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 | Alice Walker
“Life is abundant, and life is beautiful. And it's a good place that we're all in, if we take care of it.” ~ Alice Walker ~
Today’s #SoulFood | Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.” ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn ~
Today’s #SoulFood | William Ellery Channing
“Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.” ~ William Ellery Channing ~
Wellness Tonic
Wellness Tonic Ingredient: Appreciation and Creation | January 2022 Edition, Issue #12
Now is a time of re-imagining, moving forward in a spirit of creation. We outline some year-end steps to launch the New Year with your own Appreciation and Creation Practice.
Making Your Workout a Habit
I struggle to get myself to work out consistently. I give myself 100 reasons why I don’t have time, distract myself with other chores or just avoid the issue altogether. But, when I do exercise, I feel so good I know that it is important for my emotional, mental and physical health.
Wellness Tonic Ingredient: Gratitude | December 2020 Edition, Issue #8
There are numerous sources we can go to for the scientific benefits of gratitude. Forbes, HBR, Psychology Today and more have written about studies linking a practice of gratitude with better self-care, better physical and mental health. Not surprisingly, there have been a surprising number of articles about the rewards of gratitude in 2020.
Nourishing Nibbles
Dan Buettner | How to live to be 100+ | TEDxTC 2009
To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world’s “Blue Zones,” communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. In his talk, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep them spry past age 100.
Annie Murphy Paul | What we learn before we’re born | TedGlobal 2011
Science writer Annie Murphy Paul talks through new research that shows how much we learn in the womb — from the lilt of our native language to our soon-to-be-favorite foods.
Krista Tippett | Reconnecting with Compassion | TEDTalk@PrizeUN
At a special TEDPrize@UN, journalist Krista Tippett deconstructs the meaning of compassion through several moving stories, and proposes a new, more attainable definition for the word.
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.