#my brother is a kinesiologist

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What do you think travis do after collage? And Connor? Will they go back to camp?

I havent read the trials of apollo, so I dont have clue if something was mention on it.

I was thinking that people always say that Will would be a doctor (kind of a surgeon) but I was being delulu and I believe that he wouldnt choose such place to work again. And also the trauma from camp has a weight on him that he would probably never overcome.

I picture him as a pediatrician (kids think that magic is real and no one would believe them if will uses his powers.) Maybe a kinesiologist too.

But, i think that later in his life he would feel like he can do so much more with his powers and he has the feeling that he is managing better his ptsd (he is not), so he would study surgery and became one of the greatest of all times.

((If this would be a Willvis fic, Travis would ask himself if he did right by encouraging him to follow his dreams when he is comforting (or after comforting) Will when he has night terrors and flashbacks and ptsd about their teenage time mixed with their adult life.))

Its bittersweet im sorry but i cant help it.

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My headcanon (that has zero basis on canon) changes every single month about what Travis and Connor's profession would be lol. It varies between:

youtubers that travel the world vlogging popular sites and less known sites

Farmers who raise cattle/sheep and a side business of raising working breed border collies

youtube channel dedicated to a bunch of random stuff like pickpocketing tutorials and how to handle a live mine and 'Learning how to speak [insert whatever language] lesson 1'

social workers/therapist to help others like how they did as co-counselors at camp

dog trainers that work specifically with the dogs breed for herding and guarding

stunt actors in films/movies

I just always picture them working in the same field together. Can't really imagine them being separate to be honest.

(I know the easy and probably most likely scenario if Rick ever make a sequel where they are all adults is that Travis and Connor make a pranking youtube channel but I hate those channels with a burning passion because it's just all scripted as well as some going way too far and I'm sure Travis and Connor would want authentic reactions. But then they'll be sued/put in jail so...)

I also don't think Will would be a surgeon. But it would be funny to see how the Mist will try to cover this up if he's working in a normal hospital. Like, is Will going to not use his power and do it like any other mortal surgeon? Or if he uses his powers and get what should have been a 1/2/3/15 hour surgery done in 10 seconds, how does the Mist convince the nurse and anesthesiologist who's monitoring and recording the vitals that nothing abnormal happens?

Also I'm just imagining Will having these shit awful aseptic technique and the entire medical staff losing it because he can just say a hymn to prevent/heal infection and also the techniques he learned at camp is probably really lax and loose on the rules since ambrosia and nectar fixes near everything.

[I picture him as a pediatrician (kids think that magic is real and no one would believe them if will uses his powers.) Maybe a kinesiologist too.]

That's so cute 🥹 Will would be so good with kids. But diagnosing kids with cancer or some other terminal illness though... that's like one of the worse pains in the world. And it'll remind Will of the days of the war where his friends/family die young too.

I'm positive Will can save them. But then it becomes another Ascelpsius situation where Will is saving those who should have definitely died. (I guess not really because he's not bringing them back to life like his half-brother did ... but there are conditions/illnesses that cannot be cured by modern medicine so if Will saves them isn't that basically the same?)

A kinesiologist or physical therapist is also really cute!! And not a lot of death involved too since it's just helping/motivating/teaching patients how to get their range of motion back. My old anatomy teacher joked a lot of it being 'legal torture' lol

((If this would be a Willvis fic, Travis would ask himself if he did right by encouraging him to follow his dreams when he is comforting (or after comforting) Will when he has night terrors and flashbacks and ptsd about their teenage time mixed with their adult life.))

Willvis oh man. That would make for such a good angsty fic. I can just picture them travis spooning will in his arms after helping him fall back asleep from a nightmare and travis just pressing his face against Will's neck wondering if he had said something different, if this would still be happening.

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thank you so much!! 🥹 It really means a lot ❤️

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Blog Post 1.2 (Classmate Research)

First person I met from class is Disha, and I also happened to interview her as well. We had a lot of things in common, well sort of. Some interesting facts to know about Disha is that she's from Renton Washington, so sort of close to where I live. She also attended a local high school by the name of Hazen. Which funny enough I had a few friends that went to Hazen as well. She enjoys reading on her free time and she's studying to be a Kinesiologist. I'm sort of the complete opposite, I enjoy playing video games on my free time and I'm studying to be a psychologist. Disha has 1 older brother, so she's the baby of the family and we know the baby is always the favorite child (not that's a problem). Reverse to me I have one younger sister and an older brother, so I'm the middle child and we know how that goes (P.S. I kind of liked it). Disha also did 2 years of running start and I think she's technically a junior in terms of credits, so she is definitely way smarter than me. So after my interview you can clearly see all the things in common me and Disha have.

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Day 29th I went with my mom to the kinesiologist today, she’s still recovering from her ankle fracture so I took some time there to read a little bit more about the Karamazov Brothers. This book is so insightful I get stuck from time to time just thinking about what I read. Honestly, I am loving it and I couldn’t be happier reading it.  I really need to thank my boyfriend for being so intelligent and reading actual good literature. That’s for you @lightthroughthewindow 4:05pm  August 2nd, 2019

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I received the following message from a fellow natural clinician:

“My patient moved to hospice care today and she is refusing medical intervention as of yesterday. I spoke with her husband yesterday and today. She said goodbye to her children and her brothers yesterday.

I am so bad at this part. It’s so hard. I still want to try and help her find healing, but I’m not sure she is open to it at this point in time. She is one of those patients that just climbed into my heart and became like my family.

At what point do you let go when you serve a God of resurrection power?

