This has occupied most of my time lately.
This and building a chicken coop, tending a garden, watching/judging indie film submissions, signing petitions, oh, and working (really, Boss, I am!)
Press release: For immediate release
New Service Makes It Easy For Restaurants to Capitalize On Vegetarian Market
Seattle company offers vegetarian consulting to traditional restaurants in order to increase their appeal to the vegetarian market
Bothell, WA, April 20, 2010 - Good Life Consulting is delighted to announce their vegetarian and vegan consulting services are now available to the food service industry. Restaurants, caterers and others will now be able to easily expand their market to attract the growing vegetarian crowd. Good Life Consulting assists restaurants in ensuring their existing meatless entrees are truly vegetarian and can offer expanded menu options. Many chefs and cooks are unaware of the hidden items in food that don’t meet vegetarian guidelines.
Until now many restaurants have not had a good resource to direct them in preparing tasty and true-vegetarian meals for their customers, leaving vegetarians dissatisfied and unlikely to return to the restaurant. In today’s economy restaurants need to look outside their traditional customer base in order to thrive.
“It’s really a win-win situation, both for the restaurant and for the vegetarian diner,” says owner and head consultant Karen Mallonée, “now the diner can be confident their food has been verified as vegetarian and the restaurant has just opened up their potential customer base by about 20%”.
Recent studies show the vegetarian population has grown over 25 % in the past five years and continues to expand. Additionally about 40% of diners are now choosing meatless meals more often and taking full advantage of “Meatless Mondays” offered at many restaurants.
Good Life Consulting initially offers these services in the Pacific Northwest with plans to expand nationwide as more consultants become trained.
For more information please visit www.vegverify.net or call 206-350-0895.
About Good Life Consulting
Good Life Consulting understands that many culinary schools and nutritional advisors are unable to offer in-depth vegetarian and vegan instruction and so they are prepared to assist chefs, cooks or servers perfect those skills knowledge. Services offered by Good Life Consulting include menu verification, server and cook education and menu development, as well as individual or custom consulting.
Good Life Consulting was created to meet the growing demand of pure vegetarian and vegan food available at conventional restaurants along with helping these restaurants gain exposure to the vegetarian market.
More information can be found on the internet at www.vegverify.net ,email Karen@vegverify.net or calling 206-350-0896
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Lower Impact Woman
I discovered it was very difficult being green in Vegas. I think if I worked harder at it I might have had better luck, but by my second week there I just wasn’t too inspired after experiencing lights, noise, more lights and booze galore.
One thing I did do is order the “carbon offset credit” from the car rental company (and my employer even paid for it). It’s only $1.25 a rental and the idea is that the money is invested in companies that help offset our carbon footprint. I haven’t done any personal research on the corporations they feed the money to, but they sound promising. There are a lot of landfill projects and one dairy project in Outlook, Washington - George DeRuyter and Sons Dairy is an anaerobic digester project in the state of
Pearl Jam is also trying to offset their impact for their recent tour. They are planting 33 acres of trees in
Is this possible to reverse? I mean I guess it’s better than nothing, but it seems odd to go out and create a huge amount of carbon dioxide emissions and then just plant some trees to try and take care of it. I think the bigger impact would be to reduce the emissions in the first place, wouldn’t it? I’m obviously not an environmental scientist so I really don’t know the details of this, but if I’m vandalizing someone’s property on the west side of town every day and go to the east side of town once a week to help them clean up, it’s not equal or making everything better, it’s just better for one side but worse for the other.
No Impact Man seems to have a learned a lot of strategies for, well, lowering carbon impact. A great documentary about a
And I thought my project was ambitious and even part crazy at times, but he makes me look like I’m not doing anything! I mean when I start looking at toilet paper and tampon alternatives I feel like I’m going overboard, but I really haven’t even scratched the surface.
If I do an quick inventory I know I’ve made some significant personal changes that I think are in the right direction – different make-up, shampoo, mostly organic food and products, mostly vegan, have large garden in and partially planted, built chicken coop and got babies 2 days ago (so cute!), composting more – that’s a partial list, but I know I have so much more to do. It still takes research, one of my goals is the dog food, I buy a pretty expensive brand because of dog’s allergies, but I understand pet food production is horrific, so I better look into that.
I gave myself a year though too, so I have some time to look into everything. It’s good to be inspired now and then by those that have done it first – it makes it more possible and reasonable to try and be more animal, man and earth friendly.
