Why Your Acupuncturist Loves Laughing With You
A warm, funny look at why laughter during acupuncture is powerful. Feeling safe, moving Qi, releasing emotions, and building connection all create deeper healing.
When Balance Bites Back: A TCM Look at My Carnivore Experiment
When I switched to an animal-based diet in 2024, I expected better digestion — but I didn’t expect everything else. My chronic hip pain vanished, my migraines lifted, my “carpal tunnel” symptoms disappeared, and my nails grew long and strong for the first time in my life. My depression softened and then lifted, my anxiety calmed, and I suddenly wanted to socialize instead of hide. I could walk for hours, hike, even jog. My cravings vanished. My energy stabilized. I stopped thinking about food all day. And I lost fifty pounds without forcing anything.
Reintroducing variety later felt joyful and socially freeing, but my body pushed back fast. Now, through a TCM lens, I’m learning to listen, recalibrate, and find my way back to what truly supports me. This is the beginning of my Personal Healing Journey.
Is This Normal? A Woman’s Guide to Everything That Happens During Acupuncture
A playful, reassuring guide to the sensations women experience during acupuncture. From twitching and warmth to emotional releases and deep sleep, this list explains what is normal and why your body reacts the way it does.
What You Should Definitely Not Do Before Acupuncture (Spoiler: It’s Not What You Think)
A friendly, funny guide to what you think you should do before acupuncture — shaving, fasting, calming down, researching — and why none of it actually matters. Acupuncture works best when you show up as you are.
Things You Think Are Weird to Tell Your Acupuncturist (But Actually Aren’t)
A lighthearted, woman-to-woman guide to all the things you might think are “weird” to tell your acupuncturist — cravings, PMS, bowel habits, dreams, moods, buzzing sensations — and why none of it is strange in Traditional Chinese Medicine. In acupuncture, your real-life symptoms are clues, not quirks.
Why Many Modern Women Feel Better on an Animal Based Diet (And How to Tell if It Might Help You Too)
Many modern women feel clearer, steadier, and less anxious when they shift toward warm, animal-based meals. If you’re constantly cold, bloated, foggy, or exhausted after “healthy” foods, your body might simply be asking for something more substantial and easier to digest. Here’s how to know if this gentle, nourishing approach could support you.