We LOVE a good story, especially when it’s a heartwarming one. Below, you’ll hear some amazing stories from incredible business owners, practitioners, and creatives and artists.

Steven Murray

I was still a 2nd year acupuncture doctoral student when I was assigned to my first offsite internship. Rady Children’s Hospital. I was pretty active in my youth activities growing up which translated into a lot of babysitting jobs as well as camp counseling every summer break. I knew that I somehow wanted to incorporate pediatrics into my practice, but was still very unsure as to how to get kids to allow me to needle them. As most of us know, kids are not very fond of needles to begin with, but I was determined to try. Read more>>

Tia Crook

Eye Thrive, the not-for-profit organization I work for, provides full, wraparound services for underserved areas within the St. Louis region. Last year I had the privilege of screening thousands of kids from ages 4-18 AND getting to see those kids get glasses on our Mobile Vision Clinic. So many of them were getting glasses and truly SEEING for the very first time. One kiddo that really sticks with me was a 4 year old little boy named Micah, who struggled mightily with the screening, and then received a fairly significant prescription when we saw him on board the MVC. As he was stepping out of the vehicle, he looked all around pure wonder. He pointed up towards the sky and said “What is that?!” Read more>>

Jennifer Giustra-Kozek

When I had my own children with mental health challenges, discovering the many underlying causes for these issues and walking away from the medical model I was raised on and taught in grad school. Read more>>

Francineth Morones

It is important to look back in time sometimes. Read more>>

Dr. Michelle Robin

Earlier this year to celebrate my 30th anniversary in chiropractic medicine, I put together 30 lessons I’ve learned over the years to commemorate the milestone. With every lesson, I included a small story about who taught me that lesson and why it mattered in my life to learn it. Please look over the stories here and help me decide which one(s) you think will resonate most with your audience and what they hope to feel after reading the article: https://smallchangesbigshifts.com/30lessons/ Read more>>

Priestess Journey IS

I was working in Corporate America managing an office. I know everyone has horror stories of the stuffiness and the demands of corporate but that’s where I began Sum Good Juju. It wasn’t all bad. I began emerging into my initiation as Priestessjourney. Never being able to be one of those people who could easily follow rules and go along, I still kept my colorfulness and I seemed to always carry a therapist, magical, or mothering vibe. Read more>>

Jennifer Jenkins

Early on in my career as a nurse, I can recall wanting to spend more time with my patients and to be able to help them the right way. I mean by teaching them how to heal the body but to also reduce their risk of any readmissions in the future. Unfortunately, many of my patients came into the hospital with acute medical conditions or from chronic medical issues that led to worsening symptoms that required medical treatment or a life-threatening emergency. Read more>>

Michael Shifrin

One of the best stories from my career that I like, is with a patient that came into the office on a whim due to a vertigo and neck pain she was experiencing from a recent trip. She was in the ocean and when she came up for air, a surfboard came out of nowhere and hit her in the face causing her develop neck pain and vertigo symptoms that she was suffering with for a month prior to her visit to the office I was working at. She was the last patient of the day and was grateful that she was able to come in before a long upcoming weekend. Read more>>

Amy Vance MS, DTR 200YTT

A story I tell often in my classes of a student of mine who was afraid to do the things she loved because she was worried about the what if situations. Not wanting her to give up on life I spent several weeks offering her solutions to her scenarios and encouraging her to talk to people who had been to the destination to build her confidence to go on the trip. After a few weeks she told me she was nervous but was going on the trip. She had a blast and we spent time looking at all her pictures together when she came home. After that trip she continued to take my classes and work through those situations to help her build confidence to do more things she had given up hope on. Read more>>