But, kind of like Pearl Jam - If I'm doing what I can, does it offset the actions of other people in my house?
Two of the new baby chicks!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Text Dolphin to 44144?
Somehow I happened in front of the TV during the Oscars this year just in time for Best Documentary Feature. I’m not a big fan of the Oscars but if someone in the house is watching it I’ll stop what I’m doing for a few minutes to see what’s going on, and this time I was drawn in by scenes of Buddhists (movie Burma VJ) first, then the beautiful blue ocean with a haunting background music and dozens of swimming dolphins amidst a chaos of fisherman, one holding a sign “don’t take photos”. then scenes of my new favorite movie “Food Inc”, so of course I sat down to watch.
As they announced the winner “The Cove” I watched with mixed feelings. I thought for sure Food inc would take it, but what I saw of The Cove looked promising as well, it was animal-centered so I automatically approved. I got up to leave during the Thank You speech and glimpsed a sign go up behind the speaker as I walked out the door. Wait, what did that say? Thank god for DVR, I reversed the show to see the sign again.
“Text Dolphin to 44144”. What? So I had to investigate, and I’ll just say now, it’s not pretty.
The movie itself looks very good, but I’m not sure I could handle watching it as it seems I’ve become much more sensitive about watching any living creature forced to endure mistreatment by human hands.
The Cove exposes a cove in Japan, out of site and off limits to the public, where they lure dolphins in to slaughter and to catch for sale to the entertainment industry. The meat, which is not edible due of toxic mercury levels, is then sold to restaurants, usually as whale meat, and to the schools for school lunches. Pure greed is making these barbarians kill and these beautiful animals and then poison their own countrymen and, worst of all, their children.
I know it is legal to kill dolphins in Japan, and whales too, but it doesn’t make it right. It’s illegal to kill whales in all but 3 countries (Japan, Iceland and Norway), every other country agrees we shouldn’t kill them. By the way, you may have unknowingly had whale meat recently if you’ve eaten at “The Hump” in Santa Monica, they were charged with selling the endangered Sei Whale in their sushi this week.
Which brings me to another great animal issue of late – Tillicum at Sea World Orlando. Tilly grabbed on to his trainers ponytail and dragged her underwater to her death. This is not the first time Tilly has killed, but Sea World insists this was human error. Bullshit. Sea World, and all other industries that exploit animals, will tell lies so the public thinks the animals are happy confined to their tiny pens their entire life. By placing the blame on the trainer, they instill a false sense of security in the public mind that “oh, it’s okay, the whale is not unhappy, he was just confused”. If we thought it was Tilly’s fault we then might think he was acting out, and then we’d wonder why he’d do that, which would lead to all kinds of horrible thoughts that might keep us away from Sea World.
While these animals do not think and reason the same way humans do, they do have an evolved intelligence and they do know there is more out there and their nature is to move freely and swim long distances, not to be confined in pens barely twice their size, even if they were born there. A former Tilly trainer said Tilly has a mean streak, and shouldn’t he? Wouldn’t you?
If you had been born and raised and lived in a closet your entire life, you would know something more existed, your gut, your soul, your sense would tell you, It’s the same for the whales, the dolphins, the sea lions and the bears in the zoo. They all deserve more, but again it’s money driving the exploitation and suffering of these animals.
It’s great to be able to experience wildlife, but we should do it in their environment. If we want to experience them, shouldn’t we be the ones to take the risk? How selfish are we to think that animals are here to only serve our purpose?
I know it’s hard go against these things, I had a difficult time deciding whether or not to view the Lion habitat at the MGM this week. The path from my room to car took me past it daily, but always before or after they were “open”. It was heartbreaking just to see the small, glass enclosed area of fake rock and trees that was supposed to be their home.
But this is what people think we need, so now we need to think for ourselves.
“The Cove” trailer is below, you decide.
As they announced the winner “The Cove” I watched with mixed feelings. I thought for sure Food inc would take it, but what I saw of The Cove looked promising as well, it was animal-centered so I automatically approved. I got up to leave during the Thank You speech and glimpsed a sign go up behind the speaker as I walked out the door. Wait, what did that say? Thank god for DVR, I reversed the show to see the sign again.
“Text Dolphin to 44144”. What? So I had to investigate, and I’ll just say now, it’s not pretty.
