by Maggie | Sep 22, 2020 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice
Like us, you are certainly navigating some life changes in the midst of this choppy sea of uncertainty. As we’ve been listening to your struggles and stories of perseverance, there’s one phrase we’ve heard over and over again. “I can’t afford to get sick.” While...
by Maggie | Feb 3, 2020 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice
I ran into a patient of mine at the grocery store who I hadn’t seen for treatment in a while. Her life circumstances had changed recently making it impossible for her to continue weekly treatments. Completely understandable. “Why not come less often?” I suggested. She...
by Maggie | May 18, 2018 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice, Pediatric Acupuncture, Women's Health & Fertility
Let’s say you want to take a driving test so you can get your license. Let’s also say that the driver’s exam has a 40% pass rate. If you could double your odds of passing your driver’s exam by investing in a series of driver’s education courses, would you...
by Maggie | Feb 1, 2018 | Chinese medicine, Community Acupuncture, Disaster Relief, Ear Acupuncture
It has been a little over a month since I returned from a week of acupuncture service in Puerto Rico as part of an effort organized by Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) , an organization that provides disaster relief, recovery and support for communities affected...
by Maggie | Aug 12, 2017 | Chinese medicine, Classes & Workshops, Health Advice
Picture this: an inner city public school system plagued by behavioral issues, low attendance, poor academic performance and limited resources to deal with all of this. This same school system implements one simple technique into the school day and monitors the effect...
by Maggie | May 22, 2017 | Chinese medicine, Health Advice, Whole-foods cleanse
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. — Hippocrates, father of medicine, 431 B.C. Jorge and I are at the tail end of our annual whole foods cleanse, and every year I repeat the same pattern. The week before our cleanse starts, I grieve all the birthday...
