If you have ever tasted spirulina, you probably know the unpleasant taste it carries. Well, that is now a thing of the past! My son John is the co-founder of a new company called Liina that has actually pulled off the minor miracle of making it taste good! It comes in powder form that can easily be mixed with the liquid of your choice. Oat milk is my preferred mixer. You can read about this incredible product here: https://www.liveliina.com/ If you are interested, you can purchase it at the Liina website or on Amazon! … [Read more...] about Spirulina
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Relocating?
As we emerge from two years of shutdowns, restrictions and a general scrambling of the status quo, many present and past clients have contacted me about relocating their practices. Some of this is due to the radical re-ordering of previously active spaces, such as urban core areas. Some of it is due to the desire to re-set the practice in a new location. A global pause button does not come around all that often, and it may make sense to consider a new chapter in your professional life. Here are some considerations if you are in this group: What are you moving towards, rather than away from? … [Read more...] about Relocating?
Unintended Consequences
With any large scale and rushed sets of actions, there are both intended outcomes and unintended. The unintended can be either a major improvement over the previous circumstances, or just a new set of problems. Our national, state and local response to the COVID infections have generated some of each. From the chiropractic side of things, the vast majority of my clients remained open as a provider of essential services. Most clinics initially ran on a skeleton crew with reduced hours, but not all. Even with the Screening and Cleaning protocols in place, most clinics ran at reasonable … [Read more...] about Unintended Consequences
Changing Standards
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer Another fun-loving philosopher, bring it on! In our health care arena, we see this sort of thing on an ongoing basis. It can be agonizingly slow, but once that third stage is reached, our standards have changed, and we have a new set of norms. This can be for better or worse, but it does defuse the argumentative side of things. We have seen this in the changing and evolution of the entire medical profession, and with the … [Read more...] about Changing Standards