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.
Friday’s Culture Casserole: Come To The Cabaret — Tonight’s the Night!
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....
John Homer Miller
"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens."
Thursday’s Nourishing Nibbles: Summon Your Aliveness – Being Fully Present
Contributed by Madisyn Taylor When we live fully in the moment there is an aliveness that comes easily. When we are fully present, we offer our whole selves to whatever it is that we are doing. Our attention, our integrity, and our energy are all focused in...
Carlos Santana
"Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins."
Wednesday’s Spicy Morsels: Sex might be Great Fun but is it always a Good Idea?
Contributed by Elise R. The debate about when you should start sleeping with someone is still alive. The going standard is the third date, but the golden rule is when you feel comfortable enough to do so. Many people break this “rule” and sleep with someone before...
Paulo Coelho
"You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle."
Cheri Huber
"Give yourself a second, a third, a fourth chance to see something anew. Having a new perception and subsequently changing one's mind is not wishy-washy, it is being flexible, and flexibility is intelligent."
Tuesday’s Wellness Tonic: Pump it up!
Contributed by Sarah K. Exercise can improve your life in many ways. In addition to being good for your health, it helps alleviate depression, anxiety and stress. You are able to think more clearly and sleep better. It also raises your energy level. So even if you...
Monday’s Financial Feast: Saving Made Simple
Contributed by Tim H. We are encouraged to spend our money throughout the day—whether its convenience or fast foods, convincing advertising messages, the pressure to keep up with the Jones' and any other factors that motivate us to part with our hard-earned cash. But...
Mike Dooley
"While it's often fashionable to dwell upon what might have been, what's usually overlooked is that really and truly, it couldn't have. Because, invariably, any romanticized versions of how things 'might have been,' are based upon fictionalized versions of the past."
Albert Schweitzer
"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us."
Being Alone: A Relationship with Self
by Madisyn Taylor By allowing ourselves to be comfortable with being alone, we can become the people with whom we want to have a relationship. The most important relationship we have in our lives is with our selves. And even though we are the only ones who are...
Francis de Sales
"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew."
Friday’s Culture Casserole: Natural Deselection, A Short Story (Benefiting Fauna & Flora International)
Contributed by Mike Di Paola The creatures of the Galapagos Islands have lived a mostly charmed existence for millions of years, but when an invasive species threatens to upset the natural order, Darwinian mechanisms ignite. Because the invaders happen to be Russian...
Thursday’s Nourishing Nibbles: Bring Back Fun!
Contributed by Noreen Sumpter, Personal Life Coach When all is said and done, you have so much to be grateful for. You have a great mind and unlimited potential. You can create whatever the bleep you want; the only limit that you have are the ones that you impose on...
Thich Nhat Hanh
"Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be."
Wednesday’s Spicy Morsels: After An Affair
Contributed by Wanda G. Stand by your cheating partner or send them packing? According to some studies, up to 75% of marriages don’t end after an affair. While a couple may stay together, this does not always mean the feelings are resolved. So, why do couples stay...
Unknown
"Comparison is the thief of joy."
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