Manage Anxiety Holistically: 10 Science-Backed Strategies (That Aren’t Talk-Therapy, Meds, or Meditation)
How to Manage Anxiety Holistically In this article, we’re going to answer a fundamental question to help you manage anxiety: Where is your anxiety is coming from? Because until you know what’s causing your anxiety, you’ll just be taking shots in the dark to try to...
9 Ways to Improve Gut Health
9 Ways to Improve Gut Health If you’re not focusing on your gut health, you’re missing a huge piece of the wellness puzzle. Because gut health is central to all health. A healthy gut is linked to elevated mood, improved immunity, lower inflammation, and increased...
Hormone Imbalance and Anxiety
Hormone imbalance and anxiety Could your anxiety be a sign of hormone imbalance? This article will help you in 3 ways. First, we’ll discuss why the link between hormones and anxiety exists. Then you’ll learn the tell-tale signs to look out for that show you that...
How Many Acupuncture Sessions Do You Need Before You Feel Better?
How Many Acupuncture Sessions Do You Need Before You Feel Better? Whether you’re an acupuncture newbie or you’ve been coming in for treatments for years, there’s a good chance you—like most people—have no clue how many acupuncture sessions it actually takes to heal...
Elimination Diets: The Why and How of Figuring Out Food Sensitivities
Elimination Diet: The Why and How of Figuring Out Food Sensitivities An elimination diet can help you identify otherwise undiagnosable food sensitivities. Do you have nagging symptoms that your doctor can’t figure out, or they just give you medication to cover up the...
5 Spring Health Tips
5 Spring Health Tips to Support Your Mind and Body The weather has a bigger impact on mental and physical health than most people realize. So when patients come to see me in clinic, especially during seasonal transitions, we almost always talk about dietary and...
5 Winter Wellness Tips from Traditional Natural Medicine
5 Winter Wellness Tips from Traditional Natural Medicine In Chinese medicine, winter solstice marks the most yin moment of the year. Energy has been moving in and down all autumn and it reaches the lowest point as the cold sets in. The leaves have fallen off the trees...
How to Let Go and Relax
How to Let Go and Relax The wisest people in the world all say the same thing: Let go. Surrender. That is how you find inner peace. It sounds so simple, and it's easy when things are going well, but those moments never last very long, do they? Sooner or later,...
5 Natural Strategies to Support Healthy Digestion
5 Natural Strategies to Support Healthy Digestion As a Chinese medicine practitioner and nutrition teacher, I’m a firm believer in what is called the "Earth School". The Earth School was founded about 1000 years ago by a physician named Li Dong-Yuan, who observed that...
On Cultivating Peace When Faced with Fear
On Cultivating Peace When Faced with Fear I don’t have to list it out for you. Even when horrendous images aren’t being blasted before your eyes in the 24-hour news cycle, the undertone of fear and grief and anger are palpable in our collective consciousness....
Could Ultra Processed Food be to Blame for the National Mental Health Crisis?
Could Ultra-Processed Foods be to Blame for the National Mental Health Crisis? In short, yes. At least partially. There is a clear link between ultra-processed food (UPF) and mental health. It’s no secret that mental health issues are on the rise. The rates have...
Why Relaxation Alone is Not Enough To Rewire the Nervous System
Why Relaxation Alone is Not Enough To Rewire the Nervous System Relaxation techniques are wonderful, useful, and vitally important for inner healing. But when you only use them preventatively, they’re not enough to rewire the nervous system and get to the root issue....
Mindfulness for Anxiety: How It Works, and What to Do When It Doesn’t
Mindfulness for Anxiety: How It Works, and What to Do When It Doesn’t "Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that." -Jon Kabat-ZinnIt's common...
