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Acupreneur Community News 6/20/08
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From the Editor:
Good week all! I'm so glad to be able to type again although I am not without some major Wii injuries. My friend picked up the Olympic game and I'm pretty sure I broke my shoulder blades doing the running and jumping moves. But there was lots of laughing and making fun of one another. I'm told that there will be video of me looking like a complete moron up on YouTube at anytime. What says friendship more than a little blackmail?
In the useful news of the week I did learn that there is nothing worse for a shellfish allergy than really really fresh shrimp. I'm pretty sure I managed to shrink my stomach by spending 3 days unable to eat or even look at food while my stomach took it's own sweet time uncramping. What a disappointment since the shrimp was incredibly sweet and good. So for the record -- frozen and bagged by gosh knows who and goodness knows where okay in moderation, but freshly caught locally the same day by a couple of friends is bad news. Feel free to pass that bit of learned behavior forward as needed.
Enough of my broken miseries (man I do have fun hurting myself) I do hope you find some good nugget of truth, justice, and the acupuncturist way in this week's episode of the Community Newsletter. As always if you think I missed anything please feel free to let me know. Have a fabulous weekend and please learn from my bad behavior and grin through the pain.
Cheers All!!
Amy, Editor
Community
Newsletter
"Great acts are made up of small
deeds."
~ Lao Tzu
Greetings Dear Ones,
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That being said, there are certain themes that show up often and one of them is around the marketing and sales of your services to potential clients.
Let's face it - some are just downright allergic to this skill set. However it really does not have to be this way.
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The three questions to ask yourself are:
1. Do I feel/think that I have something worthwhile to offer people?
2. Do I think/feel good about the work that I do and the results I help people achieve?
3. Do I have a great client/patient process through my practice?
If you answered "yes" to these, then take the next step:
What are my beliefs about marketing and sales and what is their relationship to my 3 other questions?
Let yourself really dialogue about this so that you really flush out your bad press about marketing and sales and start to get how important they are, not just to you, but to the success of your business and the well being of your clients/patients!!!
Many blessings to your success,
Dr. E
Dr Eric Schneider, D.Min
The Acupreneur
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Quotes to
Inspire
""People don't want to be 'marketed TO';
they want to be
'communicated WITH'."
~ Flint
McGlaughlin
"You must have mindshare before you can
have marketshare."
~ Christopher M. Knight
"Marketing is not an event, but a process...
It has a
beginning, a middle, but never an end, for it is a process.
You improve it,
perfect it, change it, even pause it.
But you never stop it
completely."
~ Jay Conrad Levinson
"If you do build a
great experience, customers tell each other about that.
Word of mouth is
very powerful."
~ Jeff Bezos
Special to The
Acupreneur
Portland Veterans' Acupuncture
Clinic
c/o 778 Forest Avenue
Portland, ME
04103
INFORMATION SHEET
THE CLINIC
A group of licensed acupuncturists in Portland are providing a free acupuncture clinic to war veterans suffering from combat fatigue and other associated health issues. This free, weekly clinic is also available to family members of veterans who desire the healing benefits of acupuncture.
The clinic is held every Tuesday night (beginning May 27, 2008), from 6-8 p.m. at the Reiche School at 166 Bracket Street in the Music Room. To allow for maximum relaxation and security during the treatment, participants need to be seated by 6:30.
THE TREATMENT
Portland Veterans' Acupuncture Clinic (PVAC) is a community-style acupuncture clinic. This means that people are treated in a quiet, group setting, sitting fully clothed in a circle. Very fine, sterile, single use needles are inserted just under the skin in 5 specific areas of both ears (please see NADA Protocol below). Individuals sit quietly and rest with the needles in their ears for 30-40 minutes. Needles are then removed and the treatment is over. [Acupressure techniques are available for those who don't wish to be treated with needles.
The treatment setting is peaceful. The group is made up of people in similar circumstances: a circle of buddies/comrades, spouses and children. The circle is a mini-community of people with similar experiences. Words are not needed here to feel the connectedness.
