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Psychology Educator, Speaker, and Author

Take charge of your health, thrive emotionally, live compassionately, find greater purpose, and help to heal yourself and our world. 

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Book Title and Where You Can Purchase

The Vegan Transformation: A Journey to Heal Yourself and the World (Lantern Publishing & Media, 2025) by Angela L. Crawford, Ph.D.

Visit my book page for a list of booksellers. Available in paperback and e-book from all major online booksellers. Also available in audiobook through Amazon.

The Vegan Transformation is winner of The Vegan Choice Award (which evaluates vegan books, products, and services) as well as The Outstanding Creator Award (a creative and literary competition for a variety of genres and topics). View Press Release here. See images below.

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Book Information

Book One-Liners

  • The Vegan Transformation offers a message of hope, revealing how a simple, compassionate change in what you eat can hold the secret for greater health and emotional fulfillment, while also protecting animals, humans, and the planet.
  • Discover the healing power of vegan living for mind-body-spirit wellness, grounded in a vast body of research, along with inspiring stories of transformation, and exercises to empower your own healing journey. 

Book Summary

Many of us long to create healing and transformation in our lives—to thrive in mind, body, and spirit. We yearn to live authentically, with a deep sense of purpose. We desire vibrant health and vitality that allows us to engage in life fully. And we seek meaning and connection in a world that feels increasingly disconnected. Scientific studies show that a plant-based (vegan) lifestyle can help to promote physical health and decrease the risk of disease.  But what about the impact on emotional and spiritual well-being?

In The Vegan Transformation, based on revealing research with vegans, Dr. Angela Crawford shares seven transformative pillars that create richer, more meaningful lives. In this book, you will learn:

  • How our values and compassion provide a foundation for personal and collective well-being
  • Pathways to greater emotional fulfillment, purpose, connection, and spiritual deepening
  • Your power to take charge of your health through plant-based nutrition and lifestyle changes
  • Inspiration and knowledge to thrive with a vibrant, plant-powered lifestyle
  • Guidance to overcome obstacles and challenges on your plant-based path

Wherever you are on your own journey—whether you are curious about the benefits of eating more plants or are already vegan and want to experience greater impact and joy—The Vegan Transformation is an invaluable roadmap for forging your own compassionate, healthy, and purposeful life.

Endorsements

  • “A grand adventure awaits. You’ve picked up the right book, at the right time.” – Victoria Moran, best-selling author of Living a Charmed Life, Main Street Vegan, and Age Like a Yogi
  • “In The Vegan Transformation, Dr. Angela Crawford shows us how to expand our circle of compassion so we can enjoy a life well-lived, while inspiring others to pursue a purpose-driven life, too.” – Robert Cheeke, author of The Impactful Vegan
  • “The Vegan Transformation is a must read for vegans and non-vegans alike. Whether you are simply seeking practical ways toward vibrant health or feeling called to serve and find your most fulfilling purpose, Angela shares a message of hope and shows you how a simple compassionate change can not only transform you, but will powerfully change the world!” —Peg Haust-Arliss, LCSW-R, psychotherapist and author of Anxiety Breakthrough
  • “Dr. Angela Crawford has created a beautiful and easy-to-read guide for understanding the personal, spiritual, and emotional benefits of transitioning to a vegan lifestyle.” – Sarina Farb, vegan educator and TEDx speaker
  • “In The Vegan Transformation, Dr. Angela Crawford eloquently shows us how a vegan way of life can enhance body, mind, and spirit.” – Marla Friedman, PhD, LMHC, psychotherapist and author of Love, Freedom, and Wellness
  • “A much needed and skillfully written book that I will use and share. It’s a major contribution to the vegan literature, dispelling prevailing myths and revealing the truth of what veganism really is: the Swiss army knife to solving today’s problems by creating a more peaceful world for all living beings, including Mother Earth.” – Clare Mann, psychologist, speaker, and author of Vystopia: The Anguish of Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World

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Author Information

Author Biography

Short Bio

Angela Crawford, Ph.D. is a psychologist, vegan educator, and award-winning author of The Vegan Transformation: A Journey to Heal Yourself and the World (Lantern, 2025).  She holds a doctorate in clinical psychology. A speaker and teacher about the psychological benefits of vegan living, she is passionate about the power of personal transformation to create a more fulfilling and purposeful life, and a kinder, healthier world.

Long Bio

Angela L. Crawford, Ph.D., is a psychologist, vegan educator, and award-winning author of The Vegan Transformation: A Journey to Heal Yourself and the World (Lantern, 2025). She is passionate about bringing her psychology expertise to empower people toward holistic health, wellness, purpose, and compassionate living.

She adopted a vegetarian lifestyle in 2007, for ethical reasons, and soon discovered the physical and mental health benefits of plant-based living. She became vegan in 2019, as she more fully realized the interconnectedness between our food choices and the well-being of humans, animals, and the planet.

She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Auburn University, subsequently completing her residency in health psychology at University of North Carolina, and postdoctoral fellowship in pain management at University of Virginia. She is co-author of The Behavioral Medicine Treatment Planner (Wiley, 1999). She worked as a psychotherapist for 25 years, empowering clients to make lifestyle changes to address stress and trauma and achieve holistic well-being. 

She holds certifications in Plant-Based Nutrition (T. Colin Campbell Institute for Nutrition Studies at eCornell), as a Master Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator (Main Street Vegan Academy), licensed Food for Life Instructor (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine), and Transformational Coach (Institute for Women-Centered Coaching).

As a Vegan Educator, she offers resources that empower people to transition to and thrive with a plant-based lifestyle. She offers courses, speaks at Veg Fests and other events, writes a blog and guest articles for various publications. Her areas of interest and expertise include the psychological benefits of veganism, thriving emotionally with a vegan lifestyle, overcoming barriers to healthy lifestyle change, the food-mood connection, awakening compassion, healthy communication, and mind-body-spirit flourishing.

For more information, see my About page.

Author Photos

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Interview and Presentation Topics

  • How a plant-based, vegan lifestyle can benefit our emotional and mental health
  • Gaining health empowerment through plant-based nutrition and healthy lifestyle
  • The food-mood connection
  • Nurturing mind, body, and spirit through plant-powered living
  • Navigating social and emotional challenges during the vegan transition
  • Keys to transitioning to, and thriving with, a plant-powered lifestyle
  • Understanding the psychology of change to empower yourself and others
  • Authentic fulfillment through living our values
  • Strategies for emotional resilience
  • Effective communication to support your journey and inspire others
  • My personal vegan journey and transformation
  • Dealing with challenges of being vegan in a non-vegan world
  • Managing Empathy Burnout and Compassion Fatigue – for activists and caregivers
  • The links between our food choices and compassion, meaning, purpose, and spirituality

Past Media Interviews

View a list of Dr. Angela Crawford’s previous podcast interviews, presentations, and publications HERE.

Reviews of The Vegan Transformation