It’s been a crisis week for someone close to me, so I’ve been reflecting anew on the power of our minds to make ourselves that much happier or that much more miserable. It’s not news that when we change our minds, we change our worlds. It’s also another one of those simple truths with complicated solutions. Some cut-to-the-chase direction on the subject of thinking positive:
Read: “Attitude of Gratitude: How to Give & Receive Joy Everyday of Your Life” by MJ Ryan.
Eat: Mango-Avocado Salad. Two perfect raw ingredients on your plate=quick happy.
Listen: “Groove is in the Heart” Dee-Lite. A classic. This video is goofy and getting dated…but how can you not dance?
Deborah Crooks (www.DeborahCrooks.com) is a writer, performing songwriter and recording artist based in San Francisco whose lyric driven and soul-wise music has drawn comparison to Lucinda Williams, Chrissie Hynde and Natalie Merchant.
Singing about faith, love and loss, her lyrics are honed by a lifetime of writing and world travel while her music draws on folk, rock, Americana and the blues. She released her first EP “5 Acres” in 2003 produced by Roberta Donnay, which caught the attention of Rocker Girl Magazine, selecting it for the RockerGirl Discoveries Cd. In 2007, she teamed up with local producer Ben Bernstein to complete “Turn It All Red” Ep, followed by 2008’s “Adding Water to the Ashes” CD, and a second full-length CD “2010. She’s currently working on a third CD to be released in 2013.
Deborah’s many performance credits include an appearance at the 2006 Millennium Music Conference, the RockerGirl Magazine Music Convention, IndieGrrl, at several of the Annual Invasion of the GoGirls at SXSW in Austin, TX, the Harmony Festival and 2009’s California Music Fest, MacWorld 2010, Far West Fest and many other venues and events. She toured the Northwest as part “Indie Abundance Music, Money & Mindfulness” (2009) with two other Bay Area artists, and followed up with “The Great Idea Tour of the Southwest in March 2010 with Jean Mazzei.
