Hi. I am Dr. Elizabeth Hoefer, though most people close to me call me Liz, and I am so glad you found this podcast.
I want to take a few minutes to introduce myself and share what this is all about, because Is Your Head On Straight is a name that means more than one thing to me and I think it will mean more than one thing to you too.
The obvious answer is that it is about Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic, which is what I do every day and what I am deeply passionate about. But when I was sitting down to think about what I actually wanted to talk about on this podcast, I kept coming back to the idea that getting your head on straight goes so much further than the spine.
Is your head on straight about the way you show up in your relationships? Is your head on straight about how you think about your finances, your leadership, your faith, the people you are responsible for? That is the territory this podcast is going to cover. Real life, every day, connected to the work I get to do and the people I get to do it alongside.
Why I Moved to California With $2,000 and a Dream
I came to California in 2008 from Iowa. I moved to Orange County with my daughter and my fiance, $2,000 of student loan money, and zero promise that anything was going to work out. I knew absolutely no one here. What I had was a conviction that I was called to this place, that there was something waiting for me in Orange County that I was supposed to be part of.
That kind of faith is not comfortable. There were months in those early years where I did not know if I could keep going. There were also moments of windfall and abundance that I could not have manufactured on my own. Both of those things are true. The hard and the beautiful tend to travel together.
Nine years in, I am practicing at Precision Chiropractic in Rancho Santa Margarita, and I can say with complete honesty that it has been a gift. The doctor I work alongside, the staff I get to show up with every day, the patients whose lives I have the honor of being part of: all of it has been more than I imagined when I stepped off that plane with almost nothing.
What You Are Going to Hear on This Podcast
You are going to hear my testimony about why I became a Blair Upper Cervical chiropractor. You are going to hear from patients who have experienced things they did not think were possible. You are going to hear from students I mentor and professionals I respect and people from all corners of my life who have something worth saying.
It is going to be real. It is not going to be polished in a way that hides the humanity of it. I want you to hear the passion and the drive and also the honesty about what it actually takes to build something from nothing in a place where nobody knows your name.
And I want to ask you the question that is going to thread through every episode: is your head on straight?
Because if it is not, it can get there. That is the whole point. That is why I do this work. And that is why I started this podcast.
Thank you for being here. I cannot wait to share this journey with you.
Listen to the Well Connected Podcast: Live Your Life in Alignment wherever you get your podcasts.
Find Dr. Elizabeth Hoefer at wellconnectedchiro.com.
