In the last article, I mentioned that fear is experienced at the edges of our comfort zone. And that we react to fear in 3 ways, namely: Sometimes we can interpret fear as a signal that there is danger. However fear doesn’t always mean danger. Sometimes fear can mean that we are about to leave our comfort zone and for …

Nowadays you tend to hear the phrase “Choose love over fear” quite often especially when dealing with issues of racism and even peoples’ reactions to the social crisis that we’re passing through right now. That phrase is used to describe how when we are in fear, there is the possibility of becoming even more protective and more separate and intolerant. …

One of my friends (actual friends:)) on Facebook posted this the other day. What popped into my head after reading it is “how DOES my headline read?” And the realization that came with that is that I GET TO DECIDE how it reads! How my headline reads depends on how I choose to see things as they unfold. Victor Frankl …

Last week we looked at how we help you, in the office, expand out of your comfort zone. This week I wanted to look at the comfort zone more mainly because it’s where we all spend time, some more than others. We live in the comfort zone not necessarily out of conscious choice but out of habit. And just like …

The other day one of my patients was in for her regular visit. We got to talking a bit and she shared with me that she had had a hard day. She seemed preoccupied. While she was sharing with me, it felt as if even though she was physically in the clinic with me, her mind was back at an …

I’ve never been one to use medical terminology ever since I learned it in school, mostly because I noticed that when I used it with patients, they didn’t know what I was talking about. And if I used it in my private life, I was afraid that I was being seen as pompous or a know-it-all. After all, why would …

When I’m working with some of you in the office I will sometimes ask “what are you noticing right now?” And your response is often either “I feel pain” or some related answer such as “I’m not feeling any pain” or “I feel some tension” or “I don’t feel much at all” or “I’m trying to let go”. Often I …

A couple of years ago, one of our neighbours named Joan, received a phone call from her nephew in the U.S. He said that he had been in a motorcycle accident and was in the hospital needing money. Joan’s heart started racing, a flurry of thoughts raced through her mind and her stomach was churning. She ended up sending her …

This tagline was one of the main ways that Apple distinguished itself from its main competitor, the juggernaut Microsoft. And it was when I first attended Chiropractic school that I learned that there was a different way of thinking about health. I grew up I think like most people, going to the medical doctor when I had symptoms of a …

One of the things I’ve been reflecting on with this social crisis has been the message of “We’re all in this together”. On the surface it sounds really good. It feels coherent with Canadian values of respect, caring and goodness. And it impresses upon each one of us that by adhering to the rules of social distancing we will be …