September 8, 2026 By Leave a Comment

Goals That Match the New You

After energy begins to shift, it can be helpful to make a goal.

A goal gives that new energy somewhere to go. It turns possibility into direction and helps us begin participating in the change already happening within us.

But as we set goals, it is worth asking whether they match the person we are becoming—or whether we are still carrying goals created by an earlier version of ourselves.

There may be goals you created years ago that made perfect sense at the time. Perhaps they came from a season of stress, pressure, survival, or trying to prove something. They may have helped you move through that part of your life.

But that does not necessarily mean they still belong in the life you are creating now.

A goal that once felt motivating may eventually begin to feel heavy. A goal that once helped you survive may keep your attention organized around survival, even after your circumstances and capacity have changed.

Sometimes we continue pursuing a goal simply because we have carried it for so long. We do not stop to ask whether reaching it would still create the life we actually want.

Every once in a while, it helps to check in:

Does this goal still move me forward?

Does it match the person I am becoming?

Does it create more energy, connection, possibility, and life?

Or am I still carrying it because I have never stopped to question it?

This matters in care too.

As the body and nervous system begin developing greater awareness and adaptability, what we want may begin to change. Our capacity may change. Our priorities may change. Even the way we understand healing, growth, and what is possible for our lives may change.

The goal that originally brought someone into care may still matter. But it may no longer be the whole story.

Someone may begin care wanting less pain and later discover that they also want more energy, greater emotional bandwidth, deeper connection, or more ability to participate in their life.

The goal did not fail. The person grew.

Sometimes growth means reaching a goal. Sometimes it means becoming aware enough to update it. And sometimes it means releasing a goal because it belongs to a version of ourselves we are no longer trying to become.

So take a moment to check in with your goals.

Some may still fit perfectly.

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Energy shifts first

Before habits change, before movement improves, before pain begins to decrease, and before someone starts exercising, eating better, cleaning more, or showing up differently in life, something less visible often happens first.

There is a shift in energy.

We usually notice the external change. Someone begins exercising, and their body starts moving differently. Someone prepares better meals, and their health begins to change. Someone becomes more functional, and everyday life starts to feel easier.

But underneath those visible changes, something had to become available first.

There had to be enough energy to begin.

It takes energy to make a different choice. It takes energy to prepare the meal, take the walk, do the workout, clean the room, have the difficult conversation, or respond with greater patience and presence.

Even rest requires a certain kind of available energy—the ability to stop, soften, and trust that everything does not have to be held together through effort.

When the nervous system is overwhelmed, simple things can feel unusually heavy. This does not necessarily mean that we are lazy, unmotivated, or that we do not care. It may mean that much of our available energy is already being used to manage stress, tension, protection, recovery, or simply getting through the day.

There may not be enough left over for change.

This is one way Network Spinal care can support the process. Through gentle, precise contacts, an entrainment invites the nervous system to become more aware of how it is organizing tension, breath, posture, and movement.

As the system becomes more connected and discovers more efficient ways of organizing itself, some of the energy previously committed to protection may begin to become available again.

The first sign of healing is not always that the pain is gone or that everything has been fixed.

Sometimes the first sign is a deeper breath. A little more ease. A new idea. A desire to go for a walk. The energy to clean one small part of the room. The ability to respond differently in a moment that would normally feel overwhelming.

Sometimes the first sign is simply that one new choice has become possible.

That choice may appear small from the outside, but it can represent a much larger internal shift. It may mean that the nervous system is no longer using all of its energy just to hold everything together.

Energy shifts first.

Then more choices become available.

And one small choice made from a different energy state can become the beginning of a much bigger change.

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March 24, 2026 By

Breathing to Reduce Stress: How Long Exhales Calm Your Nervous System

Last week, we talked about what to do when instability strikes. This week, let’s go a little deeper into one of those tools: focused breathing with long exhales.

It’s generally best to start with short, frequent sessions rather than trying to eliminate all your stress at once with one long session. Even a few focused breaths with extended exhales can make a meaningful difference — especially when practiced consistently. The goal is to use the breath as a pattern interrupt for the stress response.

As your nervous system begins to regulate, you can gradually add longer breathing and/or meditation sessions. Longer sessions can offer greater benefits — as long as your body is ready for them. The way to know is simple: notice how you feel afterward. If you feel calmer, clearer, or more grounded, you’re in a good time range and can slowly increase as needed.

However, if you feel overly tired, agitated, or spacey after a longer session, you may be doing more than your body can comfortably handle. In that case, shorten your next session to better match your nervous system’s needs.

Stability grows through attunement, not force.

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March 24, 2026 By

How to Deal with Stress and Instability | Nervous System Support

When Instability Strikes

This week’s email is once again inspired by our personal lives. Sometimes life is going really well and then—bam—the universe hits you with a dose of instability. That just happened to us.

Sarah hurt her knee playing soccer yesterday morning. It was her first game back with her team since having Rumi, and her knee hyperextended with multiple pops. She can’t walk or bear weight yet, but we’re treating it aggressively and are hopeful she’ll be back on her feet soon. This is why I’ll be closing this afternoon and opening on Saturday.

Too much instability triggers the stress response, and you might notice your body start to react in unpleasant ways: your shoulders rise, muscles tighten, and your breathing becomes short and shallow. Awareness of these sensations is the key to moving back toward stability. It’s important to bring your body back to a sense of stability before trying to use your mind to figure things out.

