What If Rest Were A Practice

Send us Fan MailA good meal can be more than dinner. It can be a doorway into curiosity, a weekly reset button, and sometimes the safest place to tell the truth. We sit down with Denise Baker, a gifted home chef with a deep love of global cuisine, to talk about how a simple cooking plan grew into a month-by-month journey through more than 20 countries and cultures. Denise shares how her family cooked one country at a time, learned the rhythms and history behind the food, and even turned those months into community potlucks that welcomed dozens of people around the table.Then we move from the kitchen into a Friday night Sabbath practice that has shaped their family for years. Denise explains why they chose Friday, how lighting candles and saying a blessing changes the tone of the whole weekend, and what it looks like to build a Shabbat-inspired rhythm with music, liturgy, bread, and meaningful table questions. If you’ve been craving slow living, intentional rest, or a faith-rooted practice that feels practical instead of abstract, this conversation offers a grounded roadmap.We also go somewhere tender and necessary: mental health. Denise speaks honestly about supporting a daughter with bipolar disorder, the uncertainty of diagnosis, the stigma families carry in silence, and why therapy and boundaries matter for caregivers too. You’ll hear what shifted when trust in psychiatric care finally took root and why hope can be realistic, not naïve.Subscribe to Create Harmony, share this with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review to help more listeners find these conversations.Support the showTo learn more, go to mycreateharmony.com