Relationship Talk
The Power of Neutral LanguageEven though it feels like winter outside right now, summer break is just around the corner. For most people that means more social time with family and friends. It begins with graduation gatherings and continues with barbeques and vacation travel. It’s supposed to be really fun, but sometimes it’s not. It's […]
The Everyday Miracle of Tailspins
It’s been awhile since I sent out an email with an experiment for you. Rather than feeling bad about it, I’ve been leaning into trusting life. I’ve been noticing the ways in which I have been doing what I’m most called to in the moment, and trusting the rest will sort itself out. And below, […]
Curing Pills for Digestive Distress
When Abundant Eating Goes Awry The holidays of December are a time of abundance. Abundant gratitude, abundant friend and family time, abundant gift giving, abundant celebrations, and abundant eating. I’m all about everything in moderation, including moderation, sometimes. That’s why I keep my Curing Pills close during the end of year holiday celebrations. My friends […]
The X-Factor for your Health
The Healing Zone How was your Thanksgiving? I spent mine with friends and it was the perfect combo of easy & fun, staying up late & sleeping in, enjoying good food and wine & drinking lots of water. I was feeling protective of my respiratory system after the smoke cleared so I brought my Gan Mao […]
Easy Immune Support – Gan Mao Ling
Number 1 Easy Immune Booster This time of year everyone asks me what they can do to boost their immune system. It’s normally not a quick answer, because I think it’s important to tailor treatments to each person, and improving your immune system long term often involves several facets. But today I’m going to share […]
The Gratitude Zone
GratitudeThanks so much for everyone who is part of the Thrive community. I’m so grateful that I get to answer my calling to help you get back to being your best you, naturally. So you can get out there and do your thing. Because that is what makes Sonoma County so special—all of the individuals […]
Body Experiment – Hydration
Summer Hydration–Cooling frazzled bodies and so much more from the inside out!Happy Summer! I hope you have been making the most of the joyous expansive energy of summer. All our summer activity and socializing can leave us feeling a little worn down or frazzled. If that sounds like you or your loved ones…or if you […]
Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning for your mind & Spirit—how to get more spring in your step with less effort!It’s happening again. Every year around the start of spring, patients start reporting that their energy has tanked and they feel blah for no reason. Since I am in the lucky position of hearing how people are really doing, […]
Reverse Engineering a Good Feeling
Mind Experiment: Reverse Engineering Your Good Life I’ve been quietly researching what humans really want. I’m honored that every day, as an acupuncturist, people let me into their world and share their true desires for wellbeing. It turns out we all want the same thing—a good feeling. Yup. We’re all seeking ease, aliveness, relaxation, motivation, […]
Quiet Mind – an Experiment
The super-power of a quiet mind, why and how to get more of itI call myself a recovering intellectual. Because I used to think that I had to figure it all out. I was pretty good at. I mean I have loads of ideas about how to figure out all sorts of things and I […]