Life Of A Female Chiropractor
It wasn’t until recently that I really thought about the phrase, “my life as a female chiropractor”. I used to just think of myself as a chiropractor, not necessarily a female chiropractor. I have been focused on becoming a chiropractor since I was 9 years old. That must have been amazing for my mother when someone asked me as a child, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Instead of the usual response in those days of ‘teacher’ or ‘nurse’ - I come out with ‘chiropractor’ with confidence and certainty that wouldn’t be ‘normal’ for a typical 9 year old. That is why it fascinates me today when so many young people don’t know what they want to do. I guess I was the abnormal one by knowing so early. When I look back, I feel nothing but gratitude for being awakened to one of my main purposes in life.
Being a female chiropractor for me, means juggling that with being a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, mentor and woman in general! I personally have recently been able to bring that to better balance so that one doesn’t unequally outweigh another. I have spent a lot of time over the last few years on personal development including archetype awareness and the work of Dr John Demartini. This included reading books, watching dvds, listening to cd’s and attending various seminars. I believe that you get out what you put in. There are many great personal development tips and tools, but if you don’t implement them, they are useless. It is really quite simple, but it’s not always easy.
‘Yours truly’ with my mentor, Dr John Demartini
As a female chiropractor, I focused on the physical aspects of a patient’s health primarily. As a female in general, I focused a lot on the physical aspects of my own health - primarily nutrition and exercise. Over the course of my career, the insights that were so profound were the body-mind or mind-body connection. The body affects the mind. The mind affects the body. Therefore, the power of the mind is overwhelming in relation to the human body.
I felt that I always knew about how amazing and powerful the human body is. However, after doing the personal development work over the last few years, the power of the mind is what is capturing my attention primarily these days.
Until next time….in the life of a female chiropractor….
I think it could be considered abnormal that at the age of 9, a young girl would state that she wanted to become a Chiropractor! You definitely carried that on into your adulthood and I salute you for that.
Juggling all your roles is something I can relate with as well. It’s a balancing act that I am faced with everyday. Setting priorities in order and realising that we can’t be everywhere at once is the main thing and as long as mother/child time is quality time, I find the rest falls into place.
Dr Demartini is a wonderful teacher. I remember discussing this with you last weekend. He’s a great storyteller and extremely knowledgeable. His ideas on archetypes is where I first learned to distinguish all the roles I play and where the influences come from.
Congrats on your self-awareness. It’s something many struggle to identify and manage for themselves.
I admire what you do Pam & the way you are so positive about all the important things in life that far too many others tend to neglect. I used to think that Chiropractors just manipulated our joints, until one day a lovely lady set me wright. It is in fact quite a science that requires dedication and commitment, so I must admit I stand corrected of my misconceptions of a Chiropractor.
Also Pam like you, I too have begun an in depth study and following of the true power of ones mind and how it effects our lives on a daily basis. Some amazing things are to be found and more folks should in fact learn how their mind determines not only their health, yet their situations in life as well.
Hey…….Life Is Good……..
Allen Sentance
Fisherman
Thank you Allen - it is wonderful to hear of your journey, as well as your awareness of the power of the mind.
Thanks very much Ange, for your feedback and for sharing.
Wow, Pam, how wonderful that you knew your mind and heart at such an early age. You’re so right about most people not knowing what they want to do with their lives right up until retirement! Keep developing and writing. You’re an inspiration to many women.
Thank you Irene for your feedback