Sometimes in life, things don’t go the way we planned. While we cannot always control what happens to us, we can control our reactions to those events and circumstances. How we react in times of stress, crisis, unknowing, or loss affects our mental and physical...
October may be the peak of spooky season, but many people get scared year-round every time Sunday rolls around and the thought of having to go into work on Monday morning arises. Commonly called the “Sunday Scaries,” it refers to the sense of dread or fear that comes...
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that can be ingested through food or supplements or produced when ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun hit your skin. It’s important to get enough Vitamin D because it plays a role in your musculoskeletal system (including bone...
Spring is the season of the wood element in Chinese Medicine, and the associated organs are the gallbladder and liver. Many people struggle with physical conditions affecting those organs, including gallstones, fatty liver disease, and cirrhosis. Thankfully, Chinese...
Each New Year, many of us promise ourselves that this year will be different than the last; that this year we will lose the weight, find the partner, start exercising regularly, get that promotion, or reach whatever goal our heart is set on. By February, the vast...
In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs on December 21st and marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. Chinese Medicine holds that the winter solstice is not the beginning of winter, but rather the peak of the winter season and the most yin...
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