Meet Rhiannon CLauss

We were lucky to catch up with Rhiannon CLauss recently and have shared our conversation below.

Rhiannon, we’re so excited for our community to get to know you and learn from your journey and the wisdom you’ve acquired over time. Let’s kick things off with a discussion on self-confidence and self-esteem. How did you develop yours?
Confidence for me has always come in the form of integrity. I know that when I am true to myself and my morals as well as have a solid knowledge base about what I’m speaking on, then I am in a great place. If someone asks you a question that you don’t know the answer to, one of the most respectable answers someone can ever give is “that’s a great question that I don’t know the answer to! I’d love to try to find that out!” Being genuine instead of trying to pretend to know it all is incredibly endearing.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
When most people think of Chiropractic, they think of structure, posture and joint mobility. The reality is that Chiropractic has been, from the beginning, a neurologically-focused profession. Along the way, it has been associated with therapeutic modalities such as soft tissue work and joint manipulation. As a neurologically-focused chiropracTOR, I facilitate the healing of the body through its own, undistorted innate inteligence flowing through the nervous system free of subluxation. My job is to locate areas of stress and tension in the nervous system (subluxation) and clear that so that the person can return to optimal adaptability!

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
A love of learning and personal development is crucial because health is a spectrum and we are always going either toward healing or toward disease. We are also losing or gaining knowledge. It’s so important to always be asking questions and learning.

Another important quality is pursuing relationships with people from all walks of life. I love to have friends that are much older than me as well as much younger than me because there are different perspectives that are so valuable to take in.

I also think being able to teach and communicate effectively is an incredibly important skill because that is how we can truly help each other.

All the wisdom you’ve shared today is sincerely appreciated. Before we go, can you tell us about the main challenge you are currently facing?
The biggest obstacle I’m facing as a neurologically-focused chiropracTOR is to change the perception of chiropractic in mainstream society. Every time I tell someone I’m a chiropractor, they instantly start telling me about their back or neck – the anatomical region they associate with chiropractic. It is an uphill battle to try to deconstruct their belief system around the spinal bones and joints and to get them to understand that we’re talking about the nervous system. It’s also hard to get people off of the symptom-based allopathic health care model into a salutogenic model which focuses on the healing capacity of the body.

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