Thanks for listening. Blessings on your team today.”

When I read messages like this my empathy becomes acute to the point of painful. I have been in this exact space more times than I am capable of tracking.

At this very moment I, too, have a patient who is walking the same path and my eyes immediately well up when I think of what a sweetheart she is, what a battle she’s fought, and how her cancer has persisted no matter what she or I attempted in trying to slow its progression.

It establishes a level of humility, of helplessness that I have rarely experienced elsewhere in my life. For the moment I am a practitioner whose patient didn’t heal in the manner desired. It’s a grappling with failure, with responsibility, with identity and with faith.

I’m so bad at this part. It’s so hard…

We are now nearing a realm that is between two worlds: our temporary, earthly home and the Home of our spirit, our soul.

It’s times like these that I am driven to my knees and I must remind myself of the following truths:

I believe in the power of the human body and it’s capacity to heal naturally with every fiber of my being. But I cannot forget that it still might not be enough to prevent cancer from having its way.

I desire all of my patients live to the ripe age of 91 and pass away peacefully in their beds. But I cannot forget that the hour we depart this Earth was never established upon my time schedule.

I want to believe that certain supplements and protocols might be ‘the answer’ to ignite a healing journey that arrives at remission. But I cannot forget that nothing is a cure-all.

I want to help my patients escape their dis-ease. But I cannot forget that the dis-ease itself might be intended to bring a message of healing that I don’t, and may never, understand.

At what point do you let go…

We must remember that letting go and giving up are not the same.

I will never give up hope that God, in His sovereignty, has the ability to erase our physical woes in a moment’s notice, if that truly is His will.

But in times ‘like these’ I am learning to let go of my control, of my will, and instead pray that God’s will be made manifest in my patients’ lives, even if that means calling them Home.

Michelle Hamburger, Clinical Kinesiologist, CNHP

Michelle Hamburger is the Lead Practitioner, Clinical Kinesiologist and Methyl Genetic Nutritionist for Conners Clinic, trained by apprenticeship under Dr. Conners since 2010. Michelle developed and directs CC’s distance care program, traveling the U.S. to bring alternative services directly to patients. She is a graduate of Trinity International University with a degree in Social Sciences, emphasis on psychology, sociology and health. She is completing her Naturopathic degree and her AMA Fellowship in Integrative Cancer Therapy.

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Life after Hansa, my daily routine and other patient stories

See the photo above. That’s my daily and weekly routine since returning home. I’ve been home just 2 weeks now. Recovering your health is no quick fix or easy feat. If you’ve been chronically ill for years or decades, you’re looking at a marathon, not a sprint. Remember that. I had to make it clear to family and friends that upon returning home I’d be in for a long and hard slog of therapies, remedies, exercises and detox methods daily that would take up the majority of my time and energy. I had to explain that the 4 weeks of treatment I had would not “make me better” and I wouldn’t be returning home a healthier, brighter, happier version of myself. 12 years of chronic illness, with a body that sees dysfunction on a cellular level as it’s “norm” cannot be fixed in a mere matter of weeks. I’m looking at a recovery period of several months before I start seeing significant improvement in some areas and then years, for overall improvement of health. But I know I’m definitely on the right path. 

I didn’t know it would be this much work. I’m kind of glad I didn’t know to be honest. I don’t want this to be off-putting to anyone considering treatment. But if you’re looking for a quick fix, a few pills to take, some antibiotics to pump into your system and be done with it or a few weeks of harsh treatment to then return to a life of wellness, you’ll never get better. It’s unrealistic. I think that when you first become ill, you’re not used to that horrible feeling of fatigue, pain, nausea, brain fog etc and you’re grasping at straws, trying those quick fixes to get better. After years of this, you wise up and see that those quick fixes aren’t going to be the true catalyst for your healing. I hope if you’re contemplating this kind of treatment, you see that something like this IS a catalyst to long-term healing. 

Back to my daily routine shortly, firstly I’d like to acknowledge some of the patients I had treatment with at Hansa. I was fortunate enough to be there for a longer than normal period and therefore met many more patients. What I found most valuable was the patients who were returning for their 3rd, 4th or even 5th trip to Hansa. 

I met a brother and sister who returned for their second round of treatment, after they completed their first round of treatment 3 months prior. They told me that the first 3 months when you return home from your first visit are quite challenging. Because you’re changing a lot of things in your body and drawing out bad toxins, this can make you unwell (but as a lymie aren’t we used to herxing and feeling crap anyway? So I’m OK with that). The sister said she had a kinesiologist back home who continually tested what she was treating under her Hansa Dr’s instructions and this Dr saw continual improvement. When she had her first day back at Hansa and they did their baseline testing (I forget what it’s called), everything her kinesiologist had said was improving, lined up with what her Hansa Dr said. Her top 10 list she had at her first visit had changed and now her issues that were less important back then, had shifted up to number 1 and 2. This means her biggest problems had been properly addressed and now lesser problems were seen as more significant in her body. She said her brother had even better improvements than she had had and they were both very hopeful. 

I met a family from Canada who travel to Hansa once a year and all of them have 3-7 days of treatment. I met local families who were returning for their 5th+ time and had nothing but great things to say about how much Hansa had changed their life and improved their entire families health dramatically. I met patients on their first visit who came to Hansa after seeing friends or family get treated there and have such drastic improvement in their health, they knew it was their best option to recover from chronic illness too. I met others, but my brain is failing me at the moment. With all the returning patients I met, my constant thinking was “if this place wasn’t working, they wouldn’t be paying all that money to keep coming back.” It was very uplifting to speak to people who had already seen great results and were enthusiastic and hopeful to continue their healing through instilling their trust in the Dr’s at Hansa. 

