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Written to support your everyday care and deepen your understanding of your body-mind-spirit in navigating each season and life stages, and transition from one to the next. Enjoy!
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Foundations of Chinese medicine, written simply and clearly for everyday understanding.
Five Elements: maps of nature that also live within us (AKA. Your Personal Care/User Manual).
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Spring Health:
Summer Health:
Summer Health: The Heart Organ in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Summer Fashion: TCM-Inspired Tips for Staying Seasonally Smart
Late Summer Health:
Autumn Health:
The Spirit of Autumn: Breath, Harvest, and the Season of Letting Go
Menstrual Cycles, Perimenopause, and the Power of Letting Go
Feeling It All: The Metal Element and the Corporeal Soul in Autumn
Winter Health:
Winter in Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Still Season and the Wisdom of Rest
Staying Warm Inside: Rituals for Rest, Resilience, and Winter Vitality
Cycles, Seasons, and Slowing Down: Fertility, Menopause, and the Winter Body
Facing Fear, Remembering Trust: Emotional Health in the Water Season
In the Winter Kitchen: Slow Food and the Strength Beneath Stillness
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Peristeam: a herbal hydro care for the pelvis.
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Meeting health with safety, compassion, and awareness of trauma.
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Easy and practical guides for everyday choices.
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Mini-Guide Series #08: Are Canned Food healthy?
Canned foods are easy and shelf-stable, but there’s more to them than meets the eye. This guide looks at what’s inside the can, and what actually matters for your health.
Mini-Guide Series #07: Plastics. What’s the Hype?
Plastic is everywhere from food containers to water bottles. But what actually happens when it comes into contact with what we eat? A honest look at what matters, and what you can do.
Mini-Guide Series #06 Does Cooking Method Make a Difference for My Health?
We often focus on nutrients, but how food is prepared also matters. Cooking methods can change digestion, absorption, and how the body responds.
Mini-Guide Series #05: Choosing Cookware - Cast Iron for the Win
Cast iron cookware is simple, durable, and can add a bit of iron to your meals. A practical tool worth considering.
Mini-Guide Series #04: Ditching Non-Stick Pans
Non-stick pans make cooking easier, but what’s behind that coating? A simple look at what it means for your kitchen and your health.
Mini-Guide Series #03: Why Avoid Thermal Receipts? Hormone Disruptors Hiding in Plain Sight
Those shiny receipts from stores? They might be quietly impacting your hormones. Learn what thermal receipts are, why they matter, and how to handle them wisely.
Mini-Guide Series #02: Do I Have to Buy Everything Organic?
Wondering which fruits and vegetables are worth buying organic? This gentle guide uses the latest pesticide data to help you shop smarter and feel better doing it.
Mini-Guide Series #01: What Are Those Stickers on My Vegetables?
Wondering what those little stickers on your produce mean? This quick Toronto-based guide helps you decode PLU codes and make more informed, health-conscious choices at the grocery store.
The Hun: Spring’s Ethereal Soul and the Free Spirit Within
The Hun is Spring’s ethereal soul, connected to our dreams, imagination, and sense of direction. Learn how to care for this aspect of spirit through TCM and gentle seasonal practices.
Movement, Vision, and Planning for the Year
Movement nourishes Liver Qi. This post explores the power of vision, planning, and gentle motion in Spring, with practical tools rooted in TCM.
Spring Foods and Kitchen Transition
Spring is the season of movement, upward energy, and Liver health in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Learn which foods and cooking methods best support your body this season.
Menstrual and Fertility Health in Spring
In TCM, Spring is about more than flowers blooming. It’s the season of fertility, creativity, and the Liver. Learn how this energetic shift influences your menstrual cycle and vitality.
Spring Emotions: Anger, Boundaries, and the Wisdom of the Liver
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, anger is not a “bad” emotion. It’s part of Spring’s call to grow and define ourselves. This post explores the Wood Element’s emotional wisdom, the role of Liver Qi in frustration and PMS, and gentle ways to express and release tension.
Spring and the Liver: Detox & Decluttering, But Make It TCM
Spring is not just for cleaning closets. It’s a season for lightening your physical, mental, and emotional load. Learn how the Liver and Wood element in Chinese Medicine guide a gentler, intentional kind of detox and decluttering.
The Spirit of Spring: Movement, Growth, and Renewal
Spring is a time of movement, vision, and growth. Learn how to align with the season using Traditional Chinese Medicine's wisdom.
Ways to Support Pelvic Health
Pelvic health isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing what’s needed, when it’s needed, with care. This post offers gentle, grounded ways to reconnect with the pelvis and support it over time. Explore tools like acupuncture, bodywork, breathwork, and more, each an invitation to move with rhythm, not rush.
Pelvic Health Beyond Gender and Reproduction
Pelvic health is for every body, not just for fertility, menstruation, or postpartum. This post explores pelvic care beyond gendered narratives, honouring diverse identities, surgeries, traumas, and quiet forms of disconnection. Reconnection is possible for all of us.
Cycles, Hormones, and the Pelvis: A TCM View of Pelvic Vitality
Hormonal rhythms, first bleeds, PMS, fertility, perimenopause, and beyond, shape our pelvic health over a lifetime. Traditional Chinese Medicine reads these changes not as problems, but as vital signs. Learn how your cycles reflect deeper patterns of energy, emotion, and balance.