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 #SoulFood, seasonal #WellnessTonic, occasional #NourishingNibbles, or how freedom can be experienced in #TheFreedomZone, 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 | Jack Nicklaus
“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s level of aspiration and expectation.” ~ Jack Nicklaus
Today’s #SoulFood | Henry Van Dyke
“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” ~ Henry Van Dyke
Today’s #SoulFood | Robert Grudin
“Time is a resource that is nonrenewable and nontransferable, and it is also the most valuable treasure we have.” ~ Robert Grudin
Wellness Tonic
Living in a Stress-Free Zone
Contributed by Mary B. My doctor told me I needed to avoid stress. I thought he was insane. How can I avoid stress? My whole life is stress. So I went to my friend who always seems to be at peace. I asked her ‘How are you able to avoid stress?’ Here is what she...
Live Long & Healthy
Contributed by Carol K. People are living longer. All you have to do is look around you to see that. In a recent commercial ("Age Stickers") for Prudential, they represented the aging population using stickers that dramatically visualized this phenomenon. While it is...
The Power of Napping
Contributed by Chad G. In Japan, employees are allowed to nap on the job. This is called Inemuri – a practice of sleeping and still being present. Loughborough University Sleep Research Centre in the United Kingdom found that taking a power nap between 1 pm and...
Nourishing Nibbles
Stevie Wonder
"You can't base your life on other people's expectations."
James Earl Jones
"Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine."
Jessye Norman
"If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something different, to find out what people are going to think about it, you're going to limit yourself. That's a very strange way to live."
About Us
I am Donna Marie, Vision Chef of Food For The Soul. I was born and raised in Jamaica (the Caribbean–not the neighborhood in Queens, New York) and have lived in the United States for over 30 years.
In the early 2000’s, I came across Zig Ziglar’s quote, “People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing–that’s why we recommend it daily” and I had an epiphany; being inspired is a practice, a habit that needs consistent nurturing.
So I began my daily practice that included reviewing an inspirational saying each morning and setting an intention for the day. I got so much out of this that I started sharing these quotes with my friends; this took off and I was inspired to officially launch food for the soul™ at a neighborhood spot, The Broken Cup, in 2007.