So towards the end of week 2 at Hansa I started to click how hard I was going to have to work when I got home, how long my recovery would be and the potential of the treatment making me worse. At the end of my fourth week I was more than ready to go home and get stuck into it all. But when I got on the plane at LA airport, about to embark on a 16 hour flight and thinking about touching down at Melbourne airport to my parents waiting to greet me, it dawned on me what I had just done. I can’t remember if I put this in my last blog or not. 

I started crying on the plane. I went from this feeling of elation and excitement, to shock and fear. Kind of like after a traumatic event, when you’re running on adrenal throughout the experience and once it’s over, your brain is able to catch up and process what actually happened. My brain just went “holy shit, I just did 4 weeks of treatment on the other side of the world, with just my partner for support.” You won’t really get it unless you go through it yourself. I will tell you though, that it is a big fucking deal. It is probably the hardest and scariest thing I’ve done in my life and I am the instigator and driving force for getting myself there. No one pushed me to go, I had to push and do whatever it took to get myself there. 

So if you know someone who is going or has gone overseas for treatment, that is not a decision taken lightly and it takes incredible courage and strength. Travelling whilst sick is frightening beyond comprehension. Then you throw in treatment that you have no idea how your body will respond to, you are in a foreign country with unfamiliar surroundings, dealing with all obstacles that get thrown at you without your regular support systems or comforts. So yeah, I cried for a good 10 minutes on the plane, just let it all out. Feeling overwhelmed, scared and dam proud of myself for doing what I did. 

Coming home, I had to head out and start buying supplies for my daily routine. This included the whiteboard you see in the photo above. My partner drew up the grid with whiteboard tape and I added all the “activities” in. The first blue section are all my remedies, medications and supplements. “Tinctures x3″ means 3x a day, not 3 tinctures. I have 10 tinctures I must take 1-3x a day all up. The green section are my brain exercises for my limbic system. Below that in red are some of my longer exercises. Things like walking, grounding and colouring all have significance in helping repair the damage to my brain. The blue section on the right hand side are my detox therapies.

I’ve actually learnt how to do coffee enemas and that’s an experience in itself. I don’t think you know love until a partner has had to help you learn how to do an enema. Then the monthly column at the bottom is for things I need to do 1-2x a month. I’m waiting to get a referral to an EMDR specialist for repair my limbic system dysfunction, I don’t have the money yet for a lymphatic massage but it’s certainly something I need as my armpits and chest are aching a lot. Bioresonace is the treatment I have regularly with my local Dr and my Hansa Dr highly recommended I continue it. Doing all of these therapies on the board take up the majority of my day and 95% of my days total energy.

You may add them all up and think “well these are 20 minutes each, the brain exercises are only 10 minutes total, a bath/sauna is only 20 minutes, an enema is only 15 minutes so that’s about 4 hours of your day right?” No. Prepping for something can add an extra hour. My enema for example, it takes 25 minutes to boil the coffee in distilled water and then 70 minutes for it to cool to body temperature. I then have to set up the area to do it and clean up the equipment afterwards, plus add an extra 15 minutes of sitting on the toilet after the enema to make sure everything is out. You’re looking at it taking over 2 hours and 10 minutes just to complete this 1 detox therapy. For a liver wrap I have to lie with a hot water bottle on the caster oil wrap placed on my liver for 1 hour. That’s an entire hour I have to solely focus on that 1 therapy and cannot do anything else. For every meal I have, I have to take this spray and tablets before I eat anything that make my stomach quite upset, then I have to take a few bites of my food, stop, drink a large glass of water with apple cider vinegar and take a hydrochloric acid tablet and then continue eating. This takes some prepping and makes my meal times go for longer as it can take a while to down an entire glass of water with ACV in it. Then add into that your regular showering, getting dressed, preparing food, household chores and any other normal daily tasks and you’ve got a pretty jam-packed day. Now do all of this everyday for the next 4 months straight. I take my hat off to the patients with children and who work full time and have to fit all of this into their day as well. 

So how’s it all going? Well I’m exhausted. I feel pretty shit at this moment in time to be honest. But I’ve had periods of improvement and great days too. I’ve noticed improved stamina on my good days. I’ve noticed that my body copes better with the physical exercises I have to do, such as jumping on the trampoline. It’s not as painful or leaves me as out of breath. When I first got home, trying to do everything everyday was wearing me down extensively. However, this is slowly improving. I believe my “shit” feelings are from the treatment doing what it’s supposed to, my body simply cannot detox fast enough. My brain is over sensitive most of the time, but I am noticing improvements in my anxiety, more clarity and better threat-perception (feeling calmer in situations that I would normally freak out about because I think it might make me sick) on my good days. 

I don’t really have the energy to do many “extra” things at this point. I have left the house 4x this week, which is good. Some of the things were mandatory and made me worse, some of things were voluntary because I felt good. Some days it’s a struggle to do all my exercises and therapies because I’m just so fatigued and feeling unwell. These are the days I have to push through and remember my end goal. Some days I’ve woken up so exhausted after sleeping 9 hours, 2 hours later I’m back in bed as I can’t function. Some days I can only do half my therapies because I’m so unwell and yesterday I did no therapies and took no medications because my body simply wasn’t coping at all. I felt so toxic and horrible. My Dr told me to take a break for a day or two if my body is having a hard time, because feeling absolutely horrible is not the goal, there has to be a balance. Detox baths are the best! I have at least one everyday as it is the only detox therapy that brings me relief. Saunas, enemas and liver wraps make me feel more unwell at this point but I know from experience this will improve over time and they are necessary. 

