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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.
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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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Trauma-Informed Care: Red Flags
Just because a provider says they’re trauma-informed doesn’t make it so. Here's how to spot common red flags without gaslighting yourself in the process.
Signs of Trauma-Informed Care (What It Looks and Feels Like)
What does trauma-informed care actually look like in real life? This guide offers green flags to look for, like clear communication, consent, and collaboration, and tips to help you assess if a healing space is truly trauma-aware.
What Does Trauma-Informed Actually Mean?
“Trauma-informed” isn’t just a buzzword. It’s a care philosophy built on compassion, safety, and shared responsibility—not just for trauma survivors, but for everyone.
The Body Remembers: Trauma and the Nervous System
Trauma isn’t just a memory, it’s a pattern the body holds onto. This post explores how the nervous system responds to trauma and what it means for healing.
What Is Trauma, Really? (And Why It Matters in Care)
The word “trauma” gets used everywhere now—but what does it actually mean? In this opening post of a 6-part series, we explore how trauma shows up in the body, what it means to be trauma-informed, and why compassionate care starts with understanding what’s beneath the surface.
Facing Fear, Remembering Trust: Emotional Health in the Water Season
Fear isn’t a flaw—it’s a survival signal. In TCM, winter is the season of fear and the Kidneys. Learn how to rebuild trust and support emotional health from the root.
Before Peristeam: What Every Curious Pelvis Owner Want To Know
Peristeam is more than just herbs and steam. To get the best results and avoid harm, you need safe, personalized care. Discover common myths, set-up basics, and when to seek expert guidance before starting your pelvic steam journey.
Peristeam and Mind-Body Integration: Healing from the Inside Out
Peristeam is more than physical care. It can be a gentle, grounding ritual that supports emotional healing and reconnection with your body.
Peristeam for Teens’ Menstrual Wellness
Teens struggling with cramps or irregular periods? Peristeam is a gentle, empowering way to support menstrual health and body literacy, without hormones or side effects.
The Slow Yes: Peristeam for Fibroids, Cysts & Beyond
Learn how peristeam supports gynaecological conditions like fibroids and cysts. Rooted in TCM, this gentle practice offers real support without surgery.
Steaming Your Way to a Better Period
Discover how peristeam supports menstrual health through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Less pain, better flow, deeper connection.
What Is Peristeam? (And Why You Might Want to Know)
A gentle introduction to peristeam: what it is, why you haven’t heard of it, and why it’s making a quiet return to pelvic health care.