In this week’s TMD I am in Phoenix, Arizona. I have been here all week at the ChiroCongress Annual Convention. Today’s message doesn’t really have anything to do with this, it has to do with feedback. Watch this week’s TMD hear about some surprising feedback I received and what I realized.
Feedback
Today, I am coming to you from Phoenix, Arizona. I have been here all week with the Congress of Chiropractic State Associations. We had our national convention here. Also, the Summit and Chiro Tech Consortium groups met this week. It was a very productive and awesome week.
Today’s message is about feedback. This week, I was surprised to receive some feedback about my appearance, my clothes, my hair… and the fact that I don’t take business relationships seriously.
I am a big believer in getting feedback, to be the best version of ourself we need feedback from others. However, at the same time, after suffering from decades of mental health issues worrying about what other people think of me, I got to a point in my life where all of this changed.
What I realized and I want you to realize is that the most important person you need to be authentic to is yourself! Because guess what? Those people that are judging you don’t walk in your shoes. You will be so much happier, so much healthier, when you are the most authentic to yourself. Those who are making judgments are not judging others, they are making a statement about themselves.
Take feedback, learn from it, and at the same time commit to yourself so that you can be the happiest you have ever been.
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In This week’s TMD Dr. Jay has a special Guest, his best friend from college, Laurence Fundler. Today he will be sharing with us his own perspective and approach around our God-given body.
Healthy Body
As people, we are just spiritual beings. We are housed within our minds and our bodies. Laurence’s perspective is that our true home is right here within our God-given body.
Once you accept that concept, it becomes really easy and almost non-negotiable to take care of your body. Do the things that are going to give you that healthy longevity by exercising both your body and mind, eating proper nutrients, getting good sleep, and enjoying what God has to offer outside, the sun and the air.
Far too many people don’t take care of their bodies and have no idea of the harm that they are causing from all the junk they eat and their lack of exercise. Once the harm is done, the quality of life is gone.
Laurence is talking about playing the health and wellness game at a very high level from the opening kickoff to the last second that ticks off the clock. Every play and every drive matters. If you don’t pay attention to protecting your home, your personal game clock is going to wind down quickly. You’re going to run out of time-outs and it’s going to be too late to make a comeback.
Laurence also suggests not relying on a two-minute drill when it comes to taking care of your home.
If you need help reach out. Head over to our Facebook page and let us know how you are taking care of your God-given body.
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This week is Passover, which has Dr. Jay is talking all about the leadership style of Moses. According to rabbinical experts, there are three important character traits that Moses had as a great leader. Watch this week’s Two Minute Drill to hear what those characteristics are and see where Dr. Jay is bringing you this week’s TMD from.
Being a great leader
According to rabbinical experts who studied the Book of Exodus and evaluated Moses’ leadership style, there are three important character traits he had as a great leader:
An amazing sense of justice – he carried out that sense of justice regardless of consequences
He put the needs of his people before his own needs, creating admiration and respect.
Always remained positive, even when having to undergo unbelievably hard circumstances
As a leader in your practice, remember these three things: justice, putting the needs of others before your own, and remaining positive no matter the circumstances. Take this information and apply it in your practices and your life, and your life will be that much better.
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In this week’s TMD I am in Huntington Beach, California helping my parents who have fallen ill and talking about how I am addressing the topic of managing stress and mental health in my own life.
Compartmentalization
My parents have fallen ill and my sister, who has been amazing in taking care of them, needed some help and of course I wanted to come out and make sure my parents are ok. So, this week I am in California and wanted to talk about the topic of managing stress.
For me, I’m a big compartmentalizer. I take these stressful issues and I wrap them up in a tiny little box and I stick them away in the depths of my brain so that I can go about my day. It lets me go about my business and manage the things that need to be addressed. That’s my way of dealing with it.
