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"Life is difficult" are the opening lines to the book, The Road Less Traveled. Dr Peck goes on to say that once you truly accept the idea that life is difficult, "then life is no longer difficult." This is one of the 'great truths' as he calls it, and can be helpful in realizing that we have a big job to do, and when called to do it, must endeavor to continually aim towards our mission, our purpose, our vision.

DD Palmer was way ahead of his time. In his 1914 book, The Chiropractor, published by his wife after his passing, he coins the phrase : Neuroskeleton. This is so much like the concepts brought out by recent authors like Thomas Myers in his Anatomy Trains and Guimberteau's Architecture of Human Living Fascia. We are WAY more connected than what most anatomy textbooks discuss.

Physics claims that there are 4 basic forces: Gravity, electromagnetic, weak and strong force. I'd like to propose a 5th force: the Life force! What is the difference if you cut a piece of meat or cut your finger? The finger heals; the meat doesn't! How? The Life force! That might be the strongest force in all of physics!

Contrast the Mona Lisa, arguably the most famous painting in the world, with Jackson Pollock's Convergence, (the infamous drip artist from the 1950's). What do they have to do with chiropractic? The patient comes in with whatever problems THEY tell you are their concerns. Their chief complaint may be clear and obvious, like the Mona Lisa, but the real reason they came in is more like the Pollock painting...there are lots of possibilities to find the TRUE reason they are there!

When you think of Picasso, you may think of weird looking paintings with distorted faces and misshaped landscapes. Picasso's gift was seeing multiple perspectives at once, of seeing all the emotions that a person is portraying and putting them on the canvas AT THE SAME TIME. The reason a patient comes to our offices is not THE REASON, it is the last thing that brought them there. Why they are really there is the perspective you need to figure out. Be like Picasso! Be an artist with your patients.

Can you grow under adverse conditions? Do you have the faith, confidence and belief that you can make it, no matter what? "You must work harder on yourself than you do on your job," (Jim Rohn). If a flower can grow in the middle of cement, if grass can split asphalt and thrive in the middle of the road, then so can achieve your goals and dreams!

Can you see past the obvious? Can you read between the lines, and really understand what is being said, without it being said? That is the key to successful communication. Often patients will tell you the reason why they are there, but that is not the REAL reason. It's just the first thing they are thinking of. It takes skill to sift through and get to the root cause. Check out the triangle article here: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a30706968/viral-triangle-brain-teaser-solved/

Have you seen Comet Neowise? It is a magnificent display of universal intelligence in action. It has all this potential as it approaches the earth, but can hardly be detected. Then that potential energy turns into kinetic energy as it lights up while bouncing on the earth's atmosphere. Just like our health...all this potential but it has to interact with lots of health deposits in order to really shine! In the US and Canada it can be seen now in the northern sky 1 hour after sunset. Check out this link from NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-to-see-comet-neowise

One of my favorite words is 'next!' When things go off target, what's the next step? When you swing and miss, what do you correct next time? What's next after the pandemic? What are you learning now that will get you to the next place? Join Dr Rubin and Kenton for part 2 of his interview.

We have seen some remarkable pivoting by business owners who took their professions in a new direction and thrived during this pandemic. One such person is Katie, a real estate agent friend of Dr. Rubin's who is selling more houses than before COVID-19! Her story is a great lesson for us all on how to be unstoppable!

My friend Kenton told me a few weeks ago that in the next 16 to 24 months there will be an economic boom similar to the boom that happened after World War II. I decided to interview him for this podcast so we can all hear his positive thoughts, changing the format of this podcast. After massive destruction comes massive exponential growth. Especially in areas of technology healthcare and education. Education has proven that it’s more babysitting in the US than actual learning. Healthcare is proven it could not take care of his people because it’s really not healthcare.

Look at your new feed recently? How do you make sure you are not being pulled down by the negativity of it all? By being very selective about what you engage with. Only read/listen/watch the articles that are either going to give you more information that will be useful, or that is more positive. It's easy to get sucked into the vortex of negative news. Try to make the experience more useful and meaningful by being a filter of the information you let in.

Time marches on. Are you growing or just existing? According to Jim Rohn, your character is determined by the people you are around, the books you read, and the seminars you attend. Are you making the best of those things? Is next year going to be a repeat of this year, or are you constantly looking to improve, learn, become a more and better version of you?

'What greater joy' is there than knowing you can help children, adults, and pregnant mommas with chiropractic? "You never know how far reaching something you think say or do will affect the lives of millions tomorrow," said BJ Palmer. These are challenging times but are also times filled with potential and opportunity.

Chiropractic school gives you an education but doesn't 'make' you a chiropractor. You have to move that education from your head to your heart, and only then can it really come through your hands. Then we can truly change lives not by 'moving bones' but by moving people, by moving them to be inspired to be a better version of themselves.

"If you were the last chiropractor on earth, would chiropractic survive?" asked Reggie Gold, one of my favorite chiropractic philosophers. With the pandemic and everybody's offices shifting to a different way of practicing, is chiropractic surviving in your community? Students about to graduate should look upon this time and realize that there has never been a better opportunity to show the world what chiropractic really has to offer.

Suppose DD & BJ Palmer never brought chiropractic to the world? What sort of change would that have? Would there simply be more people with back pain? Or has chiropractic contributed so much more to the planet than we can possibly imagine? We can use a mind game to create an alternative reality, but in my belief system, chiropractic is the ONLY available system of HEALTH care!

Back in 1998, I was inspired by a cassette talk (yes, cassette) by Dr. Dick Santo to write the first of 3 novels. He asked, "what would happen if a plague hit this country?" I was driving home and had to pull over, the outline of an entire novel flowing through my head as I grabbed a pen and paper and wrote it all down. The novel, aptly called, The Adjustment, plots out from a chiropractic point of view, what might happen if a pandemic hit our great nation. Well here it is, 22 years later, and a pandemic really DID hit the country! Find out more about the novel here: https://amzn.to/2Y4FNPk

How does Coronavirus effect the brain? Loss of sense of smell and taste are amongst the newest neurological findings. Why is this important to a pediatric chiropractor? In episode 324, the topic was Lyme Disease & PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Strep). Both Lyme and PANDAS create autoimmune issues in kids, and we take care of lots of kiddos in our practice with these challenges. What might be next? An autoimmune disorder associated with Covid? Maybe call it PANIC (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Inflammation due to Covid)?

"Care so much that you don't care at all." What does that mean? That was a profound statement from Dr. Sid Wiliiams in July of 1993 that changed everything for me. It means that you care so much about something that you totally detach from the results. You do something for the sake of doing it, not for the rewards or accolades or promise of something in the future. It explains Dr. Sid's thought process of "Lasting Purpose."