Isn’t that the way life is, though? When you start care, you are excited about the possibilities. It is so easy to feel optimistic when things are beautiful and easy. Many patients feel hopeful and doubt doesn’t really come into play. But, then a hurdle comes. Maybe you start to have a strange pain in an area you didn’t even have before you started getting adjustments! Maybe you are not getting results as fast as you would like. That is when it gets hard. Your mind starts to tell you that maybe the body can’t heal like we have been explaining to you. Maybe I will never get rid of this problem. Maybe I should just stop care?

But, on the other side of the pain, of the doubt, is a feeling of freedom. If you can just trust in your body’s awesome power and push through the hard stuff, there will be a greater reward for you in your life. When you have better connection between your brain and your body, you are more equipped to deal with the hurdles and the hills. That is what I know for sure.

Many people have transformed their lives with this amazing program, and you can do it also starting at 6:30pm, Sunday, April 7^th, at Community Life Ottawa (2 Beaverbrook Road, Kanata).  The 40-Day Challenge consists of daily emails and a workbook in order to coach you through the 40 days, and 2 workshops; one at the beginning in order to do a “self-evaluation” of where you are now and to explain the details of the Challenge, and one 40 days later, in order to recap everything that you should be doing and to announce the winners – the people who will have managed the biggest change in 40 days!  The goal: to improve yourself and your life by 1% each day over 40 days.  Nutrition, exercise, stress and time management – Dr. Erin McLaughlin and Dr. Pierre Paradis from the Hazeldean Family Chiropractic Clinic will coach you step by step in these 4 areas to make sure 2013 is your best year yet.  Cost is only $40 per participant ($1/day J).  Go to bookwhen.com/extrememakeover to register today! (Space is limited)

How Do You Spend Your Dash?

Read of a man who stood to speak

At the funeral of a friend.

He referred to the dates on her tombstone From the beginning… to the end.

He noted that first came her date of birth And spoke the following date with tears,

But he said what mattered most of all

Was the dash between those years. (1934-1998)

For that dash represents all the time

That she spent alive on earth…

And now only those who loved her

Know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own;

The cars… the house… the cash,

What matters is how we live and love

And how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard…

Are there things you'd like to change?

For you never know how much time is left,

Than can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough

To consider what's true and real,

And always try to understand

The way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger,

And show appreciation more

And love the people in our lives

Like we've never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect,

And more often wear a smile…

Remembering that this special dash

Might only last a little while.

So, when your eulogy's being read

With your life's actions to rehash…

Would you be proud of the things they say

About how you spent your dash?

(For those of you reading this that do not have children, feel free to share this with friends and loved ones who do.)

There are many important elements of a naturally healthy lifestyle. In order to live a natural life with your kids, it pretty much has to be a choice for the entire family. That means, for example, you really can’t expect your kids to eat one way while you eat another. That won’t work, especially as your kids get older. If the kids see you avoiding those brussel sprouts or carrots, they will grow up thinking they don’t like those foods too. So, by the whole family eating a balanced diet of natural, organic, whole foods, you are providing your children with one part of the foundation for future health.

Here are a few simple ways to enhance your family’s health and well-being:

1) Have each of your kids checked for spinal subluxations, the number one cause of early degeneration or breakdown of the spine. True health for a lifetime is achieved through optimum function of the nervous system. Make sure your children have the opportunity to maximize their lives and fulfill their potential. If it’s important for you to get adjusted regularly, don’t your children deserve the same?

2) Take the time to cook meals from scratch at home, and eat as a family at the dinner table. Get the kids involved in preparing meals, and they’ll enjoy what they are eating more.

3) Get as much fresh air as possible. Go to a nearby park to breathe, move, and play.

4) Encourage the healthy expression of feelings. Make time to talk and interact rather than plugging into the television, computer, and video games.

Ultimately, giving our kids the philosophical basis of a naturally healthy lifestyle is as much an act of necessity as it is an act of love.

□ Chiropractic Adjustments: Chiropractic adjustments have been proven to increase the function of the immune system by up to 200%!

□ Nutrition: Decrease the amount of processed foods you consume.  Minimize your carbohydrate (sugar) intake.  If possible, buy organic (visit http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary/ for the “Dirty Dozen” List of produce from the Environmental Working Group – for Iphone users, you can download an application where you can find this list and always have it handy).

□ Supplements: Take a multivitamin, fish oil (omega 3), and vitamin D. (Multiple studies have shown that decreased levels of vitamin D makes you more susceptible to contracting colds, flus, and other respiratory tract infections.)

□ Exercise: 3x/week (i.e. weight lifting, cardiovascular, P.A.C.E./Burst Training/High Intensity Interval Training). 

□ Peace Management (Stress Management): Schedule specific times in the week to have “quiet time”.

□ Sleep:  Try to get at least 7-8 hours of sleep per night.  Make sure you go to bed in the same day in which you woke up. (Meaning, before midnight.)

(DR. GREG LOMAN, BODY BY GOD)

If a mechanic disassembled the parts of a car engine could he reassemble them and would the engine function again? If a computer technician came to your house and disassembled your computer and reassembled the parts would it work again? Most would answer “yes” of course, based on the talent of the technician. What about your body? Do you believe that the top surgeon at the Mayo Clinic could disassemble the parts of the body, reassemble all of your organs and your body would re-animate itself into life?

The obvious answer is “no.” The more pertinent question would be:  Why is it possible to disassemble and re-assemble the unanimated parts of a computer or a car engine and regain mechanical function again?  However, the human body cannot! It is simple:  The human body has that mysterious “something” that animates it into life. Many call it life!

Some call it “power”; some call it “intelligence”; some even step out on a limb and call it “God”.  The fact is, there is a magnificent power that animates us into life.  That very power beats the heart, grows your hair, and digests your food. That same power allows you to read this article and interpret the information off the page or computer screen.

Researchers at Boston’s Forsyth Institute and at Harvard University have taken a big step toward explaining this process. When an embryo consists of just four cells, they found that an electric gradient starts switching on genes.

That very power that starts switching on genes is the power that animates you into life. Research shows that the brain is the very first organ to develop. That very power, illustrated by the above researchers, runs the body through the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system (Central Nervous System).

Our Central Nervous System has been shown to control all function and healing in the body.  If there is any interference to the Central Nervous System, that “life switching on” power is interrupted and your organs begin to malfunction.

Chiropractors have spent 108 years researching and showing that in order for health to be restored, the power inside the body must be free of interference.

By aligning your spine so that the Central Nervous System can regain control of the body and aligning your lifestyle so how you live is more in line with producing health, you remove interference to life and wellness. You restore power.

Once interference is removed, the body can heal disease from the inside, get well, and stay well, without the use of dangerous drugs or surgery.

In today’s world, misalignment of the spine and nervous system is not only common, it is epidemic. Whether you are sick and trying to get well, or well and trying to stay that way, seek a Chiropractor who recognizes that the power inside your body is the power that heals your body. You are not doing all you can to get well and stay well if your power is not on!