120. Cooking As A Love Language with Mark Mahoney

Cooking can be perspective-shifting and heart-opening. It can be a source of surprise and wonder and a healthy way of expressing love. Enjoy a conversation about cooking as both love and service with the husband of a woman physician who understands what exhausted, depleted women physicians crave.  Enjoy a special guest episode featuring Jessie's husband Mark, the Pause & Presence retreat chef. Mark is a full-time lawyer who has been the primary cook for his family for 26 years. When a chef aspires to nourish, heal, and inspire you, the experience of food and eating feels very different. Meals prepared with care and love make you feel cared for.  Mark shares how he discovered cooking as love, connection, and creativity from his mom. He describes how cooking and eating were an adventure in his house growing up.  Mark also shares that his journey cooking for a family of five for over twenty years looked very different from his own house growing up. And how flexibility, love, and the concept of service have now led to young adult children who are now interested in cooking and food as an adventure too.  He offers the perspective of loving amusement and curiosity when it comes to meeting different dietary needs while creating beautiful food that tastes delicious.  He shares how creating local in-season meals with available ingredients can be a "fun challenge." He shares cooking as a mindful and creative endeavor and what he learned about the importance of food presentation and fun ways of approaching while it watching top chefs when he worked for over a decade at Wolfgang Puck's Postrio and Michel Richard's Citronelle. Listen to hear what's special and incredible about the Pause & Presence CME Retreats.   Hear how collaborating with your wife can be an unexpected path to strengthening your marriage and deepening love and appreciation. Come on a retreat and enjoy Marks' cooking yourself. Feel nourished, cared for, and inspired. It's a life experience you don't want to miss.   "The meals- OMG the meals!— were so delicious, colorful, healthy, and abundant. A constant that felt so kind and loving." Find out more about the CME Coaching, Yoga, and Culinary Medicine Women Physician Wellness Retreats here: https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-nicasio-creek-farm Find out more about coaching with Jessie on zoom and at retreats here: www.jessiemahoneymd.com If you want to develop a mindfulness practice, reach out to Dr. Liang www.awakenbreath.org *Nothing in this episode should be considered medical advice. #neurodiversemarriage #plantbasedeating #physicianwellness #womeninmedicine