It’s getting harder and harder to mark the shift of seasons. Climate change may mean that summer goes on much longer than you expected where you live, or winter seems never-ending and that much more dramatic. But change they do, and my question for you, dear reader, is: are you ready for a new … Continue reading Transitions (Getting Ready For a New Season)
Our bodies are in an ongoing conversation with our minds and vice-versa. Sometimes, we listen and we hear. Other times, one or the other side does not get the message across until some damage has been sustained. As a practitioner of Chinese medicine (CM), I hold that we reflect our environment and our environment … Continue reading Mind and Body: A Conversation
Chinese medicine landed on American soil in the 1970s and a language to narrate it, in response, developed and took root. Fifty, going on sixty, years later, though, things are not the same and the words that once made one kind of sense either no longer do so, or they communicate something that may … Continue reading A Short Dictionary of Terms: The Language of Chinese Medicine
Back when I was writing my book, Chinese Medicine and the Management of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Singing Dragon, 2023), I read voraciously… Well, even more voraciously than usual. One area included the review of mind-body wellness narratives from a range of sources, including historical reviews and investigations produced by anthropologists. Medicine, whether allopathic or … Continue reading A Cure Within: An Acupuncturist’s Thoughts on Mind-Body Medicine
The foundation of Chinese medicine is balance. Everything we do seeks to achieve equilibrium in mind, body, and spirit. To achieve this outcome, your practitioner may opt for acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutritional guidance, manual therapy, and/or breath and movement practices in the form of tai chi or qigong. A lesser-known option in this project … Continue reading Magnet Therapy: How It Works, What It Can Do For You (It’s Amazing)
Tui na (pronounced “twee nah”) means “push” and “grasp” and it’s one of those very literal Chinese terms that seems simple but encompasses an entire universe. I love the bare-bones simplicity of this term. Pushing and grasping sounds like something you do when you’re kneading raw material for dumplings, doesn’t it? Chinese language has … Continue reading Push and Grasp: The Magic of Tui Na (Chinese Medical Massage)
The title of this blog post makes it clear what I think about AI. To a point, it’s enough to simply declare that my website doesn’t peddle slopaganda. But I also want to share my thoughts about writing, being a writer, and my love for writing. I want this to be the post that … Continue reading My Promise to You, Dear Reader: No AI Slop Here.
If you want to lose twenty or more pounds in a month, I am not the health coach for you. If you want to restore your gut health, develop a realistic exercise plan, and learn how to love your body at a healthy-for-you weight that you can achieve and maintain, then yes, let’s talk. … Continue reading Health Coach for Weight Loss: Why, When, and How
What do you think about your liver? Do you know how hard-working and interesting this organ is? Well. If you do not, you will by the time you finish reading this blog post. From both the Western and the Eastern perspectives, this is an organ with a story. The Western viewpoint is not … Continue reading Liver, East and West (Two Perspectives on This Vital Organ)
You are ready for change (or, after a lecture at your doctor’s office about pre-diabetes, you know that change is in your best interest whether you’re ready or not). It’s time to restructure the way you manage and nurture your wellbeing. For some people, it’s a chronic condition. For others, it’s a surprising one-off … Continue reading Find A Health Coach: How To Find The Best Coach For What You Want To Accomplish (The Updates)
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