Love Is The Ultimate Seasoning
Wellness is made up of physical, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual, occupational, environmental, and financial well-being. And, at its very center lies something simple: the food we prepare and eat.
Cooking your own food, from fresh and whole ingredients is an energetic ritual of wholeness. The Wellness Wheel reminds us that all parts of life are connected.
Food sits at the confluence of it all: it fuels the body, calms emotions, strengthens relationships, engages the mind, connects us with nature, and reflects our spiritual care.
Food affects mood, and mood affects food.
What we eat changes our gut microbiome, which in turn influences happiness and calm neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine. But there’s another layer, one that ancient traditions have always known: your mood also affects the food.
While growing up I watched my grandmothers enter the kitchen only after daily bath and prayers in the morning. They wore a special dress and when they cooked, nobody else was allowed to enter the kitchen. Was it energy hygeine?
When we either eat or cook with impatience, frustration, or anxiety, those vibrations infuse our food. Conversely, when we chop, stir, and serve with love, gratitude, and care, those frequencies become part of the meal itself. Eating is not just a physiological process.
Eating is the digestion & integration of energy encoded in the food you eat.
Japanese researcher Masaru Emoto’s famous rice experiment beautifully illustrates this truth. Two jars of cooked rice were kept side by side. To one, participants whispered words of love, appreciation, and kindness. To the other, they spoke words of anger and disdain. Within days, the “loved” rice fermented gently, maintaining its form, while the “hated” rice decayed and turned black with mold. Energy literally imprints matter.
So, when you cook for wellness, remember:
Choose fresh and whole ingredients, the building blocks of your vitality.
Cook with mindfulness and affection, your thoughts and feelings season the dish more than any spice.
Offer gratitude to the earth, to the growers, to the elements that came together to create your meal.
Each time you prepare food this way, you’re nourishing the body and you’re transmitting love. And when those who eat your food receive that love, it radiates outward healing, harmonizing, connecting.
In the end, love is the ultimate healer, the unseen nourishment in a truly wholesome meal.
Durable wellness begins not just with what you eat, but how you relate to what you eat. If you are transitioning to plant-based foods, I can guide you to do it in alignment with your needs and tastes.