The movie itself looks very good, but I’m not sure I could handle watching it as it seems I’ve become much more sensitive about watching any living creature forced to endure mistreatment by human hands.
The Cove exposes a cove in Japan, out of site and off limits to the public, where they lure dolphins in to slaughter and to catch for sale to the entertainment industry. The meat, which is not edible due of toxic mercury levels, is then sold to restaurants, usually as whale meat, and to the schools for school lunches. Pure greed is making these barbarians kill and these beautiful animals and then poison their own countrymen and, worst of all, their children.
I know it is legal to kill dolphins in Japan, and whales too, but it doesn’t make it right. It’s illegal to kill whales in all but 3 countries (Japan, Iceland and Norway), every other country agrees we shouldn’t kill them. By the way, you may have unknowingly had whale meat recently if you’ve eaten at “The Hump” in Santa Monica, they were charged with selling the endangered Sei Whale in their sushi this week.
Which brings me to another great animal issue of late – Tillicum at Sea World Orlando. Tilly grabbed on to his trainers ponytail and dragged her underwater to her death. This is not the first time Tilly has killed, but Sea World insists this was human error. Bullshit. Sea World, and all other industries that exploit animals, will tell lies so the public thinks the animals are happy confined to their tiny pens their entire life. By placing the blame on the trainer, they instill a false sense of security in the public mind that “oh, it’s okay, the whale is not unhappy, he was just confused”. If we thought it was Tilly’s fault we then might think he was acting out, and then we’d wonder why he’d do that, which would lead to all kinds of horrible thoughts that might keep us away from Sea World.
While these animals do not think and reason the same way humans do, they do have an evolved intelligence and they do know there is more out there and their nature is to move freely and swim long distances, not to be confined in pens barely twice their size, even if they were born there. A former Tilly trainer said Tilly has a mean streak, and shouldn’t he? Wouldn’t you?
If you had been born and raised and lived in a closet your entire life, you would know something more existed, your gut, your soul, your sense would tell you, It’s the same for the whales, the dolphins, the sea lions and the bears in the zoo. They all deserve more, but again it’s money driving the exploitation and suffering of these animals.
It’s great to be able to experience wildlife, but we should do it in their environment. If we want to experience them, shouldn’t we be the ones to take the risk? How selfish are we to think that animals are here to only serve our purpose?
I know it’s hard go against these things, I had a difficult time deciding whether or not to view the Lion habitat at the MGM this week. The path from my room to car took me past it daily, but always before or after they were “open”. It was heartbreaking just to see the small, glass enclosed area of fake rock and trees that was supposed to be their home.
But this is what people think we need, so now we need to think for ourselves.
“The Cove” trailer is below, you decide.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Viva Las Vegas
I’m finally doing the first overnight business trip to Las Vegas, hopefully a little more eco-friendly than if I had done it a year ago. Not sure what I’ll find, but I am hopeful about many of the restaurants and stores I’ve found on happycow.net. I will coming here for the next 3 weeks (anyone want to join me?), so I hope by the end of the trip I’ve found good solutions. But then, who has the luxury of time in most situations? Not me.
My hotel is certainly not at the top of the list of environmentally friendly lodgings, but it is on the list. It’s the MGM Grand and as I looked at the criteria for it being awarded 2 green trees (out of 5) I noticed it was only slightly better than most business class hotels I’m used to – different only in that they educate staff to being green and having fresh air available. I can’t really say what they are training their staff to do, but they do have a flyer that tells guests what they’re up to- washing sheets and towels every 3 days, using organics in their restaurants, recycling, conserving energy with motion sensors. I’ve also noticed excessive use of mirrors near the lights which does lighten the room a lot for the few lights in it. However, walk downstairs into the casino or the clubs and you see money and energy being pumped into the atmosphere with amazing speed!
From a business perspective, the room sucks. I’m moving after a day just because I can’t work in this room, it’s uncomfortable and dark. Maybe it’d be ok if I were playing all night and sleeping all day, but I have work to do it’s just not conducive to that.
I’m not moving to another hotel on the list, not this week anyway. Although some of the new casinos and resorts have done a great job at green construction they are priced way out of my business budget, so I’ll need to investigate these a little more for the next two weeks. And for what it’s worth, I don’t have access to fresh air in my room, what are they talking about?
I’m relatively happy with my airline as well. I know that there is no good air travel, so I have to settle for the lesser of the evils. My research for domestic travel shows Southwest Airlines, Virgin America and Alaska Air at the top of the green-friendly list.
