Quick Relaxation Acupuncture Treatment Did you know one of the most important benefits of any and every acupuncture treatment is stress relief? Specifically, acupuncture helps to regulate the balance between the “fight/flight/freeze/fawn” stress system and the “rest & digest” system. Stress relief is not a woo-woo concept. How well you sleep, how well you digest […]
I get a lot of questions if acupuncture can help with weight loss. I don’t offer weight loss treatments for two main reasons. First, for most people, it just won’t help in the way they want it to. Even if someone tries to have reasonable expectations, they tend to end up feeling very disappointed when they
Let me start with an easy quiz… If your doctor prescribed you a medication that had a 95% failure rate, would you take it? If your smoke detector had a 95% failure rate, would you feel safe sleeping at night? If your car tires had a 95% failure rate, would you risk driving on them?
Why do we do things with such a high failure rate? Read More »
Have you ever used the Loving Kindness Meditation? It can be used for all sorts of situations when you want to send love and well-being out to others. It has an added benefit of calming your stress system as well. Even a few seconds or few minutes can help. I particularly love this one when
Have you heard of intuitive eating? I had come across it maybe 8-ish years ago and gave it a go – or so I thought. But I know now, all I did was make a new diet out of it. I was trying to recognize hunger and fullness, yet keeping all of my existing food
doTERRA’s Vanilla Absolute Vanilla is one of my all-time personal favorite aromas. Often referred to as an essential oil, technically it is an absolute, which simply refers to how the essence is pulled from the plant source. The harvesting of vanilla is fascinating. A climbing vine that can grow to 75 feet tall, the
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We have covered the two main patterns seen in pre/peri/post-menopause – Kidney Yin Deficiency and Kidney Yang Deficiency. As you can imagine, since we are complex humans, we don’t all tend to fit in neat & tidy categories. Most people exhibit at least one more, if not two or three, patterns at the same time.
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Here’s a great reference to help you through your menopause transition. I recently shared with you my interview by Jennifer Harrington, ND on her Menopause Natural Solutions podcast where we talked about how acupuncture works and specifically how it can help during menopause. (In case you missed it, click here to listen.) If you enjoyed
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Guess what? I was interviewed by naturopath Jennifer Harrington, ND on her podcast Menopause Natural Solutions! This was so much fun and it was cool to share about how acupuncture works and how it can help with menopause specifically. Jennifer also specializes in treating menopause and it was great how compatible acupuncture and naturopathy are –
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Even if you’re in perimenopause, don’t put away your blankets yet. Let’s look at another common TCM pattern in perimenopause… Kidney Yang Deficiency We’ve covered the basics of Kidney Yin Deficiency in perimenopause with the biggest symptoms being related to heat – hot flashes, night sweats, flushed face, etc. (Click here to read more about
Did you know cold flashes existed? This might surprise you. Read More »
