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Amy is a holistic health care practitioner with a passion for helping others heal their digestion and their hormones naturally.

The gist – how acupuncture and herbal medicine works for you

 

Understanding the Benefits of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine [your practical simple guide]

 

I hear it all the time: What does acupuncture do? How does it work? What are the benefits of acupuncture and herbal medicine?  Great questions that deserve answers. Read on!

 

Really, it’s simple: acupuncture removes energetic blockages that prevent the free flow of

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Stressed Out Hormones and Acupuncture

Our world is in a state of heightened fear, anger, hurt, and uncertainty.  Our values are being challenged and brought front and center. Rightfully so.  What the world needs now is leaders, and we all have it in us to lead in our own lives by example for others.

But that’s harder when your body is struggling to maintain proper

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An Open Letter – Harness the Times

Dear Friends,

 

Now is the time.  It’s always now, but now is a time of power and movement more than ever. 

In mind-body medicine, particularly the East Asian traditional variety, we are often very concerned with detecting stagnation and blockage.  Like a dam in a river – it will create build up on one side,

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Keys to Wellness- Why Choose Fresh, Local and Natural Foods

Have you ever imagined what the grocery store would look like if only foods grown within a 500 mile radius, made with normal kitchen equipment, were sold there?  What if refined sugar, artificial flavors, and refined vegetable oils were illegal?

As a health care provider for over 15 years, when I shop for food I’m always conscious of two main perameters:

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Birthing Black in the US – Shining a Light on Inequity in Maternal Care

Improving Birth Outcomes for Women of Color in Chicagoland

 

Because my passion is supporting teens and women throughout their life cycles, including through pregnancy, I want to bring attention to the startling facts that African American and Indigenous women face when they become  pregnant:  

They are 2-3 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women,

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