Sponsor Interviews

Every Wednesday at practice I look forward to seeing Dr. Sarah Ghorbanian (“Miss Alignment”), and not just because she adjusts me. She has an amazing bedside manner, sharing life insights with me even if only for a brief moment. Dr. Ghorbanian exemplifies doctor as teacher and having medical volunteers like her on the team is priceless.

Adjusting the team right before practice doesn’t leave much time for chatting, so I did an interview with her to learn more.

Why did you want to be a chiropractor? How does the chiropractic philosophy match your beliefs about health and/or healthcare?
I was originally pre-med in college, then I realized about three years in that traditional “healthcare” meant giving people meds to take away their symptoms, and calling that lack of symptoms good health. Filling your medicine cabinet with prescription drugs was not what I had in mind when I thought about helping people have better health, so I knew I didn’t want to go to med school but had no idea what I WAS going to do. My boyfriend at the time had a fraternity brother who was a chiropractor and was like, maybe you should talk to him? So I did and ended up going to chiropractic school even though I’d never been adjusted. How crazy is that? I firmly believe chiropractic chose me. I always believed that healthy food could be medicine and exercise was important, but once I was introduced to the philosophy that the body heals itself from the inside and interference in the nervous system can cause poor health, I knew chiropractic was right for me. It just made sense.
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“Get the most out of your experience.” That’s the motto at Beyond Properties, focus of this month’s Sponsor Spotlight, and a fitting motto for the Outfit’s own Erica Cuneen (aka Busty Broke’Her). As owner and head Eco-Broker of the Oak Park-based realty company, mother of two, and skater, Cuneen wears many different helmets—er, hats. A female-owned, environmentally responsible real estate brokerage, Beyond Properties offers its clients personal commitment and sustainable practices. The firm’s attention to environmental responsibility is one of the things that makes Beyond Properties unique. A former Peace Corps volunteer, Cuneen has a longstanding interest in community-building and in grassroots causes: “It was the grassroots aspect of derby, and of the Outfit in particular, that got me involved.” After some initial training from Derby Lite, Cuneen tested her skills at one of The Outfit’s Advanced Tryouts: “I skated as a kid, but was never involved in athletics—never did a sport, never mind a team sport. But the cameraderie, along with the workout, really blew me away.”

So what do roller derby and real estate have in common? They both require, as Cuneen says laughingly, “a bulldog”—she’s been known to win over contracts with a simple, “Come on! I play roller derby!” But examining the question more seriously, Cuneen explains that Beyond Properties is all about the empowerment of all players—buyers, sellers, and ultimately, the local community and environment. The firm uses teamwork to find “the win-win”—matching buyers with properties that are “kind to the wallet, good for the body, comforting to the soul, and gentle to the earth for decades to come.” (Full disclosure: the beautifully depicted and described homes in her current listings made this renter drool). Look for Busty Broke’Her, off-skates and on, at our regularly scheduled home bouts, or contact her by email at [email protected]. Or visit her website at www.beyondpropertiesrealty.com and offer Beyond Properties—along with our other honored sponsors—some extra-special derby love.

Outfit skater Graves interviews Godfather Sponsor, Charles D. Moisant of SilverPhoenix.net. Check it out!