At the end of the day, I realized I have a fair amount of tiny little boxes that are stored away in my brain in my conscious and or my subconscious mind that need to be addressed. So, I’m going to be seeking out counseling to help me address and deal with the issues, both recent and past. The reason I say these things to you is not that I want you to feel bad or sorry for me but because we all go through challenging times in our lives. I want to awaken some of those tiny little boxes in your brain and make sure that you are taking steps to get the help that you need.
I know it can be very difficult to find the right type of support. The right type of counselor. I’ve had counseling in the past and it has been very beneficial for me. Recently I’ve tried and haven’t been successful in finding the right person, but I realize I need to persevere and be gritty in my approach to find the right person that I can talk to to help address these issues.
I want you to do the same. If you have these tiny little boxes deep in your brain, make sure you reach out and get the support that you need. Ultimately it will help you improve your mental health, your wellbeing, and your happiness.
That’s today’s TMD. Again, I don’t want anyone feeling bad for me, this is part of life and I’m going to be just fine but I want you to be even better than just fine. If you need help reach out. Head over to our Facebook page and let us know how you are managing your stress.
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Two Minute Drill: Sharing the chiropractic message
Dr. Jay has one important question for you this week, “How are you sharing the chiropractic message?”. Listen to this week’s Two Minute Drill to hear how you can help grow the understanding and impact of chiropractic.
How do we get the word out?
One really important question for you today, how are you sharing the chiropractic message?
Recently Dr. Jay had a friend who was having some issues, went to see a doctor and the doctor told her she was a good surgical candidate. That was a joke because when he talked to this person they were not a surgical candidate whatsoever.
There is so much guideline discordant care going on in our country and around the world and that is not ok. So, how do we get the word out? How do we educate other healthcare providers and the general public about what great care looks like, based on the evidence?
How do we do that?
First and foremost, there are two channels we can address. The first is the general population. Creating content that comes from the evidence is not so hard to do. When you are speaking through your voice it can have a really great impact on your patient population and those who want to be part of your patient population. So, find articles that are relevant to chiropractic, to your patients, and to the population at large and answer some of their key questions like, “Am I a surgical candidate?” and “What does a surgical candidate look like for spine surgery?”. That might be a really good post that you can put out there that will help the general public.
The second thing is sending brief narrative reports of exams and re-exams to your patients referring physicians or their PCPs, OBGYNs, orthos, even if they didn’t refer the patient to you. Letting them know what you are doing, how you are treating and evaluating their patients, and helping them understand how you are a valuable part of the healthcare team is critically important. Don’t stop at just sending over the narrative form, also reach out. Try and connect with them, have a conversation about your mutual patient. It’s called care coordination and it’s really important and can not only be great for the outcome of the patient but can also be great for the income of the practice. Once those providers connect with you and they know you know your sh*t they are going to want to send you more patients. The more they understand about chiropractic, the fewer drugs and surgery there will be in the world and more referrals to your practice, and better outcomes.
So let the general population know about chiropractic. Use the evidence that is out there. You can go to https://clinicalcompass.org/, there are tons of resources on that site that you can pull from and answer the questions your patients have, communicate with other members of the healthcare team, and grow the understanding and impact of chiropractic.
That’s this week’s TMD. Head over to our Facebook page and let us know how you are going to share the chiropractic message this week.
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This week Dr. Jay is coming to you from Virginia Beach for the Two Minute Drill. His good friend Brad Cost is playing cameraman as they were attending the UVCA convention. In this week’s TMD we are talking about beauty and the need to celebrate achieving your goals.
Take time to celebrate
Look at this beautiful beach and beautiful ocean, at this amazing setting in Virginia Beach at the UVCA convention.
What Dr. Jay is trying to convey to you in today’s Two Minute Drill, is when things are beautiful, when you are doing great things, when you are achieving your goals, take time to celebrate.
One of the most intelligent brightest behavioral scientists, BJ Fogg, talks about the importance of celebrating victories and building great habits. So, every time you build a habit in your practice or your life, celebrate the fact that you have achieved the goal.
Take the time to smell the roses people!
Celebrate the victories and you will not only be happier, but you will build in even more great habits that achieve even greater levels of success.
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