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Everyone has 'that something' inside of them, that drives them, that motivates and inspires them. What is your 'something'? For me, it's kids, especially those with special needs. What is your passion? What do you tend to study more, focus on, read more, and when you discuss that topic, you feel it, really feel it in your gut? That is your calling, your 'something.' Find it, hold onto it, run with it!

BJ Palmer's "Slip on the Snowy Sidewalk" does not mention chiropractic's function as relieving pain but releasing pressure on nerves, restoring mental impulse flow, restoring health. DD Palmer's 1910 text says on the first page that chiropractic is founded on tone! DD and BJ were the first chiropractic functional neurologists, before they ever understood how far reaching that thought process was!

To disrupt means to interrupt, with hopes to cause radical change. Disruptive innovation is a concept that we need to apply more in chiropractic, to change people's thinking from allopathic to salutogenic, from sickness care to wellness care, from pain to brain. One of my favorite statement's is: I am not a back doctor or a spine doctor; I am a brain and nerve system specialist.' Teach our patients what we really do! This podcast originally aired in May 2018.

When you deliver a chiropractic adjustment, it doesn't end the moment your hand or Activator Adjusting Instrument leaves the person. That's when it starts! Science has shown amazing changes both at the sight of the adjustment and in the brain post adjustment that lasts for minutes and even hours. The adjustment is a like a gift that you are giving that builds like deposits in a savings account. Each adjustment adds more health, more life, more vitality into that person. So when someone asks you, "is that it?" Your answer should be, "the adjustment is just starting!"

Resilience, grit, fortitude. That is what 2020 has taught us. This has been a strange year, but we can take a lesson from some of the hardiest animals that live in the Canadian Rockies. Imagine an insect that thrives in bitter cold glacier holes, or a frog that allows itself to be put in frozen state by releasing an antifreeze-like substance for the winter and then thaws out in the spring? That is grit! That is tough. And that is the lesson 2020 has forced upon us. Here's to a healthier 2021!

Want to know how to open and run a pediatric chiropractic practice ? Dr Rubin has successfully done this twice, once in 1990 in Cresskill, NJ and the other in 2001 in Marietta, GA. In this Q & A format, Dr Rubin answers questions from senior chiropractic students during a chat session and explains the do's and don'ts of starting a practice, especially applicable to these pandemic times.

The 5 S's of Marketing during the pandemic. 2020's been a crazy year for sure, but the right marketing strategy can help any chiropractor succeed, pandemic or no pandemic. It's time to master the 5 S's, and do each one super well so that your 2021 has your practice teeming with kids and pregnant mommas!

Major controversy: is there really a left brain vs a right brain? The answer according to the research is most definitely yes! Now of course both sides of the brain are important and working all the time, but there are clear left vs right brain functions (Broca's area for example) and in this episode we dissect what are the significant characteristics of each side.

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change!" Wayne Dyer said this years ago, and it is more relevant today than ever. The goal isn't to change the world necessarily, but to change you, then change the one person in front of you, then the next person in front of you.

Newton's law: A body in motion tends to stay in motion, and a body at rest tends to stay at rest, unless acted upon by an outside force. Chiropractic is that force! We add motion to the spine and nerve system, thereby helping that body that was at rest (with whatever ailment) become a body in motion (healthier). The key thing is that once the body is in motion (healthier), it tends to stay in motion! But you've got to keep up the things that got it in motion in the first place!

What is a chiropractic adjustment with that extra something? The extra something is embodying "The Big Idea." The adjustment is so much bigger than just moving some spinal bones around. Have you read Stephenson's 'The Chiropractic Textbook' or BJ's 'Chiropractic Clinical Controlled Research'? These are go-to's to learn more about with the Big Idea really means!

Survival values? Accumulative constructive and accumulative destructive survival values can be applied not only to good habits vs bad habits, but also to opposing universal forces (such as energy from the sun, a constructive force, and hurricane winds, a destructive force). Innate intelligence is the personal version of universal intelligence, and we must be careful what survival values we are focusing on... are we accumulating constructive or destructive survival values?

Supercharge your practice and your life by taking the choice points you are confronted with everyday and making the best possible selection. How do you do this? Listen as I discuss a recent case of a child with Autism and the many choice points that occurred during the first several visits. Then join me on Saturday November 14th for ICPA's 1st ever Advanced Elective on Zoom! 8 hours of high voltage, high energy, hands-on, experiential pediatric chiropractic, taken to a new level. Here is the link: https://bit.ly/34W1dzN

"Life Without Fear" is the title of a book by Dr. Fred Barge, one of my favorite classic chiropractic texts. Dr Barge was a contemporary of BJ Palmer, and told us that living a chiropractic life didn't make you impervious to pain or health issues, but made you strong in knowing that "the power that made the body can heal the body'". Our healing potential is astonishing and most of our patients have no idea what it is capable of. I am teaching an Advanced Elective for the ICPA for all those docs who have taken my first required ICPA class. Find out more here: https://icpa4kids.com/training/courses/advanced-techniques-in-enhancing-pediatric-neurodiversity/

Are you watching your thoughts? What are you focused on? Are you thinking about what you want? Or are you using precious brain energy to think about what is wrong, what others want for you, or what has always been? None of those 3 will bring what you desire. Time to consciously train our own brains. If you become what you think about, then be careful what you think about!

Are you talking the 'tic?" As BJ Palmer says, the adjustment is a 'big thing' to a person, but an even more important thing is helping them 'get the big idea." A chiropractic adjustment produces great results, but a chiropractic adjustment surround by love and a focused explanation can change someone's paradigm forever. Make sure you are doing your 'Tic Talk' every day!

Planting seeds is what we do. Not every seed will grow, but the ones that do, produce glorious and potentially far-reaching results. Some seeds become a meal for the crows; some never grow at all; and some grow a bit and then wither away. But those that grow, wow can they produce! Did you plant lots of seeds today?

The concept of Neurodiversity is more important today than ever. Chiropractors don't fix problems...we maximize potential. Our goal isn't to fix a 'broken' kid or even a bad back. Our goal should be to help that person be the best person they can be, regardless of what brought them in to our offices.

Have you ever looked inside an acorn? Is there a small tree in it, a miniature version? No...there is just a seed. It looks nothing like a tree at all. Will that seed produce just 1 tree? No...that seed will GROW 1 tree, but then the seeds from THAT tree can grow many trees! Will that seed produce just 1 leaf? No...that seed will produce thousands of leaves over the course of its lifetime! PLANT SEEDS EVERYDAY, the seeds of chiropractic!

Chiropractic reconnects the disconnected kids. We allow their brains and their bodies to work together, in harmony, which manifests as a feeling. Children improve their eye contact, socialization, communication, because their brains are blazing new pathways where they didn't exist before. Chiropractic is so much more than just 'moving bones.' It's about the feeling you get when you first see that youngster, maybe at their worst, and then watch them as they blossom.