Southwest has slowed down planes by 1-3 minutes a route- which is more fuel efficient, and are also working on lowering the per-person weight of on-board supplies by 5 pounds, which will result in less fuel per trip. They also unveiled a “green plane” lately that has recycled carpet that can then be recycled again once it’s worn out. My biggest issue with Southwest is that I can’t take direct flights many places, which is a priority with me. That and assigned seats, I like to know I’m not sitting bitch all the way to my destination.
Virgin America with its newer fleet makes it more fuel efficient to start with, but they also employ more fuel saving techniques such as single-engine taxing and regulating cruise speed. Rumors are they are also looking into biofuels.
Alaska has recycle programs in place and uses soy-based ink in its magazines. As a corporation they do a lot of philanthropic work and encourage employees to do the same. I love Alaska, even if they’re never on-time. But then, I fly them enough that they treat me really well so I may be a little baised.
Worst on the list? United and US Air. That doesn’t surprise me, at least not United, I’ve written before about how bad they’ve been to employees. I think they also have the least amount of legroom in coach class. Legroom is bad that if the person in front of you puts their seat back, you better hope you didn’t have your computer open and on the tray because it just got smashed. There is no working on United Air, there just is no room to do anything.
So I have a silly question, maybe someone out there can answer it? While reading about Southwest’s efforts to lower per person weight I began to wonder about food and drink. So here is my question. If there is 10,000 pounds of people weight when the plane takes off, and there is 2000 pounds of food and drink. If the people eat all the food and drink, what will the collective weight then be? Does it all stay the same? Obviously you have a fixed environment when the plane takes off and when it lands, I would assume no weight would be lost or gained, but I may be wrong? Anyone out there want to tackle this?
So next week I try to find a hybrid car. I had to take an Impala this week, I figured it was the most fuel efficient than the SUV or minvan.
Seriously though, anyone want to join me in Vegas?
My hotel is certainly not at the top of the list of environmentally friendly lodgings, but it is on the list. It’s the MGM Grand and as I looked at the criteria for it being awarded 2 green trees (out of 5) I noticed it was only slightly better than most business class hotels I’m used to – different only in that they educate staff to being green and having fresh air available. I can’t really say what they are training their staff to do, but they do have a flyer that tells guests what they’re up to- washing sheets and towels every 3 days, using organics in their restaurants, recycling, conserving energy with motion sensors. I’ve also noticed excessive use of mirrors near the lights which does lighten the room a lot for the few lights in it. However, walk downstairs into the casino or the clubs and you see money and energy being pumped into the atmosphere with amazing speed!
From a business perspective, the room sucks. I’m moving after a day just because I can’t work in this room, it’s uncomfortable and dark. Maybe it’d be ok if I were playing all night and sleeping all day, but I have work to do it’s just not conducive to that.
I’m not moving to another hotel on the list, not this week anyway. Although some of the new casinos and resorts have done a great job at green construction they are priced way out of my business budget, so I’ll need to investigate these a little more for the next two weeks. And for what it’s worth, I don’t have access to fresh air in my room, what are they talking about?
I’m relatively happy with my airline as well. I know that there is no good air travel, so I have to settle for the lesser of the evils. My research for domestic travel shows Southwest Airlines, Virgin America and Alaska Air at the top of the green-friendly list.
Southwest has slowed down planes by 1-3 minutes a route- which is more fuel efficient, and are also working on lowering the per-person weight of on-board supplies by 5 pounds, which will result in less fuel per trip. They also unveiled a “green plane” lately that has recycled carpet that can then be recycled again once it’s worn out. My biggest issue with Southwest is that I can’t take direct flights many places, which is a priority with me. That and assigned seats, I like to know I’m not sitting bitch all the way to my destination.
Virgin America with its newer fleet makes it more fuel efficient to start with, but they also employ more fuel saving techniques such as single-engine taxing and regulating cruise speed. Rumors are they are also looking into biofuels.
Alaska has recycle programs in place and uses soy-based ink in its magazines. As a corporation they do a lot of philanthropic work and encourage employees to do the same. I love Alaska, even if they’re never on-time. But then, I fly them enough that they treat me really well so I may be a little baised.
