Mind, Body, Spirit, FOOD: Nourishment On and Beyond The Plate

The Land is Listening

How can aligning with the rhythms of the earth and the Celtic wheel help us return to ourselves?In this episode of Mind Body Spirit Food, host Nicki Sizemore is joined by

Finding Inspiration When You Feel Stuck | Weekly Intention

What do you do when you feel caught in a "swamp" of uninspiration—and why does chasing inspiration on social media often make us feel worse? In this weekly intention so

Losing (and Finding) Your Taste for Cooking

Michelle Braxton Scott of "Supper with Michelle" on grief, a spinal surgery that left her bedridden, and learning to cook — and live — with more grace. Michelle Braxton

Your Intuition Isn’t Your Inner Voice

Are "intuition" and "inner voice" the same thing—or are they distinct tools that can completely transform how we navigate the kitchen and our lives? In this season-premi

I Will Trust Myself (an inner voice meditation)

This summer in the Cook Free series, we're exploring intuition—and intuition doesn't live in your head. It lives in your body, your gut, that quiet space in your chest th

Tapping Into Freedom

This is the season seven finale—and it's a personal one. In this solo episode, I explore what freedom actually feels like in the body: not the rush, not the grand gesture

Desert Magic, Soulful Food & the Art of Following Your Gut

What happens when you hand a stranger all your savings in cash, buy a restaurant in the middle of the Mojave desert on a feeling, and build something extraordinary from s

Rooted & Rising

This week's intention is a carry-over from Sunday's post on inner power — and it's one I needed deeply this week: I will get grounded. Getting grounded isn't a wellness

On Coming Home—To Ourselves, Our Bodies, and The Kitchen

In this episode, I sit down with Jerrelle Guy—author of the James Beard Award finalist Black Girl Baking, the newly published We Fancy, and creator of the newsletter The

Let’s Play

In this week’s intention episode, Nicki reflects on a recent retreat in Ireland and the reminder that joy, creativity, and play are not frivolous—they’re essential. In a

Navigating Perimenopause with More Nourishment, Less Dogma

In this week’s episode, I sit down with registered dietitian and functional medicine practitioner Samantha Rigoli for a grounded, empowering conversation about perimenopa

How to Feel More Nourished (Even When Life Is Busy) | Food, Simplicity & Self-Care

What does it really mean to nourish yourself? In this episode, I sit down with chef, food stylist, and author Melina Hammer (A Year at Catbird Cottage) for a thoughtful

Why Curiosity Matters

This week’s intention is: I will get curious. Building on last week’s practice of moving one step at a time, this episode explores how curiosity can help us move through

Food, ritual, and what it means to be human

In this episode, I’m joined by Marije Vogelzang, a pioneering Dutch food designer who uses food as a medium to explore human connection, emotion, and experience. While w

I Will Move One Step at a Time.

Feeling the surge of spring energy—the ideas, the momentum, the urge to do it all at once? In this week’s intention episode, I’m sharing a gentle reminder: we don’t have

How to Become an Intuitive Cook (and ditch the cult of the recipe)

What if cooking felt less like following rules—and more like freedom? In this episode, I’m joined by intuitive cooking coach Katerina Pavlakis to explore how we can move

I Will Make This Moment Sacred

What if the smallest moments of your day held the potential to shift everything? In this short episode, Nicki explores the idea of making each moment sacred—not in a per

Feast on Your Life (and let dinner be “good enough”)

In this episode, Nicki sits down with Tamar Adler, the James Beard and IACP Award–winning author of An Everlasting Meal, Something Old, Something New, and the bestselling

I will connect to others.

In this week’s intention episode, Nicki reflects on the power of connection—both with ourselves and with others. After several weeks of book tour events and retreats, me

The Art (and Ritual) of Bread Making

Welcome to season 7! In this episode, I'm joined by cookbook author, photographer, and gluten-free baking pioneer Aran Goyoaga to talk about her book The Art of Gluten-Fr