Chiropractic Cash Only Practice

01/28/2026

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧

There was a time when I looked up to certain voices in our profession. They spoke of 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞, of duty, of a 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 between the Chiropractor, the patient, and God. They preached service over self, certainty over outcomes, and faithfulness over fortune. Those voices helped shape who I am as a Chiropractor and as a man.

That is why this hurts.

Today, many of those same voices are now peddling therapeutic modalities, decompression tables, shockwave therapy, and the latest revenue driven add on, all wrapped in a promise of a 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 while serving fewer and fewer people. One hundred and fifty visits a week or less is now being held up as the pinnacle of success. Not because it serves more people. Not because it honors the sacred trust of Chiropractic. But because it 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲.

Even more troubling, this is being marketed to vulnerable Chiropractors as a way to run a “𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧” 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞.

That is where my heart breaks.

I struggle to reconcile how a practice model built primarily around revenue optimization, scarcity of service, and outcome driven therapies is being baptized in the name of 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭. Christianity was never about doing less for more. Jesus did not limit who He served to protect His margins. He did not add layers of treatment to justify higher fees. He served relentlessly, sacrificially, and without condition.

Pure, principled, specific, scientific Chiropractic is already a powerful vehicle to 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧. The adjustment needs no embellishment. It needs no marketing disguise. It needs no therapeutic crutch to justify its value. When we stay true to principle, we trust that God does the healing, not us, and certainly not our equipment.

When the primary motivation becomes income instead of obedience, when fewer people served is celebrated as progress, when principle is softened to make room for profit, something sacred is lost. And when that loss is branded as “Christian,” the damage runs deeper than business. It wounds faith.

I am not questioning anyone’s personal salvation. That is between them and God. But I am questioning the direction of our profession and the casual way the name of Jesus is being used to sanctify models that look far more like the world than the Kingdom.

What is going on in Chiropractic?

What is going on in the name of Jesus Christ?

It feels like money is winning over principle, efficiency over service, and branding over truth. And those who once preached principle are now selling it off, piece by piece.

My heart is broken, not because Chiropractic is failing, but because it is being redefined by voices that once knew better. I still believe in this profession. I still believe in 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜. And I still believe that serving God by serving people will always matter more than how impressive the numbers look on a spreadsheet.

Some things are too sacred to sell.

In Health and Faith but heartbroken,
Jay

01/25/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐠 𝐙𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐈 𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲

This morning’s sermon unsettled me.

Not because it was unfamiliar, but because it hit too close to home.

The parable of the talents.
Five bags of gold. Two bags. One bag.
And the servant who buried what he was given.

I’ve heard it preached dozens of times. But this morning, it didn’t feel like a story. It felt like a mirror.

For a long time now, I’ve been content. Genuinely content.

I surrendered the chase for volume. I surrendered the pressure to prove something with numbers. I made peace with adjusting 50 people a day, or however many God sent through the door. Some days more. Some days less. I trusted that 𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐩𝐮𝐭.

My body thanked me for it.
My mind quieted.
My spirit rested.
My family got more of me.

I believed I had finally chosen 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝.

And then the sermon asked a question I couldn’t shake:

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞?

Because here’s the truth I don’t often say out loud, I was exceptionally good at ultra-high-volume Chiropractic. I could do it. I did do it. Day after day, year after year. People lined the living room, not a reception room, a living room, because that’s what it was meant to be, a place where people waited to 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 after being adjusted.

Sometimes there were 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 sitting there, waiting.

And I felt it. The weight of it. The responsibility. The anxiety. The awareness that once I stepped into that adjusting room, there was no slowing down. No easing into the day. No pacing myself.

It was go time.

Every single day felt like 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐭. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭.

Not once in a lifetime.
Not as a challenge.
But again.
And again.
And again.

The hardest part wasn’t even the office.

It was getting into the car in the garage before the ride to the office.

Because once I pulled out of the garage and got on the road, I knew what awaited me. I knew that no matter how much pain I was already in, I would have to push through it. I would have to serve through it. I would have to ignore my body screaming for mercy.

The pain was not theoretical.
It was 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐠.
It was 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 or clean myself without wincing.
It was 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 that made sleep fragmented and shallow.
It was waking up already exhausted, knowing rest wasn’t coming.

And yet, I kept going.

Because somewhere deep inside, I believed that 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭, 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐲. That sacrifice meant self-neglect. That faithfulness meant endurance, even if the vessel cracked.

Eventually, the cost came due.

I paid it physically. I paid it emotionally. And when I finally stepped away, I wrote about it in a book I published. I warned others. I spoke openly about 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚-𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 and the toll it takes when systems demand more than the human body can give.

And I meant every word.
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So why, after all that, did this sermon stir something again?

