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Ageing women: the wound that runs deep in our culture (and how we can start healing it).
As I hit “record” and saw my face pop up on my phone screen I found myself wanting to hit the delete button (again) and wishing that I’d gotten into Instagram video ten years ago. Not because of the thought that I could have amassed a significantly larger number of...
Modality Highlight Series: Harness the healing power of Zhineng Qigong.
I’ve said it before, many times: We all long for a quick fix. The ONE pill or the ONE practice that’ll make you feel great, energised, restored, healthy. That’ll get you to the point where you can confidently proclaim: I’m healed. Only healing doesn’t work that way....
The how YOU heal Manifesto: 8 Things I Know About Healing
The year I turned 28 was also the year I almost didn’t turn 29. I was diagnosed with a mystery blood disorder — idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura, which literally means, “we have no idea what’s causing it, but there’s something way wrong with your platelets” — and...
The Way Out
The reasons for choosing the COVID-19 vaccine may include personal reasons, including specific health conditions that may give you pause. Honestly, when I hear from some that say it’s solely a personal choice, I cringe. There is no individual health without public...
Winter: You Be The Light
Winter is the time in our lives that gives us the chance to focus on our internal lives. This change of season is a gift to resume cultivating all the things we say we want which ultimately are found internally and not externally. In medical Zhineng qigong, we are on...
It’s a First: Video blog!
I’m back in the office. It’s been great having my patients returning to my space. And, I’m looking forward to seeing you! Yes, you. You who might be hesitant to to come in. It’s been a long, scary year. Let me assure you that COVID 19 processes are in place to make...
One (Radical) Wellness Action You Must Do
Whoa! 2020 has been quite a year and there will be more to come in the days, months, and even years ahead. If you are feeling an unprecedented amount of stress (stress defined as a mix of anxiety, worry, anger, grief with physical symptoms), you’re not alone. How do...
Consistent practice: the key to swapping a quick fix for a lasting fix?
Do you find yourself having a major eye roll moment any time you come across an “I’m cured” article? Oh boy, can these stories be frustrating — mostly because you’ve already tried just about every “cure” going. Yoga: check. Meditation: check. Green juice every...
Whitewashing Wellness: why it’s time to decolonize health and healing.
We need to have a conversation. About whiteness in the wellness space. About decolonizing wellness and healing. About what socially just healthcare actually looks like — and whether we’re anywhere close to actually achieving it. Because I don’t think we are. White...
Let’s talk about the weird stuff
The moment still stands out so clearly in my mind that, looking back now, it almost seems fated. I had been intrigued by the idea of qigong for a while –– it had inevitably been around the edges of my world, given my Chinese Medicine training –– but it wasn’t until I...
My biggest fear about COVID (which isn’t what you think).
I’ve found myself in this space where, instead of falling into either one of these dichotomies. Instead, just as I do in my medicine, I’m focusing on a particular reality,
That’s why, when people have been asking me how I am, I’m not saying “I’m fine” or “I’m OK.” Instead, I’ve been being honest and saying,
The gifts of crisis
We’re always told that life is impermanent, and subject to change. But until you experience it, it’s all kind of theoretical. I think we’re all past theory now. In my own case, this has looked like me having to close my practice down essentially overnight. Many of my...
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