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Mindful Mondays – the breath

by clevercow | Jun 4, 2018 | Articles

The Breath It is always with you. It is an easy tool to help harness your own physiology. Lets take a moment to practice working with breath intentionally. Watch Dr Brie’s first Mindful Monday on Facebook and get a new technique you can use every day to bring...

What is your Big Deal?

by clevercow | Apr 18, 2018 | Articles

You may remember the NABD list from the holidays. Not. A. Big. Deal. That is a big term in our house with two small kids and two busy adults. Triaging what is and is not a big deal is a daily practice. It is important to know, however, that there are B.D.s as...

How to Train an Osteopath

by clevercow | Apr 11, 2018 | Articles

Today I finished teaching for the semester at the Rocky Vista Osteopathic Medical school where I’m an Assistant Professor. I teach first-year medical students and the final exam is a pass fail test called “competency testing” where they diagnose and treat each other...

Some good things never end. Dr Lisa and Dr Brie are back together again.

by clevercow | Apr 3, 2018 | Articles

In the summer of 2009 Dr. Lisa Nguyen and I headed up to the mountains on our residency retreat weekend. We had car pooled together and we were listening to 1980s music on the radio. I was singing along. She was not. We had just met, fresh out of medical school...

Is it time for your N.A.B.D. List?

by clevercow | Dec 7, 2017 | Articles

Some how it is December 2017. In a typical weekday evening at home, I am reminded why this time of year has the uncanny ability to fill your heart with cheer….and boil it over with overwhelm and stress. I was home later than I wanted to be. Unable to wrap up...