Why did I feel that old 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥, like a mosquito drawn back toward the bug zapper that nearly killed it?

Not because I miss the pain.
Not because I miss the grind.
But because 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞.

That’s the tension.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐲.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠.

And fear complicates it.
Not fear of work.
Fear of 𝐫𝐞-𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲.
Fear of waking a sleeping beast.
Fear of returning to a place my body remembers all too well.

Pain leaves fingerprints. And my nervous system hasn’t forgotten.

So I reached out to Godly counsel. I called two Chiropractic friends I trust deeply, Ed and Billy.

One told me, “𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫.”
So that’s what I’m doing.

Not to force clarity.
Not to rush God.
But to 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐦.

The other said something that stopped me in my tracks,
“𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥.”

That hit home.
Because I’ve done that before.
And I justified it before.
And I don’t want to confuse 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 again.

The servant who buried the talent wasn’t condemned for having less capacity. He was condemned for acting out of fear. And here’s where I’m sitting now, 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦, and 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 if we’re not deeply honest.

So what am I going to do?

I’m not running back to ultra-high volume.
I’m not hiding in comfort either.
I’m 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠.
I’m 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.
I’m 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.

And I’m asking God a better question now:
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞?

Because 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 isn’t always smaller.
And it isn’t always harder.

Sometimes it’s 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫.
More discerning.
More obedient.

And sometimes faith doesn’t look like climbing Mt. Everest again.
Sometimes it looks like 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 until God tells you which step, if any, comes next.

If you’re wondering whether you’re falling short of what God desires for you, don’t rush to do more, pause and listen. God reveals next steps through clarity and peace, not pressure or fear, and obedience never requires you to break what He has entrusted you to steward. What feels like only two paths forward may simply be the moment before God reveals a third, if you are willing to be still, fast, and pray.

In Health and Faith,
Jay

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01/25/2026

I wanted to repost this from many years ago. I now live less than 15 minutes from where Bill Bahan's practice was in Derry, NH. I wanted to add a comment He made at a Dynamic Essentials meeting which was, "I never charged for my services because you could never buy or afford what I was selling."

I just stumbled upon this from Dr. Bill Bahan, one of the first GPC practices in the USA and one of the largest chiropractic offices/ lecture centers located in NH. GOOD STUFF! INTERESTING READ!
The following are excerpts from a talk given by William H. (Bill) Bahan.

“As chiropractors we approach the physical level and we seek to remove the interference to life’s expression. First of all, that basic premise is the strength of chiropractic, the premise that there is an interference to life’s expression which is causing the problem. By the way, it’s not just the cause of the physical problem when a patient shows up, it’s a cause of all of mankind’s problems: there is an interference to the expression of life.

“First of all, everyone who comes into our office for help comes in because there’s an interference to life’s expression. That’s all disease is; that’s all sickness is. It isn’t anything of itself. It is the absence of life in expression, that’s all. And if life is dammed off we have the manifestation of ill conditions. We put names on them and make a big deal out of nothing, but it is just the interference to life’s expression.

“The emotional realm is the primary area where we have interference to life’s expression. By the way, here’s the primary area where vertebral subluxations occur.”

The following article is also by Dr. Bill Bahan.

“Through the years in my service to those who have come to me, I often heard the statement expressed by them, “Life seems to be slipping away from me.” Actually, it wasn’t life that was slipping away from the person, but the person who was slipping away from life. It has interested me as to what the person was doing in his so-called living that was moving him away from the source of life.

“Chiropractically we have called this source ‘Innate Intelligence,’ which was that part of Universal Intelligence resident within the person. We have further stated that Innate Intelligence is constantly giving to matter its qualities and characteristics. This is a sound premise. The person’s true identity centers in Innate Intelligence, and the qualities and characteristics of Innate are the person’s true nature. Each person has the responsibility, in identity with Innate, to give these qualities and characteristics to what is called ‘matter.’

Should the person be identified with other qualities and characteristics than those that are true of Innate, then this sets up within the person a conflict pattern, producing an internal concussion of forces which in turn is the basic cause of all vertebral subluxations.

“In chiropractic circles it has often been stated that the cause of the subluxation was a violent external concussion of forces. It may be recognized that this certainly is a factor, but for those who have the opportunity of serving thousands who come to them in need, it is very vivid that the internal concussion of forces is the basic cause of subluxations.

“Innate Intelligence is the positive center of all life within the person, and the outer facilities of body, mind and emotional capacity of man should rightly be negative or responsive to Innate, or that positive center. If the outer facilities are responsive—primarily through the mental and emotional realms—to the external environment, this fact sets up a condition of the facilities being positive toward their greater positive, Innate, and two positives repel each other. In this state the patient reports, “Life seems to be slipping away from me.”

