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 | Pema Chödrön
“You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.” ~ Pema Chodron
Today’s #SoulFood | Leo Buscaglia
“Love yourself – accept yourself – forgive yourself – and be good to yourself because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.” ~ Leo Buscaglia
Today’s #SoulFood | Ḥāfiẓ
“Be aware of what comes out of your mouth. The words you speak become the house you live in.” ~ Hafiz
Wellness Tonic
Live Long & Healthy
People are living longer lives. It was once unheard of to live to 100, but now people are even living beyond 100 years old. Here are some things you can do to live a long, healthy life.
Wellness Tonic Ingredient: Stillness | May 2020 Edition, Issue #1
Welcome to your Wellness Tonic Newsbite! We aim to bring some interesting, informative and helpful ideas intended to shift mindsets and reduce stress levels. This month we are featuring Peace of Mind, an especially timely topic given the world we’re living in right now.
Introducing Food For The Soul’s Wellness Tonic | April 2020
After all these years of sharing uplifting thoughts, I’ve decided to introduce Wellness Tonic—a monthly newsletter to bring you wellness-related topics that I hope you’ll find interesting, informative, helpful in shifting our mindsets and reducing stress levels.
Nourishing Nibbles
Maya Angelou, Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now
“Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.”
Nelson Mandela
“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” ~ Nelson Mandela ~
Monday’s Financial Feast: Overcoming Goal Paralysis
Contributed by Robert B. Many of us have big hopes and dreams, but achieving them can be overwhelming and seem impossible. I know when I think of my dreams I get excited about the end result and then I am immediately paralyzed when I start to think about the work...
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.