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Healthy Holiday Survival Guide
Do you find the holidays to be difficult? If so, this video is for you! It’s a Healthy Holiday Survival Guide. Here’s what you can do to not only survive the holidays but to make the holiday season work for you. On TV they portray the holiday season as all about love, giving, and happiness. While
Taking Time For Self Care
How are you? I pray you are well. I’m “Flowing!” as a good friend of mine likes to say 😃. I’ve spent the past month or so tapping into spirit and inspiration and focusing on what Food For The Soul is really all about. On what my vision and mission is becoming now. On the
The Importance of Taking Time To Rest
What does it take to stay healthy and create wellness? Yes, diet is very important but there is more! Taking time to rest is SOOOOO important! And it’s something that many of us have neglected due the the “hustle” culture and the fast paced life that has become the norm for many. This is especially
Activating Your Healing Superpower
[Updated 30, Aug, 2021] I originally wrote this post in March 2020. Here we are now 18 months later. I thought it was time to revisit it and revise it. During this time, here in Tanzania, life has gone on as usual to a large extent. It has offered me an alternative view to the
Community, Sankofa and the Roots Of Wellness
Why is Community important for wellness? What do we need to do to bring more of it back into our lives? I have been having many great conversations with watu (people) here about their thoughts on these questions. Many can’t believe how much folks in the USA are on their own. It’s time for Sankofa!
The Power Of Meeting You Where You Are
How are things? I pray you are well. It’s been amazing to me to see how different things are depending on WHERE you are. While the temperatures are soaring in some parts of the world, I’m sitting here in the southern hemisphere, at 1,400 metres (4,600ft) on the southern slopes of Mount Meru all bundled
21 Delicious Vegan Recipes To Add To Your Summer Menus
This post was inspired by several requests for help figuring out what to eat. If you are having problems figuring out what to eat, especially as warmer weather comes around, here is a roundup of 21 recipes from the archives here at Food For The Soulto add to your summer menus. They will help you expand
Sankofa And The Roots Of Wellness Part 2: Get Outside
Sankofa is all about reaching back to the past to remember and reclaim what we have left behind so we can move forward and thrive. I believe this is a vital part of our wellness journey as well as in other areas of our lives. We have forgotten the true Roots of Wellness and have
Sankofa And The Roots Of Wellness Part 1: Diet
Today I’m talking about Sankofa and what it has to do with health and healing. Living here in Tanzania I have seen many things that are what I like to call the Roots of Wellness, reminding us that what’s modern, what’s new is not necessarily better and that the ways that our people, our ancestors
A New Beginning For Ama
I want to offer you an apology. For the last couple of years I’ve been inconsistent with sharing the inspiration and education that I have been offering on Food For The Soul since 2012. I’ve neglected my Black Vegan Academy Facebook group, Instagram, and the YouTube channel. I’ve tried to get back on track several
What You MUST Do To Be Happy Making The Move To Africa
Normally I talk about the vegan diet and making lifestyle changes. But today I’m talking about something a little different. I’ve been living here in Tanzania for a little over four years. I want to talk about my experience because many people from the African diaspora are coming here to Tanzania, to Gambia, to Ghana,
Where To Get Vegan Meal Inspiration
No matter if you’re new to the vegan lifestyle or you’ve been at it for many years like me, chances are that from time to time you’re looking for tasty vegan meal inspiration. When you’re new you probably don’t know what’s possible and you are looking for ideas for what to eat as a vegan.