Donna R. Goldman

Culinary Intuitive & Refill Revolution Director

Donna Goldman is a Culinary Intuitive, Health Supportive Private Chef, mindfulness and sustainability coach, and the creator behind Recipes 4 Survival, a multimedia platform exploring mindful meals and sustainable living. With more than 26 years of professional culinary experience as a high-net-worth private chef, her perspective has been shaped by an extensive personal archive of recipes, techniques, and kitchen solutions that have stood the test of time. She believes that eating well should be both deeply pleasurable and practical—and that the choices made in the kitchen can ripple outward into the way we live and consume.

Donna’s work extends beyond the plate. She is the Director of The Refill Revolution, a systems-level initiative focused on challenging the disposable culture embedded in everyday consumer goods. Its vision is simple but consequential: to develop a new model of consumption that makes it possible to refill, reuse, and rethink what we consume—and ultimately erode the mindless throwaway mentality built into modern life. Her perspective connects individual mindfulness with larger cultural and systemic change, from what we put on our plates to what we put in our shopping carts.

Through her writing, teaching, podcasting, and culinary work, Donna encourages people to question the assumption that convenience must come at the expense of health, sustainability, or the planet. Her approach is grounded in curiosity, practicality, and the belief that meaningful change can begin with something as ordinary—and as powerful—as what we choose to eat, use, and consume every day.