How do you affect the culture of the clinics you work in?

I’ve used quite a few products in my years of practice. Herein are my (limited) choices on what I use and why.

No matter what style of the medicine you practice, you’re bound to have to explain things…

It’s hard to believe we can’t be everything all the time…

It’s often in times of discomfort that we grow.

Alternative and complimentary health professionals often wonder why they are having a hard time making a living.

I hope I’ve made it clear in the past, but if I haven’t: I want YOU to succeed.

We all come to this medicine for different reasons…

I was pretty lucky to have Dr. Cai as one of my instructors. We would look at case studies in class together and when it was time to design a treatment, he would always ask…

Acupuncture points are pretty powerful on their own. However, not unlike Dui Yao - the art of pairing two herbs together, acupoints are more powerful when paired together.

I want to help recent graduates gain more confidence in the skills they went to school for. I want to do this through the strengths of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

If we ask our patient about their bowel movements, we get a lot of information, but not everything we need to know about their whole health picture.

I’ve worked in various clinic settings and because of that my schedule has varied. Some of that has been my own doing, and some of that has been forced by the clinic owner.

Sometimes certain life moments, and what we do with them, continue to guide us.

Have you ever watched one of my Youtube videos? I say it at the end every time!

Learning Chinese medicine is a daunting task.

There are 409 standardized acupoints and countless combinations. Patients come into our clinics with a list of concerns. In a medicine that asks us to zoom out, it can be hard to have focus in our treatment.

On February 9, 2020, I had the pleasure of having Karen Taylor, Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist on The Strength of TCM Podcast. A short time after, Karen had gifted me with two of her signature congee blends.

The Heart is an interesting organ in Chinese medicine when it comes to how it is affected by emotion.