Update on the profession
Just passing this along from the Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation because I think we all need to stay on top of what’s happening in our profession.
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Do you have toxic thoughts?
Continuing on with Dr. Leaf …….. she says “Toxic thoughts are thoughts that trigger negative and anxious emotions, which produce biochemicals that cause the body stress. They are stored in your mind, as well as in the cells in your body.” You may remember from neurology class that every thought, positive or negative goes through the same cycle in the brain.
It’s interesting how different things coincide in life, isn’t it? I was in church the other day & the pastor was talking about how what you think is what you believe and what you believe, you will say. Wouldn’t this in turn have a big effect on your attitude as a result of emotions?
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2011
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2011
Starting the new year differently.
Rather than giving you all of the practice advice I can think of, we’re going to start off 2011 with addressing your thoughts. Your thoughts have a profound effect on your mental, physical & spiritual life. We’ve all learned about psychosomatic illnesses, right? Is this something that perhaps you learned and now it’s in the back of your mind? It’s time to dust off the file & take another look.
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Go the Extra Mile – Part Two
We’re delving into going the extra mile. No, not running a marathon, but how can you make a difference in the lives you touch? How can you make a memorable difference? How can you make a mark on a life that will put things in motion to make a positive memorable mark on another life? Picking up where we left off last time ~ we’re now going to take a look at scenario number two and see how the outcomes could change if handled differently.
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Nov
2010
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2010
Go the Extra Mile – Part One
Ever see the movie “Pay it forward”? It’s got one of the best messages I’ve seen in a movie. In a nutshell, do something nice for someone and they will do something nice for someone else ~ and so on, and so on. You could change the world. How many times has someone done something or said something that you appreciated, but you did nothing about it? This is an important message, but how does this affect your practice?
Well, let’s look into this a bit. How DOES this affect your practice? I like scenarios, so here we go!
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What’s your reality?
Oddly enough, I’ve encountered two situations in the past week to put a fire under my butt so to speak and I want to see if it does the same for you.
One was a three year old child where the pediatrician discussed putting tubes in the ears. She has frequent colds and ear infections with antibiotics prescribed each time.
How is it that the mother sees a DC herself, yet that doctor never mentioned checking the child? When the mother asked if she could have her child checked, the DC told her she does not see children and did not give a referral for a DC that did see children.
Another was a child with bedwetting problems……….for the past 9 years. The mother was told that it was a hereditary condition and the child needs to be on medication for it. By the way, the family members who had a similar condition that made this “hereditary” were a cousin and an uncle.
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Oct
2010
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2010
Strength in numbers.
Getting back to Cottrell, your next choice is on relationships. Are you the type of person that has successful people around you, or are you on an island by yourself? Cottrell says “no one can achieve long term success working alone”. Don’t you think this is especially true with chiropractors in a field that is constantly under attack? Have you heard about the proposed CCE changes? Have you heard about the problems in Texas? It’s time to come out from under your rock. Wake up & smell the coffee!
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2010
The chameleon chiropractor?
When I went to Life College, Dr. Sid has us memorize the definition of a subluxation word for word. The philosophy of chiropractic was what we lived.
It’s unbelievable to look at the bumpy road our profession has taken since the beginning. How many beatings will we take? What will it take to motivate our colleagues join together to preserve the foundation our profession was founded on? Or is it that we’re so complacent that we no longer care what happens to chiropractic? Are we going to turn into chameleons that blend in with the rest of the “doctors”? Will we no longer be separate and distinct? Is our fate that of the osteopath? Will we disappear all together?
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Sep
2010
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2010
Adversity ~ are you a conqueror?
Getting back to Cottrell’s Monday Morning Choices, this week is on adversity. How do you handle a crisis? Do you face it head on and do whatever is necessary to succeed and make it through? Or do you cower back and curl up in a dark corner in the fetal position until it passes?
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