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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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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.
Cycles, Seasons, and Slowing Down: Fertility, Menopause, and the Winter Body
Winter is the season of stillness—but that doesn’t mean nothing is happening. Learn how TCM supports fertility, menopause, and reproductive health through slow, seasonal care.
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.
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.
The Vital Substances That Keep You Going
What keeps us going—breath after breath—is more than calories or caffeine. In Chinese Medicine, it’s the vital substances: Qi, Blood, Body Fluids, and Essence. This post explores what they are, how they work together, and what happens when they fall out of balance—no jargon, just insight.