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 | Benjamin Franklin
“Do not anticipate trouble, worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
Today’s #Key: Worry is self-inflicted, rehearsing a catastrophe that may never happen.
Today’s #SoulFood | Howard Thurman
“There is something in very one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have.” ~ Howard Thurman
Today’s #Key: There is a place in you untouched by opinion, not needing approval—and it knows the way.
Today’s #SoulFood | Tamara Levitt
“Gratitude wakes us up to the goodness and beauty in life. But we have to choose it.” ~ Tamara Levitt
Today’s #Key: Living in gratitude is choosing to see life’s gifts.
Soul Practice | The Freedom Zone
Why I Stopped Wearing Independence as Armor
How often have you looked back at a situation that didn’t go your way and, with the benefit of hindsight, breathed a sigh of relief that it didn’t go the way you wanted?
Where is Your Focus?
Catastrophic thinking robs us of our Liberty—our power to choose our response in the present moment. When we’re mentally living in imagined future disasters, we lose access to the Love and Happiness available right now. We become prisoners of scenarios that exist only in our minds.
Soul Masculinity | Dialogues and Insights
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Soul Care | Wellness Tonic
Susan Pieffer | I’ve Learned …
I’ve learned … That you cannot make someone love you, all you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back.
Mindful Eating
Eating mindfully helps you to slow down and appreciate your meal. It makes you aware of what you are eating and might even encourage you to eat healthier. Here are some tips to help you be more mindful eaters.
Donna Marie | Who Loves You Baby?
For years I have taken time to be grateful for life in all its forms. Whether it’s witnessing a sunrise, appreciating turning leaves as summer gives way to fall or for family and friends, I have noticed the freedom and joy that comes from this attitude of gratitude.
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.