From the Kitchen to Well-Being

The Psychology of Motherhood, Food, and Family Well-Being.

Now Available for Pre-Order
Release Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Available in Hardcover, Paperback, and E-Book

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A Psychologically Grounded Exploration of Maternal Well-Being

From the Kitchen to Well-Being examines mothers' psychological well-being and what it means for family life.

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What We Eat Tells Us How We Are Doing

Every day, mothers make hundreds of decisions around food — what to cook, what to eat, what to feed their children, and how to hold it all together when time, energy, and emotional reserves are running low. These decisions are rarely just about nutrition. They are shaped by stress, memory, cultural identity, emotional life, and the invisible weight of caregiving.

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A Psychologically Grounded Exploration of Food, Motherhood, and Family Health

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Grounded in Dr. Adwoa's nationwide psychological research on African, African American, and Caribbean mothers, this book examines how food attitudes, everyday eating behaviors, weight concerns, and emotional life shape maternal well-being — and why this matters deeply for families.

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This book integrates food, nutrition and psychology while taking into account various factors mothers experience daily.

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It explores how a mother's relationship with food — how she feeds herself, how she feeds her family, and the emotional meaning she attaches to both — quietly shapes the health, emotional climate, and long-term well-being of everyone in her home.

The central idea running throughout: Food is more than food.™

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What we eat carries emotional, relational, and psychological meaning. When a mother's food behaviors are driven by stress, exhaustion, or unexamined emotional patterns, the effects extend far beyond her own plate. This book offers a compassionate, research-grounded framework for understanding why — and what can change.

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​Why This Matters

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What does it mean for a mother to be well—not only physically, but inwardly and psychologically? How do everyday experiences around food and care become meaningful over time, and how do mothers’ inner lives shape the emotional climate of their homes?

 

This book offers insight into the psychological well-being of mothers—and why what happens within them quietly shapes far more than we tend to notice.

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A Psychological Lens on Motherhood

This book approaches motherhood as a psychological experience shaped by longing, responsibility, love, pressure, memory, and meaning.

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It examines how emotional life becomes embedded in daily practices—how food becomes more than food, how care becomes more than care, and how well-being becomes more than an individual concern.

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This central idea—Food is more than Food™—runs throughout the book, highlighting how everyday eating and feeding experiences carry emotional, relational, and psychological meaning. 

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This book offers a psychologically grounded way of thinking about family well-being—its meanings, patterns, and quiet influence on family life. The book also offers practical strategies for strengthening family health behaviors over time.

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Who This Book Is For

​This book is for readers who:

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• Want to understand the psychological relationship between food, eating, and well-being

• Are curious about how everyday food behaviors reflect deeper emotional worlds

• Think deeply about motherhood, family health, and the patterns that shape both

• Want to explore how a mother's inner life quietly influences her family's health

• Are interested in the role of faith, culture, and identity in food and caregiving

• Seek a psychologically grounded perspective that informs real life and real change

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Grounded in Research

Grounded in psychological research, From the Kitchen to Well-Being offers a compassionate and structured lens on mothers’ inner lives—and why attending to them shapes family well-being.

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Pre-Order Information

From the Kitchen to Well-Being will be released on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.

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By placing a pre-order, you are reserving your copy before publication. Orders will be fulfilled upon release. All purchasers will receive email updates regarding publication progress and delivery timelines.

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If the release date changes, you will be notified in advance and given the option to maintain or cancel your order.

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Available Formats

Hardcover • Paperback • E-Book

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The first 100 pre-orders placed directly through this website will receive a personally signed copy from Dr. Adwoa.

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