My brain has been affected by the treatments. Leaching out all the bad things in my brain, I’m having periods of severe rage and distorted thinking. Now that I know all about my limbic system problems and that my liver is my worst affected organ, I’m more mindful of my anger. It is really blowing me away how angry I get. How much anger my body must be holding onto. So when toxins are being pulled out of my brain or liver, it can come up as emotions and for me it’s usually rage or anger. I’m not an outwardly angry person though, I internalise it. So I seeth, stew, become bitter and resentful and “plot” revenges (that I never go through with, it’s just the fantasy of it feeds the angry part of me), I have arguments with people in my head and have pretty much zero patience for anything mildly inconvenient. A fellow Hansa patient who experiences the same symptoms of anger as I do said “it’s like I become the dictator of my life.” It’s true! My brain becomes so overloaded with toxins that my emotional responses are no longer in my control and I turn into this self-absorbed, entitled, mean, demanding person who you would never be able to please. 

Not to worry though if you know me personally. I know when to remove myself socially when I am in this frame of mind and if I have to be social, I have a pretty good poker face. That doesn’t make me fake, as those emotional responses are part of my illness and not true to my character. It’s like if you head out clubbing or to a party when you have a cold. You don’t head out in your pj’s, slippers, tissues hanging out your nose, hair a mess and whining constantly. You dress up, put your makeup on, take a heap of pain killers and pack your bag with tissues. Then you do your best to forget you’re sick and your clubbing/party self comes to the forefront. Because your cold isn’t part of your true character, is it? It’s this annoying, unwanted, extra thing you have to put up with at that point in time. Then when you get home, you fall into bed and can go back to concentrating on feeling miserable and sick. Same thing when I’m angry. If you live with me, no doubt I can’t hide this side from you, but in public or social settings, I put my social self first and the anger in the background. 

To sum up, I need the people in my life to be patient. I’m frustrated by how limited my energy is. I’m frustrated for feeling worse some days and being unable to complete basic daily tasks such as cooking for myself or household chores. I don’t know where I will find the energy to take myself to my extra appointments now, but it’ll work itself out somehow. It takes me days to save up a little extra energy to run an errand or go grab some groceries or put my clothes away that have been on the floor for a week. So I’ve lost most of my “social” energy as it is being used for my treatments and completing basic daily tasks. But getting better is my priority. I have 4 months to work my ass off, focusing on all I have to do to get well, before I return for my second round of treatment. I will not have spent all that money to get slack or use my energy on other things, to then not be well enough to do my therapies. It might be hard for a while, but that’s ok. I never back down from a challenge and I certainly deserve to get better. I know this is only temporary. In another 2 weeks time I’ll possibly be in a totally different place again or seeing more improvements. This isn’t guaranteed to be my reality for the next 4 months, I just have to take it 1 day at a time. Remember I was told the first 3 months are the hardest. This is only week 2. So it’s bound to get better. 

Also, these are the therapies that have been personally prescribed to me based on my diagnosis’. Hansa does not have a cookie cutter approach. Friends I had treatment with have varying exercises and prescribed therapies/detox methods to myself because their issues are different. Do not think what I’ve shown you is what you will have to do if you have this treatment. Everyone is different. 

Thanks to the people in my life who continue to support me with pure love and acceptance and who help me do whatever it takes to get well. 

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Magic Healing

I went in this morning heavily bloated, I walked out feeling better though it takes an emotional toll on me every time the day just blends into one. I have been hard on myself on the weekend about friends, boys and work. Work, I know I’m good at what I do and I know that it's recognised by my peers around me. I’m just beating myself up at every turn for not having the answer to everything. I take it all so personally. I have had a past as had everyone, I have always held on to things more than most. I don’t blame my parents at all for anything that I hold onto today, they can’t control how I feel. Some things could have been handled better or communicated - though how do you know what you share and what you don’t with your kids. How do you know how they feel if they don’t share it. I have lots of feelings of vulnerability and not feeling good enough, taking things personally all driven by events when I was young and not understanding, the big unknown.

My mum hasn’t been particularly great at telling the full truth and leading with empty promises - she’s a deflector of her emotions. We weren’t very emotionally savvy in my household at all. No one talked about there feelings - we have gotten a lot better at this, at least my mum and my dad. I share my feelings with them and so do they. Mum and I are also very similar in personality which is why we clash at times. My dad keeps coming up when I was 6 and I have this big blank. What happened when I was 6. I never got closure from my parent's divorce and not knowing it or understanding and hearing two truths. I didn’t handle well when my little brother came on the scene and the attention shifted, I wasn’t able to get away with murder. I still struggle with the attention piece today, when I'm talking to my parents the conversations are generally revolved around them and what they have been doing, I just want to be selfish and have the first part of the conversation to be about me. I tried so hard to want to understand my parent's divorce but left it aside because it’s not my business but it did buildup. Intermediate was a struggle for me with friendship and understanding the world and who I was! I have pretty much just mentally blanked it out. The time when I was 18 came through which is when I moved out and also the year of my sexual assault which she reckons affected me - I mean it makes sense, I blamed myself for so long because I was so drunk at the time and ‘allowed’ it to happen. It’s just crazy how all this stuff comes through and is held onto. I caught up with my mum and Dad to understand what happened at the age of 6. I was bitten by a spider and was hospitalised over Christmas - it was on my knee but I gradually got worse over the day til my whole face swelled up and I was struggling to breathe.. My mum also reckons it was also the initial stages of my parent's separation ( though my dad thought it was later).

