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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."

The chiropractic adjustment hasn't changed but the patient experience has altered drastically. Social distancing has made our parking lot into our waiting room, new patient histories being taken while they are in their cars, and using Zoom as a telehealth platform for those patients who are unable to visit our practice. Adapting with the times!

Chiropractic is considered an essential business by the Department of Homeland Security and by many State governors. It is essential to make sure all people's brains' and nerve systems are working at peak efficiency during this tumultuous time. This is the first episode recorded during COVID-19 at home instead of in a classroom or lecture facility where the other 300+ podcasts were done.