When you have symptoms or when you get sick, what you might think is the problem isn’t actually the problem. For example, if you come into a clinic and you tell the doctor that you have pain in your low back and hip, that’s going down the back of your leg, you most likely will receive “sciatica” as the diagnosis. …

When you think about your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health, how much do you consider the quality of the food that you eat? After all, whatever we eat gets broken down into carbohydrate, protein and fat and these basic building blocks then get turned into all of the various tissues including muscles and hormones as well as being turned …

It’s been such a beautiful day today, Goldilocks would be happy. It was not too hot and not too cold, but just the right amount of breeze to keep the mosquitos at bay, warm enough to not need a jacket but not to be sweat-inducing. So I decided to clean the car, mostly because it really needed it:). I noticed …

Last weekend many of us witnessed the power that nature has. By now we’ve seen videos of the sheer power of the wind and rain as well as the damage and devastation. It’s interesting to hear stories from practice members of how the storm seemed to be quite selective when moving through different areas. Stories of neighbours checking on neighbours, …

This is my 25th year as a Doctor of Chiropractic! In those 25 years I have not seen it all, but I’ve seen enough to know that how you feel about symptoms will largely affect your body’s ability to get back on track or to make progress. For example, if you get upset when you feel a symptom and you …

“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” ~ Carl Jung What resources can you bring to your everyday life? Commitment, passion, perseverance, tenacity, creativity, forgiveness, love, trust, faith … How much of your life experience is life just ‘happening to you’ and how much of your life is you using your many resources …

“One who has a ‘why’ to live for can endure almost any ‘how’.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Before you get to thinking that I am about to convey a secret of life, let’s first decide what we mean by suffering. Oxford dictionary defines suffering as “the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship”. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines suffering as either “to …

I have yet to get to the point where I need reading glasses. Although it could be argued that I’m just fooling myself:) A good example of a catch 22 is losing your glasses that you need in order to see. Looking for them can be tricky. In healing, there is a very common catch 22. Consider Karen for example. …

This past Wednesday Dr. Joe and I held our latest Live Discussion. (Our next one is May 11th, save the date!) We covered several topics including how our thinking helps to determine what meaning we take from an experience. For example, if you think that since you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes type 2 and that’s more than likely genetic, since …

I often get asked how can such a subtle technique help create any sort of structural change. Put differently, “how can a gentle touch help someone to heal?” There are many aspects to answering this question. Today I’d like to focus on one aspect, that is the subtlety of the touch. If it wasn’t so subtle, the brain wouldn’t know …