Brilliant Life Chiropractic - Tacoma

We love the Pathways to Family Wellness magazine here at Brilliant Life and are always excited when we get our quarterly bulk subscription. Summer 2024 issue is here if you want to stop by to pick up your copy 😊.

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇲🎆

We just realized this post did not end up on our page after thinking it was submitted last week. So apologies for the late notice but we will be taking a long holiday week for Dr Paul and Dr Laelle to head on a family summer vacation 🏞️.

We will return to regular adjusting hours on Wednesday, July 10th so you can schedule online or call/text 253-383-0577 and someone will review and respond most likely early next week 😊.

Why we always talk about mindfulness and stress reduction strategies along with regular chiropractic adjustments with our pregnant mommas! 😊🧘‍♀️🤰

Needing this reminder today with one of our kiddos home from school for several days this week because she is experiencing some respiratory symptoms. Part of health is our body manifesting symptoms to clear the bacteria or virus from the system! And as Chiropractors, we know the importance of supporting that natural force within us that turns on symptoms when we need them and diminishes them when we don't anymore.

It can be harder to remember that when at home in parent mode though ;-). Will leave our adjusting table up in the living room for a couple more days and keep supporting her "healing force" to do it's thing!

Hi everyone! I haven't been using this "Dr. Laelle" page much ever since I joined Dr. Paul Martin back at Brilliant Life Chiropractic at least 8 years ago now. And about a year and a half ago, we lost access to our Brilliant Life page somehow. We were both admins, then one day went to make a post only to find out neither of us had admin access anymore! We have both tried many different ways to reclaim the page over the past 18 months with zero luck. Contacting real people at FB for support is pretty much impossible, so I've added him here and will transition this page over to our new Brilliant Life page! And hope that something crazy doesn't happen and we mysteriously get removed from this one too 🤞🤞. Wanted to let you all know so you aren't confused why you are suddenly seeing posts for Brilliant Life when you never followed that page before.

And if you are here for Brilliant Life Chiropractic and seeing this, hopefully the post will explain why everything before this is more personal to ME and myself as a Chiropractor and Wellness practitioner and not Brilliant Life Chiropractic or doctor Paul - although we will try to get some of those posts and pictures moved over at some point!

I have been loving my homemade gf sourdough toast with plenty of pastured butter 😋. But after making toast this morning, found the butter dish empty and no more in fridge to replace it with 😢.

Simply Ghee to the rescue! It's the yummiest ghee I've ever tried PLUS it is organic and only made with milk from A2 100% pastured/grass fed cows and even certified glyphosate free 👏. Mixed up with their DIY maple cinnamon blend? It's an extra delicious treat!

If you're local, you can pick up some ghee from us at Brilliant Life Chiropractic because we love this super food so much 🥰. Otherwise just shop directly from "The Ghee Gals" - Bev and Nancy - at their website. You won't regret it!!

Intrigued? Wondering who your "SHAPE Practitioner" might be to talk to and learn more about it? That's me! A longer post with more details about how I became a SHAPE certified practitioner coming soon, but for now, know that I LOVE this "total health restoration" program and am so excited to be currently launching in office and adding it to the programs, services and products I offer as we move into 2024!

Even though the challenge start date is listed as January 1st, you still have until the 15th to get signed up and started, then we will all continue together through March 29th 🙂.

Ready to commit to YOU and your health for the next several months?? I'm personally so excited to celebrate my birthday coming up in February feeling and functioning so much better than I was last year...with lots of inflammation and almost 40 lbs released👏! I would love to help guide you through "letting it go"☃️ too.

Raise your hand below 🙋‍♀️or send me a message and we can chat more about details and how to get you signed up!

I don't really do much, if any, Black Friday shopping. But one thing I DO buy every year? Is my annual subscription to Plan to Eat - because it's 50% off! It's where I save all my tried and true recipes, often with notes added and/or ingredients modified along with transferring over and saving recipes I find online that I want to try out someday 😊.

You can also use the app to meal plan and create shopping lists, but to be honest, I don't utilize those features as much as I could 😜.

One of the coolest things about Plan to Eat? Is you can give friends access to all your saved recipes! Have you ever wanted access to most of my favorite recipes all in one place that I've added over the past 5+ years? And I keep adding to all the time? This year's thanksgiving recipes to come soon!

