This Osteopathic Life

Nurturing health through community - finding common connection, enriching experience through diversity and building solid structure to support the functional community we need. With gratitude for the Physicians Mom Group and the amazing experience of the First Annual Meeting and on-line https://mypmg.com And for Michigan Runner Girl for creating community virtually and in person https://michiganru...

The ever changing power of waves offesr opportunity for fluctuation, positive potential in opposite directional pull and embracing the disturbance as opportunity toward progressive movement for the best health of all things. Calming Effects of Waves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f77SKdyn-1Y Science of Waves https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/wavesinocean.html Fifth Wave of Public Health http://...

Launching Season 2 with intention setting, learning from experience, accepting reminders with grace, honoring our own reflections and recognizing when we need objective support from others. With gratitude for beautiful new music from Rachel and support of the community at CrossFit Inconceivable

Recapping the first season of TOL - honoring successes, learning from failures, setting the course for the future Knowing where we've been to know where we're going http://www.songlyrics.com/hairspray/i-know-where-i-ve-been-lyrics/ Trusting our unique individual capacity to make things better https://genius.com/Jack-johnson-with-my-own-two-hands-lyrics Moving through the overwhelm one step at a ti...

The power of expectations - with ways to shift focus for contentment vs improvement, in relationships, of self, for patients, physicians, promoting the best health of all things! Raising vs Lowering: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ambigamy/201408/the-secret-happiness-and-compassion-low-expectations Brain Chemistry and Pattern Setting: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-neurochem...

Exploring the memory and power of water on all levels - within and around us. Fluid Power Zone https://firstdegreefitness.com/fluidpowerzone/ Water Has Memory - WATCH THE VIDEO! https://resonancescience.org/scientists-show-that-water-has-memory/ https://www.learning-mind.com/does-water-really-have-memory-and-consciousness/ http://www.messagetoeagle.com/water-and-its-secrets-water-has-a-memory-far-...

Seeing struggle through a new lens - extreme and mild with an exploration of ease vs easy and the opportunity to find resilience within. Osteopathic Glossary https://www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/insideome/got2011ed.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Ease vs Easy https://amiraalvarez.com/the-truth-about-ease-vs-easy-a-must-read/ https://divine-awakening.org/2016/09/staying-in-ease-isnt-easy-or-is-it/

What makes us more likely to follow through on our commitments? Removing obstacles to best health of our practices, optimizing structure and function. Procrastination https://jamesclear.com/akrasia

Exploring Newton's Third Law and the role in our relationships Letting go of the past while offering gratitude for the experience and each part of our journey https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nahkoandmedicineforthepeople/sothankful.html Ziva Meditation https://zivameditation.com

Reframing our relationship with power and all possible definitions With gratitude to Nahko and Medicine for the People for the inspiration to Take Your Power Back! http://nahko.com/2019/05/take-your-power-back-tour/ And to Ayla Nereo for demonstrating the beauty and lightness that power can hold https://aylanereo.com/about The reveal of power: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/power-...

Expanding the Osteopathic Concept for Personal and Professional Health Recap of lecture experience at MOA Autumn Scientific Convention

Continuing the discussion on potential, incorporating passion and purpose! Ikigai https://medium.com/thrive-global/ikigai-the-japanese-secret-to-a-long-and-happy-life-might-just-help-you-live-a-more-fulfilling-9871d01992b7 6 Elements https://youhaveacalling.com/personal-growth/6-phases-of-living-with-purpose-passion-and-potential Nahko http://nahko.com/home/

Happy Halloween! Considering the masks we wear and why - when they are helpful and when they get in the way of our best health. Is our health hidden? How can we encourage it to be fully expressed by creating a nurturing environment internally and externally? Check out NaNoWriMo and join in the writing fun in November! https://nanowrimo.org/

What is your potential for health? Exploring a variety of definitions of potential for self, practice, community and world! Potential relative to others and internal stress: https://www.britannica.com/science/potential-energy Cell Membrane Potential: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Biology/mempot.html Iatrogenic Potential of Physicians' Words https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/articl...

Reflecting on the speed of the past two weeks - methods for teaching, learning and inspiring in osteopathy and the ways we find ourselves engaged with community. Power of Touch Article https://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2094445 Brene Brown Post https://brenebrown.com/blog/2019/10/09/doubling-down-on-love/ Rachel Palen's Go Fund Me https://www.gofundme.com/f/Transplanttocureleukemia

The role and importance of exhalation - on the shore, during treatment, in life - priming us to take in all the good air! Donate to TOL Musician Rachel Palen as she seeks transplant to cure CML and let music live! https://www.gofundme.com/f/Transplanttocureleukemia Information on Dr. Jealous and colleagues courses: https://www.jamesjealous.com Osteopathy in the Cranial Field: http://cranio.co.uk/b...

Considering the lasting impact of treatment and the influence of our environment with stories shared of physics in action! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/physicists-explain-why-coffee-more-prone-spills-beer-180953346/ https://mashable.com/2017/06/17/fidget-spinner-spinning-in-space/

Respecting the power of the current and exploring the capacity to consume and create with the catalyst of connection.

Exploring representation in many forms - accuracy in advocacy, personal and professional responsibility, managing opinions and speaking for oneself. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/upshot/medicine-family-friendly-profession-women.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/miriamknoll/2019/08/23/female-physicians-reject-good-enough/#12fe9e2563ca https://www.emmisolutions.com/program-preview-who-speaks-fo...

Sharing thoughts on wellness practice through application of osteopathic principles to personal and professional life

Continuing the exploration of perspective with a deeper dive into the evolution of medicine and commodification of health - article referenced is available here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4414375?read-now=1&seq=8#metadata_info_tab_contents

The power of perspective with space for all experiences and focus on the health.

Back from a vacation week - exploring the ease of resistance and the strength of surrender for health of all things.

Reviewing the concept of resilience and how to remove obstructions to the resources necessary for best health of individuals, families & communities.

Learning to recognize help even in the most unexpected forms and seeing the wholeness of ourselves individually and in collective with special remembrance of an osteopathic physician, educator, colleague and friend.