Worst on the list? United and US Air. That doesn’t surprise me, at least not United, I’ve written before about how bad they’ve been to employees. I think they also have the least amount of legroom in coach class. Legroom is bad that if the person in front of you puts their seat back, you better hope you didn’t have your computer open and on the tray because it just got smashed. There is no working on United Air, there just is no room to do anything.
So I have a silly question, maybe someone out there can answer it? While reading about Southwest’s efforts to lower per person weight I began to wonder about food and drink. So here is my question. If there is 10,000 pounds of people weight when the plane takes off, and there is 2000 pounds of food and drink. If the people eat all the food and drink, what will the collective weight then be? Does it all stay the same? Obviously you have a fixed environment when the plane takes off and when it lands, I would assume no weight would be lost or gained, but I may be wrong? Anyone out there want to tackle this?
So next week I try to find a hybrid car. I had to take an Impala this week, I figured it was the most fuel efficient than the SUV or minvan.
Seriously though, anyone want to join me in Vegas?
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Are Organic Foods Worth the Price?
Don’t tell my husband, (don’t worry, he never reads this, and if he does I’ll post an apology) but our grocery bill has gone up TONS since I’ve started eating primarily organic! I used to pride myself on walking out of the grocery store with 3 full shopping bags and only $20 dollars lighter. Now I have register shock every time I fill just one or two grocery bags!
So, is it worth it? Many of you may have heard of the “Dirty Dozen”. It’s from the US Department of Agriculture and it’s the twelve pieces of produce they say you should ALWAYS buy organic. It seems that no matter how much you wash these fruits and veges, a lot of pesticides remain. So for those of you that don’t even wash your produce, you might be extra concerned!
So just what does our government recommend we always buy organic?
Apples
Cherries
Grapes, imported (Chili)(personal note-don’t buy Natures Partner either)
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Raspberries
Bell peppers
Celery
Potatoes
Spinach
Potatoes
Strawberries
Okay, that’s thirteen but who’s counting?
Strawberries. Who doesn’t love a fresh strawberry?
Strawberry Shortcake, Yum. Chocolate dipped strawberries – Yum Yum! I haven’t been able to eat a non-organic strawberry since I saw the movie “The Future of Food”. One of the final scenes is in a strawberry field, you see a man dressed in a gas mask, full suit of protective gear, carrying a small machine with a long nozzle, lifting up each strawberry leaf to get better access to the strawberry fruit that he douses with a steady stream of his chemicals – then cut to young boy popping a plump, fresh strawberry into his mouth! UGH! I don’t want to eat those chemicals, don’t want my kids to eat them, and as cheap as I am, discovered I didn’t want the guests at my last party to eat them either.
And potatoes. Wow, somehow I thought the ground would protect them, but of course that was before I knew about how the treated the dirt with synthetic nitrogen before planting, among other icky things I’m sure. Now new research is finding that the synthetic nitrogen actually destroys soil carbon instead of enriching it. An ultimate end result is more nitrates in ground water that then enters the atmosphere as nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas with some 300 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide (read more here http://www.grist.org/article/2010-02-23-new-research-synthetic-nitrogen-destroys-soil-carbon-undermines-/ ). BTW, nitrogen is used for nearly all conventional crops, its just that potatoes really remind me of it.
So, is it all worth paying more for organics? I know this is just a small, small argument for a very large topic, but yes, it is. Not only for me, but for all the current and future residents of the earth. All these pesticides are terrible for our health, it’s no wonder we have “grown” so many more diseases since the 1970’s when pesticides, herbicides etc started becoming so widespread. Innocent residents near fields of sprayed crops are adversely affected from drift, so much that the EPA is considering increasing buffer zones around fields (more info http://action.ufw.org/page/s/epadrifts or see below).
Bottom line, we’re all worth the few more dollars it’s costing to fill my grocery bag. Aren’t you worth it?
Friday, February 19, 2010
Catchin' up
I’ve had a hard time finding time to sit down and write lately, so this is just a little catch-up on some things.
I’ve started getting my gardens ready. I’m increasing the size of last years garden by about 3-4 times, I hope to have plenty of fresh, organic veggies this summer! And maybe some to can/pickle etc too. But this has taken a lot of time. I’ve had to establish the new locations, which has involved a lot of horse manure and incoming dirt, as well as planning what goes where. I want to use the rotation method to help fight pests year after year, which means planting like items together and following them next year with other specific groups of veggies. I’m tracking everything on a spreadsheet too, just so I know year after year what does or doesn’t work. I’ve never spent so much paper time on a garden! I’m hoping for a great payoff…
Rain barrels are sitting on the back patio, husband says he’ll get the reservoir area ready for me so I’ve not worked on that, I figure he easily has until at least the end of April before I even want to start using them, so I won’t rush him yet.
