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Prune. Focus. Regulate: A Polyvagal Fall Reset for Your Chiropractic Practice

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Content provided by Dr. Don MacDonald. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Dr. Don MacDonald or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

After a short summer hiatus, Dr. Don MacDonald returns with a nervous-system-forward reset for the season. We unpack how to balance predictability without stagnation, why co-regulation is your real growth engine, and how to prune distractions so your adjusting gets more focused, consistent, and effective.

What you’ll learn

  • Why “boring consistency” (predictable, regulated presence) builds trust and retention

  • How polyvagal theory explains connection vs. “going through the motions”

  • A fall reset playbook: from unstructured summer to clear routines

  • Pruning non-essentials to free up focus and volume

  • Training a new grad/locum while preserving flow, priorities, and connection

  • Practical co-regulation cues you can use table-side—no scripts

Chapters

0:00 -1:00 Welcome back & why we pause in summer

1:11 -1:20 Predictability vs. stagnation (polyvagal lens)

2:30 -3:50 Seasonal reset: routines, families, and stressors

7:49 - 8:00 Pruning distractions to sharpen adjusting

8:40 - 9:10 Training the new chiropractor & maintaining connection

10:54 - 11:50 September game plan + what’s coming next including "Healing the Chiropractor"

Upcoming on the podcast

  • Dr. Kelly Holt (New Zealand College of Chiropractic): research & AI in chiropractic

  • Dr. Peter Amlinger: philosophy + nervous-system-forward practice (Toronto Super Conference)

Links & resources

If this helped, share it with one chiropractor and follow/subscribe for weekly nervous-system-forward insights.

  continue reading

100 episodes

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Manage episode 501622856 series 2360463
Content provided by Dr. Don MacDonald. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Dr. Don MacDonald or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

After a short summer hiatus, Dr. Don MacDonald returns with a nervous-system-forward reset for the season. We unpack how to balance predictability without stagnation, why co-regulation is your real growth engine, and how to prune distractions so your adjusting gets more focused, consistent, and effective.

What you’ll learn

  • Why “boring consistency” (predictable, regulated presence) builds trust and retention

  • How polyvagal theory explains connection vs. “going through the motions”

  • A fall reset playbook: from unstructured summer to clear routines

  • Pruning non-essentials to free up focus and volume

  • Training a new grad/locum while preserving flow, priorities, and connection

  • Practical co-regulation cues you can use table-side—no scripts

Chapters

0:00 -1:00 Welcome back & why we pause in summer

1:11 -1:20 Predictability vs. stagnation (polyvagal lens)

2:30 -3:50 Seasonal reset: routines, families, and stressors

7:49 - 8:00 Pruning distractions to sharpen adjusting

8:40 - 9:10 Training the new chiropractor & maintaining connection

10:54 - 11:50 September game plan + what’s coming next including "Healing the Chiropractor"

Upcoming on the podcast

  • Dr. Kelly Holt (New Zealand College of Chiropractic): research & AI in chiropractic

  • Dr. Peter Amlinger: philosophy + nervous-system-forward practice (Toronto Super Conference)

Links & resources

If this helped, share it with one chiropractor and follow/subscribe for weekly nervous-system-forward insights.

  continue reading

100 episodes

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