A look inside my acupuncture training, this presentation breaks down one of the most common causes of painful periods in Chinese medicine, and how a simple 5-point treatment can help restore flow, reduce pain, and support the body in a real way.
Lately I’ve been noticing how much of the experience of acupuncture college has less to do with workload and more to do with attitude. How I meet change, pressure, clinic, and uncertainty seems to shape my nervous system just as much as studying ever could. This feels like part of the medicine too.
What I didn’t expect from acupuncture college wasn’t the workload or the memorization — it was the way an imperfect, human learning environment taught me to release shame, soften my perfectionism, and trust that meaningful healing doesn’t require everything to be perfectly held together.
Between hauling linens, juggling laundry, storing supplies, and managing costs that never appeared in the tuition breakdown, acupuncture school has taught me as much about logistics as it has about medicine. This post covers the hidden financial and physical costs I didn’t know to ask about — and the questions I wish I’d asked before enrolling.
Hot at night, exhausted but wired, anxious for no obvious reason, and somehow still awake at 3am? This funny, honest breakdown of kidney yin deficiency symptoms explains why so many women feel burned out in their bodies, even when their labs look “normal”, and how acupuncture can help restore balance without forcing anything.