the nspirer™ by Dr. Shannon

What an Amazing Day...

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Shannon) — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:49:00 +0000

Today was the most amazing day! Actually, words cannot describe what I
experienced today.

We had the privilege of visiting several Children's Homes. To see the
richness of God in the eyes of these children was humbling...to say
the least!

Nothing in my 14 years of being a Chiropractor compares to what
happened next!

We visited a Leper Colony and were able to witness the joy of the Lord
being the strength of some of the "least of these"! Wow!!!!!!!...but
to be able to lay my hands on them...and in the name of Jesus, remove
interference to the healing power of God within them with the love of
a chiropractic adjustment!...I am forever grateful, touched and healed
from the inside, out!

They will never be the same and neither will we!

Healthfully yours,
Dr. Shannon
www.drshannonspeaks.com
© 2009 All rights reserved.

The Power of “S.T.O.P.”

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Shannon) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Life has a way of getting highly intense, busy, chaotic and out of control at times. Would you agree? It’s just the nature of the human condition, I guess…

Well the other day my life hit that moment! Then in the midst of all the tears, as well as the “overwhelm”, negativity and powerlessness that I was feeling, I heard a still, small voice that said quite simply, “Stop”. So that is what I did.

S- Square up, get silent and let go… My Basketball Coach used to tell me, “Square Up, you can’t shoot on the fly! Square up and face the basket, get planted, and then shoot the ball.” All I could hear is Mr. Dreier’s voice, and suddenly it made so much sense…STOP, face my target, get centered, be silent and let it go…regardless of the outcome! If I do this, I will have done all that I can do and the rest is no concern of mine. Besides that, if I do this, the likelihood of me hitting my target and scoring are very high…much higher than if I try to shoot on the fly!

T- Take back control of my time…For months I have been saying that I am so busy and my schedule is so full. Then I asked myself, “Who controls my schedule? Who controls my time?” Wow, I do! That means that I can take back control of my time. And since time is life…that means I can take back control of my life! Yay!!!!

O- Open my eyes to a new way of seeing and doing things…This is not always easy. Why not? Because it means that I have to trust in a power and a perspective greater than my own. Just the thought of that seems so refreshing, but getting to the point of being willing to surrender to it, is another story. For some reason, that refreshing feeling seems to be expressed best with a deep breath. It feels so full-filling and full of inspiration now that I have stopped to take it all in!

P- Prepare for what’s coming…The greatness that lies ahead of me. And not just somewhere out there, but right now…the next step!

Oh my goodness, what a lesson it has been…one that I am still learning! The power of stopping can save your life! Think about it the next time you stop before entering a busy intersection. Without a stop, there could never be a GO. Perhaps this is why they call a traffic light, a stop light and not a go light. The going is easy, the stopping is not.

I think about a World-Class Runner…before they run…. First they stop, get down on their knee and take a deep breath. Perhaps this is the beginning of becoming a Champion!

Don’t get me wrong, sometimes people can get stuck in the stop. This is also very dangerous. If you stop too long at a time and place when you should be moving, you may get rear-ended! Remember that you were innately designed to move and without action, you will get nowhere in life! It’s very difficult to steer a parked car and even harder to follow one that is not moving…so choose who you will follow and choose how and when you will move!

Music is music because of the pauses between the notes. There is a certain rhythm to life…and once you find yours, you will be powerful and the harmony of your life will be infinitely unstoppable!

Healthfully yours,
Dr. Shannon
www.drshannonspeaks.com
© 2009 All rights reserved.

The Power of the Parallel

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Shannon) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:00:00 +0000

It’s always a unique moment when I drive downtown and need to park…the dreaded “parallel park”! Wow, once again I did it! But today something was a little different…

I pulled up next to the car that I would be parking behind. This was the moment of “The Parallel”…if I did this properly, as well as the steps to follow, it would be a perfect park! As I was recalling what Mr. Peterman taught me in 9th grade Driver’s Education, I lined my front seat up with the front seat of the parked vehicle to my right. Lesson #1: If you are going to get behind someone, first you must get beside them. Then I began to back up and angle myself 45 degrees to the curb. At that point, I thought what I always think at this step…”This is totally not going to work”…”Oh my goodness, I hope no one hits the front of my truck that is now sticking out into the street!”…. As the front of my truck cleared the back bumper of the car in front of me, I began to steer the front end back in, while thinking…”Oh my goodness, am I going to drive up onto the curb? (Well, it wouldn’t be the first time, nor will it be the last!)”…I realized that I, in fact, was in the midst of a Perfect Parallel Park!

