I know what gets me feeling good when I'm cooking for my family or anyone else. It's listen to some good ole Soulful music like Frankie Beverly or Smokie Robinson❤️ I love to cook in a kitchen full of love and soul its like love is floating all around me. Feeling my kitchen with joy and singing along as I dice up vegetables or peel potatoes. cooking with music is like seasoning with starlight. It changes everything. 🎶🍳 For the cook, music slides straight into the nervous system. Rhythm slows the breath. Melody loosens the shoulders. The brain starts releasing dopamine and serotonin, the feel good chemicals that turn stress into flow. You stop rushing. You start moving with grace. Your hands begin to dance instead of panic. That is when mistakes drop away and intuition steps in. You taste better. You time better. You feel the food instead of forcing it. For the food, something subtle but powerful happens. When you cook relaxed, your body chemistry changes. Less cortisol, more calm. That calm transfers through touch, through stirring, through heat control. You salt more gently. You flip more patiently. You listen to the sizzle. The dish becomes more balanced because the person making it is balanced. Food cooked in tension tastes sharp. Food cooked in joy tastes round and full and comforting. Music also sets intention. A soft jazz ballad creates tenderness. Gospel brings warmth and gratitude brightness and life. Slow soul gives depth. Your food absorbs the mood of the room just like dough absorbs yeast. That’s why meals cooked with music feel different. They don’t just fill a stomach. They hug the spirit. 💞🥘 Honestly? Every Healing Skillet recipe should come with a playlist. That’s not extra. That’s medicine. What kind of music would you have on your Playlist for cooking with intention?

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This is not just a cooking group. This is a place to restore yourself through food, memory, culture, and connection. The Healing Skillet is for anyone who has ever cooked through heartbreak, grief, stress, illness, exhaustion, or simply the weight of life. Here, we use recipes as rituals and meals as moments of renewal. Every dish tells a story. Every story deserves a safe place. Inside this community, you are invited to: • Share healing recipes • Cook through emotional seasons • Rebuild your relationship with food • Learn how to nourish your body with love • Connect with others walking a healing path No perfection required. No judgment allowed. Just real people, real food, and real healing. Come sit with us. Set your skillet down. And let’s turn what hurt into something that nourishes. 🥄💛

If you found your way here, it means some part of you is ready to heal, even if you don’t know how yet. That’s okay. We start with what we know… food. This is a place to: Cook when your heart is heavy Share when your soul feels lonely Learn how to nourish your body after stress, trauma, illness, or exhaustion Turn your kitchen into a place of peace You can post: Recipes that helped you through something Meals that remind you of someone you love Food that helped you feel strong again Stories connected to what you cooked You don’t need fancy plating. You don’t need perfect grammar. You don’t need to explain everything. Just come as you are. Set your skillet down. And let’s heal together 💛