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After congratulating a Boston CANer and her city's Celtics, I got to thinking about the team spirit shown by the Celtics all season and the similarities with the community spirit of CA practices and CAN.

Many CA practices are partnerships, which involve working as a team and being able to compromise. CAs with volunteers are indispensable in helping run the office.                    

The Celtics Big 3 sacrificed individual stats for a higher goal -- the championship. Passing the ball and assists, the mindset to play tough defense (which takes a lot of concentration and is hard work) and help each other out in providing coverage, were essential factors in their wins. Their bench players provided needed points and consistency in defense.

I think a major drawback in my earlier (BA) practice was not having sufficient tools to help patients consistently from the initial visit.  Since learning from Dr. Richard Tan's 4 books ( I especially like "Acupuncture 1,2,3" , coming from a newbie to his style) and his online forum, I have surprisingly ceased to be amazed at the early improvements -- from the 1st visit, and now expect that so long as my diagnosis of the sick meridian(s) is/are correct and treat the clients accordingly, the results will be there.

This confidence in the effectiveness of the treatments makes a positive difference when talking to people about acupuncture.

I haven't had to bring up the topic of referrals with clients. Last week, after a client's 3rd treatment, she told me she had been talking to other parents at her son's school about acupuncture and that it really works. This was much appreciated, and she left with some flyers and bu cards.

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100199524&GT1=31036

New guidelines re resuscitation. No more need for mouth-to-mouth, for adults.

About a year ago, I came across a book by clinical psychologist Elaine Aron, Ph.D., "The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You", 1996.  Aron writes HSPs (highly sensitive persons) are found in approximately 15-20% of any population (including animals). HSPs have more finely tuned central nervous systems which makes them more susceptible to environmental stimuli.

The stimuli can be noise, fragrance, certain foods, beauty, pain, etc.  HSPs process this sensory stimuli more deeply than the other 80% of people.