Pandemic Fallout: The Only Way Out is Through

Pandemic Fallout: The Only Way Out is Through

I’m writing this with the personal, embodied experience of this illness as well as the mind of a clinician and the heart of a mother.

This post will be a little different from my usual writings here but I know this is what’s needed right now. This has impacted my own family as you’ll read below and so many other families I know. Please share this if you find it helpful.

Last summer, right around July 4th weekend, my son and I experienced a brief bout of diarrhea, not even really diarrhea but noticeable bowel changes that affected both of us for about 24 hours. I didn’t think much of it. No fevers, no weird symptoms. We both recovered, or so I thought!

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Immune support, Chinese Medicine and COVID-19

sprout in the dirt - Immune support, Chinese Medicine and COVID-19

If you’re here you already know that my focus is on women’s hormonal, sexual and pelvic health. I’m by no means an infectious disease expert; however, I do have a Master’s degree in East Asian Medicine that required me to study the pathogenesis of epidemics and various infectious diseases from both a biomedicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine point of view.

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Yoni Care and Healing Vaginal Tears After Birth

Woman with flowers in crotch - Yoni Care and Healing Vaginal Tears After Birth

Besides the fact that I obviously have a vested personal interest in this topic, it’s also something that women ask me about often or it comes up during a mapping session after having a baby. While this post is geared towards vaginal birth, there is also something here for cesarean birth mamas. It’s often pregnancy itself that causes internal shifts and changes in pelvic health and genital configuration. So even if a baby didn’t pass through the vaginal canal, there is still great benefit to be had in implementing some of these practices. Let’s get started…

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What really helps ease morning sickness and fatigue in the first trimester

dripping flower - What really helps ease morning sickness and fatigue in the first trimester

I recently emerged from the abyss of the first trimester of pregnancy. Now I feel I’m in a more clear and grounded place to share what I’ve learned both from my own personal experience and from supporting other women who are making this bold initiation.

Pregnancy is still mysterious in many ways and I believe it will remain that way. Many are reaching for the perfect remedy for morning sickness, fatigue, emotional ups and downs and more that come with a new pregnancy. While I fully support women finding ways to take care of themselves during pregnancy and beyond, I also realize that our need or desire to be in control of this process only extends the suffering.

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