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!
Avanti! Avanti! Really.
Did you ever feel like you were doing everything you could think of to move forward, but you just felt stuck? The more you focused on where you were, the less you focused on where you wanted to go... the more you just kept treading water in the place you didn't want...
Savour
Years ago, a friend of mine and I were having dinner at a local restaurant,. As we waited for our meals to arrive, we began to talk about life... specifically, the idea of savouring it... noticing the little things and really enjoying them. All these years later, I...
Pivot. Just Pivot.
We humans are creatures of habit, you know? So often, our ways of thinking become a pattern that repeats again and again. We feel jealous when a friend gets a promotion; we feel hurt when someone says something unkind; we feel angry when the universe doesn't deliver...
Live like there’s no tomorrow. Really.
My friend John and I talk every week on Skype. We're each other's cheering section, you know? We listen, encourage and ask good questions that always lead to great insights. I thought I knew John pretty well. What I didn't know is that John lives just around the...
Does It Bring You Joy?
Remember comedian George Carlin? He used to do a famous routine called "Stuff". Carlin said that all your house really is - is a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff. Funny, right? Except it's kind of true. We're a society of consumers. We...
Step Away from the Storage Locker
Did you ever have friends who could cook or paint or play the piano or decorate better than anyone... but they didn't think it was a big deal? They couldn't imagine that someone would ever pay them to do what they do so well. It reminds me of a woman named Vivian...
Love Yourself. It’s the Law.
If there's one thing I know about Earthlings, it's that they love to laugh. How many times have you caught yourself howling at an old re-run of "I Love Lucy"? Lucy and Ethel at the chocolate factory... Lucy stomping grapes in Italy... the list goes on. But making...
2 Minutes. Really.
Feeling stressed? Welcome to life. Personally, I think the world is wired to encourage stress so that lots of different companies can make lots and lots of money. Think about it. What do we Earthlings do when we're feeling stressed? We turn to wine, beer, liquor,...
Sugar Shack
The next time you go to the Dollar Store, take a minute to notice what I call the "Wall of Sugar": bags of candies hanging from little silver hooks, and boxes of chocolate bars sitting in tidy sugary rows. Not to mention the Betty Crocker icing, Pop Tarts and cookies...
Allow, Allow, Allow!
Ever catch yourself yelling at the GPS in your car? You've programmed your destination and everything should be tickety-boo. But Thelma with the British accent is telling you to turn left, and you're sure she must be wrong, so you override her... turn right... and...
Now
Pop music. It's catchy, sure, but have you ever noticed how it sometimes focuses on the past and what went wrong there? Think of The Beatles and "Yesterday", or Adele and "Hello". The melodies are beautiful, but the lyrics are filled with sadness and regret. ...
We Get What We Look For
Wouldn't it be great if we were constantly surrounded by love? Nothing but positive vibrations, loving words and intentions swirling around us from sun-up to sundown? Last time I checked, the world we live in was a little more cranky than that. Nuclear war,...