Dr. Rachel Leskosky, Family Chiropractor, Life Expression Wellness Center

04/15/2026

Children innately know their bodies work better when their nervous system is working well. Children have been loving chiropractic for a long time. It is always amazing how well God made their bodies to be well!

04/14/2026

Caring for their nervous system is a simple concept. Their brain and spinal cord direct and regulate every function in their developing bodies. Just as we care for our teeth with regular brushing and cleaning, and we teach those habits from the beginning, we care for our nervous system and teach this from the beginning!

It makes sense to support this most important function in their bodies from the beginning!

Contact us for your family today!

04/08/2026

Their nervous system is setting its core expression during the first year of life. Here is what we suggest to help your child grow with a strong foundation from the start:
Choose Chiropractic care for your family before and during pregnancy.
AND Choose chiropractic care for babies soon after birth and during their first year. A nervous system that is calmly adapting to life makes a huge difference!

Allow babies to move, eat, and sleep with means that honor natural development.

❤️Trust in the wisdom of God’s design. There is so much to be said about the art of listening to babies as they tell us what they need. ❤️

04/08/2026

A little late but not overdue…
From our family to yours, a most Blessed Easter Season! Christ is Alive and Risen indeed! We love you Lord Jesus! Thank you for this gift of salvation, redemption and sanctification that we continue to receive and ponder with awe and joy. ❤️🙏

03/26/2026

How incredible we have been designed! Join us tomorrow evening at our next Bloom & Grow Collective!
Details next 👉

03/25/2026

Just. A. Few. Short. Days and Weeks!!!

Last year’s picture with this year’s eager anticipation for the beauty that is to come! I’m reminded that we are all, in many ways “flowers waiting to bloom”.

With every adjustment we honor the beautiful gift God has given your body to renew, heal and grow. It’s really quite exciting!

Eager to experience the joy of springtime with a healthy nervous system!?
Contact us for your family today!

Dr. Rachel Ciliberti, Family Chiropractor
570.359.3888

02/19/2026

Chiropractic care from the beginning makes a world of a difference for every child. ❤️

~Sharing these words from The Happy Mama Place. Thank you Jessica Ann, for all you do as an amazing MOM, and for all you do to share your expertise and experience with families in our area. We appreciate you!!!

“I’m sharing this as a mom first.
And also as a doula who deeply values nervous system support from the very beginning.

Dr. Rachel has been seeing my daughter since day two of life.
In those early weeks, feeding was hard. She would only nurse on my right side and needed a football hold. After just two gentle adjustments, that began to shift. Feeding softened. Her body settled.

As she got older, something else became clear.
She knows when it’s time for an adjustment and will ask to go. Even her dad, who was skeptical at first, started noticing the pattern.

Children communicate through their bodies long before they have words.
Their nervous systems speak through feeding, tension, sleep, and behavior.

Grateful for providers like Dr. Rachel who listen to tiny bodies and honor their wisdom. 🤍”

02/11/2026

Has your child ever asked to see their chiropractor? This one does! Though she’s a little older now, I think back to this picture, taking in her bubbly conversation as she got adjusted. Her nervous system was SO telling of the blossoming she was doing within as she experienced better calm and ease of communication within.

Children have an inborn connection with their bodies that is all too often discounted. From babies on up, they communicate with their eyes or bodies or words when their nervous system is needing to shift.

Today, we are familiar with ways to help our children regulate their nervous system with the choices we make for food, communication, rest and activity, for example. We are familiar with ways that their nervous system thrives when their bodies are calm.

Chiropractic care is one of the best things parents can choose for their families for nervous systems that regulate efficiently. It is setting the tone for how they adapt to every experience. Choose family chiropractic care for all your children. We promise you, you will notice the difference it makes!

Has chiropractic care made a difference in your family? Please help us help your loved ones and share this with them! We love and appreciate you!

02/01/2026

Yes!!!🙌

God calls us to bless our bodies and all He created in all that we think, say and do!

We are called to speak life, eat living food, and use what He created for us to thrive for His purpose!

These findings also support that regular chiropractic care for your whole family is one of the best choices you can make for calm nervous systems and vibrant bodies!

This is why its called 'spell'!

YOUR WORDS CAN MAKE YOU ILL (YES, PHYSICALLY): THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE NOCEBO EFFECT

Do you often say things like “I feel terrible,” “I’m always tired,” or “I’m getting old”? Research in 2026 is backing what neuroscience has long suggested: the brain programs the body through language. While cells don’t understand words, they respond to chemical signals triggered by thoughts and speech. When you describe yourself using illness or limitation, you aren’t just expressing how you feel—you’re instructing your nervous system to behave that way. The body follows those instructions faithfully.

