Anxiety can be caused by a huge range of physical, spiritual, and psychological triggers. Anxiety is simply one way that our mind and body communicate that attention is needed to create balance again. Below are some of the causes of anxiety and suggestions for how to rebalance. I have separated these into two categories,…
How Acupuncture Reduces the Negative Impact of Chronic Stress Cortisol is a hormone that our body makes in response to stress. It’s a helpful and necessary response to acute stressors in our life like running from the police or tackling other shoppers on Black Friday. But, as you’ve likely read, we operate in a state…
The most profound thing I or anyone can do for your health is to help you experience a state of relaxation, care, and love, and then support you in recreating that experience more often in whatever ways work for your life. My chosen tool happens to be acupuncture, and it’s incredibly effective. There are…
Healing through joy instead of effort I’ve felt stuck, or even like I was backsliding at many points in my healing journey over the last 15 years. Oftentimes, I would throw more herbs, supplements, diet adjustments, or testing at the problem. And sometimes it would work, and sometimes it would not. When it didn’t work,…
Are you interested in treating your depression naturally? Do you feel depressed in spite of your antidepressant medication? Not into counseling or found it to be too expensive? I was thrilled to learn that a new study out of the University of York in the UK found acupuncture for depression was as effective as counseling….
I found acupuncture when I had a broken heart. That pain is unparalleled. It makes us desperate for relief. I had been left by someone I loved and was finding it impossible to fall asleep at night, my mind racing. In the mornings, I would wake up anxious and lonely. I didn’t expect acupuncture to…
Overcoming resistance as a path to better health. “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” -Lao Tzu Resistance is the ego saying, “no no we can’t let that go!” Resistance is the…
These are 5 of the most commonly asked acupuncture questions by my patients, so I thought I would type out some answers to satisfy your curiosity (which I love!). 1. Do you give yourself acupuncture? Of all the acupuncture questions, I get asked this one the most. The answer is a big YES! I receive…
There are dozens of acupuncture points for anxiety. Anxiety can be treated with a huge range of acupuncture point combinations based on the underlying pattern, which is unique to each person. However, these five acupuncture points for anxiety represent the ones I use most in my clinic. Depending on your specific symptoms and experiences as…
