Earth Rocks Blog
I may have a shot at living on Mars, but I’m smart enough to know that Earth is a rocking place to be… a place where vibrant health is possible if only we make the decision to choose it.
Join me as I blog about health and wellness issues of all kinds. Let’s rock this life of ours!
Look Into My Eyes
Isn't it weird how the pandemic has changed the way we all do things now? Yesterday, I was standing in a socially distanced line outside a HomeSense. Gazing through the window, I found myself appreciating the privilege of going into a store. An experience I once...
Dr. Seuss says “Go to sleep!”
If you're anything like me, self-isolation has you doing twice as much at home as you ordinarily would... because - hey, let's face it - other than the grocery store, there's really nowhere else to go right now. You've probably cleaned, baked, crafted, exercised,...
Permission to Be
People around the world are calling it "the pandemic pause". As a friend of mine suggested back in March, Mother Earth has sent us to our rooms so that we can stay there for awhile and think about what we've done. That's how it felt to me at first: a time of deep...
What Went Well Today?
Years ago, I went through a country music phase, y'all. I knew every artist from Garth Brooks to Patsy Cline to Alan Jackson to Reba McIntyre and then some. One of the one-hit-wonders in the early 90s was a handsome cowboy named John Michael Montgomery. His big...
Willie Nelson Turns your Frown Upside Down
Have you ever had the kind of day where nothing seems to go right? You know the kind I'm talking about. You sleep through the alarm and everything heads downhill from there. You squish the toothpaste tube a little too hard, and a big blob of Colgate lands on your...
How Can I Help?
His name is known around the world: Thich Nhat Hanh. Even so, a lot of people ask me "Thich Nhat Who?" Long story short, he's a Zen monk who was once nominated for the Nobel Prize by Martin Luther King Jr. for his non-violent protest of the Vietnam War, "Thay", as...
Be the Beautiful Crystal
The world woke up this morning to the news that dozens of innocent people praying in their Mosques were slaughtered in the name of hate. Again. We have a choice. We can focus our minds on what is and wallow in the pain of it all. Plenty of people have...
Tidy House, Tidy Mind, Tidy Year
If you're anything like me, you look forward to the New Year. It's a fresh start, a clean slate, a magical time that's filled with anticipation about what lies ahead. The fun part is sweeping away the old energy and opening the door to what's new. One of the biggest...
Come Trip a Little Light Fantastic
Ever loved a movie musical so much that the thought of it brings you to happy tears? That movie for me is Mary Poppins. I was three years old when it first came out in 1964. And now, a reason to love it all over again with the holiday release of Mary Poppins...
Shhhhhhhhh
Feeling overwhelmed by everything on your "to do" list? Welcome to the holidays. Hustle-bustle is the name of the game this time of year. Buying, wrapping, baking, eating... It's just... well... what we do. Finally comes the moment when every bow is tied and every...
Remember Your Power
Take a look at my living room bookshelf, and you'll find dozens of spiritual books by dozens of super cool authors. One of them is a guy named Mike Dooley, who got his start with a daily email blast called "Notes from the Universe". The email blast eventually became...
Put Your Feet Up in Now
Ever lose sleep worrying about the future or the past? Welcome to the human race. We Earthlings seem to spend a lot of time living in yesterday or tomorrow instead of in "now". As a strategy, it's totally messed up. If you had a choice between living in a place...