Yesterday I spent a gray day on a quiet beach in Rhode Island. I was there with a friend who moves at precisely my speed and the two of us enjoyed a very lazy, slow moving methodical day. We first walked along the beach in our street clothes and bare feet and made our way …
One of the hardest aspects of being a teacher is following my own advice. If I can’t walk the walk, what right do I have dispensing advice? In the last five months I attempted to truly and deeply care for myself without apology or judgment. This blog post is my reemergence from the chaos and …
I love my job. Six mornings a week I wake up without setting an alarm. I don’t have a boss and I set my own hours. I commute a mile to work on my bike and make people feel good for a living. Plus, I just got the cutest little office up in the eaves, …
In Chinese Medicine there are four basic substances we attempt to balance: Qi, Blood, Yin and Yang. Qi and Blood are probably obvious, qi is the energetic material component of the body and blood represents all the blood and menstrual blood of the body. Yin and yang are lesser known substances though familiar concepts. …
Nourish The Yin: Embrace The Feminine, The Stillness, The Quiet Read More »
I’ve been promising a blog post to several of my patients on the topic of struggle. But while I was gearing up to write it I got tremendously sick. Interesting how simply having a topic in my head invites the universe to create the environment for me to be fully inspired. Well, the universe inspired …
Struggle: Is Fighting Circumstance Turning Tiny Problems Into Catastrophes? Read More »
I am writing this blog post after two of the sickest weeks I’ve experienced in my life. It came out of nowhere and wouldn’t let up. It may sound silly that a little sickness could wreck a household for more than 2 weeks, but it has. As with most people, when I need the most …
10 Things I Learned About Asking for Help And Giving It Read More »
Something is shifting lately. I’m feeling a little dusty all over, a little uncomfortable in my body. Somehow I’ve become very uninspired by the way I communicate and perceive my life. This fall we cleaned our house. We made a few Salvation Army runs, got rid of some random furniture, repotted plants, redecorate rooms and …
Complaining: The Most Unattractive Way To Communicate Your Life Experience Read More »
At any given moment life is a certain amount of busy. What is important to realize is there are events in life that produce more stress on our bodies than we know or even think they should. I’ve always liked the Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory as it quantifies stress in a very objective way. It says divorce is …
One of my favorite aspects of Chinese Medicine (there are so many to love) is the theory on getting sick. Don’t get me wrong, I believe in germ theory. We all have to in this world of epidemics and infections. But the best epidemiologists (even my mother-in-law) will admit that there is a certain mystery …
The age-old joke about women and their “time of the month” is an unfortunate reality for a lot of women. The most popular emotion that women report to me is irritability and it is usually 5-7 days before they start bleeding. It is a truth of life that our bodies are taxed the days leading …