I’ve been trying to be aware of where my food comes from and who picks it. I’m following United Farm Workers issues regularly, among others, and it was recently brought to my attention the overall state of a county might affect my food-buying decisions. What do I mean by this? I was completing a survey for a college student about being a vegetarian and one of the questions, along with how I feel about animals, was “Do you buy food from countries that violate human rights?” I had honestly never thought about it in those terms before! I mean, I now know to avoid grapes and anything from Giumarra / Natures Partner because of their terrible treatment of their pickers, (curious? See http://www.ufw.org//_board.php?mode=view&b_code=org_key&b_no=14&page=&field=&key=&n=) but it never occurred to me to boycott a nation as a whole. Well except
And the chiropractor? Feedback says to switch, and I likely will, I just have a hard time breaking up with her since the rest of the family sees her. I will eventually do it though, and I have a great referral already to make an appointment with.
I’m also launching a vegetarian/vegan consulting business aimed primarily at the food service/restaurant industry -another thing to keep me busy, but it’s so necessary for people like me! Me- a mostly vegan vegetarian. While I understand the reasoning behind vegan choices I’m simply about the ethical treatment of said animals. I’ve decided being 100% vegan is not for me – that horse manure in my garden? Not vegan. My chicken eggs? So not vegan.
I hope to have more useful information next post, and sooner too! I do appreciate all feedback and ideas, so keep them coming!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Is Lifestyle Imprtant?
One of my goals is to look at everywhere I spend money and ask myself if I agree with how the purveyor of the product or service conducts themselves or business. Money is about the only tool I have to cast a strong vote, and if I think your product or service is worth it, you can have my money. I’ve already written a lot about my new practices of buying primarily organic, or at least non-gmo food products, even though I still have a long way to go with every purchase I make.
Services are a little different though. We often take for granted the people we pay to fix our bodies, our cars, our TV’s etc. Typically we don’t really care what they do in their off time as long as they are good at what they do. I’m beginning to think this another way though, similar to products. I don’t’ really want to support someone that has completely different ethical practices than I do.
And this brings me to my current dilemma.. I really like my chiropractor; she’s a very nice person and has very nice staff. She appears to be very knowledgeable, although I have to take that at face value as I have nothing to judge it by, and she’s very professional and has been a good doctor to every member of my family. But, I just don’t feel right gong there anymore. My body cries when I’m there, not in true pain of course, but just in the “this isn’t right” way. And I know she has some lifestyle habits that are completely against my personal priorities, but then so does my husband and most of my family. So does this justify finding a new chiropractor?
I wonder to myself – am this going too far? Firing someone just because they do things differently than you seems rather intolerant and brings on a superiority issue. I hope that’s not what’s going on in my head, some underlying belief that everyone must be like me. But on the other hand, shouldn’t I want to support people that do have the same beliefs as I do?
I’d love to hear feedback on this, on the blog or in person, feedback either way. Just wondering if I am going a bit overboard!
Services are a little different though. We often take for granted the people we pay to fix our bodies, our cars, our TV’s etc. Typically we don’t really care what they do in their off time as long as they are good at what they do. I’m beginning to think this another way though, similar to products. I don’t’ really want to support someone that has completely different ethical practices than I do.
And this brings me to my current dilemma.. I really like my chiropractor; she’s a very nice person and has very nice staff. She appears to be very knowledgeable, although I have to take that at face value as I have nothing to judge it by, and she’s very professional and has been a good doctor to every member of my family. But, I just don’t feel right gong there anymore. My body cries when I’m there, not in true pain of course, but just in the “this isn’t right” way. And I know she has some lifestyle habits that are completely against my personal priorities, but then so does my husband and most of my family. So does this justify finding a new chiropractor?
I wonder to myself – am this going too far? Firing someone just because they do things differently than you seems rather intolerant and brings on a superiority issue. I hope that’s not what’s going on in my head, some underlying belief that everyone must be like me. But on the other hand, shouldn’t I want to support people that do have the same beliefs as I do?
I’d love to hear feedback on this, on the blog or in person, feedback either way. Just wondering if I am going a bit overboard!
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