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Facing Adversity with Mindfulness

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Facing Adversity with mindfulness

Toggle SwitchThe Carrots, Eggs and Coffee Story:

I met with a college athlete last week who was struggling with balancing the demands of her sport,  academics, and missing home. The level of confidence she once had was disappearing.  She disliked most of her classes with the exception of one particular class.  The professor of the class took her aside one day and asked her if everything was alright.  This student-athlete shared her troubles with the professor and he listened intently. Then he told her a story about carrots, eggs and coffee.

If you fill three pots of water and placed them on a high flame and bring them to a boil.  Once the water in the pots was boiling, place in one pot the carrots, in the second is eggs, in the third is coffee grounds.  Watch the pots boil and after about twenty minutes, turn off the burners.  Fish out the carrots and place them in a bowl.  Pour the eggs out and place them in another bowl.  What is in the third pot? Coffee.

What is the moral of this strange story?

Each object placed in the boiling pot faced adversity, but each had reacted differently. The carrots went in strong and came out soft and weak. The eggs went in fragile and came out hardened. The coffee grounds were different: they changed the water. We can always choose how we face adversity. Mindfulness can assist in looking adversity directly in the eye and choosing to be the coffee.  Change your surroundings by managing your thoughts.  It takes awareness, practice and patience. You can do it.

IMG_9046Which one are you-the carrot, the egg or the coffee?

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About Colleen Hathaway, DC

Dr. Colleen Hathaway is a licensed chiropractor in the state of Wisconsin. Dr. Colleen is a native of Madison, WI and did her undergraduate work at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota obtaining a B.S. in Corporate Fitness Science and Athletic Training. She played basketball for St. Thomas for four years and was the starting point guard on their 1991 NCAA Championship team.
Dr. Colleen completed her chiropractic degree at the Northwestern College of Chiropractic from 1993-1997. She has been in private practice for over 20 years and adores working with people of all walks of life. Her philosophy is grounded in the principles of wellness, balance, support and human performance. She utilizes gentle chiropractic and cranio-sacral techniques, including light touch energy work. Essentially, she works with the body’s innate wisdom by helping to remove blockages of the nerve system. Patient education and home exercise routines are an important part of most care plans. Dr. Colleen also refers and coordinate care with multiple practitioners (massage, medical doctors, etc.) in an effort to accommodate individual needs.
Dr. Colleen is active in numerous chiropractic ventures and her most notable experience was a humanitarian mission trip to Fortelaza, Brazil where she was able to provide chiropractic adjustments to hundreds of people. She is a member of SOTO, a Reiki Master and trained Cranio-sacral therapist through the Upledger Institute.
On a personal note, Dr. Colleen enjoys participating in the American Birkebeiner cross country ski race, rollerblading, hiking, yoga, golfing and all things nature. She was inducted into the Edgewood High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.

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