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For those of you unfamiliar with who or what the thyroid even is, it is a butterfly shaped gland that sits within your neck. Despite its dainty appearance, it is a small and mighty gland responsible for nearly every process in the body. When it is sluggish, the whole...

Of course I’m going to continue this because while I write these for you all, it gives me the opportunity to step away from the clinical aspect and learn, too! We may learn a lot in school, but it’s impossible to learn EVERYTHING! We’ve chatted about winter and...

Hey ladies - did you know that as women, we’re lucky to have a hormonal cycle!? You’re probably looking at me cross-eyed thinking I’m absolutely nuts. This is part of the societal issue, I think, that causes some (or most, depending) women to feel resentful of “that...

How Chinese Medicine Can Influence Springtime If you’ve been following along, you will have read a few weeks ago a post I wrote about how Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) influences the seasons. Even though we’re a few weeks out, the sun shining and the weather that...

I just recently completed a certificate in Functional Medicine which has been a great, enlightening, and informative experience. But let me tell you my greatest takeaway from the coursework I completed: it all comes back to the gut. I mean, there are of course...

Medicine seeks to make matters of health black or white, but all too often are they gray. For these people who don’t fit into the box that is standard of care, they also tend to fall through the cracks in healthcare; as unfortunate as this is, it is a reality. One...