Here are a few things to do when instability strikes:

  • Notice your spine.
  • Lengthen your exhale.
  • Ask: What higher order is trying to emerge?
  • Organize the next smallest step.

Don’t try to stabilize everything—just focus on stabilizing yourself. Only then will you have the energy to reorganize.

In the epienergetics model, instability is not something to be feared or avoided. Instead, it’s a pathway to a new, higher level of stability. In this way, instability can be an upgrade disguised as an inconvenience. I’m curious to see how our lives evolve for the better after this period of instability.

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How to Regulate Your Nervous System Through Presence

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How Network Spinal Chiropractic Supports Energy and Focus

Being aware of where you focus is a great way to help support your energetic state. When you focus on something, you are giving it energy. When you give things energy, they tend to stick around or grow. This is why it’s great to see/focus on the plus side or gift in things when possible. This is much easier to do when you have enough energy. When you are lacking energy, its easier to see the negative or downside of things.

While seeing the good or bad side of things is influenced heavily by your energetic state, you can also choose where you focus. You can choose to focus on the good, love or gratitude even when you don’t have the energy for that to be your default. We can all choose these things even when things are not going well or we feel like crap. Doing so can help raise our energy which can help turn things around.

Network helps you have more energy and more energy efficiency so that your default setting leans toward the good side of things. That said, sometimes you still have to make the choice of where you focus. Just like focusing on the good can help raise your energy, focusing on the bad or on what’s going wrong can lower your energy.

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October 21, 2025 By

Almost no wrong movements

As far as what you do on the entrainment table, there is almost no wrong. This is true as long as you are listening to your body. Movements, stretching and/or repositioning your body are an important part of Network. Let’s look at moving your legs as an example. Your nervous system might have you move your legs for many different reasons. You might need to move the muscles, pump the lymph, stimulate nerves, move energy or even use your legs as a lever to adjust your pelvis. Sometimes you might just find yourself bending your knees or ankles automatically, and sometimes you might get an urge to do so consciously. The body can use muscles anywhere in your body for the above reasons including using your arms to affect your neck. 

The only time we will ask you to stop a movement, or positional change is when it is driving defense or reenforcing old habits instead of growth. Not stopping these movements or positional changes could have you energetically spinning your wheels or even draining energy.

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October 21, 2025 By

Horizontal growth

I had a great trip to Orlando to work a Network immersion with Dr Sherina. These trips are good for me as they get me outside of my comfort zone which helps me grow. While the growth is great, the best part of the trip was uninterrupted sleep :).

The growth I get from being outside my comfort zone (traveling and being around lots of new people) is more of the vertical kind of growth which expands my overall capacity. This is the traditional type of growth people think about. 

Another kind of growth is horizontal growth. This type of growth is more available within our comfort zones. This type of growth involves growing at the level you are at by getting better at what you already do or by doing things closely related to what you already do. Sometimes this type of growth can feel like a plateau, but what it’s actually doing is getting you ready for vertical growth or upgrading.  

Both types of growth are important for your evolution and they stack on top of each other. 

Too much vertical growth without horizontal growth lacks stability and it’s easy to crash back down to previous levels. Conversely, you eventually run out of room for horizontal growth and are pushed towards vertical growth. The way to avoid the push is to choose to be outside your comfort zone willingly.

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October 21, 2025 By

Office reorganization

I reorganized our office layout last week. It was completely unplanned, and I am very happy with how it has turned out. Thank you to everyone who has given feedback, it has been very helpful in fine tuning the structure of the new layout.

I often tell people that when you grow, you will have new options available to you where there were none previously. This is very much what happened to me last Monday morning. I was back from my trip to Orlando and had forgotten the chiropractic table I took with me in the car at home. Seeing a missing table somehow allowed me to perceive a new more energizing possibility for the office layout. Despite being tired from the trip, I got right to work on the new layout of the entraining room, front kids play area, our home school room and the closet.

In these situations, it’s often best to take action on the new option right away to reenforce growth and positive change. Too often we see or feel a new option, but still do things the same old way- this does not lead to growth and is how people get caught in the discover loop (ill write on this soon).

One of the biggest changes you might notice is the there are only 4 tables in the main entraining area. There is a 5th table in the exam room if needed to help with a rush or if someone needs a lower table. I believe having 1 less table overall will allow me to be much more efficient and impactful.

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October 21, 2025 By

The Next Conversation book

I wanted to share a couple cool things from an Audio book called The Next Conversation by Jefferson Fisher.

The first is a fun quote or paraphrase about awareness and it goes like this,”Awareness lets you take an emotional self inventory, and when honed awareness turns into alignment as you get continuous feedback if your current condition is aligned with the current moment.”

The other is a breath to help reduce stress and to calm your nervous system. The breath technique is to take a full inhale through your nose and then to take an additional sharp inhale to fully fill your lungs before slowly exhaling.

This is the second time this breath has come up recently, the first time in a podcast with Neuro Scientist Andrew Huberman. As Huberman talked about, we often see this type of breathing in dogs, and our late pup Emilio used to do it all the time. The final place I’ve seen this breath is on the entrainment table. I have both seen and experienced this breath on the table and it feels like you can not get air in fast enough. Sarah and I have been having alot of fun with this breath especially doing it in the fashion Mr Bubbas (Emilio)used to do.

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