When I was 8, I left my family home and lived with my mum and stepdad, I didn’t get the choice of where I stayed. We all went with mum. I had resentment. My dad left for some time to Malaysia and left for months on end which is why I have a sense of abandonment, though my mum said even when I was 6, I was a sassy young lady telling asking him “ so when am I seeing you then”. Dad said I was “Cute as a button and quite opinionated” … nothings changed then. My Mum on the same lines “ you were gorgeous, and gave your brothers a right hard time”. I know that the dynamics changed when my little brother came in the picture, the attention wasn’t all on me, I didn’t get away with everything as I had before. It’s just crazy the impact separation has on the children. I think that’s one thing I will be mindful of one day. I think my parents did a great job with us and they weren’t to know there were these feelings of attachments. I held a lot in and tried to keep control and peace with everyone. I know I initially hated my stepdad and step mum. I came around eventually but I was always protective and I guess zealous. It’s also crazy to say but I remember my subconscious or my mind turning on and talking to me. I remember telling my parents and they just thought I was crazy.

I look at my past and acknowledge that it has shaped me into who I am today, although yes I hold certain ‘weak’ tendencies, I also have an unbelievable resistant and strength in other areas. I have sass and an opinion which is my own since I was 6. I struggled to open up but now I can I know I have come so far with myself and loving myself and being me has been the best self-journey. I have recognised these feelings and areas I want to work on and the part of my brain I don’t need to listen too - because I am enough, I'm bloody great!

After my kinesiologist,  today and unravelling all the emotional baggage tied on… Holy moly I felt so good by the afternoon, I had left my laptop at home and was working off my phone all day but I didn’t feel stressed, I felt light. I felt good about my work. I closed out a 3 million dollar negotiation, I was proud of it. I managed to get on top of a supply issue which niggled me as soon as the day started. Just feel super positive and full of this energy!

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Chiropractors

Chiropractors was first seen on: Botti chiropractor oak Lawn

Whenever I see the title "men's health", it conjures up a couple of images in my mind, and as far as most of the articles I see on the subject, they fall into one of two distinct and very different categories. It's either a sort of bodybuilding bust-your-buns biceps and washboard abs type deal with the fake tan and the body oil and the ubiquitous smile or it's the serious senior, Alan Alda persona doctor advising on the necessity of enduring an examination with a latex glove and all the guilt you have to endure if you don't.

Who needs to be reminded that there is something slowly going wrong with you inside and it's your duty to identify it and do something about it? Hey, leave me alone, I'm feeling pretty good and who wants to rush to diagnosis? And as I said, the other extreme is the in-your-face body that only took thirty hours a week at the gym for the last three years and a basin-load of creatine to realise. I don't think there is much point in writing about "pumping iron" workouts, when every gym in the land will counsel you on how to get those pecs bulging like they're on steroids.

No, for me men's health is sort of like the Cresta Run or the Luge at the Olympics, you hurtle down an icy slope flat on your back and try to steer clear of the sides; that's the part that I think is like men's health, try to steer clear of the sides and slip on through to the finish in one piece.

Anyway, here is my content part as opposed to my comment part: Chiropractors. They are a staple in my team to get through to the end and they can help you and me make it to the finish line in much better shape than we would without them. But, heavens, you would not believe the number of guys I run across complaining about some part of their body and how incapacitated they are and how they can't do so many of the usual things and then, when I suggest that a chiropractor could fix that problem in about fifteen minutes flat, they shy away shaking their heads, "oh no my brother-in-law was screwed up by a chiro" or, "no I don't trust them " or simply, "no I've been through this before, it only lasts about four weeks", hey, oh great, only four weeks!!

So I incorporate a regular chiropractic adjustment every five to six weeks into my schedule, just to keep my spine limber and supple and no I'm not going to him because I have a problem, but maybe that's why I don't have a problem. So with the medical professionals it's sort of like having a team of specialists, each one taking care of a particular aspect of your overall health. And, seriously here, I genuinely feel that chiropractic care is a plus especially for anyone with athletic aspirations; these guys are not just for the sore backs, they can be a definite asset in your athletic arsenal. Funny thing is that if they deal mostly with athletes, I think they seem to call them Sports Kinesiologists; much more palatable to the athlete and sounds so much more "formula one" type stuff, right?

So consider getting yourself organized with a good chiropractor and see how it goes, I bet you will not believe the kinds of problems you might get solved by a chiropractic adjustment; again it's not just about sore backs and slipped discs. I certainly put them high on my list, and when I may have overdone it a bit here and there, it does impart a certain amount of confidence knowing that there's a pretty good chance that my chiropractor can respond to my slightly irreverent request, "OK, now put me back in the game, doc." Some even have a sense of humour: I was complaining to mine the other day about getting older and he just said, rather wryly, "hey, the alternative is not so hot either!"

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Scaling Up A Small Business, With Firecracker Event

Scaling Up A Small Business, With Firecracker Event

Small Business

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Cassie Lucas’ Firecracker Event ‘HQ2’ in Northcote! Photo – Emily Weaving for The Design Files.

Cassie (far right) and the Firecracker team! Photo – Emily Weaving for The Design Files.

A corner of the ‘conversation pit’ (YES) in Cassie’s stunning new Northcote space. Photo – Emily Weaving for The Design Files.

Photo – Emily Weaving for The Design Files.

