Nourishing Nibbles
#NourishingNibbles centers on getting back in touch with your oldest friend – YOU! This offering features a mix of intimate views from the lives of people who are thriving, expanding boundaries, and exploring the power of gratitude and appreciation.
Sai Baba
"Life is a song ... sing it. Life is a game ... play it. Life is a challenge ... meet it. Life is a dream ... realize it. Life is a sacrifice ... offer it. Life is love ... enjoy it."
John Lennon
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement and acceptance."
Thursday’s Nourishing Nibbles: The Practice of Love
Submitted by Joy Vaz A friend asked me to participate in a gift she wished to give her sisters. It was to give my thoughts or advice about life. The request had me think of so many things and then I saw a central idea emerge, the idea from which so much growth has...
Sandra Bierig
"To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections."
Wednesday’s Spicy Morsels: Love is a Verb
Contributed by Jerry G. Love is not a noun. It’s not an object. Not a thing. It’s not a fairy tale in a book. Or the end of a movie. It’s a verb. An action. It’s many actions over many years. Some large. Many so small to mention. Or sometimes notice. When we do “love...
Caroline Myss
“Fate is how your life unfolds when you let fear determine your choices. A path of destiny reveals itself to you, however, when you confront your fear and make conscious choices.”
Anaïs Nin
"There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person."
The Dalai Lama
"When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace."
Madeleine L’Engle
“When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable."
Friday’s Culture Casserole: Fiesta Latina – Friday, 1st November 2013
food for the soul™ invites you to the annual benefit event hosted by Hearts of Gold in support of their mission to foster sustainable change in the lifestyle and levels of self sufficiency for homeless mothers and their children. For all the details, click the link....
Julia Cameron
"Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise. As creative channels, we need to trust the darkness."
Thursday’s Nourishing Nibbles: The Opportunity in Embracing Sadness
Contributed by Bianca, Authentic Living Guide Life isn’t easy. Life isn’t always kind. It doesn’t always feel good. It’s not always happy. There are times of joy and times of sadness. Each serves us. Each enriches and develops the other. The darkness, after all, is...
Erich Fromm
“The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.”
Wednesday’s Spicy Morsels: Common Relationship Mistakes
Contributed by David G.. People come to me for help with their relationships. Over the years, one of the most common complaints I have heard centers on a pattern of inauthenticity when it comes to choosing a partner who really meets their needs from the outset. Here...
Anna Deavere Smith
"Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart."
Isaac Asimov
"And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning."
Cheri Huber
"If we look at life as an opportunity to end our suffering, as an opportunity to embrace and heal all that has happened to us, our attention moves away from trying to fix ourselves and figure everything out, and toward being with ourselves as we live our daily lives."
Monday’s Financial Feast: Scale Your Leadership
Contributed by Alisa Cohn, Executive Coach Kevin, head of product development for the largest division of a major pharmaceuticals company, called me in June to share some good news: They had acquired a hot biotech company. The new company would remain stand-alone, and...
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