The Mindful Kitchen: Simple Rituals for Cooking with Intention, Gratitude, and Joy
About this episode
Meryl Arnett discusses with Nicki Sizemore how cooking can be a mindfulness practice that incorporates intention, gratitude, and presence.
Can preparing dinner become a mindfulness practice? In this conversation, Meryl sits down with cookbook author and podcast creator Nicki Sizemore to explore how intention, gratitude, and presence can transform even the most ordinary meal into something deeply nourishing. As Our Mindful Nature enters its final season after 11 incredible years, this series continues its exploration of food as a doorway into everyday mindfulness. Nicki is the author of Mind, Body, Spirit, Food — a cookbook woven through with grounding meditations, rituals, and intentions designed to help us prepare meals with joy and presence. Her message is clear: mindfulness doesn't require a retreat, a silent room, or extra time. Sometimes, it begins with a single breath before you chop that onion. What To Expect - How Nicki discovered mindful cooking out of a moment of real burnout — and how it became a healing practice - Why we so easily leave our meditation practice on the cushion — and how to carry it into the rest of our day - The four core practices for cooking with intention: breath, engaging the senses, setting an intention, and gratitude - How setting a single word as an intention before cooking can…
People in this episode
Host: Meryl Arnett
Guest: Nicki Sizemore
Topics covered
- mindful cooking
- intention
- gratitude
- presence
- food mindfulness
Keywords
- mindful cooking
- cooking rituals
- intention
- gratitude
- mindfulness practice
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Mind, Body, Spirit, Food
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