NADA PROTOCOL
In the 1970's, Dr. Michael Smith began using auricular (ear) acupuncture for alcohol and drug addiction. In 1985, the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) was formed. Since then, the NADA Protocol has spread all over the world via clinician training. On their website (www.acudetox.com), NADA reports that patients in their programs evidence improved retention, a more optimistic and cooperative attitude, and reductions in cravings, anxiety, sleep disturbances and need for pharmaceuticals. Since 9/11, acupuncturists have expanded the use of( the NADA Protocol to treat recovery workers in disaster settings (e.g. Ground Zero, New Orleans after Katrina, San Diego after the recent wildfires). First responders and displaced citizens treated in the field reported less insomnia and fewer nightmares, reduced irritability and anger, increased mental clarity and ability to focus on tasks (to find out more about these programs please see www.acuwithoutborders.org).
ACUPUNCTURE
Acupuncture is part of a 5,000-year-old system of medicine that originated in China. It is used to treat chronic and acute pain as well as many illnesses. Traditionally, acupuncture was used as a preventive medicine to keep people well with improved health overall and stronger immune systems. It continues to serve these functions today. (Acupuncture can be used in conjunction with any therapy or prescription medication(s) a client may be receiving, and acupuncture may enhance the effectiveness of these other therapies.
ADVANTAGES OF COMMUNITY STYLE ACUPUNCTURE
Acupuncture in a group setting has some particular advantages:
CONTACTS
Please feel free to contact the following people if you have any further questions, would like to make a donation, or would like to volunteer for the clinic. (All of us involved with the Veterans' Clinic feel it is one way to help heal the pain of our nation at this time.
Marshall Woodward,
207-874-4058
Lynn MacDonald-Webber, 207-939-1293
Stephanie Baird,
207-871-5060
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News of Interest! Needles help ease pain of depression: study - Acupuncture
appears to help lift the mood of severely depressed people, a study of
Australians suggests. New research in Sydney has found a marked improvement in a
group of people with medicated depression who were treated with traditional
Chinese needle therapy for two months. The study showed those with severe
depression, particularly men, benefited most from the alternative therapy, still
a controversial treatment option the medical world says only has "limited use'.
Low-Cost Acupuncture Program at Pathways to Wellness -
Pathways to Wellness has expanded the days and hours of our low cost group
acupuncture program to include day and evening appointments four days a week
(including Saturday). The new sliding scale rate is $20 to $35 per 1-hour
session, and the appointments are open to all regardless of
income. How are those acupuncture points found? - Contrary to what you
see on those charts hanging quietly on the wall at the office of your
neighborhood acupuncturist, acupuncture points are not dots that can be found
with a measuring stick and location book. Acupuncture points are the places of
"in between". In between bone and muscle, in between tendon and flesh, they are
spaces where things connect, they are places in the body of transport and
communication. Things happen here; if they are stimulated in the correct
way. Herbalists to face strict regulations - Strict regulations are
to be imposed on herbalists and acupuncturists amid growing concerns about the
safety of their treatments. Patients have suffered liver and kidney problems
after being treated with herbal medicines and at least one person has died. With
one in three people having used complementary medicines, a government report
says there is an urgent need to protect the public.
'Dry Needling' Becoming More Popular To Treat Pain - Some
physical therapists in Colorado are offering an alternative treatment for
chronic muscle pain and stiffness. On Tuesday, CBS4 health specialist
Kathy Walsh sat in on a session of the new treatment called "trigger point dry
needling." Using very thin, solid needles to penetrate deep into areas of
tension, dry needling promises to stimulate, reset and relax muscles. One
satisfied dry needling patient is Sgt. First Class Lee Holloway. According to
Holloway, dry needling is an effective way to relieve muscle tension. "(It's)
like taking air out of a really full tire," Holloway said. "It just kind of
takes some of the pressure out of the
muscle."
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contact information in the individual listing or visit The
Acupreneur.
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