A rainbow. Stars in the night sky. A sunrise or sunset. How many of us sprint through the day and forget to look up or look around us? One author calls it "Nature Deficit Disorder." Are we so fixated on moving fast that we forget that there are moments of awe and wonder all around us?

Part of my mission is to help more children & adults with Autism, and the best way to spread this message is to promote a different way of understanding how their brains work. That is where the Polyvagal Theory comes in.

The Wave 2023 at Life West had a huge turnout, standing room only, for an incredible weekend. Dr Rubin spoke Friday afternoon about "Polyvagaling Pediatric Chiropractic", giving the chiropractors and chiropractic students concepts on how to apply the Polyvagal Theory in practice.

Guest speaker Dr. Amanda Blonigen talks about how to use the concept of the triune brain in determining what sort of adjustments to use on each individual child. She is the co-creator of On-Site Chiropractic, helping chiropractors work with kids within school systems. Find out more about On-Site Chiropractic here: https://www.on-sitechiropractic.com/

Dr. Dick Santo helped me years ago by challenging what I thought it meant to look, act and speak like a chiropractor!

Life always happens. No matter what you do, stuff is going to happen. It's what you do after that counts. Can you 'take a lemon and make a lemonade'? Can you take what might be a challenge and turn it into an opportunity? The key is: can you pivot?

Want a pediatric exam that is adds functional neurology to chiropractic analysis? And that gives you information not only for your assessment but also for home exercise recommendations? Dr Rubin describes a brief but information rich exam procedure in this podcast originally posted in August 2022 and was last year's most listened-to episode.

There's been a lot of talk lately about the CDC's 2022 changes to the developmental milestones. Crawling is still a milestone whether it was removed from their list or not! Walking and talking generally start around 12 months of age not 15 or 18 months of age! This podcast was recorded live at the 2022 ICPA Gathering and was previously posted in August 2022

Salutogenesis is one of my favorite words to describe what chiropractic does for those humans who receive it. Whereas pathogenesis looks at how disease occurs, salutogenesis focuses on how health occurs, and chiropractic adjustments (as BJ Palmer said) "add life to years and years to life!"

Every quarter I get questions about business but this quarter had some very far-reaching ones!