Introduction for Faetopia

I wrote this as an introduction to my workshop offerings for the upcoming Faetopia event (come check it out! It's gonna be great!) in order to help orient everyone who shows up to what my perspective on health-care and self-care is, and to create a little context for why I view active self-care as an act of activism for social justice.

There is something within each of us that is inherently deserving of love, of acknowledgment, of recognition. That something, despite repeated experiences and stories to the contrary, is not our weakness, our pain, our suffering; it is our capacity to bear these things with grace. It is not our fragility that merits tenderness, it is the spark of life, singing out through the frail, wounded, and trapped animal within us, that merits it, because that spark, the unique, unrepeatable glimmer of impossible, enduring life can and must be cultivated.
And it is the cultivation of that life, that irreplaceable spark, that we are here for.

There is a world beyond Faetopia, beyond San Francisco, beyond the future of faggotry, beyond the gay agenda. There is a world beyond our smallness, petty jabbing, undercutting, and oneupsmanship. There is a world beyond our great friends, our great bodies, our great parties, our great jobs. And there is something beyond the health care crisis, the student loan crisis, the housing crisis. There is a deeper crisis.

Crisis, in the old sense of the word, indicates a crossroads, choice, and change.

This is the crisis of the emerging human being: What is it to be human, to be alive, to be called to purposeful action, to come together to work as individuals toward a common goal? What are our common goals?

We must ask ourselves as we plunge headfirst (or daintily dip a toe) into the future of faggotry and gay agenda: "am I cultivating the spark of life in myself, or just trying to stop sparks from going out?" Only then can we sustain the capacity to spark others.

I'm a doctor. Tell me where it feels good.

Hi. I'm Sam Zoranovich. I'm a doctor of Chiropractic, and I have a question for you.
At a guess, the moment you read "chiropractic" you started scanning your body for the places that hurt, ache, or don't feel quite right. Or perhaps something that feels off, stuck, or misaligned in your back jumped right into the forefront of your mind.
The question I have for you, the one that I think actually really matters, is this:
Where does it feel good?
When was the last time a doctor asked you about what's working? When did a doctor last ask you "which of these spots feels better?"
When did we decide, as a culture, a community, or as individuals, that health care was primarily about problem solving and fixing, instead of optimizing and empowering what's already working well?

I'm interested in catalyzing a health care revolution. The Positive Psychology has already started gaining momentum in popular culture, with TED talks, books written for the public, and the like.

What if focusing our efforts in health care on what works, what's already working, and what feels good actually produced better clinical outcomes, healthier and happier people, and a greater quality of life?

Holy cow. It does!

Find out more by clicking through to the "About" page, or just click on "Getting Started" if you're ready for the revolution, already!

New Blog

Hello, and welcome to the Level Up/Happy Queer Bodies blog.
The purpose of this blog is to post thoughts, questions, ideas, and anything else that seems valuable for healing internalized homophobia, body-hatred, and shame.
My goal is to help lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and all queer people fall in love with their bodies again. I hope you'll join me!