Silver Lining Moments with Kerry
A SLM conversation with Renee King-Sonnen (Her vegan transformation from cattle rancher to cattle sanctuary) Renee King-Sonnen is on a mission to restore harmony and balance between us, animals, and our planet. This mission started with Rowdy Girl, an abandoned calf on her husband’s Texan cattle ranch. Her husband asked her to help nurture and mother Rowdy Girl. And, this changed everything; it was the start of a new way of seeing animals, a new diet, and a new life mission. Renee went on to become a vegan, to co-found Rowdy Girl Sanctuary, and work with the Rancher Advocacy...
info_outline A moment of SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS is lined by TRUSTING IN SELFSilver Lining Moments with Kerry
A SLM conversation with Jennifer Brown (finding joy again) If you experienced times where you just didn’t feel joy in your life? You’re not alone. In the past few years, our guest Jennifer Brown has experienced cancer, losing her job, and, like all of us, the pandemic. Somewhere along the way, she lost joy. She couldn’t feel it. And, she did not know how to have fun anymore. She found herself searching for answers to questions like – What am I doing with my life? Being middle aged, gave a little sense of urgency in her thinking - I need to figure this out...
info_outline SLM Short 10: A Silver Lining Moment in a change in PERSPECTIVESilver Lining Moments with Kerry
SILVER LINING MOMENTS everywhere, in each moment - including in the MOMENT when you change your perspective and your world gets brighter because you can see the light in yourself, in others, in a situation, in the world. WHAT'S YOUR SILVER LINING MOMENT? Share in the comments or at SUPPORT SILVER LINING MOMENTS Help us expand love and light in the world at: Thank you! Music: Stock Media provided by AudioSphere / Pond5 Noise of the Earth provided by wavebrigade / Pond5
info_outline SLM Short-ish 9: A SILVER LINING MOMENT in PROCESS & FRIENDSHIPSilver Lining Moments with Kerry
A moment of PSORIASIS & FRUSTRATION is lined by PROCESS & FRIENDSHIP. Silver Lining Moments are every where, in each moment, even in a moment of psoriasis (chronic condition) & frustration! In this SLM short, I talk about how a psoriasis flare-up has me feeling frustrated and angry filled with resentment and fear! These feelings may start with the psoriasis, but once I feel them, they spread to other areas of my life. Once the frustration feelings take hold, they create a filter through which I see everything that casts a shadow over all aspects of my life. The more I focus on my frustration,...
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A moment of MOTHERHOOD is lined by Dreams A SLM conversation with Bonnie Silvestri Bonnie taught women in law classes that discussed legal issues around motherhood and families including topics like pregnancy and families in the workplace. When she became pregnant herself, these were no longer abstract issues in case books. They were personal. She realized that the whole "work life balance thing” was not so easily managed. She began to look at family leave policies around the world – in particular, she looked at countries that provided paid family leave like England...
info_outline SLM Short 8: A SILVER LINING MOMENT in your inbox and messagesSilver Lining Moments with Kerry
Silver Lining Moments are every where, in each moment, even in your inbox and messages. Last week, I received a few "just messages". The messages that have "just" somewhere in them, such as "I am writing just because I am thinking of you" or "I just wanted to let you know that you are important to me/that you are doing a good job/that I appreciate your friendship." Often, these messages are short in words but big in their positive impact. These just messages are a ray of sunshine in my inbox that brighten my day and shine a light through the years in my heart. They are...
info_outline SLM Short 7: A Silver Lining Moment in a SILVER-LINED bath tubSilver Lining Moments with Kerry
Are you looking for a sign that you are on the right track? When I asked for a sign that Silver Lining Moments is a worthwhile focus of good in the world, I saw this "sign"; it's in the form of a SILVER-LINED bath tub in a storefront showcase. Just like the light behind the cloud, a SILVER LINING MOMENT is always there - reminding us of the light in ourselves, in our conversations, in each other, and in each MOMENT. And, a SLM takes many forms - sometimes it's that little bit of encouragement or that "sign" you are looking for. This SILVER-LINED bath tub was the...
