Root to Flourish

01/17/2026

Your relationships are way more important than you think. They enrich your life ... but they also enhance your emotional wellbeing AND improve and sustain your physical health. Your relationships allow you to live longer.

Explore these ideas further in my latest weekly newsletter: 'Jeep Waves and Peloton High Fives'. You can find it here: https://www.roottoflourish.com/blog/jeepwavesandpelotonhighfives

01/09/2026

It's a shiny, brand new year! Happy 2026! Consider a different approach to the new year in my latest newsletter offering, 'A lens for approaching a shiny, brand new year'

Explore the concept of allowing rather than controlling, using a 'Word for the Year' to set a guiding intention, plus, book recommendations!

You can find it here: https://www.roottoflourish.com/blog/alensforthenewyear

06/11/2025

Annoyance can steal your joy. Or, we can choose to respond to it, in the moment, in a different way by asking two simple questions: 1. Do I want to be annoyed by this situation? Do I want to expend energy on this? And 2. Who do I want to be in this situation?

More details in my latest blog post! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss a newsletter!

Being constantly annoyed is a true thief of joy. While it takes effort, you can, instead, choose to respond to annoying situations differently… because, very often, those situations cannot be changed.

04/25/2025

Did you know that there are powerful tools to tell your nervous system you're okay? If you're feeling panicky, anxious, stressed, worried, or overwhelmed, you can use mindfulness, your breath, your body, your thoughts, and your behavior to calm your nervous system.

Read all about it here:

Five ways to calm your nervous system: mindfulness, breath, body, thoughts, and behavior

01/31/2025

** New Blog Post **
Chattering Mind Keeping You Awake? Try this ...

You can find the article here: https://www.roottoflourish.com/blog/99bottlesforsleep

You might be surprised by the strategy I recommend...

A surprising take on sleep meditation: 99 bottles of beer on the wall. Yes, really…

09/06/2024

**NEW BLOG POST**
Root to Flourish READS: 'The Comfort Crisis' by Michael Easter

Explore why discomfort is required for health and happiness, and how “our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged lives” may be contributing to "many of our most urgent physical and mental health issues.”

Check it out here: https://www.roottoflourish.com/blog/comfort-crisis

08/02/2024

** New Blog Post **
Can blood tests predict future anxiety and depression?
Find it here: https://www.roottoflourish.com/blog/blood-test-prediction

06/28/2024

** New Blog Post **
The Ultimate Self-Care: Saying No
Find it here: https://www.roottoflourish.com/blog/ultimateselfcare

05/31/2024

I'm pursuing board certification in Lifestyle Medicine!

Curious about it? Check out my latest ** BLOG POST**

Lifestyle Medicine: Treating and Reversing Chronic Conditions with Lifestyle Interventions
Find it here: https://www.roottoflourish.com/blog/lifestylemedicine

04/24/2024

** New Blog Post **
Change Your Mind to Improve Your Health
Find it here: https://www.roottoflourish.com/blog/improveyourhealth

03/29/2024

** NEW BLOG POST **
The ONE THIING You Must Do To Change Your Life
Find it here: https://www.roottoflourish.com/blog/one-thing-to-change-your-life

02/23/2024

** NEW BLOG POST **
Three Strategies to Challenge Negative Thinking

Find it here: https://www.roottoflourish.com/blog/three-strategies-to-challenge-negative-thinking