It was then that I realized, Lesson #2: No matter what things look like, what you think, or what you feel, if you just follow the proven-effective steps that work (if you follow them), you WILL BE successful!

I backed right into that spot with no problem. It was a perfect and profound parallel park! It pays to follow the steps, it pays to get along side someone you want to get behind, and it pays to back in one step at a time. Best of all, when I checked the parking meter, I found out that because it was the weekend, I didn’t have to pay one penny for these valuable lessons!

Healthfully yours,
Dr. Shannon
www.drshannonspeaks.com
© 2009 All rights reserved.

The Power that Made the Body…Heals the Body -Part 3

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Shannon) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:50:00 +0000

As a Chiropractor with over 14 years of experience, I have had the privilege of witnessing countless miracles of healing! There is no greater reward than helping someone take back their health! Why do I say, take back versus receive their health? Because recovery is exactly that, “taking back” that which has been either taken from you or given away by you. In essence, it is getting back that which you’ve lost…or misplaced. The great news is health is never lost as long as life is flowing through you! As long as there is life in you, there is hope for healing and recovery. You see, health/wellness resides on the inside of you…it’s just whether or not it’s being expressed that matters most! Are you expressing the greatness that is on the inside of you? Are you manifesting the health that’s in you? Are you fully experiencing the abundant life that IS you?

Life flows through you from above (brain), down (body), inside (you), out (life). This is how health flows as well. Because what is essential for life is essential for health! So if you are seeing signs of ill-health (symptoms) being manifested in your body or your life…it is time to remove whatever is interfering with this flow of life/health from above, down, inside and out! Perhaps it is a mindset; perhaps it’s an unhealthy habit…or perhaps it’s a vertebral subluxation (spinal bone out of place, interfering with optimal nervous system function and your body’s ability to heal itself)?

There are many things that can interfere with 100% life flowing through you from above, down, inside and out. The key to unlocking the life/health that is in you is removing that interference, and allowing the power that is in you to be fully expressed, not only in you, but in your life! Because YOU are life!

Healthfully yours,
Dr. Shannon
www.cornerstone4life.com
© 2009 All rights reserved.

The Power of Vision

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Shannon) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Those without a vision perish! It's the truth...but why is that? I believe the number one reason vision allows us to "not perish", but prosper, is because it allows us to see...even in the darkest of times! Vision allows us to see through the circumstances, the challenges and the ups and downs in the road that tend to block our view. If you have vision, it doesn't matter what comes up or down to block your way...a detour is never the final destination...I say "never", as long as you have VISION!

Vision allows us to seek that which we desire to discover. Isn't it interesting that the word "SEEk" begins with SEE? We cannot be that which we cannot see! That is precisely why each of us has been uniquely crafted with a very specific vision and purpose in mind. Does a fish need to be told to swim, a bird told to fly, a retreiver to retreive? No! Why is that? Because that is what they are, and that is what they do...innately!

We as humans are innately gifted with certain dreams and desires, as well as talents, needed to fulfill those desires. It is that internal desire that leads and guides us to discover our destiny. It is how we see ourselves that will determine whether or not we will fulfill our destiny.

How do you see yourself? How has this affected your vision? Where are you going and what do you see? A lot of times people will respond by saying, "I don't know". Well, if you do not know, than I will rephrase the question, "Where would you like to go and what would you like to see?" Allow yourself to dream, imagine, and reflect the vision that is already on the inside of you...disguised as "desire". Desire will direct you to your discovery and ulimately your destiny!

The power of discovery begins with the power of your vision! It is time to put the magnifying glass toward your future and that which shines ahead of you...it will ignite the passion that lies within you and is ready to reflect that brilliance ahead of you!

Healthfully yours,
Dr. Shannon
www.cornerstone4life.com
© 2009 All rights reserved.

The Power of One...and One

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Shannon) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:04:00 +0000

Anyone who knows me knows that my favorite number is 11. For so many fabulous reasons…too many to mention here, but nonetheless, the number is very profound to me. My hope is that it will be empowering to you as well.

What I like most about the number eleven is that it is twice the number 1…Who wouldn't like #1 times 2? Twice the fun, twice the victory, twice the strength, twice the celebration!

What I also like is that 1 and 1 speaks volumes because it is exponential. You see, 1 and 1 is not 2, but it's 11!

There is infinite power when two come together…especially in agreement. One can set one thousand to flight, but two can set ten thousand to flight (or should we say, eleven thousand to flight)! Imagine what would happen if a bird tried to fly south (which it is innately designed to do), but tried to do it alone? Not only would it be painful, but I believe it would be impossible! And that's not a word I like to use!

