food for the soul™
food for the soul™ is a unique online experience, a portal of inspiration that supports and empowers you to take 100% responsibility for your life. How? By serving up ideas to inspire personal responsibility and nurture your soul.
Whether it’s some daily Soul Food, timeless Dad Stories, seasonal Wellness Tonic, or how freedom can be experienced in The Freedom Zone, simply fill out the form to become a member and get your fill of ideas to chew on by joining our FFTS community. It’s free!
Inspiration
Today’s #SoulFood
“You might have been conditioned to fear, but there is a world of possibility ready to unfold when you are willing to lead with love and allow joy to express.” ~ Author Unknown
Today’s #Key: Fear is limiting while love is expansive—lead with love, allow joy to express.
Today’s #SoulFood | Mandy Hale
“When you let go and trust the process, you’ll be amazed at how everything falls into place.” ~ Mandy Hale
Today’s #Key: The path reveals itself to those who walk it. Release. Receive. Rejoice!
Today’s #SoulFood | Rachel Hollis
“Life has a way of working out. Not always on our schedule, but always on time.” ~ Rachel Hollis
Today’s #Key: Life doesn’t always follow your calendar—but its timing is perfect. Trust the process. Trust yourself.
Dad Stories
My Dad Is…
My father is the greatest illiterate person in the world, Poorest of all the men in the world, I considered him as the Ugliest person in the world, Weakest of all in the World, and A man who knows nothing in this World.
Today’s #SoulFood | Sidney Poitier
Happy Father’s Day ~ “You don’t have to become something you’re not to be better than you were.” ~ Sidney Poitier
Dad and Me
We hear so much said about Moms … the books, the talk shows … all recording countless stories of a mother’s influence and nurturing. While I couldn’t agree more with the view on Moms … what about all the Dads out there?
The Freedom Zone
The Freedom Shift | From Life Happening to You to Living Life
Move from life happening to you to fully living life by trusting yourself enough to handle whatever comes and allowing yourself to savor the unfolding. The path reveals itself as you walk it—and you’re equipped for the journey.
The Freedom Shift | Own your Power
Ever notice how someone’s offhand comment can stick with you for days? Maybe it’s a critique that keeps replaying in your head, or a judgment that suddenly feels like fact.
The Freedom Shift | Turning Dreams Into Reality
Most of us have been conditioned to wait for the right conditions before we act. But transformation actually requires a different approach—not a rigid formula, but a dance between four essential movements that prepare the ground for what you want to create.
Wellness Tonic
Wellness through Breaks | 4 Simple Micro-Breaks That Will Transform Your Entire Day
Strategic micro-breaks aren’t productivity killers—they’re life enhancers. Current 2025 research from DeskTime reveals that the most productive people now operate on a 75/33 work-to-rest cycle.
Wellness through Learning | Your Brain’s Secret Super-Power
What is a growth (or learning) mindset? It’s a theory developed by Dr. Carol Dweck around the belief that you can improve intelligence, ability and performance – that talents are not innate.
Wellness Through Presence | Winter 2022 Edition, Issue #14
One thing presence does is help us recognize, consider and act on what we might call “intuition.” We can ignore intuitive feelings, and we can also misinterpret intuitive feelings out of fear. The key is to be quiet, remain aware and listen to yourself.
About Us
I’m Donna Marie, creator of Food For The Soul and passionate about gratitude, joy, and inspiration. Born and raised in Jamaica (the Caribbean—not Queens, New York!), I’ve called the United States home for over 30 years. I am blessed with work I love, extraordinary friendships and partnerships, and a life rich with mind-expanding adventures.
While my interests span nature, sports, film, theater, art, and beyond, I’m most fascinated by the journey of being human—approaching life as a practice of discovery fueled by curiosity. This has drawn me to attend transformative workshops, seminars, and retreats, all in service of expressing my authentic self and living in Soul Flow.
In the early 2000’s, I discovered Zig Ziglar’s quote, “People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing–that’s why we recommend it daily.” That moment sparked an epiphany: being inspired isn’t a one-tme event–it’s a practice requiring daily nurturing.
Through this journey of self-discovery, I learned that the key to living fully is surprisingly simple: staying aware, awake, and attuned to the magic and miracle of each moment. In essence, being present. Since this is ultimately an inside job, I needed ways to cultivate this awareness and find daily inspiration to bring this mindset to life.
I began a morning ritual of reviewing an inspirational quote and setting an intention for the day. This practice transformed me so deeply that I started sharing these insights with friends. Their enthusiasm gave birth to Food For The Soul™, an inspiretainment website dedicated to feeding the spirit.
In 2007, I officially launched Food For The Soul™ at a charming neighborhood cafe, The Broken Cup.