Cassie’s very flash new event space and kitchen! Photo – Emily Weaving for The Design Files.

Scaling a business is hard to do all by yourself, so don’t be afraid to ask for help from the start! Photo – Emily Weaving for The Design Files.

‘Ultimately we were able to do it because I could see the potential of the space, how amazing it would be for the business and was able to ask my community for help,’ says Cassie. Photo – Emily Weaving for The Design Files.

‘I always try to lead and work from my heart’ says Cassie Lucas, the founder of Firecracker Event – one of the most successful (and Instagrammed!) food, styling and service businesses in Melbourne. While Cassie started the business six-and-a-half years ago, it took another 18 months of juggling it alongside other work until she decided to commit to it full-time.

Within two years, Cassie was opening the doors to her first premises – HQ1 – in Thornbury. ‘I could see that renting other kitchens and running around town packing and unpacking all the time would be comparable in cost to actually having our own space’ says Cassie. ‘At that stage, Firecracker was just me, so of course I was extremely anxious and nervous about taking the leap. I also knew that if I wanted this business to work I would have to feel the fear and do it anyway. The tricky part at that stage was I wasn’t really valuing the business correctly, and not charging correctly meant it took me longer to be able to afford the help I needed and start building our team.’ In hindsight, Cassie admits she would do things differently — ‘but that’s really a huge conversation about feeling worthy and valuable and there’s not enough room in this interview for all that!’

After seeing the potential of a 1950s butcher shop in Thornbury, Cassie enlisted the help of her good friend Caitlin Perry, founder of Setsquare Studio, to design the fit-out and then, ‘called on all the tradies I knew’ stressing that her brother-in-law and his mates were ‘godsends’. ‘Ultimately we were able to do it because I could see the potential of the space, how amazing it would be for the business and was able to ask my community for help.’

As the business grew, the need for a new location was evident. Northcote’s HQ2 has ‘ample room for storage and better systems for event logistics, a huge kitchen and a dedicated office area. The best part, says Cassie, ‘is that we now have room to host. My vision for the space is to host creative workshops, photoshoots, events, build things for larger projects and of course still have our pop-ups every now and then!’

Scaling any business is hard, but perhaps particularly so in an industry known for last-minute changes and 24/7 service. Ask anyone who has ever planned an event and stress can steer the journey. How does Cassie deal with it? ‘It can certainly be stressful, mostly because we care so much! Managing that has taken some practice and is a continual work-in-progress. I try to allocate small moments that are just mine throughout the week—a pedicure on Sunday, phone-free time and regular visits to my kinesiologist! We’re also at a stage in the business where we have a team and that’s been the best because it means when one of us is losing it, chances are someone else will have it covered.’

In addition to these small moments, Cassie operates with the philosophy made famous by Danny Meyer of ‘Enlightened Hospitality’ — which means that ‘every person you engage feels safe, welcome and at home with you. It’s about going the extra mile and prioritising relationships over transactions’. It’s this way of working that’s helped Firecracker remain a successful operator despite a slew of competitors rising up. ‘I constantly feel surprised that we survive and thrive in such a competitive industry. I do believe that we have been successful because we have grown slow and steady and because we’ve always done what we do with heart… We take on projects that make our hearts sing and when we’re doing that, enlightened hospitality happens naturally… People can feel the love and they come back for that.‘

With her past experience as a solo operator, what advice would she gift to someone looking to scale their business? ‘Go for it. And pace yourself. You don’t have to do it all yesterday. It helps me when I break it down. Put it into a 12 month plan, then break that down into 3 months and then monthly. This makes all the things you’d like to do feel very achievable and less overwhelming. I rejig my plan all the time as things change.’ In addition to planning, Cassie also credits having a wealth of support around her. ‘…The other invaluable tool for me has been having other friends and creatives in small business to talk to—like therapy for small business owners!  Lastly, my sister works for Small Giants and recently completed her MBA, and cares deeply about Firecracker and sustainable business. She’s really been the one to give me the language around what I want this business to be. I feel like she should be on the payroll the amount of advice, conversations, hours and PR she dedicates to FC.’

For now, Cassie is basking in a newly opened HQ2. ‘What’s next? A big deep breath! For the next little bit we’ll be concentrating on finding our feet in our new neighbourhood (Hi Northcote!) and getting HQ2 and our team to a really good place. I’d like to build things, collaborate with people and get back to my roots of landscape architecture and designing spaces. Oh, I almost forgot, it’s the start of wedding season too! Eeeeek!’

Find out more about Firecracker Event online or via their delectable Instagram and Pinterest accounts.

The powder room at Firecracker HQ. Photo – Emily Weaving for The Design Files.

Cassie upgraded from HQ1 in Thornbury to HQ2 in Northcote a few months ago. Photo – Emily Weaving for The Design Files.

I always try to lead and work from my heart’ says Cassie. Photo – Emily Weaving for The Design Files.

Work hard and be nice to people – no one lives more closely to this mantra than Cassie Lucas! Photo – Emily Weaving for The Design Files.

TIPS FOR Scaling up

1. Know your why

The first step when looking to scale is to ask yourself, why? Are you renting an office and hiring staff because you think you “should”? Are you expanding into international markets because of brands you follow on social media? Not every business needs to be big in order to make an impact. Some of the best brands intentionally stay small. If you do wish to scale, figure out why that is and create a short mission or vision statement that reflects this. Make this visible so it acts as a daily reminder to you (and your staff) of why scaling is necessary.