So often we go through life trying to do it on our own, trying to make our way. When all along, there are people (other Ones) who are there to help us! I call them Divine Connections. Why? Because there is nothing more divine than a true connection!

We were never meant to do it alone! We are programmed to believe that we need to look out for number one. But what if you go through life and have 100% of very little, when you could have had 50% of a whole lot!? Well I've got news for you, when you share what you have…what you have multiplies…exponentially! Eventually you end up with 100% of 100! Everyone WINS! It really is that simple!

It's not even about giving and taking, but it's about sharing and receiving. When we begin to focus on what we can share, instead of what we can receive…what we have to share GROWS! When we begin to focus on what we have, instead of what we have not…what we have GROWS…and more importantly, who we are expands exponentially!

Accountability, someone to share ourselves with, is absolutely vital to our success…and more importantly, whether or not we will make the journey! A goal that is written is so much more likely to be realized, but a goal written and shared is achieved and multiplied…by 11! I don't know about you, but I want to be a goal-achiever, not just a goal-setter!

You being your best is not just about you! It's about everyone else on this planet being better because they are sharing this ride with you! If you do not share the greatness that is on the inside of you, than someone else is not going to be able to receive it…and therefore, they too will have less to share. What I'm saying is that we all need each other…to be our best!

The problem is that most people think they need to be more, to give more…so they don't give. Then worse yet, they do not share what's inside of them. When the truth is, unless you share what you've got, you won't have more to share! Am I making any sense to you? It's not an "if…then", but an "i…when" experience! You will be all that you will be, when you realize that you already are, and you celebrate what and who you are!! Do yourself a favor, read that again please…slowly.

Someone once told me, "Eating well and exercise are not a guarantee for great health; they are merely an expression of the great health that is already within you"…

Are you expressing that greatness? Are you sharing your Oneness (your uniqueness) with other Ones? Are you waiting for your partner to give 50% before you give your 50%? Well, I've got news for you…two halves don't make a whole. One and One wholes do! How about giving your 100% so that no matter what anyone else gives in your life, your experience is 100% full…and full-filling? How about celebrating you and your life…and those in it...because what we celebrate GROWS! One and One really can equal 11!

You see, I do not want a cup that is half empty or half full…nor do I want that for you! I want a cup that is FULL…and when we drink of and share from that cup…our cup runneth over! That is true Power…the Power of 11!

Healthfully yours,
Dr. Shannon
www.cornerstone4life.com
© 2009 All rights reserved.

The Power That Made The Body...Heals The Body 2

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Shannon) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:03:00 +0000

Once again, I have to agree. Not only because of the scientific education I have received, but because of what I see each week in my life, as well as in the lives of my patients!

I want to talk to you about a mindset that is killing America and could be killing you! It's the mindset of "less than". We live in a country that tells us to "super-size" everything. As a result we are bigger than we have ever been…but we are far from SUPER!

We are driven by thoughts of lack, fear, insecurity and greed…just to name a few. If we are always thinking about what we don't have, instead of what we do… this is LACK. And it is far from the abundance-thinking that I believe leads to Optimal Health and an Optimal Life! Thoughts of lack lead to sickness and suffering…period!

So many people think that they cannot lose weight, so they eat MORE. So many people think less of themselves, so they hunger and thirst for MORE! So many Americans think they are sick, so they take MORE drugs! (Symptoms don't necessarily equate to sickness, no more than the lack of symptoms equates to health…more on this to come…) If drugs created health, than why are Americans sicker than they have ever been, yet we as a nation consume more drugs than ever before!?

If only we could trust the wisdom within our bodies and realize that it works based on Universal Principles, not unlike gravity! Let me explain. No matter who you are, if you jump out of a window of a 10-story building, you are going to fall. No matter who you are, every time you put something in your mouth it has an effect (or a side-effect), whether you like it or not. If you put life-giving food in, you get more life…more health! If you put garbage in your body, you are going to feel like garbage…and eventually your health is going to stink…and you will eventually fall! But it doesn't have to be that way!

But…(I love that little word)…if (I love that little word even more), you apply the principles that I shared with you last time of Above, Down, Inside and Out, you will an abundant life! The human body is extremely abundant! Every day your body is marvelously producing new cells. Did you know that the skin that you are wearing right now is not the same skin you were wearing last week? You are regenerating every day! Isn't that amazing? As long as you are regenerating faster than you are degenerating, you will be healthy. It is time for all of us to focus on what our bodies are building and what we can do to join the building team, not the demolition one. As far as I see it, if we are not part of the solution, than we are part of the problem!!

