What We Learned at the Logan Symposium — A Full Team Recap
Grab a coffee — or your favorite cup of tea if you are like me — I am so excited to share everything we learned!
Hi! I'm Hannah Schroer — the mentee of the Meyers at Meyer Chiropractic, Acupuncture & Nutrition. I'm currently a student at Logan University studying to become a chiropractor, and I just finished my first year. While I'm still learning the ropes clinically, I've been blessed to be a part of this practice in a way that goes far beyond textbooks.
Last week, something pretty special happened — our entire office team attended the Logan Symposium for continuing education together. I attended several sessions and walked away with a full notebook — actually, a whole new folder on my iPad — and a lot to think about. But here's what I love most — we all took away something different. So I asked the team to share their biggest takeaways, and I'll get to those at the end. First, here's what stood out to me.
What I Learned
I attended a lot of sessions, but here are my favorites:
As always, this isn't medical advice — just a student sharing what sparked her curiosity! If any of this resonates with you, it's a great conversation to have at your next visit.
Stress & the Postmenopausal Woman
Four major areas were highlighted as key places to support overall health: sleep, digestion and blood sugar, chronic inflammation, and mood. What struck me most was how interconnected these all are — and how foundational things like movement, protein, fiber, and reducing refined ingredients in the diet can make a real difference. Nothing revolutionary, but a good reminder that the basics matter more than we think.
Supporting Your Liver
This session was a fascinating overview of how the liver acts as the body's major detoxifier and the pathways it uses to do that work. We talked about how nutrition plays a supporting role in keeping those pathways running well. Honestly? This one left me wanting more. I can't wait to dive deeper into this topic as I continue through school. Ready or not, I start nutrition in Tri 4! Stay tuned — I have a feeling this won't be the last time the liver comes up on this blog! 😄
The Power of Chiropractic Care Across the World
This session felt deeply personal to me because it touched on so much of what drew me to this profession in the first place. We looked at how the healthcare landscape is evolving globally and what that means for us as future providers. Hearing stories of people traveling incredible distances just to receive chiropractic care was both humbling and inspiring. It reinforced why this work matters — not just locally, but on a much bigger scale.
The Gut, Fiber & GLP-1
I'll be honest — this one pushed the edges of where I am in my education, but in the best way. We covered the connection between gut health and bone health (including a push for earlier osteoporosis screening), how almost everyone is falling short on fiber, and how the gut microbiome plays a bigger role in overall wellness than most people realize. I had just briefly touched on some of this in Tri 3 (which I just completed), so hearing it expanded in a clinical context was really exciting. The gut is extremely fascinating — weird, I know. But after spending the last 5 weeks of Tri 3 learning about it, I really mean it.
SHIFT: The Session That Changed How I Answer "How Are You?"
Dr. Cindy's session on the power of positive thinking was called SHIFT — and it lived up to its name.
I'll be honest, I walked in expecting something I'd heard before. Positive thinking, gratitude, mindset — these aren't new concepts. But the way Dr. Cindy framed it, and the three ideas she left us with, made something click for me in a whole new way.
One: Choose Better Words
Dr. Cindy started with a question we all answer on autopilot every single day: "How are you?"
Most of us say "good." Sometimes "fine." Occasionally "busy." These words are so automatic we don't even hear ourselves saying them anymore — and that's exactly the problem. They're just filler words.
Her challenge was simple: replace your default answer with a word that actually means something.
Words like wonderful. Amazing. Extraordinary. Phenomenal.
I'll admit — the first time I tried it that day it felt a little awkward. But something interesting happened almost immediately. When I said "wonderful" instead of "good," I actually paused and asked myself ...am I though? What is wonderful right now? And I found an answer. It reoriented my whole perspective in about three seconds.
I've been doing it ever since. My old default was "good." My new ones are "wonderful" and "amazing." Try it tomorrow morning and see what happens.
Two: Reframe the Negative
The second idea was about diminishing the power of negative words by reframing them. Instead of letting a hard moment spiral into a hard day, a hard week, a hard life — pause and reframe it. What can this teach me? What is still good right now? It doesn't mean pretending everything is fine. It means choosing not to give negativity more power than it deserves.
Three: Experience It, Don't Own It
This last idea has stuck with me the most — don't own your negative experiences. Feel them, acknowledge them, but don't let them become part of your identity. You are not your bad day. You are not your diagnosis. You are not your hardest season. You experience those things — but they don't get to define you.
The I AM Statement
Dr. Cindy closed by having us write an I AM statement — completing the sentence "I am..." with words that reflect who you are at your core. Not what you do, not your title, not your role. Who you are.
Mine? I am brilliant, becoming the chiropractor I am called to be, loved beyond measure, loved by God, brilliant, blessed and wildly capable.
I hadn't done this exercise in a long time and I forgot how grounding it is. There's something about putting those words on paper — in your own handwriting, in your own voice — that feels different than just thinking them. It makes them real.
Dr. Cindy's point was that the words we speak over ourselves and our days become the lens through which we experience everything. If we're constantly telling ourselves and others that we're just "fine" or "okay," we're setting a very low bar for what we expect from life.
Your turn: Grab a piece of paper —
I am _______________.
Don't overthink it. Write the first true thing that comes to mind. Then put it somewhere you'll see it. Mine is hanging up in my room. On the days when I really need it, I grab an Expo marker and write those reminders on my mirror to see as I'm getting ready.
What the Team Took Away
I asked everyone on our team the same question: "What was your biggest takeaway from the Logan Symposium?" Here's what they said — and I think you'll notice a theme. 😊
Dr. Hayden: "Lifestyle changes are one of the easiest ways to manage one's health. It can be as simple as stress reduction and improving the amount and quality of sleep. Positive affirmations can also be used to positively alter one's health."
Angie: "Friday night's last speaker — Dr. Cindy — really stuck with me. The idea of turning a negative response into a positive one, of bringing that energy into how we talk to our patients and to each other in the office... I thought it was very interesting. And the Saturday morning session about the evolution of chiropractic care was powerful too. Hearing how people in other countries walk miles and miles just to receive care — to stand up straight — that stays with you."
Tracey: "This was my first time attending the Logan Symposium and it offered great insights into current chiropractic trends. I attended sessions that pertained to issues that affect myself and many people I know. I came away with a better understanding of how hormonal and nutritional health, along with exercise, enhance metabolic health."
Dr. Meyer: "This symposium truly put the power of our profession on display, showing the massive scope of what chiropractic care can achieve. For me, the most valuable part was the collaborative energy. It highlighted a critical need: we have to get better at networking within our profession and building stronger bridges into the medical community. True patient-centered care relies on that connection, and the discussions this weekend gave us the perfect momentum to start building those networks."
Christina: "It’s easy to feel isolated in the day-to-day 'survival mode' of running a health practice, so connecting with colleagues at the symposium was incredibly validating. We found that so many clinics are facing the same uphill battles with rising insurance overhead. But the energy of the event sparked a renewed focus for us. Comparing notes on clinical success stories and collaborating with our Standard Process reps completely refueled our passion for delivering accessible, high-quality, natural patient care right here in our community."
Did you notice the pattern? Almost every single one of us came back talking about Dr. Cindy's SHIFT session. There's something about the simplicity of it — the idea that the words we choose every day actually shape our experience — that resonated across the whole team, regardless of role or background.
Maybe that's the real takeaway from the day: the most powerful changes aren't always the most complicated ones.
Have questions about anything we shared? We'd love to talk about it at your next visit. And if you write your own I AM statement — we want to hear it!