As I sit down to write this I feel like my life is piling up around me. There are stacks of paper next to me and they just keep getting bigger, my 6-week old is upstairs with his grandparents, I have no idea what day it is, my eyes are bloodshot, my husband for some [...]
Which one of these women looks more likely to get pregnant? We see a very common type of patient coming to acupuncture for fertility here in San Francisco. This type of patient is what I like to call a Damn Hard Worker. She has generally made a [...]
I have recently fallen deeply in love with bone broth. Nothing brings me more joy than skipping out of the meat department of my local grocery store with a bag full of sliced femur bones. I can barely wait to get home and fill my crock-pot. And it's SO SIMPLE to concoct a good bone [...]
Late Summer is the season, according to Chinese Five Element Theory, that corresponds with the element of Earth. On the east side of the country we welcome this last burst of energy and call it Indian Summer. Here on the west coast we continue to plug away through the fog and I notice lots of [...]
I’m a heart gal. I always look to this organ first when diagnosing imbalances at our acupuncture clinic. We call the heart The Emperor organ. A healthy heart constantly supplies the other organs with fresh oxygenated blood, delivering nutrients and circulating waste out of the body. The heart is basically a big pump and we [...]
This can be a very surprising and confusing time for a woman. A lot of women come to acupuncture seeking help in getting pregnant, but what happens next? When the pregnancy test comes back positive? There is no shortage of information on this subject, but I have had a difficult time finding a nice consolidated [...]
And more on the topic of inspiring nontraditional city mothers: Sometimes having a child doesn't come so easily. You work hard, you build a business, you meet a great partner, and for any dozens of reasons you find yourself not getting pregnant. This can be a very challenging time for couples. I decided to ask [...]
This question has ben on my mind lately. To live in San Francisco and run a business and raise a family is no simple task, and yet these women are everywhere. They're successful, they have an enormous capacity for others, and they're full of good advice. So I decided to track a few down, these [...]
