In The Starting Blocks

Dear Friends and Fans,

I know it's been a bit as usual, but I Do have a good explanation... LOL. I'll start where I think I left off last with HALO. She is wonderful. She is getting big so fast. She looks like a little stuffed horsey. She loves to play and run around and when I the house she chooses to chill on the couch or in bed. She loves to snuggle... soon I'll have a pony in bed with me.

What is really driving me crazy right now and has all my mind space occupied is my business. You see, in school, they taught us how to be Chiropractors! They forgot to mention we need to run a business too! LOL. Logan College has changed that and is now offering great business classes in their curriculum, but I still have some figuring out to do. I keep complaining that I can't get any bigger without help. I keep kicking and screaming that I have the energy to See more patients but need help on the business end to make it happen. Of course, I have been complaining of this the past 5 years. I keep saying " I'm the Doctor not the Business Manager". Now a big brick just landed on my head and made me realize ,I'm both the Business Owner and Manager! AHHHH? I finally called my mentor from Florida and told him my issues. he said " it sounds like you want to move forward but don't want to do the work"! After 2 days of working that around in my mind, I figured HE'S RIGHT! In my mind, I have been thinking to better my practice I need to see more patients. I now understand that the way to build my practice is to step outside the box I know and leap into that business box I fear. I keep telling myself that I don't have the mind time, patience, energy or $ hours to waste on business management. Well with that in mind, It will never grow beyond what it is now. HUMMM? Is this what everyone has been telling me all these years...LOL? I have built this practice from scratch right out of school not knowing anything about how to start a business. I knew how to be a Chiropractor! I've decided to spend this extra " patients seeing energy" on getting to understand my taxes and electronic filling, payroll, billing, auditing accounts and utilize my Quickbooks better. Once I open my mind to understand it, I know all of this will be at the tip of a finger. It's time to OPEN UP!

With all of this being said, I plan to have the busiest bodybuilding year yet. I'm looking really close at the Phoenix Show FEB. 20Th, I sent in my application for the Arnold, guest pose APR. 25 Midwest Novice, NY Pro, Tampa and hopefully the O. OMG! What is my problem?

I'm sitting at a hard and ripped 147 and growing. I have about 10 weeks till the Phoenix Show. I'm concentrating on filling up a bit with food and really hitting the cuts of my muscles. I'm training with an X Blues Player, Rick Wilson; he is training my legs like a skater for the next couple of months. OUCH! We plan to pull out the glute/ham area with this style. I have my video guy coming to the workout next Monday, so you can see how the Pro Hockey guys DO IT! http://www.rikwilsonspowerplay.com/ . I'll be starting a gallery of my show preps soon. I look forward to all of your support. It will be a hard year... Champions never take the easy way out!

Keep pushing me to the top!

Xo

Dr. Dena