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The Great Run for Natural Medicine! |
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 The Run 2011 took Dr Dennis Godby and his family on a marathon-a-day experience across the country to spread the word about natural medicine. From high speed chases and RV breakdowns in the desert to surprising support for natural medicine and the planning for future runs YOU could be a part of, Dr Dennis Godby has written the following for those of you who want to know what happened this year in this record breaking event... and for those who wish to relive it. Read more! The Run: Moving Natural Medicine Forward An Epic Run across America, as summarized by Dr. Dennis Godby, Founder and Runner Imagine, two older men drinking beer in a western Ohio bar, being inspired and quickly becoming emotional and raising their hands to give a "high five" as if their favorite team just scored a point- all to show their enthusiasm and support for The Run: Moving Natural Medicine Forward! These men got “it” – how desperately it was time for the American people to take their health into their own hands and DO SOMETHING about it and how encouraged they were that 4 men would run across the country to promote health and natural medicine! |
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The Momentum Planner for Your Practice |
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Need a little infusion of inspiration in your practice? Perhaps a tincture of motivation or guidance? Need a little… Momentum? Leah Olsen, ND & founder of this website, took the last few years collecting data from successful practitioners, business coaches, marketing seminars and one on one interviews to create a system you can easily use to grow your practice every day. The planner itself has already been bought by one institution as a 2012 graduation gift and will soon be available to the public. Inspired by the goldmine of information, Dr. Olsen is busy making step by step videos that range from graduation to re-evaluation of a practice business purpose and goals. Email
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to add your list to be contacted when you can visit the Momentum website for free videos and resources and/or to reserve your copy of the Momentum Planner. |
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Chinese Medicine as a Social Movement |
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“Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a large scale. The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them.”
~Rudolph Virchow
As medical practitioners and healers we are activists and organizers. We give a voice to the voiceless, whether it be validating the experiences of a patient, advocating for the right to healthcare, or paving the way for natural medicine in America. In school we learn about disease and its pathological mechanisms, but in the end all disease is an issue of powerlessness. We contract disease in the unoccupied parts of our body, the parts where the light of our Shen, our spirit-consciousness, is absent. These are the parts we have forgotten and ignored, that in turn give us pain or problems as a reminder of their existence. On a larger scale this is also true in our society; the organism of America contracts disease as well. There are many places where spirit is absent, where power is taken from people and oppression occurs. I believe as a healer it is my responsibility to address disease on every level and I see Oriental medicine as a mighty instrument for this work. I use the term “Oriental medicine” specifically to include all the various healing arts that have sprouted from the roots of Eastern philosophy. There is a time and place for philosophical debate, but for the purpose of this discussion let us broaden our perspective to survey our role as healthcare providers in the current landscape of America. |
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Ever had a gripe with an institution? Remember how it made you feel? Angry. Powerless. Used. You spend hours on hold, shuffled around from person to person, retelling your situation each time, never getting the help you need, and finally you hear, “Yes, I’m very sorry, but you actually do owe us your soul, your life-blood, and your first-born child. Is there anything else we can do for you today?” These experiences can boil the blood of even the most peaceful individual. Over time, having to endure these ordeals can have a negative effect on your life, contributing to stress and anxiety, and even disrupting your sleep. What does this have to do with graduating and starting a practice? Well, many of us who have recently graduated have been making phone calls to our respective lending institutions in order to work out the details of our loans. And, while I’m not saying that all lending institutions are run by malevolent, depraved, greedmonger-criminals, I’m guessing that, when reading the above paragraph, certain recent graduates may have felt some small twinges of recognition. |
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The Bermuda Triangle That Eats Your Referrals |
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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC Five years ago I certainly believed my clients when they told me: "I told this guy Frank that he had to call you." I didn't think they were lying to my face about the referrals they were sending.
After the 10,000th time (it seemed) a client told me they referred someone who never contacted me, I began to call it "The Bermuda Referral Triangle."
So... where were they? Why didn't Frank, or Joan, or Amin, or Josephina ever call, despite glowing recommendations and urgings from their friends? |
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