Anxiety: A state of trying to get control over something you actually can't control.

These days, anxiety is quite common. Some have always known their anxious tendencies, while for others it's more difficult to spot … but it’s there, nonetheless.

In this post-Covid world, people seem more anxious than ever before, and it manifests in numerous, unhealthy ways.

I was thinking recently that whenever I’ve gone through tough times, I’ve always made a vow to myself that I’d use that time wisely.

Most of us have been through tough times, and we’ve likely done various things during those times that haven’t been so productive or healthy.

I’m not being critical of anyone who’s engaged in destructive habits during tough times in their lives, but what I am saying, is that for those who are able to, it would be smart to use that time wisely.

When they say, let food be thy medicine, & medicine be thy food”, that also means you should stop thinking about how food needs to always taste good.

As you get older, you “might” be more apt to understand this, I did.

Don’t get me wrong, I love food. But I also like the function of my mind & body, more.

As we age, our bodies & minds have more needs.

Since I set out to become a Chiropractor, I've felt that I was on a path of some sort. I wasn’t a very good student in my younger years, and after high school when I realized that I wanted to be a Chiropractor, I started to apply myself in whatever it took to make that happen.

As I’ve shared before, I seem to have been bitten by the Jiu-Jitsu bug. It’s been a place where I can get a great workout, find camaraderie & a type of tactile connection, learn a new skill, & relieve some stress.

Being a novice, I’m on a steep learning curve, but one thing that was obvious right from the start is this concept of losing.

Surgeons, like my wife, perform surgery on people with anesthesia. I, on the other hand, do a kind of “spiritual surgery” without an anesthetic.

Of course, I would never want surgery without anesthesia.

However, in my practice, what helps people heal is not being anesthetized more than they already are.

Slowing down is underrated in this culture. We don’t value it nearly as much as we value speeding up.

Everything in this culture is built on "not enough" ... not good enough, not fast enough, not *** enough.

Speeding up certainly comes with some benefits, like productivity, but it also comes with a downside.

Years ago, when I first started out on my healing journey, I realized I was misaligned & I noticed this in others as well.

They weren’t just misaligned in a spinal alignment sense, they were misaligned in a way of being; they were acting in a way that was not who they genuinely are. In other words, they had maladaptive behavior that was incongruent with their essence.

I recently wrote about some myths of being in your 40’s, & it inspired me to share about how I feel to be 50.

It might sound weird, but a mission that I’ve adopted is to "celebrate the life I didn’t expect." That probably should be a general slogan for being in your 50’s: most of us have probably uttered to themselves at some point that they’re surprised about how an aspect of their lives turned out the way it did.