Author: East Phillips
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Practice Passion: What Do Puzzles and Legos Have to Do with You?
Categories: Research & ArticlesThis article was originally published in the Winter 2023 edition of the AIM Newspaper. Read the full paper for free. I love completing a new puzzle every holiday season. It has become a tradition of sorts. Every holiday season I set up a puzzle on the dining room table and my family and I put…
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Practice Passion: Radiant Aging – Five Things That Can Reverse Aging and Cost Nothing
Categories: Research & ArticlesBy East Phillips, DAOM, LAc This article was originally published in the Fall 2022 edition of the AIM Newspaper. Read the full paper or subscribe to the print edition for free. There are countless anti-aging tools, supplements, modalities, and biohacks out there today, many of which are super expensive. However, over the past fifteen years…
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Practice Passion: From Boundaries to Boundless
Categories: Research & ArticlesStrategies for going beyond and living a life you truly love By East Phillips, DAOM, LAc In the last Passion Play article, I discussed the importance of boundaries. In this article I’d like to go to the other end of an entirely different spectrum and discuss the type of boundaries we place on ourselves that…
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Practice Passion: 6 Strategies to Establish Solid Boundaries
Categories: Research & ArticlesBy Dr. East Phillips, DAOM, LAc According to one of my favorite thought leaders, Brené Brown, people with strong boundaries are the most compassionate[1]. What do you think of that statement? Does it seem counterintuitive to you? It often seems to me as though many of us lack solid boundaries because we don’t want to…
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Practice Passion: Do These Things Turn You On?
Categories: Research & ArticlesBy Dr. East Phillips, DAOM, LAc Cold showers, intermittent fasting, running, nootropics, music, surfing, dancing to EDM, high-intensity sports, creative outlets such as painting or starting new companies, kittens, funny movies, having fun with my kids, weekend getaways with my husband, laughing with family and friends, girls’ weekends and Marie Kondo-like organizing the heck out…
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PROVIDING YOUR PATIENTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL EXPERIENCES
Categories: Research & ArticlesA great way to increase patient satisfaction, improve treatment outcomes and receive more money for your services By East Haradin-Phillips, DAOM, LAc “At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel. -Maya Angelou (This applies to your treatments as well.) After I…
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The Art of Practice – 6 Simple Ways to Spice Up Your Practice
Categories: Research & ArticlesBy East Haradin, DAOM, LAc Over the course of more than 15 years of private practice, I have realized that there truly is an art to being a continuously successful and completely fulfilled practitioner. Sometimes we get burned out. Sometimes our patients get bored with the same treatment every time they come in. Sometimes we…
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Combining Aromatherapy with Acupuncture: It Makes Science and Scents
Categories: Research & ArticlesAcupuncture and aromatherapy are two individual modalities that have been used for thousands of years to successfully treat a gamut of conditions and diseases. But what happens when they are combined together in one treatment? Is the treatment session more effective? Is there no difference at all? Does it increase patient satisfaction and comfort? I…
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Incorporating Aromatherapy into Your Practice
Categories: Research & Articlesby East Lewis Haradin, L.Ac. Like Chinese Medicine, aromatherapy has been around for thousands of years. Ancient cultures from all over the world have used various forms of aromatherapy ranging from the burning of incense to utilizing the extracted oils from various plants, herbs and flowers. These ancestors used aromatherapy because they understood the healing…