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Here, you’ll find reflections on health, cycles, and the wisdom of Chinese medicine, 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.
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Foundations of Chinese medicine, written simply and clearly for everyday understanding.
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Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water: maps of nature that also live within us.
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Expansive energy, Heart fire, and living in rhythm with the brightest season.
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The “fifth season” of Chinese medicine. Earth element, digestion, and transition.
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Rest, stillness, and the depth of Water.
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Wood element rising: growth, movement, renewal.
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Gentle herbal steam care for the pelvis. Tradition and modern application.
The Slow Yes: Peristeam for Fibroids, Cysts, and Beyond (coming soon)
Peristeam for Teens’ Menstrual Wellness (coming soon)
Peristeam and Mind-Body Integration: Healing from the Inside Out (coming soon)
Before You Steam: What Every Curious Pelvis Owner Should Know (coming soon)
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Grounded care for an often-overlooked centre of health.
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Meeting health with safety, compassion, and awareness of trauma.
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Quick, practical guides for everyday choices.
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Water Element in Chinese Medicine: The Stillness That Moves Mountains
Water element teaches us about rest, renewal, and trusting the deep currents within. Explore its role in Chinese Medicine, emotional themes, physical health, and how to support your Water energy naturally.
Metal Element in Chinese Medicine: The Edge That Cuts Through to the Truth
The Metal element helps us breathe deeply, release what’s no longer needed, and reconnect with clarity and truth. This post explores how Metal shapes the body, mind, and spirit — and how to support it through cycles of grief, refinement, and letting go.
Earth Element in Chinese Medicine: The Nourishing Place to Land
The Earth element represents nourishment, empathy, and the ability to feel supported. It helps us digest life — from food to emotion — and return to centre.
Fire Element in Chinese Medicine: The Spark That Connects
The Fire element teaches us how to connect, express joy, and tend the warmth within. Learn how this summer energy shapes our emotions, sleep, and spirit — and how to care for it when the flame burns too hot (or too low).
Wood Element in Chinese Medicine: The Purposeful Growth
Wood Element energy is about vision, direction, and growth. Learn how this springtime force in Traditional Chinese Medicine shapes our emotions, cycles, and physical health.
The 7- and 8-Year Cycles of Life: Growing, Changing, Aging Gracefully
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, life unfolds in deep 7- and 8-year cycles tied to Kidney Essence and meridian energy. These natural rhythms shape our growth, change, and aging, offering a roadmap to move through life with more ease, resilience, and grace.