432: Food Heals Book Club: Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Stories to Nourish Your Soul and Transform Your Health (Book Club Chapters 1-4)
Food Heals
Allison Melody
4.8 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
You probably remember that I released my book, "Food Heals: Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Stories to Nourish Your Soul and Transform Your Health" back in December 2019. It was an anthology filled with inspiring healing stories from amazing people, designed to show readers how our bodies can heal themselves when provided with the right tools. The plan was to kick off a book tour in March 2020 to connect with all of you, but as you can guess, fate had other plans. Just after my first book signing in Orlando, the world went into lockdown mode, and my entire book tour was canceled. It was heartbreaking, but I refused to let that be the end of the journey for "Food Heals"
"Food Heals" is more than just a book to me. It's a passion project that resonates with my belief in the incredible power of healing through food. The book contains a collection of heartfelt stories that speak to the core of the human experience. Just like the beloved "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series, "Food Heals" touches upon the triumph of the human spirit over adversity, reminding us all that we are capable of remarkable healing. "Chicken Soup for the Vegan Soul" if you will ;)
The pandemic threw a major curveball my way, and it felt like "Food Heals" didn't get the attention and promotion it deserved. But instead of dwelling on the disappointment, I decided to explore new ways to share the book's powerful message. That's when the idea of creating an audio version for Audible struck me, and I couldn't be more excited about it!
Recording and editing the audio version of "Food Heals" has been an amazing journey. As I delve into each story, I feel a renewed sense of connection with the healing power they hold. I wanted to share this experience with all of you, Food Heals Nation, in the most intimate way possible. So, I decided to release each story free for you on The Food Heals Podcast.
It's been a rollercoaster of emotions for me, recording and reliving each narrative, but it fills me with immense joy to do it. Every story is a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the miraculous healing that can occur when we nourish our bodies with the right tools.
In this first "book club episode, I will read Chapters 1-4 of the book:
Chapter 1: Turning Pain Into Purpose and Trauma Into Triumph
By Allison Melody
Chapter 2: What is a Food Heals Story?
By Allison Melody
Chapter 3: You Can Transform Helpless Health Struggles into Vibrant Life and Vitality
By Dr. Stephen Cabral
Chapter 4: If I Can Heal Myself, So Can You
By Abby Phon
Thank you for being a part of this beautiful journey with me!
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Food Heels podcast. |
| 0:08.1 | Warning, side effects of this podcast may include increased health and vitality, thoughts of living longer, developing a more positive outlook on life, an increase in sexual activity, feelings of joy, cravings for kale and kinawa, and a spike in Tinder matches. |
| 0:18.7 | In rare cases, people have experienced a strong desire to put down |
| 0:21.2 | the Ben and jerrys, get off the couch and take a walk outside. If you experience any of these |
| 0:24.6 | symptoms, tell your Facebook friends immediately. All right, welcome, Food Heels Nation. Thanks for joining me. |
| 0:30.5 | I'm Alison Melody. So many of you know, if you are a regular around here, that I released my book, Food Heels, in December of |
| 0:40.3 | 2019 and was slated to start my book tour in March of 2020. I'm sure you know where I'm going |
| 0:47.9 | with this. I did do one book signing in Orlando at Podfest. It was incredible. But then when I got back home to L.A., the world |
| 0:57.4 | locked down, and my entire book tour was obviously canceled. So now years later, here I am, |
| 1:04.3 | and I'm rereading the book. And if you don't have it yet, it's an anthology, very similar to |
| 1:10.1 | the style of chicken suit for the soul with |
| 1:12.9 | really powerful healing stories from regular people, a couple of celebrities, but really the |
| 1:18.8 | purpose is to inspire the reader, that the body is designed to heal itself when given the tools |
| 1:24.5 | that it needs to do so. And I wanted to make it an easy read. So each chapter |
| 1:29.2 | is just one story. So you can take it one story at a time. And I thought it would also be a great gift. |
| 1:35.6 | For somebody, let's say, that is struggling with a health problem and they just want |
| 1:41.3 | inspiration or motivation that they can get better. |
| 1:48.0 | So I wanted it to be a source of inspiration, right? |
| 1:52.3 | And thank you so much, by the way, to any of you who have bought the book. |
| 1:55.7 | If you haven't bought the book, you can get it right now on Amazon. |
| 2:02.9 | The direct link is at foodheelsnation.com slash book and that'll take you straight to the Amazon shop. |
| 2:09.2 | Now, due to the pandemic, I feel like it never truly got the promotion that it deserved. I did have an amazing book launch party in L.A. in December before the world lockdown. |
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