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.
Here you’ll find Soul Food for daily reflection, Soul Practice for cultivating freedom as a way of life, Soul Care for seasonal renewal and well-being, and Soul Masculinity—inquiring what it means to feel deeply, connect authentically, show up fully, and not go it alone—through dialogues and insights that honor evolution.
Join our community for regular insights, stories, and conversations that feed your evolution.
Soul Food | Inspiration
Today’s #SoulFood | Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today’s #Key: Life is not a question you answer, it is a question you navigate.
Today’s #SoulFood | Will Durant
Photo Credit: Donna Marie Today's #SoulFood “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” ~ Will Durant ~ Today's #Key Nothing is too small to deserve your full presence Everything is practice. Forward Share Share Tweet...
Today’s #SoulFood | Donna Marie
“Your best is not a fixed thing—it breathes with you, changes with the season, rises and falls with the light. Give what each day holds, know you are doing your best, today.” ~ Donna Marie
Today’s #Key: In any moment, flow with what you have and where you are, and trust you are doing your best.
Soul Practice | The Freedom Zone
From Rejection to Revival | Sometimes Dreams Take Detours
I fulfilled my dream! I co-authored a book about Freedom, with Sharon Brick, called The Freedom Zone: Your Gateway to Love, Liberty and Happiness.
When Your Career Path Gets Disrupted | Freedom Through Better Questions
When you’re passionate about your work and riding a wave of success, maintaining momentum feels effortless. But what happens when disruption hits—whether it’s economic upheaval, industry transformation, or unexpected personal challenges? How do you navigate forward when your familiar path suddenly becomes uncertain?
Experience Happiness Moment-to-Moment
How is it possible that the happiness we felt when we achieved the very thing we thought would make us happy fades away, even leaving us feeling empty? Consider this: Enduring joy comes from dancing with what is—not waiting for what might be or banking on what you accomplish.
Soul Masculinity | Dialogues and Insights
Life Lessons
When I was a little girl, I felt a great deal of instability–living away from home, divorced parents, a stepmother, younger siblings–being in a blended family can cause feelings of insecurity. But through it all, you remained the one constant in my life.
Soul Care | Wellness Tonic
Wellness Tonic Ingredient: Evolution & Change | Fall 2021 Edition, Issue #13
There is no question that the pandemic has led many people to shift their perspectives–not only have I heard this in the many conversations I have had with friends and colleagues in the past year and half, it is something that is well-documented.
Steve Maraboli | Why Not You?
Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you? Today, many will open their eyes to the beauty that surrounds them. Why not you? Today, many will choose to leave the ghost of yesterday behind and seize the immeasurable power of today....
Help Prevent Osteoporosis with Lifestyle Changes
Osteoporosis is a progressive bone disease that is characterised by a decrease in bone mass and density and that leads to an increased risk of fracture. There are several ways that you can help prevent this disease through lifestyle changes.
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.