Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Decluttering for better health: Free your Qi

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If you follow me on Facebook, you may have noticed a number of posts about decluttering and minimalism. Over the past year, I’ve been re-assessing my relationship with “stuff,” and finding that having less makes me happier. When I moved in March I kicked my efforts into high gear. I took this time in my life to assess what I… Read more »

Apple Butter Recipe

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Apple picking is one of my favorite fall activities.  Walking through an orchard on a crisp fall day and hand picking my own food feels very satisfying, and is also a wonderful way to spend a day outdoors.  Plus, nothing tastes as delicious as a crisp, sweet/tart apple fresh from the tree. I headed out this past Monday (missing the… Read more »

The wonders of bone broth

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Over this winter, as some of you witnessed, I got this horrible, lingering cough. Despite my best efforts through acupuncture, herbs, rest, and allopathic medicine, the cough was getting the better of me. I always like to look on the bright side of things though, so without this cough, I never would have been introduced to the nourishing powers of… Read more »

Why am I an acupuncturist?

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Acupuncture is becoming more and more mainstream; you hear about it on the news, you read about celebrities who are treated with it, and modern research is proving its efficacy. When people first learn of my profession they usually ask, “Why did you become an acupuncturist?” If you told me when I was in my twenties that I would someday… Read more »