Disclaimer

Last updated: October 22, 2026

InPowered Mindset helps people understand the patterns shaping how they think, feel, communicate and respond. This page explains the scope and limits of the educational information, coaching, resources and AI-assisted tools offered through this work.

Education, not healthcare

Website content, books, videos, presentations, workshops, coaching, NIRM exercises and related resources are provided for education and personal or professional development. They do not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease or medical or mental-health conditions.

Ed Chicoine is a retired chiropractor with 41 years of professional experience. His current InPowered Mindset work is not chiropractic practice, medicine, psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry or another licensed healthcare service. Past clinical experience does not make current educational material a clinical assessment or treatment.

Visiting this website, sending a message or participating in a coaching or educational service does not establish a doctor-patient or therapist-client relationship. A separate coaching agreement does not change this healthcare boundary.

Research, frameworks and NIRM

InPowered Mindset draws on established ideas about brain plasticity, stress physiology and nervous system regulation, together with Ed’s professional observations and practical teaching experience. Metaphors and simplified models are used to make complex ideas easier to understand.

The Neuro-Integrative Release Method, NIRM, is Ed’s proprietary educational and personal-development framework. Research supporting an underlying concept does not, by itself, validate NIRM as a complete clinical treatment. NIRM has not been independently validated as a treatment for medical or mental-health conditions.

Qualified care and urgent situations

Consult an appropriately qualified professional about medical, psychological or mental-health concerns. Do not disregard, delay, stop or change recommended treatment or medication because of material provided by InPowered Mindset.

The website, coaching inquiries, educational assessments and Eddy Chat are not emergency or crisis services and are not continuously monitored for urgent needs. If there is immediate danger or a medical emergency, contact local emergency services.

Voluntary participation and personal judgment

Reflection, movement, breathing, regulation and other exercises are optional. Choose what is appropriate for your circumstances, stop an activity that causes distress or discomfort, and seek qualified advice when needed. You may decline to share a personal experience or ask for an alternative exercise.

You are responsible for your choices, but this statement does not remove any responsibility or legal rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Assessments and workplace use

Resilience and reflection assessments are educational tools. They are not diagnostic instruments, employee screening tools, measures of operational fitness or substitutes for a qualified professional evaluation.

Organizations should not use an educational score or a participant’s personal reflection as the sole basis for hiring, promotion, discipline, accommodation, fitness-for-duty or other consequential employment decisions.

Eddy Chat

Eddy Chat offers AI-assisted educational reflection based on InPowered Mindset concepts. It is not Ed speaking live and does not replace a professional relationship. AI can produce inaccurate, incomplete, biased or unsuitable responses.

Verify important information, protect confidential information, and use qualified human judgment for health, legal, financial, safety or employment matters. Do not rely on the app for crisis response or emergency decisions. Review the app’s own terms and privacy information before use.

Testimonials and outcomes

Testimonials describe individual experiences and do not establish that everyone will have the same experience. Outcomes vary with circumstances, participation and factors beyond our control. No specific health, personal, professional, financial or business result is guaranteed.

Questions about fit or scope

If you are unsure whether a resource or service is appropriate, contact Ed at info@inpoweredmindset.com before participating. Please also read our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.