Food Dirty Girl and certified life coach, Molly Patrick, joins me to talk about why knowing what to eat is only half the battle. We dig into the mindset work behind lasting behaviour change, why abundance — not restriction — is the real engine of sustainable eating, and how dismantling shame-based diet culture is just as important as knowing what to put on your plate.
Molly also gets candid about her decade of sobriety, the power of community over perfection, and why the best thing you can do for the non-vegans in your life is to stop lecturing them.
Important topics we discussed:
>> How Molly transitioned to veganism gradually, and why watching the documentaries came after making the switch, not before
>> The problem with "clean eating" language and moralizing food (and what the Clean Food Dirty Girl name is really about)
>> Why health motivations get people in the door, but ethics tend to keep them there
Connect with Molly:
>> Clean Food Dirty Girl Facebook group
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