Before Bed, the Nervous System Listens with Dr Mary Nochimson DC – Chiro Hustle Podcast 778
INTRODUCING Dr Mary Nochimson DC
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🧠 Background
In this episode of the Chiro Hustle Podcast, James Chester welcomes Dr. Mary Nochimson DC for a conversation about children, families, trust, chiropractic education, somato emotional release, craniosacral work, and finding the right chiropractic fit.
Dr. Mary’s journey into chiropractic did not begin with the typical dramatic adjustment story. Instead, it unfolded through a long search for a healing profession that fit her calling. Dentistry, nursing, teaching, esthetics, massage, and ultimately chiropractic each shaped her understanding that true health care begins with presence, trust, conversation, and respect for the body’s ability to heal.
The most powerful story in this episode centers on Dr. Mary’s children’s books, especially her bedtime hypnotherapy story. She shares how one child went from struggling in class to becoming the teacher’s pet after her father read the book to her every night. She also shares stories of children feeling calmer, families bonding, and children being taught before sleep that they are worthy, capable, and designed with healing potential.
This episode is a reminder that chiropractic is not merely about pain. It is about the nervous system, innate intelligence, subluxation, human potential, and helping families understand what is happening before they ever step onto the table.
🔥 Highlights
Dr. Mary explains that her path into chiropractic felt less like a single injury story and more like God steadily directing her toward the profession.
She discusses how her early work in massage, esthetics, and craniosacral care helped her learn to meet people where they are and build trust before introducing the adjustment.
The episode explores why children deserve to be included in the conversation about their care, even when they are very young.
Dr. Mary explains how her chiropractic children’s book teaches subluxation in simple, rhythmic language that children and parents can understand together.
James and Dr. Mary discuss how chiropractic is a science, philosophy, and art, and why different chiropractors may be the right fit for different people.
Dr. Mary encourages chiropractors to refer to one another instead of treating the profession as a competition.
The conversation dives into somato emotional release, the idea that emotions may be held in the body, and how deeper healing may involve addressing thoughts, traumas, and toxins.
Dr. Mary shares the story of a child whose behavior changed after nightly bedtime affirmations and nervous system-calming language.
The episode closes with a call for parents to use bedtime as a sacred moment to speak life, healing, and confidence into their children.
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📖 Summary
Dr. Mary Nochimson DC joins the Chiro Hustle Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about chiropractic, children, families, craniosacral work, somato emotional release, and the power of helping people understand the body’s innate ability to heal.
Unlike many chiropractors, Dr. Mary did not enter the profession because of a dramatic injury or life-changing first adjustment. Her journey moved through biology, medicine, dental school attempts, nursing, teaching, esthetics, massage, and finally chiropractic. Along the way, she discovered that what she truly wanted was not simply to become a doctor, but to help people heal.
That same heart is evident in her children’s books. Dr. Mary believes children should know what is happening to them before care begins. Whether it is chiropractic, craniosacral work, or another natural healing encounter, she believes explanation creates trust. Her books give parents and children a shared language for subluxation, the spine, the nervous system, and healing.
The most compelling story in the episode comes when Dr. Mary talks about the power of bedtime. She explains that the moments before sleep are a time when children are calm, receptive, and deeply impressionable. Her hypnotherapy bedtime story uses guided meditation and affirmations to help children regulate their nervous systems. One child who had been struggling in class became the teacher’s pet after her father read the book nightly. Other children experienced peace, confidence, and even improvement with bedwetting.
James and Dr. Mary also explore how chiropractic is not one-size-fits-all. Different chiropractors have different techniques, personalities, and gifts. Patients may need to experience more than one practitioner to find the right fit. Chiropractors should build networks, co-manage, and refer to one another when another doctor may better serve the patient.
The episode stays grounded in a principled chiropractic worldview: the body is intelligent, the nervous system matters, subluxation matters, and education matters. When families understand chiropractic, they can participate more fully in the care process. When children are taught that their bodies are designed with healing potential, they carry that truth into life.
🔍 Diving In
This episode is really about trust.
Trust between parent and child. Trust between doctor and patient. Trust between chiropractors. Trust in the body. Trust in the intelligence that runs the body.
Dr. Mary makes a powerful point when she talks about children being brought into health care encounters without explanation. Adults often assume babies and young children do not understand, but Dr. Mary challenges that assumption. Children may not process everything intellectually, but they feel tone, energy, uncertainty, and fear. When a parent explains what is about to happen, the child is not simply being informed; the child is being respected.
That idea connects directly to chiropractic philosophy. If the body is intelligent, then the person in front of us is not a machine. They are not a symptom. They are not a visit count. They are a living being with a nervous system, emotions, memories, and potential.
Dr. Mary’s work with children’s books gives chiropractors a practical model for communication. Big words like subluxation, innate intelligence, craniosacral rhythm, and somato emotional release can create confusion if they are not translated well. But when these ideas are explained clearly, simply, and honestly, families can begin to understand why chiropractic is not just about pain relief.
The bedtime story may be the emotional center of this episode. It shows how powerful words can be when spoken at the right time, by the right person, with love. A child hearing “you are wonderful,” “you can heal,” and “your body is capable” before sleep is receiving more than comfort. That child is receiving a different internal framework.
For chiropractors, this is the challenge: do we merely adjust and move on, or do we teach people what is possible?
The adjustment matters. Subluxation matters. The nervous system matters. But the conversation around the adjustment also matters. People need language for what is happening in their bodies. Children need language. Parents need language. New patients need language. Even chiropractors need better language if the profession is going to be better understood.
Dr. Mary also challenges chiropractors to stop operating in professional isolation. Not every chiropractor is the right fit for every person. Technique, tone, communication style, clinical focus, and philosophy all matter. A principled profession should not be afraid of referral. A strong chiropractor can say, “I may not be the perfect fit for this part of your care, but I know someone who can help.”
That is not weakness. That is service.
This episode is a strong reminder that chiropractic has always been bigger than symptoms. It is about reconnecting the person to the organizing intelligence within. It is about removing interference. It is about helping people, including children, understand that healing is not foreign to the body. Healing is built in.
⚡ Action Steps
- Teach chiropractic in language families can actually understand.
- Do not assume people know what subluxation, innate intelligence, or nervous system function means. Make the message simple enough for a child without watering down the principle.
- Include children in the conversation.
- Before a child receives care, explain what will happen. Let them know what to expect. This builds trust, reduces fear, and honors the child as a person.
- Use bedtime as a healing opportunity.
- Parents can use the final moments of the day to speak calm, confidence, worth, and healing into their children. Those moments matter.
- Build a chiropractic referral network.
- Every chiropractor has a different art. Know other chiropractors in your community. Refer when another practitioner may be a better fit.
- Look beyond pain.
- Pain may bring people through the door, but chiropractic is about the nervous system, function, adaptation, performance, and life expression.
- Remember the whole person.
- Thoughts, traumas, and toxins all matter. The adjustment is central, but conversation, trust, and emotional safety may help people receive care more fully.
- Keep the profession principled.
- Stay anchored in subluxation, innate intelligence, and the sacred trust of chiropractic while learning to communicate those truths in ways the public can understand.
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