I would love to have more friends join so we can recipe swap and now is best time of year to do it at only $24.50 for the whole year 👏. I'll add my link for you to use to learn more and join with this great discount in the comments! They offer this every year, so you just have to remember to renew on or around Black Friday to continue for another year at the 50% off rate 🙏.

Thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Wren's Nest Baking Co. on their opening day! It's exclusively gluten free which is a first for Tacoma 👏 and this beef and mushroom filled empanada was seriously the best one I've ever had - gluten filled or not. The soft pretzel 🥨, cardamom peach muffin, quiche and carrot cake I had bites of were all delicious too 😋. Still to sample are two different types of cookies and a loaf of multigrain bread I brought home for the family to enjoy 😍. The beautiful old carriage house space was a delightful added bonus. So excited for this new business in our Tacoma community! Whether you are gluten free or not, I highly recommend stopping by for a visit soon 😊.

Last Chance for 50% Off Your First Month of Kettlebell Solo - which is my fav movement and strengthening program💪 !

Join me for their 14 Day Consistency Challenge that starts on Monday!

Try your first week FREE, and get 50% off your first month when you join the Kettlebell Solo Membership before August 7.

Use the discount code "50OFFFIRST" when you sign up for Monthly membership.

THE KETTLEBELL SOLO MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES:

28 Day Beginner & Intermediate Programs
90+ ad-free kettlebell classes
50+ full-length 30 minute & 60 minute kettlebell classes
10+ monthly calendars
Challenges
Tutorials
Printable PDF outlines for each class

I've been loving it - especially the challenges and put together for you 6 week focused programs! And seeing and feeling results with 5 days a week classes that are 7-30 minutes long (there ARE hour long classes on there too for those of you who love longer workouts).

I would love more friends doing it with me so we can support each other and have fun doing it! Find my link in comments and use to join and as always don't hesitate to reach out to me first with any questions 😊.

I posted a couple weeks ago about this fun green banana pasta I found while shopping. Ari requested to try them for lunch today and both kids loved them! Only downside is that meant not many noodles left for me 😜.

Made with red onions, garlic, heirloom mini tomatoes and spinach sauteed in butter with some dairy free pesto stirred in, leftover grilled chicken and a sprinkle of parm reggiano on top 😋. I suppose it would have made any noodle delicious 🤣.

✨DR. LAELLE'S FRIDAY FAVS!✨

First of all, I know I missed a couple weeks of sharing these, but I'm back!

I found out today is national lipstick day, so thought it was the perfect time to share my favorite natural lip color product 💄. These lip crayons are like a cross between a lip pencil and a lipstick. Made with all natural pigments and real wood for the stick (I recently learned that most pencils are made with plastic in them?!?) the color goes on smooth and doesn't dry out my lips! When I want more of a shiny look, I'll add a bit of the transparent hydrogloss lip oil on top 💋.

And to celebrate national lipstick day, you can get 25% off a bundle of the three best colors too!!

http://ltl.is/49jwh6r

As always, don't hesitate to comment below or reach out with any questions!

Fascinating gluten free, whole foods find of the day! Pasta made from green bananas?!? Has anyone tried it?

I had to buy it but heading out of town tomorrow so won't be able to report back on how it is until next week!

I had a new person scheduled at 10am tomorrow who had to cancel last minute! Good news for everyone else is that I now have some unexpected adjustment slots open at both 10 and 10:30am tomorrow. Or a new person appointment if you've been wanting to get in to see me but don't want to wait! Message me or call/text Brilliant Life Chiropractic to schedule 😊.

Have you ever wondered what an initial chiropractic visit might be like here at Brilliant Life?!?

We always start off with giving you the opportunity to tell us more about what is going on with your body and your life. The conversation involves looking at the 4 T's - Traumas, Toxins, Thoughts and Technology - and how they have impacted how you feel and function and your overall health expression in the past and present! 💥

Next we do a series of NeuroSpinal assessment scans before moving onto a hands on assessment and your first adjustment 👏. This scan pictured below is called "Electromyography" or EMG, and helps give us a visual picture of how your body is holding onto tension in the muscular system. Combined together with thermography and heart rate variability scans in addition to our hands on assessment, we get a lot of great information to help us with your care 😊.