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Malala Yousafzai is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Her story is an amazing one. After viewing her Nobel acceptance speech, Dr Rubin was compelled to talk about her amazing fortitude and resilience, and also relate it to how important it is to work to help what Malala calls 'the voiceless children.' This podcast was originally posted in May of 2016.

Have you ever been in a place where everyone around you thought you were absolutely crazy for what you were about to do, but you went ahead and did it anyway? In this story about the 'Valley of the Blind', Dr Rubin explains, through a fictional story originally based on the work of HG Wells and retold by Reggie Gold, one person was lead down a path where he had to make a choice, and he chose to take the path less traveled. He chose to go against what 'everybody' else said, and do what was right in his heart. Where is your path taking you?

BJ Palmer's most immortalized words are from his book, The Glory of Going On: "You have in your possession a sacred trust. Guard it well." What are you doing to guard it well? Are you honoring that sacred trust? That's a decision you make complete every day, or go off the path every day. Like BJ's message several podcasts ago, from The Story of Slipping and Checking, the time to change things is right now. Do you know what your sacred trust is? Are you guarding it well?

Have you wondered why there is so much talk about concussion lately? When I was a kid growing up in the 1960s there was hardly any concussion, hardly any autism, hardly any ADHD. What is happening to our children these days? Listen as Dr. Rubin gives his thoughts about this pervasive issue.

Ever wonder what allows those Innate thought flashes to appear out of nowhere while you're driving, running, we're taking a shower? Are you the kind of person who listens to those thought flashes, or ignores them? Do you write down the ideas given to you by those thought flashes? Listen as Dr. Rubin explains BJ Palmer's philosophy on how to best allow the innate mind to contact the educated mind.

Do you remember Eric Clapton's great hit song "Change the World?" That is Dr. Rubin's latest podcast topic, regarding the impact Dr. Larry Webster had on him and had on chiropractic. Is it true that one person can change the world? Why not you? Why not now?

Why are we seeing an increase in the number of water catastrophes around the planet in the last 10 to 20 years? A recent article in the Economist magazine shows us this trend is getting worse every year. If we remember that human beings are made up of more than 70% water, maybe humanity has a little bit of blame for the increase in these water related disasters? Listen in as Dr. Rubin explains an intriguing theory he first heard about from Dr. Emoto in The Hidden Messages of Water.

BJ Palmer, in his book The Bigness of the Fellow Within, has a fabulous chapter titled The Story of Slipping and Checking. In it he talks about how, during the game of golf, it is very easy for you to notice when you've made a mistake. It is instantly apparent. But in the game of life, it is not that easy. Listen to Dr. Rubin as he talks about what slipping checking means for your life.

If we don't help the kids, who's going to? This statement stands for everybody, not just for pediatric chiropractors. This statement applies to parents, family members, teachers, therapists, coaches, anybody who deals with kids. If we don't stand for the kids, who will? Listen as Dr. Rubin explains the new urgency we must have when it comes down to taking care our legacy, the children.

The United States experienced its first cross country solar eclipse in almost 100 years a few days ago. If you were a amongst one of the lucky ones in the 70 mile wide strip of totality, you saw an amazing spectacle. But elsewhere like in Atlanta Georgia, even though the sun was 97 percent blotted out, there was hardly any change in the amount of sunlight that we can see. What that showed us was that 97% does not equal 100%. Listen on to explain why that is so important.

Ever look inside an acorn? Is there a little tree inside it? Or just a bunch of dust? How does that bunch of dust turn into a 100 foot tree? If it's planted in fertile ground, fertilized, watered, gets plenty of sun, then it grows into exactly what it's supposed to be. What's inside of you? Are you planted in fertile ground? Are you taking in the right metaphorical food, water, sun to help you grow into what you should be and could be? Listen on!

There are many natural laws that we need to follow on the path to success. In the past the law of attraction has been spoken about. The law of sowing and reaping and the law of averages is next on the list. As the old saying goes, "as you sow, so also shall you reap" means more today than ever before. It's easy to get discouraged but we have to understand that not every seed that we plant will produce fruit. It is up to us to sow and sow and sow, and then the law of averages says that we will reap. Because we know if we follow natural laws, they always work. Sometimes not in the timeframe we want, but they always work.

Where are you right now? Are you living on 'someday isle?" A place where you will get to your dreams when you get 'a round tuit?' Waiting for all your ducks to be lined up, all your i's dotted and t's crossed? Or are you living your dreams? Finding that mission and going for it, all out, 100%? "Someday isle" is a nice place, your feet are up, and you are coasting. But the only way to coast is where? Downhill! Time to look up and get up!

In order to build a building you have to build it twice. You first build it in your mind, create all the plans, order all the nails and screws and nuts and bolts and wood and spackle, and then you build the building. You can't go out and just say "all right, I think today I'm going to make myself a nice new building" without having completely designed it first. Jim Rohn talks about the same concept with your life. What are you doing to make sure the life you create is your life and not someone else's? Are you doing the little things that will make a big difference? Make yourself a life blueprint.

In the latest issue of Dynamic Chiropractic, there is an article that is a front-page headline talking about how we should change the name of chiropractic to keep us up with the times. The author claims that the reason chiropractic is where it is is because the name 'chiropractic' is equivalent to a tradesman versus a doctor. It is my contention that the reason chiropractic is where we are has nothing to do with its name, but has to do what we have done in the last hundred plus years to dig us in the hole that we're stuck in now. Dr. Rubin offers a way out.

We've all heard of Obamacare; now there's an attempt at Trumpcare. Dr. Rubin has created a third alternative to the healthcare crisis that exists today. What happens if there is a universal healthcare system that can truly provide health to their patients and not just sickness or crisis care? Does our current system really promote health or merely patch up sickness? Is it possible to have a plan that actually creates a healthier society? Could such a thing exist? Listen on

One of Dr. Sid Williams favorite metaphors was 'dropping keys'. In this episode, Dr. Rubin talks about the three principles of 'dropping the keys' and how those three principles relate to not only building a successful chiropractic practice but can also relate to building a successful life. Dropping the keys is not as simple as it looks, and its subtle deeper meanings can help elevate your life and help you aim for the greatness that you deserve.

We need to create a sense of urgency in our country about the issues that really matter. One of the issues that really matters is healthcare. The problem is not how does one get insurance coverage. The problem really is what is being covered. Everybody should have insurance coverage, and the focus of healthcare should be health and not treating sickness. As the definition says, health is not the absence of sickness. There are people both in the government and in healthcare that would rather focus on treating symptoms than on building the healthiest body possible. Listen in as Dr. Rubin describes one critical issue we face today in healthcare.

When we were in school, we all studied about evolution. We all know about Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest. But today it looks like the human species is de-evolving. Babies are supposed to be able to eat, poop and sleep, but so many of them have troubles with these basic survival mechanisms. If they have trouble with the most simplest basic things that everybody must do in order to thrive, what's the next step? The human species is not following its path of continual evolution. What can be done to change this de-evolution? Listen on!

Being gluten free & dairy free for 20+ years gives Dr. Rubin the edge when discussing this controversial topic, since it is part of his lifestyle and not just some trendy fad that he's recently started or read about. Listen as the fully engaged audience at Whole Foods enjoys the stories and advice that experience provides, especially relating to the feeding of picky eaters and traveling. This podcast is a bit longer than usual, about 33 minutes.