The Mother Earth Effect
The book that carries her life's work. A guide to earthing: why the body needs direct contact with the planet's surface, what the research shows, and how to build the practice into a modern indoor life.
The Earthing Ambassador
Olivia RamirezSmith
Wellness entrepreneur. Bestselling author. Co-producer of The Earthing Movie. Founder and CEO of The Mother Earth Effect LLC. For over two decades she has taught one practice with the conviction of a lifetime: put your bare feet on the earth and let the planet do the rest.
Known around the world as The Earthing Ambassador
8M+
viewers of The Earthing Movie worldwide
20,000
firefighters grounded through her First Responder program
2
books, both #1 best-sellers
1999
the year she opened her first wellness practice
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Grounded in practice
Olivia Ramirez Smith built her career on a simple observation: the body heals faster when it stays connected to the ground it came from.
She opened New Image and J. Michaels Med Spa in Victorville, California in 1999 and grew it into a practice of fifty professionals. Two decades in rooms with clients taught her what no certification could: people carry stress in the body long after the mind has filed it away.
That insight led her to earthing, the practice of restoring the body's electrical connection to the planet's surface. She became its most recognizable advocate, partnering with Clint Ober, the inventor of modern grounding products, to bring the science to a mainstream audience. Together they keep innovating the category: sheets, mats, and gear designed for people whose lives keep them indoors.
She speaks at wellness conferences around the country and works with clients as a Master Neurolinguistic Practitioner (NLP) and certified Mental and Emotional Release (MER) specialist, pairing grounding with tools that release stored stress at the root.
1999
Founder, New Image and J. Michaels Med Spa
Victorville, California. A team of fifty professionals serving the high desert.
Now
Founder & CEO, The Mother Earth Effect LLC
Books, film, retreats, and grounding products built around one idea: reconnect.
Cert.
Master Neurolinguistic Practitioner (NLP) & Mental and Emotional Release Specialist (MER)
Clinical tools for releasing stress and rewriting the patterns that hold it in place.
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The books
Sacred Spaces: Subtle Shifts for Mind, Body, and Home Transformation
Her first #1 best-seller, a collaboration led by Colleen Avis. Small, deliberate changes to the spaces you live in, and the ways those changes echo through the body and mind.
Books for Peace International Award
The Film
She co-produced the documentary that took earthing to eight million people
The Earthing Movie follows the science and the skeptics behind the grounding movement, featuring Clint Ober, her strategic partner. Eight million viewers around the world have watched it, and many of them stood up afterward and walked outside barefoot.
8M+
global viewers
Award
winning production
Clint Ober
featuring · strategic partner
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Sole Rooted
Six days in the high desert with your shoes off and your phone away. Twelve women, one adobe villa, and a daily rhythm built to bring the nervous system back to baseline.
Unplug
Phones down. The desert takes over the job your notifications were failing at.
Ground
Barefoot practice on earth, daily yoga, and breathwork under open sky.
Nourish
Organic, chef-prepared meals and sound healing in the evenings.
Open
Guided release work drawing on Olivia's NLP and MER training.
Return
Days five and six prepare you to carry the practice home and keep it.
First Responder Program
20,000
firefighters, grounded
Firefighters absorb more inflammation and interrupted sleep in a season than most people face in a decade. Through her First Responder donation program, Olivia has put indoor grounding products into the hands of 20,000 of them, so recovery starts the moment they lie down.