There's a particular kind of tired that comes with clinical work. You're on your feet for hours, making dozens of small decisions back to back, and by the end of a long day the fatigue is real and physical.
But ask any experienced chiropractor about their best days, and you'll often hear something that doesn't quite fit that picture: the busiest days are sometimes the ones that leave them feeling more energized, not less.
I was reminded of this recently talking with a chiropractor I coach who was locuming — stepping into an unfamiliar practice, seeing well over a hundred patients he had no history with, on tables that weren't his. He expected the volume and the lack of rapport to leave him drained. Instead, late into one of his hardest days, he was the one pushing to keep going.
It's not really a mystery once you look at it closely. There's a difference between the fatigue of effort and the fatigue of disconnection. Physically, you draw down energy every time you're on your feet caring fo...

I was a buoy which had lost its mooring. My direction went with the tide, dependant on factors external to myself. I went this way and that to make others happy and content. I was tired both physically and emotionally.

I then observed that all the greatest chiropractors, (or for that matter world leaders) had one thing in common; they were all lighthouses. Rock solid standing up against the elements with their unrelenting bright light. Now the thing about lighthouses is that they are dependable. Ships use them for guidance away from danger. Some ships may have another destination and will pass it by, however many will use its guiding light to find safety.

Buoys without moorings are useless to ships. They could be floating over rocks or a deep channel but the ships are never sure- loose buoys are dangerous!

Now I consider myself a lighthouse.

Steadfast in my beliefs and in the services I provide. People who don’t wish for my services (ships with other destinations) will pass on, how...