“Chiropractors must have a clear understanding of the laws of Innate and of what occurs when an internal concussion of forces is created within the patient. Of course, if the Chiropractor himself is violating the laws of Innate, his service to others will be limited. We can’t give what we haven’t got.

“This brief description of what creates an internal concussion opens a wide field of consideration, which we might entitle ‘Innate Psychiatry.’ As the Chiropractor is concerned, rightly, in checking the physical habits of the patient, such as posture, etc., to see that those habits are not producing subluxations, he must also, if his service is to be entire, do all that is necessary to assist the patients, according to their response, to remove this factor of the internal concussion of forces, the conflict between Innate and Educated. Innate and Educated are, in truth, one; and when that oneness is a fact we have ease and order within the person which radiates outward.

“If healing is to come it must be in the whole person: body, mind and emotional realm. All of this falls within the realm of the basic definition of Chiropractic, that it is truly a philosophy, science and art of things natural; and health, happiness and wholeness is the truly natural state.”

BILL BAHAN MEMORIAL PART 1

01/20/2026

𝐈𝐟 𝐖𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 (𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨)

If we could be 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭, truly honest, the first visit wouldn’t require nearly an hour of videos, explanations, diagrams, and carefully chosen words.

We wouldn’t feel the need to 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 so it fits comfortably inside expectations shaped by pain, symptoms, and quick fixes.

We’d simply say this.

After the first adjustment, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

You can judge Chiropractic by how you feel and decide it’s amazing because your pain changed.
You can judge Chiropractic by how you feel and decide it doesn’t work because your pain didn’t change.
You can disappear until the next flare-up.
You can come back “one more time” hoping it works this time.

You’re an adult.
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞.

But if we’re being honest, that’s not Chiropractic.

That’s 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 with a Chiropractic label slapped on it.

We already told you the truth.

One adjustment may change how you feel.
One adjustment 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡.
It cannot undo decades of interference.
It cannot instantly express your full potential.

𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫.
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

And here’s the truth we rarely say out loud.

If you truly wanted to put Chiropractic to the test, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, no matter how you feel.

Not to chase pain.
Not to fix a diagnosis.
Not to “see if it works.”

But to 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 so your body can function better, heal better, adapt better, and fully express the life 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.

You’d bring your spouse.
You’d bring your kids.
You’d make Chiropractic 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭.

And over time, something remarkable would happen.

Not a miracle you point at.
A miracle 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.

Better function.
More clarity.
More resilience.
More presence.
More capacity to serve, love, lead, and shine.

That’s the 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜.

And if we could be fully honest, and completely 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬, something else would happen too.

Our offices would become what they were always meant to be.
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.

Because in the end:

It’s not our office, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞.
It’s not our patient, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭.
It’s not our healing ability, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬.
It’s not our abundance, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.

So maybe the most loving thing we can do is stop convincing, stop persuading, and stop managing expectations.

Just 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡.
𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞.
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲.

And let people choose.

Doesn’t that feel lighter?
Doesn’t that feel more peaceful?

Because when truth is spoken freely and outcomes are surrendered fully, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝.

01/18/2026

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐃

One of the most subtle traps in Chiropractic isn’t technique, marketing, or even insurance.

It’s the 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝.

Many Chiropractors don’t just want to serve people, they want to matter to them. They want patients to depend on them, praise them, credit them, and reassure them that what they’re doing is important.

At first, that sounds noble.
Over time, it becomes 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

When your sense of value comes from being the hero, every missed appointment feels personal. Every patient who improves and doesn’t return feels like abandonment. Every slow week feels like rejection.

That’s a heavy load to carry into the 𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦.

Chiropractic was never meant to be about being needed.
It was meant to be about being 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥.

We don’t restore health.
We don’t fix people.
We don’t heal bodies.

We locate and correct vertebral subluxations, and then we 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲.

When Chiropractors tie their identity to outcomes, gratitude, or patient dependence, burnout isn’t a possibility, it’s 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.

You start overexplaining.
You start overgiving.
You start overworking.

Ironically, the more you need to be needed, the less 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 your presence becomes.

Patients don’t need a savior. (OK, they do need Jesus but YOU are certainly not Him)
They need 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲.
They need 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲.
They need 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲.

And those only come from a Chiropractor who knows their role and is at 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 with it.

When you release the need to be needed, something beautiful happens.

Your adjustments get cleaner.
Your words get simpler.
Your energy gets lighter.
Your practice gets healthier.

You stop chasing validation
and start serving with 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

And that’s where Chiropractic was always meant to live.

In Health and Faith,
Jay

01/16/2026

This also applies to other areas of growth in our lives...

01/14/2026

01/13/2026

Very grateful to patients who show their love and appreciation by doing stuff like this...