Another Universal Principle that makes all the difference is this simple equation:

Calories Out > Calories In = Thin. O.K., maybe this isn't quite a Universal Principle…I just made it up. So let's just call it a "Dr. Shannon Principle". People come to me all the time saying that they can't lose weight. You may have said this yourself. Well I have great news for you…YES, YOU CAN!

All we need to do is find out what's interfering with your body working the way it was designed to work and YOU WILL LOSE WEIGHT! Sometimes the interference is quite simply, your mindset and you thinking and saying that you "can't lose weight"! To this I will say, YES YOU CAN! I have yet to work with anyone with our "health4life program" who didn't lose weight!

A lot of times, the only weight you need to lose is…your WAIT! Now is the time…today is your day! Wait no longer…what you do today will affect your "who" and what you do (or can't do) tomorrow!

Healthfully yours,
Dr. Shannon
www.cornerstone4life.com
© 2009 All rights reserved.

The Power That Made The Body...Heals The Body

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Shannon) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:00:00 +0000

That's right, it really is that simple! There is this special something in all living things that keep it alive. It's in the grass, the trees; it's in you and me. I believe God put it there and it's called Innate Intelligence. Innate means "born with". Some people call it the electricity or the power of the body. I call it "life" and what a gift it is! Do you know what's causing your heart to beat right now? That's the Innate Intelligence of your body. It's that vital force within the body…it's that God-given wisdom of the body that knows exactly what it is doing at all times; As long as nothing interferes with that wisdom!

From the moment a sperm and an egg come together…life begins. Cells divide and divide and now here we are! To me that is one of the most amazing mysteries! How does that all work? Well I will tell you how it works.

The first organ to form is the brain and spinal cord…the Central Nervous System. It is central to everything else in the body (the Master Control Panel). From it everything else is created. It is the lifeline to the entire body! Wow! You see, all life flows from above, down, inside and out…and this is exactly how it works!

Anything that interferes with that flow of life from above, down, inside, and out (ADIO) will cause less than optimal life; therefore, less than optimal health.

Vertebral Subluxation (spinal misalignment) will interfere with life flowing from ADIO! That's why I get to witness miracles everyday in my chiropractic office. Why? Because when subluxations are reduced or removed in the spine, the nervous system functions the way it was designed to function and the body does the same. Things like fatigue, sinus issues, allergies, reflux, constipation, menstrual problems (to name a few)…they just seem to magically get better. Why? It's because the body was designed to be self-healing. How do we know this?

Have you ever cut your finger? How does it heal and who heals it? The body, of course! That's the Innate Intelligence I was talking about. Let me give you an example: If you cut the finger of a dead person and you cut your finger…then you put antibiotics on your finger and the dead person's finger, which finger heals? Yours, of course! Why is that?

Because life is essential for healing…it happens no other way! It happens from ADIO!

Another major interference that most people suffer from is the interference of "stinking thinking" (as I have heard Zig Ziglar define it…I love that guy!). If your mind is not full of life…neither will you be. I like to call it "S.I.C.K. Thinking"! Remember: your mind feeds your body. Are you feeding it sickness? Are you feeding it "junk food for thought"?

Health comes from the inside, out…so does life! What we feed our minds and what our minds feed our bodies is almost more important than what we feed our mouths. It's not necessarily what you are eating, but what is eating you!

Stay tuned…we are just getting started with this conversation. I am going to show you that you CAN think WELL, you CAN lose weight, you CAN be your BEST, and you CAN experience health…for life!

The Power of Decision

noreply@blogger.com (Dr. Shannon) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:48:00 +0000

No matter where you are right now in your journey of life, you got there by the decisions you have made. That's right! You are where you are because your mind went there first. The good news is that if you don't like where you are…simply make another decision and the process of a brighter tomorrow begins!

Frank Outlaw says something like this, "Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny!" To this I would add, WATCH your life transform the moment you make a decision!

The word, decide comes from the Latin word, "decidere", which means "to cut off". Once you make a decision, you cut off any other option (except of course, another decision). Failure is not an option, once you decide that you are a success and you begin to act as if. That's right, success begins when you decide that today is the day…today is your day…for a decision that will transform your life forever!

Someone once told me that the difference between those who are successful and those who are not is this: Successful people make more decisions!

It all starts with one decision…today! Choose your best health…for life, starting today!