Dooley Noted: 5/13/2016 Take a long look at these pictures. They include me at age 21 – the girl in blue. Did you form an opinion? Let’s see if you are a shamer. Here are some options: 1. You fit-shamed me. You saw visible muscles. 2. You fat-shamed me, because you are thinner or leaner. You saw a belly or a double chin. 3. You saw glowing skin … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/12/2016 A wonderful patient of mine informed me this morning that she engages in crying as a release. She isn’t embarrassed about it, even if it is stigmatized. I find her to be powerful and realistic. And, she understands how the autonomic nervous system works. While she is learning to use breathing and correctives for stress control, she is also learning to temper her stress responses with controlled … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/11/2016 I realized today that I live a charmed life. I spent two weeks overseas, teaching a subject I love and watching sunsets with the man I love. I then got to marry him, in front of our friends and family. And today, I returned on a red-eye flight to a clinic I love in a gym I co-own. Today, in a moment of pure gratitude, I rode … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/10/2016 I don’t love endorsing products. To each his own. But this shoe is one of the best I have ever worn for people transitioning to minimal footwear. The Merrell Vapor Glove 2 is a wonderful shoe for those looking to earn more healthy transitioning from pronation to supination. It has the sole of Vibram without the excessive great toe abduction of the Five Fingers. It has a super … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/9/2016 My husband is a human marvel of calmness. I asked him how not even the most stressful situations stress him. He said, “I experience stress. But I don’t lose my calmness.” Naturally, I asked him how he stays calm in high stress. He said, “Well, I practice calmness. It’s a discipline. Most people don’t think of it as such.” For him, it’s just like bending steel … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/8/2016 Two days before our wedding, I lost my purse with all of our cash and my passport. It was a stressor that created a mental environment, leaving me prone to beatdown. I was very tough on myself, feeling I had made such an inconceivable mistake. But my husband acted as a true partner, helping me retrace every step and overturn every stone to find it. He encouraged … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/6/2016 I’ve always heard that weddings are stressful. I was bound and determined to have one free from stress. While teaching overseas for two weeks with my fiancé, we found the wedding planning to be relatively low-key. Then, unexpected things started to occur. People started to RSVP super late. Other people started to cancel last minute. Seating charts got altered. Orders became hard to manage. … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/5/2016 Today is a birthday so special that it deserves more than a Facebook wall post. Today is Dr. Anna Folckomer’s birthday. Anna is not only the co-founder and co-owner of Immaculate Dissection (ID), our fun and informative anatomy seminar series. Anna is one of the most skilled acupuncturists/herbalists I have ever had the honor of working alongside. And her career is just getting started! She not only treats me with TCM, but … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/3/2016 Dear patients, After a year of solid treatment for neck pain, a patient of mine decided to get some quick relief from a local chiropractor while I was out of town. I have zero issues with this, since I co-care with people of many disciplines. I did have a problem with the doctor telling my patient she has osteoarthritis (OA), without any imaging. He also used OA as … Read more
Dooley Noted: 5/2/2016 Today, I couldn’t seem to do anything right. Every decision I made seemed like the wrong one, until they compiled into a fast ball pitch right into my own back. As I sat there, knocked down by the impact, I realized it was I who had dealt the pitch. That seemed to sting worse than the actual mistakes. I had let myself lose sight of my permission … Read more