2. Get clear on goals

What does “scale” mean to you? What exactly will this look like one year from now? Will you need to seek investment or do you need to save for the next 12 months to get the cash required to scale? Spending time to really specify your goals and figure out if external help is needed may take time in the short term, but will set you up for long-term clarity. Visualise where the business is in 12 months, then ask yourself what needs to change in order to get there. Work backwards from that 12-month goal, so that you’re clear on what needs to happen in the next 1, 3, 6 and 9 months in order to hit it. It’s advisable at this point to consider seeking help from financial and/or business advisors, as they may be able to help you arrive at solutions far quicker than if you tackle it solo.

3. Cultivate Your Crew

Cassie was quick to point out the help and support she had from people like her sister, friends and brother-in-law. Once you’re clear on what you’re trying to achieve by scaling the business, cultivate a core crew of friends and family who can act as support (emotionally, physically and, depending on your needs, financially). Scaling a business is hard to do all by yourself, so don’t be afraid to ask for help from the start. Don’t have friends that could help? Consider researching government programs for business mentors, short courses and even grants and loans.

4. Declutter

In any business (to quote Elton John), ‘there’s more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than can ever be done’. When you’re looking to scale, it makes no sense to devote time to things that don’t have an impact on your end goals. Like design, good business is about what you leave out rather than trying to pack every idea in. Decluttering your business starts by asking yourself, what in the business can be automated (i.e., emails, some social media), delegated (i.e., admin / bookkeeping, content creation, hiring staff) and/or eliminated. You may think you’re saving money via the DIY method, but often you’ll waste hours doing something that takes someone else a few minutes. Scaling starts by acknowledging your skills (or lack of) to ensure time is used efficiently and effectively.

5. Just Do It

The final, and most important step is to ACT. We can all think up ways to grow our business, but dreams without action are just ideas. Scaling a business will require sacrifice. Review what’s critical to the business scaling, remove things outside of this and set yourself daily, weekly and monthly targets to stay on track. If it helps, you might like to find an accountability partner in the form of a fellow business owner or business coach/mentor.

Fiona Killackey is a business consultant and the founder of My Daily Business Coach, providing information and education for starting and growing a creative small business. 

Need help with your Marketing? Fiona is running a full-day workshop on Marketing for Your Small Business Saturday October 27th at The Cowork Collective, Melbourne. 

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I’m still here!

I’ve been so quiet....

People must’ve thought I’ve given up and gone back to my old ways. Why not? it’s happened before. 

But really, I was sick. There’s this really nasty bug going around up in my part of the world and I fought so hard against it. I put up a valiant effort really but then stress from wrestling as well as stuff happening at home and almost not getting to go on my trip next month pushed me over the edge, that flu took hold and I didn’t know how I was going to get through. I get sick and I’m a big baby about it but I go on through life as normal. I still go to work, I still do what I have to but this hit me and I was down and out. I finally got 3 days off in a row from work so i was all ‘great, I’m gonna hit up Koyabell 2 days this week, maybe squeeze in a double, get lots of food prep done.’ Nope, I woke up briefly, then went back to sleep for pretty much all three days. I went through a whole bottle of nyquil and a pack of benilyn. I had to return to work on Saturday because I had to train and there was no one else to do it and it was a huge mistake. Basically It knocked me down for the last couple weeks and as a result, I haven’t worked out.

It affected me... when I was at the gym and biking, i finally got relief in my knees from the pain. but not going brought the pain back and my god did it hurt, it was like new knee pain all over again. I couldn’t wait to feel better, meaning walk 100m without doubling over and wanting to pass out and being able to stay away for more than 3 hours at a time, so I could go back to the gym as I had a new workout I wanted to try.

My baby bro, (he’ll always be my baby bro) is a Kinesiologist and when I started going to the gym, I knew I needed help. It had been a while and I needed help with lower body exercises, since I was unsure of what would be best with my horrendous knees. So I asked him for some ideas and since he’s so frickin awesome, he went above and beyond and wrote me a whole 2 day split and I was really excited to try it as he did say it would help burn fat and build muscle.

Finally it happened and I got to go back on Friday. so I hopped on the bike and could barely make it 15 minutes. so i figured it was best to give me a couple days to get back in the swing of things before i tackle my new workout. Sunday I felt the energy to give it a try and i did my brother’s workout.

I’m pretty sure he’s trying to kill me. :D In a good way of course. It was tough and painful but I did the whole thing. i finished it off with the bike, tabata style. I researched it first, having never heard of it and it is the most intense thing ever. seriously, look it up. you may think it’s no big deal but go ahead, try it out. i hit 6 rounds. I knew if i did the last 2, I was going to puke and well, I can’t handle puke at all. A few hours later and I already hurt, I’m afraid to sleep, it’s going to hurt when I wake up :( But I will definitely try day 2 on Monday... if I can walk.