This process is known as the nocebo effect. Just as hopeful expectations can promote healing, repeated negative statements activate stress chemistry. Persistent pessimistic language raises cortisol and adrenaline, which over time suppress immune defenses by reducing lymphocytes and T cells. In effect, harmful self-talk functions like an internal toxin that weakens the body’s resilience.

A common mistake: treating language as harmless venting without realizing it has biological consequences. When defeat-based phrases become routine, the nervous system stays locked in survival mode. Many treatments fail because the body is being treated while the mind is constantly sending danger signals.

Scientific pathway: Neuroplasticity
The brain can be retrained. By shifting from fixed, negative labels to language focused on growth and possibility, stress responses decrease and the parasympathetic (repair) system becomes more active. Studies from Harvard indicate that constructive language improves emotional state, stabilizes heart rhythm, and supports healthy inflammation control—showing that words act like biological tools.

Practical steps to retrain your system:

• Spot the trigger phrases: Notice statements like “I’m so sick” or “this will destroy me.” Each one strengthens a stress pathway.
• Replace the message: Swap “I’m sick” with “my body is healing.” One defines identity; the other signals recovery.
• Protect your mornings: What you say when you wake up shapes your hormone balance—avoid starting the day with complaints.
• Choose your input wisely: Negative talk from others also affects your nervous system. Vital language supports vital chemistry.

Source:
Harvard Medical School / Journal of Psychosomatic Research (2025),
The Neurobiology of the Nocebo Effect: How Verbal Suggestions and Negative Narratives Impact Immune Function and Endocrine Response

01/30/2026

With the snow and cold this week, we are in this Saturday for morning hours!

Link below 👇 to schedule.

01/07/2026

How beautiful to reflect on the wonder of God’s creation and our own continual times in our life where we are fashioned and transformed according to God’s wisdom and will in us! Trust in the process ❤️

FROM CATERPILLAR TO NEW CREATION

A caterpillar does not slowly stretch into a butterfly. It is dismantled. When the caterpillar reaches maturity, it forms a chrysalis and seals itself inside. Then something astonishing happens. The body begins to break down. Muscles disintegrate. Organs dissolve. Tissues liquefy into a protein rich soup. The creature that crawled on leaves is effectively taken apart from the inside. This is not cosmetic change. This is total deconstruction.

This process cannot work in slow, partial steps. A caterpillar cannot survive with half dissolved muscles, a partially broken digestive system, or a nervous system in mid collapse. If the breakdown begins without the full reconstruction system already in place, the organism dies. There is no selective advantage to being partly liquid. There is no survival benefit to halfway wings or incomplete organs. Every stage of this transformation must be fully coordinated from the beginning or the animal does not live long enough to reproduce.

Inside that liquid state are tiny clusters of cells called imaginal discs. They were present from the very beginning of the caterpillar’s life, waiting with precise instructions. While the rest of the body dissolves, these discs survive and activate. Each disc builds a specific structure wings, antennae, compound eyes, legs, reproductive organs. Cells migrate, specialize, and assemble according to a prewritten plan. Timing matters. Position matters. Chemistry matters. One mistake and the organism dies. There is no room for trial and error.

As reconstruction continues, an entirely new body forms. The nervous system is rewired. The digestive system is redesigned for nectar instead of leaves. Wings with microscopic scales assemble in exact symmetry. When the chrysalis opens, the creature that emerges is not an upgraded caterpillar. It is a different organism with a different diet, different behavior, different anatomy, and different purpose. The crawler is gone. The butterfly is new.

Now consider the odds. For this to arise by accident, a creature would need the ability to dissolve itself without dying, preserve select cell groups with future blueprints, trigger them at the right moment, and rebuild a functional flying organism from liquid. Every step must already exist before it can work. Partial systems are fatal. Gradualism collapses here. This is an all or nothing process that only works if the full plan is present from the start.

And this is where the picture turns personal. Scripture tells us that when we are lost in sin, we do not slowly improve ourselves into something righteous. The old life must die. God does not renovate a fallen nature. He replaces it. “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Just as the caterpillar is broken down before it can be remade, so a person must surrender the old self before God brings forth new life. Nature quietly proclaims what the Gospel declares plainly. True transformation does not come from self effort. It comes from the Creator who rebuilds us according to His perfect design.

12/03/2025

“Chiropractic is one of the best things you can do for the health of your child, because we are helping their nervous system function the best that it can, and their whole body functions from that.”
Dr. Rachel Ciliberti DC

Cue his sweet smile in perfect timing as baby agrees! ❤️