Tabitha Brown

“It's so important to not want to force your life on anyone, because that'll make people want to run away from you.”

“It fills my heart with joy to know people love me genuinely because every day, that is my intent. To lead with love.”

“One of the lowest moments for me was during the time when my mom was sick. It was really hard to focus on anything other than her and the thought of, Oh my God, how am I going to live without her?”

“I wanted to give my readers instructions but also the ability to make their own decisions and have fun with cooking. I wanted to help them be inspired to tell their stories about their recipes.”

“Communication is everything. Talking about our feelings, sharing about our feelings, sitting together and having conversations at a table. We used to do that when I was growing up, you know. We sat at the dinner table together and we had conversations about our day, or about our week.”

“I want us to be intentional about being good to ourselves, and sometimes our food is a way we treat ourselves, but we need to be intentional with what we put in our bodies and mind.”

“When I went vegan, I just tried to make all my favorite nonvegan food vegan, and it worked!”

“When I learned to cook, I was in my early 20s, and my granny and my mom and my aunt would have to tell me over the phone how to do certain things because I didn't know how to cook. They would just say, 'Look, just put enough in there to where you feel like it's all right, because that's your spirit.' You've got to trust your spirit.”

“I'm thankful that God gave me light again, and to be light for other people's darkness is a responsibility that I take very seriously.”

“I pursued a dream for over 20 years, and it was not successful for the majority. But I never stopped, because the faith inside of me said something greater is coming.”

“When I was 5 or 6, I used to tell my mama I wanted to be friends with Rudy from 'The Cosby Show,' and ring her doorbell. She thought I meant I wanted to play with her. And I was like No, I wanna be on there, in the TV, and ring the doorbell. I want to come into their house, I wanna talk, then I want to come home.”

“Air fryers make life easier and healthier.”

“For years, I always covered my accent because I was told to. I always wore my hair long and straight because I was told to, always trying to be a certain look to fit in to what I thought Hollywood wanted me to be.”

“Our life is our business, and if we don't take care of it, we can go out of business!”

“I set intentions every day to do well, be well, feel well, and accept all good things.”

“I love people and animals so my mission is to get people healthier by not eating animals or animal products.”

“I realized that when I allowed myself to be free again, I started to shine on the inside and outside.”

“We all have times that are a little bit dark, but the thing that we must remember is: They're always temporary and they will pass.”

“My life is pretty amazing.”

“When I'm promoting veganism or plant-based living, I want it to be accessible. I want it to be easy. I don't want people to overthink it.”