01/12/2026

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧… 𝐈 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞

I took a walk down memory lane recently and came across a post I shared 13 years ago. At the time I shared it, it resonated with me on a deep level but I should have paid more attention to the warnings that it was foreshadowing.

Reading it now, it feels different. It’s like looking back at old family pictures. Some images hold cherished memories and others you wish you could reach through the front of the image and share a warning to make life less painful for the person in the picture.

I now see so many things written in that post that were an ominous foreshadowing of everything it would take to get me here. Nearly every single line turned out to be true. Not metaphorically. Practically.

𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝;
𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲.

That stopped me cold in my tracks.

How many friends did I have that told me I was selfish, I was unreasonable and I was dangerous for having the audacity not to take the shot? I witnessed people that I previously treated like family become venomous when their opinion wasn’t coming out of my mouth. It made no sense to me. It does now. They were deceived and allowed emotion to win out over truth. They were gripped by Fear and chose fear over facts. They valued self-preservation over integrity.

I’ve really worked on forgiving them and for the most part I have succeeded. For me, forgiveness wasn’t optional. It was survival. I realize that holding onto some of the resentment is done selfishly so that I don’t forget and allow myself to foolishly trust those people again.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬;
𝐁𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲.

Have you ever noticed that kindness has a strange way of threatening insecure people? Certain acts of service I’ve done over the years were questioned and my intentions were twisted.

I’ve been asked, “What’s the catch?”, when there was none.

I now understand that I shouldn’t be surprised by this.

My Chiropractic Assistant told me that I’m a “Unicorn”. I suppose people will always question our (yours and mine) motives when we shine a light in a dark world when there’s nothing “in it for us”.

And yet, I’ve strived to make kindness my standard. Not because it was safe. But because it was right.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬; 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲.

This one isn’t easily stomached.
This one hurt more than I expected.
Success brings light into relationships.

Some people are here in our lives forever.
Some people are here for a season.
Some people come into our lives as a comfort, over stay their welcome as a guest and then become difficult to evict or leave like a thief in the night with our most valued possessions.

Over our lives, you’ll recall those that stayed, those that disappeared and those that revealed their true selves when the going got tough.

But, I think that you’ll agree that success wasn’t the problem. It was merely the catalyst.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤, 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮;
𝐁𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲.

Telling the truth often comes at a price. Being transparent invites attack. And, in this world, integrity attracts opposition.

I’m reminded of the quote from Winston Churchill, “Truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end… There it is.”

Over time, dishonesty collapses under its own weight, and truth quietly stands.

Always has, always will.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭;
𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲.

That sentence haunts me. It literally played out before my eyes.

Years of work. Years of sacrifice. Years of obedience.

I opposed the current narrative and challenged their way of thinking and my reward? My practice was erased nearly overnight.

And yet…

Building that practice and the relationships and serving God was never a wasted endeavor.

Because what was built externally could be shaken. What was built internally could not.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬;
𝐁𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲.

Who would have ‘thunk’ that Peace is provocative?

The truth is that a calm spirit unsettles chaos and Contentment exposes restlessness. Those that thrive on chaos and are restless don’t like that.

Happiness has become an act of defiance.

My happiness is not loud or arrogant or in your face.

My happiness has become quiet but unshakable in the last 13 years since I first read this line from the original post.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰;
𝐃𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲.

Look deep inside yourself and find your WHY.

This one required surrender for me to achieve.

Do what you do not to be remembered, not to be thanked, not to be validated.

Just to do good.

And let God keep the records.

𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲.

Don’t give your leftovers.
Don’t give what’s convenient.
Give your best.
Even when no one is watching.
And most especially then.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞…
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫:

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝.
𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲.

That sentence makes sense of the last 13 years for me.

It exposes the source of the attacks and the losses. It reminds us that our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. (Ephesians 6:12)

And, it also exposes the source of our victories and growth.
Psalm 66:10–12
For You, O God, tested us;
You refined us like silver.
You brought us into the net;
You laid burdens on our backs.
You let men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
yet You brought us out to a place of abundance.

That old post reframed the last 13 years and it gives clarity and vision for the next season.

When you finally understand Who the work was always for
and who you were actually becoming…

The striving quiets.
The accusations lose their power.
The need to be understood falls away.

Our Peace will not arrive when the road gets smoother.
It will arrive when you stop walking it for an audience.

And from that place, you’ll realize, as I have, that the next season doesn’t need to be louder, bigger, or more impressive.

It just needs to be faithful.

Still Giving. Still Loving. Still Serving. Still Doing.

In Health and Faith,
Jay

01/11/2026

I posted this 13 years ago. I had no idea how true that each of these statements were or how sharp the pain of doing what's right can be nor how amazing the reward is in the end when you are faithful to God and continue to do His will.

01/10/2026

01/10/2026