Welcome, please pull up a chair and get comfortable. I hope you’re hungry, because you will ALWAYS find lots of delicious food at Mai table - food that nourishes body, mind and spirit.
May I share my journey to this moment with you? In 2019, when I was 59 ½, I started feeling a familiar, but more intense, gnawing in my gut that there HAD to be more to life than what I was experiencing. I knew that I was being called to do something “more”, but I just didn’t know what it was or how to access it. SOMETHING WAS MISSING. Have you ever had that feeling? To put it bluntly, I was miserable. I felt stuck. My job was not fulfilling. I wanted to retire early, but felt obligated to help pay our mortgage, college expenses for our daughter, and to provide medical and dental insurance for our family. Most days I cried the whole drive into work. As my 60th birthday approached, I reflected on my life. It was disheartening to realize it was mediocre at best - this added to my great discomfort and unhappiness. Was I being selfish for wanting something more? Months passed and I just kept living my life as I always had: I got up and went to work ,came home and made dinner, took a shower, went to bed and repeated it all over again. I was about to give up and acquiesce to a life of mediocrity when I saw something on FaceBook. It was an invitation from a guy named Tony Robbins to join a 4 day “Comeback Challenge”. At this point, it was 2020. COVID was in full swing and had turned the world upside down. I had heard about Tony before, but never read any of his books or attended any of his seminars. He was a Godsend! Those few hours a day really helped me to take charge and responsibility of my life. I knew I had some hard decisions to make. I set an early retirement date for July of 2021, just short of turning 61. This was a huge leap of faith. Many of my friends asked me why I just didn’t work a few more years, because I could get so much more money by doing so. Hear me now, the hardest thing for me was to put my emotional and mental health before making money. Let that sink in. Does it sound familiar? I knew that what was missing was ME! Me being my best self, and my best self needed to step up and take charge. How does this relate to food and Finding God in Gourmet? About 5 years ago I listened to a Ted Talk by Adam Leipzig on “How To Know Your Purpose in 5 Minutes”. I was able to articulate that one purpose was to connect others to God through food. I’ve always been a foodie. I don’t think you can grow up in Hawaii and NOT be a foodie. That’s when the idea of Finding God in Gourmet was “served” in my brain and here we are! It’s perfect because I was blessed with the gift of creating great meals and the hunger to seek sustenance from all sorts of food. I get fed through art, poetry, the colors of a sunrise, deep conversations... how about you? I'll bet that you are a spiritual foodie - a sustenance seeker too! As Jenna Kutcher says, I’m in the "messy middle" of figuring out how to live an extraordinary and fulfilling life. Mediocrity is no longer an option. I’ve dropped 35 pounds and have kept it off for over a year. I am happier now than I’ve ever been before. I feel free. I won’t lie, it’s not easy, extraordinary never is! But the satisfaction in striving to do and BE better is worth all the work! I want to share what I learn with you, so you can live an extraordinary and fulfilling life too. For me, and probably for you too, it all starts with food - what we feed ourselves physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. We are all born of Creator and therefore born to create. I LOVE creating and playing with the alchemy of fresh ingredients and exotic spices, with words, colors, sounds, scents, and silence, to produce magical meals that truly nourish your body, while giving you food for thought, and edifying your spirit. What? You haven’t had food like that? Then you are in the right place my fellow sustenance seeker! WELCOME TO MAI TABLE! The “recipe” to christen this first post is: How To Listen To Your Gut
*tip - you never quite feel done Remove from oven, but never let your aspirations cool Gremolata (topping) the Secret Sauce that Seals Success
Mix together and experience the alchemy of this recipe. Serves: thousands, starting with you, and then your family and then your friends and their families, and their friends. You get the idea. Following this recipe will change your life and make this a better world. *alchemy definition: a seemingly magical process of transformation and creation. That’s it for today. I hope this has fed you - all of the aspects of you that are hungry for delicious living. Comments are closed.
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