info_outline SLM Short 6: A Silver LIning Moment in a movieSilver Lining Moments with Kerry
SLMs are everywhere, in each moment. This one is in the movie 13 Lives, which is about the real-life cave rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach. They were trapped in the cave for 17 days. Some 10,000 people—including 2,000 soldiers, 200 divers and volunteers from around the world helped in their rescue. After watching this movie, I was in awe of how amazing people can be! Director Ron Howard said it best: “It’s a very contemporary theme that we need to remind ourselves of, and that is how powerful we can all be internationally or on a community level when we pull...
info_outline SLM Short 5: A Silver Lining Moment in a sign in a window and a post on social mediaSilver Lining Moments with Kerry
Silver Lining Moments are everywhere. This one is in a sign in a window and a post on social media. Sometimes the right message for us comes to us at the right time. WHAT'S YOUR SILVER LINING MOMENT today? Check out more Silver Lining Moments at www.SilverLiningMoments.com.
info_outline SLM Short 4: A Silver Lining Moment in Serendipitous Timing & A Dog's Warm WelcomeSilver Lining Moments with Kerry
Silver Lining Moments are everywhere. This one is in some serendipitous timing and a dog's warm welcome. WHAT'S YOUR SILVER LINING MOMENT today? Check out more Silver Lining Moments at www.SilverLiningMoments.com.
info_outlineA SLM conversation with Renee King-Sonnen
(Her vegan transformation from cattle rancher to cattle sanctuary)
Renee King-Sonnen is on a mission to restore harmony and balance between us, animals, and our planet. This mission started with Rowdy Girl, an abandoned calf on her husband’s Texan cattle ranch. Her husband asked her to help nurture and mother Rowdy Girl. And, this changed everything; it was the start of a new way of seeing animals, a new diet, and a new life mission.
Renee went on to become a vegan, to co-found Rowdy Girl Sanctuary, and work with the Rancher Advocacy Program.
Rowdy Girl Sanctuary (RGS) provides sanctuary to farm animals at risk of being slaughtered and promotes an ethical vegan lifestyle. RGS seeks to educate the public on plant based food options, FFA/4H, factory farming practices, and the devastating impact of animal agriculture on the environment. Learn more about RGS at @45:00 mark of this epsiode and at its website: https://rowdygirlsanctuary.org/
The Ranchere Advocacy Program (RAP) "...advocaes for the farmer, families, their land, and the planet." They help farmers and ranchers transition out of animal agriculture to othr ways of using their land in ways that sustains themselves, their families, their land, and the environment. Learn more about RAP at @50:00 mark of this episode and at its website: https://rancheradvocacy.org/
In this episode, Renee shares her vegan journey and advocacy with us. We discuss:
- how Rowdy Girl opened her heart and transformed her world,
- how a story about beef stew stopped her from eating meat ever again,
- seeing animals as sentient beings with awareness, feelings and understanding & seeing the world through their eyes,
- anger & judgment and how these two often go hand and hand,
- how when we become committed to a cause or an ideal, we may first experience anger at others who do not share the same cause or ideal,
- how she went through the anger and judgment she felt when she first became an ethical vegan and getting to place of compassion for all - animals AND humans - meat eaters and vegans alike,
- choosing love over fear,
- creating organic and lasting change through love and compassion,
- how what we are doing to animals, we are doing to ourselves,
- her mission and work with Rowdy Girl Sanctuary and the Rancher Advocacy Program, and
- her Silver Lining Moment: a piece of advice that stopped her from seeing her husband as a murderer for eating meat to the amazing and loving husband that he is. Listen to this SLM story @1:09 mark and the lesson about perspective that followed.
When I recorded the introduction for this episode, I named it "a moment of NURTURE is lined by TRANSFORMATION". As I started to type that title here, a sanctuary popped in instead of transformation. From her nurturing of Rowdy Girl, Renee went on to create a sanctuary for other animals. In the process, she is also creating a sanctuary for herself, for others, and for our shared planet.
Listen to our conversation and discover how
a moment of NURTURE is lined by SANCTUARY.
Thank you for listening to Silver Lining Moments.
By Renee sharing, and by you listening, together we are:
expanding love and light,
one person at a time,
one story at a time,
one Silver Lining Moment at a time.
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