Our friends Chip and Carol Bleam are chiropractors, and they’ve built their practice around a simple philosophy that most people (and honestly, other doctors) find counterintuitive.

When someone comes in with an injury, their first instinct isn’t to immobilize it with braces, casts, or tell you to stay off it for a week.

Instead, they apply a combination of precise adjustments along with guided movements to promote healing.

They teach grandparents to lift 85-pound kettlebells. Not because they’re trying to turn them into powerlifters, but so they can lift their grandkids without pain. Get weekend warriors back out there coaching and demonstrating for their players (including their own kids) without fear of injury.

They get people moving again, carefully and intentionally, because they know something most of us forget: movement is our medicine.

No shocker here: they get incredible results.

Movement is our medicine.

If you think about it, this principle applies to way more than just physical healing. It’s true for people who feel stuck. It’s true for businesses spinning their wheels. For creative folks who’ve stopped creating. For teams that spend months planning but never actually start.

Sometimes what we need isn’t more analysis. We need guided movement toward what we’re trying to achieve.

Clarity + Action

Success = knowing the goal + moving towards it.

Sounds very simple, but too many times we get one of those parts without the other.

We can kind of see clearly where we want to go, but never take the first step, OR we’re constantly busy but moving in endless circles because the destination is a little (or a lot) fuzzy.

To use myself as an example: the goal is getting my artwork in front of more people. The movement is drawing every day, posting consistently, showing up even when I don’t feel like it. Without that daily action, the goal stays a nice idea (and I was stuck there nearly 18 years).

When working with businesses, I see this pattern everywhere. Some clients come in with crystal-clear vision and a team aligned around it. They move fast because everyone knows where the road is heading.

But more often, I’m working with organizations with loads of good ideas, multiple stakeholders with different priorities, and endless meetings where nothing gets decided.

This isn’t a knock on them. Frankly, the recognition of it is typically the reason they called in the first place.

That’s where the visual work comes in.

It’s not just about making things look colorful and nice. It’s about creating clarity so people can actually move. When everyone can see the same picture of where they’re going, the path forward becomes obvious.

Pictures to Progress

I draw a lot for clients. But I’ve learned (I think) is that the real job isn’t just to make things look good. It’s to help people simplify things, reclaim energy and focus on what actually matters.

Visual work becomes a catalyst for action, not just documentation.

Why create beautiful visuals (and post them) if they don’t help with that movement forward?

When teams are spinning in endless discussions, when folks can’t agree on priorities, when great ideas get repeatedly buried under analysis paralysis, that’s when the drawing becomes, well, medicine.

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It cuts through the noise and gives people something concrete to respond to.

I want to help people and teams stop spiraling and start deciding. Instead of another meeting about the meeting, help look at their challenges and have opportunities laid out clearly. Work on pointing out what matters most, identifying what’s blocking progress, and choosing their next steps.

The goal isn’t perfect planning. It’s purposeful movement toward something better.

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So where are you stuck right now? Where would you like to start moving?

A project you’ve been overthinking, a conversation you’ve been avoiding, or a decision your team keeps postponing. Whatever it is, the cure isn’t more analysis. It’s one small, intentional step forward.

If you’re working alone, pick the smallest possible action you can take today. If you’re leading a team that’s caught in planning loops, consider how visual clarity might help everyone see the same path forward.

Sometimes teams need guided movement, just like our friends’ patients.

The prescription is simple: know where you’re going, then take the next step. Movement is our medicine.

Grateful you are here,

Wade

PS - If your team could benefit from the kind of visual clarity that takes endless discussions to clear decisions, let’s talk about how we can help you move.

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