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I’m Dr. Jen Yocum, Licensed Acupuncturist, Yoga Teacher, Expert on Chinese Medicine-based Nutrition, and Author.
I believe you’re here because you’re ready to make significant, impactful changes in your life. I use principles of Eastern Medicine and Energy Work to help empower you to create lasting positive shifts in your body, mind, and spirit.
Here on my site, you’ll find tons of information about how to make those changes. I’ve created and shared recipes made with tasty, whole-foods-based ingredients that work with my signature online program, The Chinese Medicine Cleanse. There are yoga videos, articles about wellness topics, and you can find out ways to work with me, both virtually and in-person.
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Jen
LATEST RECIPES
BYO Festival Food
A week and a half ago, I had a dream of mine for many years realized when I went to The Lights Fest. I know I'm not the only one who saw that scene in Disney's Tangled and was bummed out that at that time, you'd generally have to travel to Thailand to see something...
English Muffin Vegan Pizzas
When I was a kid in the 1980's, one of the things my mom made me and my sister and brother was little pizzas made on English muffins. We always had English muffins in the house, and of course what kid doesn't love pizza? I wish I could say my tastes have grown up...
Ricotta and Honey Breakfast Bagel
Every now and then, I crave a sweet breakfast with some heft to it. Just because my life doesn't have gluten and dairy in it doesn't mean that I can't have a breakfast that's *almost* as good as a glutinous bagel with real dairy cream cheese on top. This recipe was...
Lentil Street Tacos
One of the things I make more than anything else when I'm down to some mish mash ingredients in my fridge and freezer are tacos. My kids love quesadillas (I just put some cheese between two corn tortillas and heat them up in a pan), and my husband and I like just...
Healthy Salmon Patties
My mom is from Kentucky, and so I grew up eating some Southern foods, even though we lived in Maryland. One of those dishes was "salmon patties"...and to be honest, I kind of dreaded the nights that they were on the menu. The grease smell filled the air, and those...
Recipes to Warm You Up This Winter
I don't know about you, but when the weather gets cooler, and those first snowflakes fall, I'm all about comforting, warming dishes, and making big pots of soups and stews. Here I've assembled some of my favorite dishes for you to make to keep you warm all winter...
Grilled Bratwurst and Sauerkraut
During the summertime, I’ll splurge every now and then on having grilled bratwurst on a gluten free bun, heaping with sauerkraut. I’d never had bratwurst until I met my husband; his family has strong German roots and his father spent time living in Germany when he was...
Carrot, Leek, and Potato Soup
This is one of our family’s favorite soups that I have been making for many years. It is super easy to make, vegan, and filling. Leeks are a milder onion and so the soup doesn’t taste oniony at all. It’s creamy, thick, and more potato-dominant. You can’t really mess...
My Mom’s Potato & Corn Chowder
My mom was one of the original cleanse participants when I was piloting it many years ago, and she had incredible results. She became inspired to create several recipes, and this was one of my favorites that she came up with. I mean, who doesn’t love soup? While this...
Butternut Squash Curry
A couple months ago, my friend made me a butternut squash curry and it was awesome. I begged her for the recipe, and well, she still hasn't given it to me (just because she's busy, not because she's refusing to)...so I decided I'd go ahead and make my own, using...
Vegan Congee with Sauteed Mushrooms and Greens
I created this vegan congee recipe because I needed something nourishing to help build blood and qi in Chinese Medicine terms (aka, I was totally drained and out of energy), and I was in the middle of doing a vegan "cleanse" of sorts for about 3 weeks last year. I...
Spaghetti Squash with Sausage Marinara (Vegan Option)
This dish is great if you're looking for a healthier option to pasta, and can be modified to be completely vegan. It can be served in the squash for a fancy serving presentation for company (or hey, for yourself or your family, no judgment- pretty food is more likely...
Featured Articles + Videos
Winter Wellness: Cultivating Yin Energy
In Chinese Medicine, the fall marks the beginning of the “yin” time of the year. The qualities of yin energy are feminine, dark, restorative, inward-focusing, cold, passive, quiet, and receptive. The peak of yin energy is reached at the winter solstice on December...
Be Here Now: Finding Acceptance
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...
Got the Sunday Scaries?
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...
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