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home | Ezine Archives | Acupreneur Community News 11/28/08
 

Acupreneur Community News 11/28/08




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From The Editor

From the Editor:

 

Happy Black Friday everyone and hope your Thanksgiving was fantastic too! 

 

I always plan to stay as far away from any shopping center today.  I'm not one who loves the struggle, push, and blatant consumerism of the holidays so I am at work trying to keep my world normal.  Well, and you know someone has to answer the phone if it rings.  :

 

You might notice that I did leave out one big acupuncture story.  I assure you that I did it on purpose.  But if you Google Jennifer Aniston and Acupuncture you will find a glut of news articles on how the diva is trying to get pregnant and using acupuncture to help her in that goal.  I have to admit that I'm just absolutely tired of seeing her name in the news and just couldn't face it again.  So feel free to search it if you're interested in the news but I can't give her any more face time. 

 

I do hope you have a wonderful weekend and that we happened to feed your interest in a little acupuncture news of the week.  Please feel free to drop me a note anytime. 

 

Cheers all!

 

Amy, Editor
Community Newsletter
editor@theacupreneur.com

 




     

The Coaching Corner...
Where Spiritual Wisdom
Meets Business Common Sense

From the desk of The Rev. Dr. Eric G. Schneider, D. Min.
CIO - The Acupreneur

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"The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world."
~ Lao Tzu


Greetings Dear Ones!

This was sent to me by a friend of mine.

A young man named John received a parrot as an early Christmas gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.


John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to 'clean up' the bird's vocabulary.

Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed the bird and shoved him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.


Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior".

John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued.....'May I inquire as to what the turkey did?'

Wishing you and yours a very happy and joyous Thanksgiving...

Many blessings,

Dr. Eric


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Quotes to Inspire


"If the only prayer you said in your whole
life was, 'thank you', that would suffice."

~ Meister Eckhart


"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action."
~ W.J. Cameron


"Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric
dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths.
At whatever straws we must grasp, there is
always a time for gratitude and new beginnings."
~ J. Robert Moskin


"If you want to turn your life around, try
thankfulness. It will change your life mightily."

~ Gerald Good


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  News of Interest!    
 

  Study confirms patient's mind a key factor in treatment - A team led by Dr. Ted J. Kaptchuk at Harvard set out to investigate what it called the "components" of the placebo effect. The researchers decided to study patients with symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, a common condition previously shown to be quite responsive to placebos. Their placebo was not a sugar pill but something quite different -- sham acupuncture. They had devised a set of needles that appeared to be stuck into the skin but actually did not penetrate.



  Rangers' Scott Gomez gets acupuncture to treat injury - Acupuncture is on the regime as New York Rangers center Scott Gomez tries to recover from a bum ankle and sore groin. The point of this needling is to get Gomez ready to play, and it appears he might return Monday when the Rangers meet the Phoenix Coyotes. There are conflicting reports on the ankle injury, which most sources say is a deep bruise from blocking a shot in Detroit on Oct. 18. One source says Gomez has a stress fracture. He played with the injury until pain from that injury and a sore groin forced him out of the lineup.



  Nonprofits Coordinate Support Services for Small Businesses - Eleven years ago, Gail Brent's dream of starting her own acupuncture and massage business nearly faltered for the same reasons that hold true today. Back then, as a 45-year-old single mother with tarnished credit and student loans acquired for her master's degree as an acupuncturist, her case presented a nightmare for traditional lenders.A friend referred Brent to Accion San Diego, a nonprofit that provides entrepreneurs turned down by traditional lenders with loans ranging from $300 to $35,000. Accion granted Brent a $5,000 loan, enough to buy equipment, print business cards and brochures, and open Health and Vision Acupuncture and Massage Center in Bay Park.
 


  New acupuncture medical journal - The British Medical Journal (BMJ) Group has announced plans to publish a medical journal on acupuncture, the first complementary medicine title that the BMJ Group has published. Acupuncture in Medicine, to be published quarterly beginning in January, aims to build the evidence base for acupuncture. It is currently self-published by the British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS).



  Acupuncture gains an edge by relaxing fees - Gene Burgess takes the thumb-length needle in his hand and with a delicate spinning motion inserts it into the left forearm of a 50-ish female patient&.Her cost for the day's therapy? Whatever she wanted to pay. Sarasota Community Acupuncture charges on a sliding scale, setting fees based on the patient's income. But the practitioners do not ask for W-2 forms or paystubs, making their fee structure in essence an honor system. But in a free-falling economy the pay-what-you-can approach has new relevance.



  Doctor uses acupuncture to address children's medical needs - At first, the needles may seem scary to children, while parents may not be convinced that an ancient Chinese treatment will help with their child's problem. But a doctor practicing at Children's Hospital says the treatment is not only changing children's minds, but healing their bodies as well.



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