While sick, I lost 4 lbs, yay, I am 7 lbs away from my first milestone and I want to do it before my Vegas trip April 11. and I’m really hoping that I hit it. I think with my brother’s new workout I’ll be able to do it. So thanks Iggi :)

I start back at Koyabell on Wednesday and I actually can’t wait :)

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Chiropractors

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Chiropractors

Whenever I see the title "men's health", it conjures up a couple of images in my mind, and as far as most of the articles I see on the subject, they fall into one of two distinct and very different categories. It's either a sort of bodybuilding bust-your-buns biceps and washboard abs type deal with the fake tan and the body oil and the ubiquitous smile or it's the serious senior, Alan Alda persona doctor advising on the necessity of enduring an examination with a latex glove and all the guilt you have to endure if you don't. Who needs to be reminded that there is something slowly going wrong with you inside and it's your duty to identify it and do something about it? Hey, leave me alone, I'm feeling pretty good and who wants to rush to diagnosis? And as I said, the other extreme is the in-your-face body that only took thirty hours a week at the gym for the last three years and a basin-load of creatine to realise. I don't think there is much point in writing about "pumping iron" workouts, when every gym in the land will counsel you on how to get those pecs bulging like they're on steroids. No, for me men's health is sort of like the Cresta Run or the Luge at the Olympics, you hurtle down an icy slope flat on your back and try to steer clear of the sides; that's the part that I think is like men's health, try to steer clear of the sides and slip on through to the finish in one piece. Anyway, here is my content part as opposed to my comment part: Chiropractors. They are a staple in my team to get through to the end and they can help you and me make it to the finish line in much better shape than we would without them. But, heavens, you would not believe the number of guys I run across complaining about some part of their body and how incapacitated they are and how they can't do so many of the usual things and then, when I suggest that a chiropractor could fix that problem in about fifteen minutes flat, they shy away shaking their heads, "oh no my brother-in-law was screwed up by a chiro" or, "no I don't trust them " or simply, "no I've been through this before, it only lasts about four weeks", hey, oh great, only four weeks!! So I incorporate a regular chiropractic adjustment every five to six weeks into my schedule, just to keep my spine limber and supple and no I'm not going to him because I have a problem, but maybe that's why I don't have a problem. So with the medical professionals it's sort of like having a team of specialists, each one taking care of a particular aspect of your overall health. And, seriously here, I genuinely feel that chiropractic care is a plus especially for anyone with athletic aspirations; these guys are not just for the sore backs, they can be a definite asset in your athletic arsenal. Funny thing is that if they deal mostly with athletes, I think they seem to call them Sports Kinesiologists; much more palatable to the athlete and sounds so much more "formula one" type stuff, right? So consider getting yourself organized with a good chiropractor and see how it goes, I bet you will not believe the kinds of problems you might get solved by a chiropractic adjustment; again it's not just about sore backs and slipped discs. I certainly put them high on my list, and when I may have overdone it a bit here and there, it does impart a certain amount of confidence knowing that there's a pretty good chance that my chiropractor can respond to my slightly irreverent request, "OK, now put me back in the game, doc." Some even have a sense of humour: I was complaining to mine the other day about getting older and he just said, rather wryly, "hey, the alternative is not so hot either!"

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Chiropractors

The following article Chiropractors was first published on: Wellness In Motion Chiropractic Center, Inc

Chiropractors

Whenever I see the title "men's health", it conjures up a couple of images in my mind, and as far as most of the articles I see on the subject, they fall into one of two distinct and very different categories. It's either a sort of bodybuilding bust-your-buns biceps and washboard abs type deal with the fake tan and the body oil and the ubiquitous smile or it's the serious senior, Alan Alda persona doctor advising on the necessity of enduring an examination with a latex glove and all the guilt you have to endure if you don't. Who needs to be reminded that there is something slowly going wrong with you inside and it's your duty to identify it and do something about it? Hey, leave me alone, I'm feeling pretty good and who wants to rush to diagnosis? And as I said, the other extreme is the in-your-face body that only took thirty hours a week at the gym for the last three years and a basin-load of creatine to realise. I don't think there is much point in writing about "pumping iron" workouts, when every gym in the land will counsel you on how to get those pecs bulging like they're on steroids. No, for me men's health is sort of like the Cresta Run or the Luge at the Olympics, you hurtle down an icy slope flat on your back and try to steer clear of the sides; that's the part that I think is like men's health, try to steer clear of the sides and slip on through to the finish in one piece. Anyway, here is my content part as opposed to my comment part: Chiropractors. They are a staple in my team to get through to the end and they can help you and me make it to the finish line in much better shape than we would without them. But, heavens, you would not believe the number of guys I run across complaining about some part of their body and how incapacitated they are and how they can't do so many of the usual things and then, when I suggest that a chiropractor could fix that problem in about fifteen minutes flat, they shy away shaking their heads, "oh no my brother-in-law was screwed up by a chiro" or, "no I don't trust them " or simply, "no I've been through this before, it only lasts about four weeks", hey, oh great, only four weeks!! So I incorporate a regular chiropractic adjustment every five to six weeks into my schedule, just to keep my spine limber and supple and no I'm not going to him because I have a problem, but maybe that's why I don't have a problem. So with the medical professionals it's sort of like having a team of specialists, each one taking care of a particular aspect of your overall health. And, seriously here, I genuinely feel that chiropractic care is a plus especially for anyone with athletic aspirations; these guys are not just for the sore backs, they can be a definite asset in your athletic arsenal. Funny thing is that if they deal mostly with athletes, I think they seem to call them Sports Kinesiologists; much more palatable to the athlete and sounds so much more "formula one" type stuff, right? So consider getting yourself organized with a good chiropractor and see how it goes, I bet you will not believe the kinds of problems you might get solved by a chiropractic adjustment; again it's not just about sore backs and slipped discs. I certainly put them high on my list, and when I may have overdone it a bit here and there, it does impart a certain amount of confidence knowing that there's a pretty good chance that my chiropractor can respond to my slightly irreverent request, "OK, now put me back in the game, doc." Some even have a sense of humour: I was complaining to mine the other day about getting older and he just said, rather wryly, "hey, the alternative is not so hot either!"

The following article Chiropractors is courtesy of: Wellness In Motion Chiropractic Center Park Ridge