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Here are the results of the survey done on the June 09 list of clinics on the CAN Locate a Clinic page. 

Depending on what point of view you have, entitlement can be invisible or blatant. Basically when you have internalized it, you don’t see it. When you haven’t, it stands out like a sore thumb. I think of entitlement as the behavioral aspect of privilege.

We are able to take new and renewed memberships.  Locate a Clinic and the Member Directory are back on line.  You can edit your accounts now.  :)

And you may post to your heart's delight.

We have a new host and web master - and we are very grateful! :)

 

 

On a beach in Hawaii, with drinks sporting tiny umbrellas, one old CANner was over heard saying, “Remember when we missed the chance to stop the AOM  establishment from pushing through the requirement that the basic degree to practice acupuncture was a doctorate?”  

  I am finding that while I started out with the basics of the IR, chairs, charts, etc. the fine details of my work routine and even clinic lay out are constantly being tweaked. My overall goal is better service to patients.

Let me say this at the outset. I am not an astrologer. I received the text below in an e mail before 2/14/09. I’m taking their word for it that we are now officially in the Age of Aquarius. I nearly cried.

I’ve been thinking about former board member and CAN co-founder Michael McCoy’s challenge – that we define what does it mean to be providing acupuncture IN a community, rather than FOR or TO a community.

One of the questions I’ve had ever since this movement got going has been how clinics will look in various parts of the country/world, with all the variation in the people that might come to a CA. Working Class Acupuncture is wildly successful.

Last week I spent 3 of the best days of my life. I was in the company of like-minded, like-hearted acupuncturists who put the patients first and strive to do good in the world.

In August there was a lot of discussion on the blog Can CA go Deep?

I began this blog on 10/1/08

Changing habits is one of the most difficult things we try to do. We seem to have a default setting that takes us back into the groove, regardless of the habit or how much we want to change.  Smoking, eating things that we know aren’t promoting our weight or health goals, negative thinking, being too crabby to those we care about, etc.

Some clinics in the survey described in my blog, "Survey of CAN clinics" also included data about how many people pay at what level on the sliding fee scale.

Skeptics in the acupuncture community say that CA clinics can't be successful.  A variety of reasons are cited - prices too low, patients want one-on-one attention and wouldn't like treatments in a room with other people, Dr.

Spending a week staying in a log cabin on Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin brought me back to nature, simplicity, music and grounding. 

I went through the process of trying to lease a large space for 11-13 chairs again this year. I was after the same space as last year at this time.  Some things had changed.  My proposed business partner was different.  A massage/healing touch therapist is now renting space from me and sharing my o

At the heart of the CAN movement is anger at the failure of medicine to serve community. 

 

I’m usually ready for blog week but I’m gearing up to move my clinic in July so time got away from me.  So, I’ll tell you about my wonderful week at CA lastweek.