It has been said that some people are in our life for a reason, some for a season and some for a lifetime. Whether it is true or not it can be a useful way of looking at life and practice. Let’s consider each of these groups for a minute. REASON… How often do you get all bent out of shape because a person, situation or event has occurred when you think it “shouldn’t” be the way it is –…
Following on from last week I suggested that you consider the reason that you got into chiropractic in the first place and what your vision is for the part you wish to play in your profession. I suggested that you might like to have a clear statement of this purpose written out. The message that chiropractic brings to the world is very different from the myths that we are engulfed in propagated by our medico-politico-corporate monopolies. The chiropractic vision includes…
It is undeniable that we are engulfed in a rapidly changing world, both local and global. The world is changing and like it or not we are a part of it. As we draw to the half way point of another year it may be useful to reflect on where we are, where we have been and where we wish to be. Are you where you want to be? Is your practice where you want it to be? Is your…
When you hold a position of transparency, where there are no hidden agendas, people trust you. When you tell the truth people trust you. When you are open and authentic you invite trust. As Ghandi is quoted as saying, “To believe in something and not live it is dishonest”. If people know that what they see is what they get and they can always rely on your honest opinion whether positive or negative they will entrust themselves and their families…
To what degree have you bought into the fear and coercion that is being perpetrated upon you as a chiropractor by a profit driven medical establishment? The sickness cartel rubs their hands with glee at the news of more chronically sick children and more degenerative diseases. More drugs mean more disease, more morbidity, more mortality and all of that means more business. The drug industry appears to have a three-step marketing plan: 1.Get them when they’re young (preferably before birth)….
“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.” Alexander Solzhenitsyn How often do you fail to inform a person on the relationship between their spine, nerve system and health? How often do you not recommend optimum frequency of care for a person? How often do you not recommend appropriate care beyond symptoms for your people? How often do you not take the time to explain to…
Following on from last week’s post it may be useful to consider the process of toughening up. As caring, sharing healers chiropractors have a preference, in the main to be supportive and nurturing. These qualities are what set chiropractors up for success in their clinical field and get great results for their practice members. There are times, however when this style is counter-productive and it is appropriate to adopt a different style. Quantum physics states that for every positron there…
With an increase in the attacks on chiropractic globally we are being tested as individuals and as a profession. The money that drives the medical industry is bringing its power to bear on chiropractic as a major competitor for market share. Recently we have seen incessant attacks on the ethics and integrity of chiropractic and of chiropractors. These are personality attacks, which are the lowest form of human intellect. There is little substantiative data behind these campaigns as far as…
This week we learned of Angelina Jolie’s bizarre decision to have both of her breasts surgically removed even though she has no breast cancer, just as a measure of prevention. I guess that makes sense, if she has no breasts she cant ‘get’ breast cancer. The medical viewpoint is that because she carries the BRCA1 gene then she has an 87% chance of getting breast cancer therefore if they remove the breasts they have prevented the disease – chalk another…
As we find ourselves fast approaching the middle of the year, it may be useful to reflect upon the vision for outcomes that you created at the beginning of the year. Let’s ensure that your steps to accomplishment are on track. A vision of possibilities is essential to achievement. Just check that you have defined your vision for this year fully. Many people find it valuable to create a vision board and stick it in a prominent place as a…
Everything is constantly moving. Even inanimate objects aren’t really motionless. They are just vibrating so rapidly they appear to be solid. That’s why it’s important to constantly reassess. Even your practice’s color scheme needs to be reassessed on a regular basis. Nothing stays constant. And fearing change won’t do you any good. It only holds you back from “what’s possible.” It keeps you rigid and promotes inflexibility and ultimately death. Think about this…If you brood about change and hope everything…
Many chiropractors speak of the importance of certainty. The certainty trap is a state of holding on tightly to the trapeze bar that we spoke of last week. This is a state there is zero learning. The paradox is that it is important to hold on to the bar but it is equally important to let go of the bar at the right time and enter the world of uncertainty. And so, transformation of fear may have nothing to do…
