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The Gallbladder Meridian: Why It Matters More Than You Think
Gold like honey, bitter like truth: the gallbladder and what it teaches us about life The gallbladder is an organ located on the right side of the body, very close to the Liver. In East Asian medicine, it has a meridian connected to it. It is part of an energetic system called the 12 primary or the 12 regular meridians. Let’s ask ourselves first:...
Perimenopause: The Unseen Phase Even At the Level of the Rose
Perimenopause, the Unseen Phase, even at the Level of the Rose The rose we think we know. This time I want to continue my journey through the floral kingdom. I began with the Dandelion in another post; now I move on to the Rose. Rose is my mother's second name. No, it's actually Georgette; she didn't "wear it" for most of her adult life....
Plastic Detox: How Natural Are You? Two Stories You Might Miss
Plastic Detox on Netflix is about infertility. That story will take all your attention, and rightly so. But the film carries two more, and I do not want you to walk past them. One is the innocence of scientists, and the power that stands behind what they create once it becomes a product. The other is a woman in Louisiana who won a war against a...
Perimenopause, Sex and Relationships: What The Invite (2026) Gets Right
I went to see The Invite because so many people I respect recommended it as a comedy. I laughed too. But I left the cinema thinking less about the humour and more about the conversations the film quietly opens, about sex, menopause, and the stories we carry about women.
The Chong Mai: The Extraordinary Vessels That Shape Human Life
Most discussions of Chinese medicine focus on symptoms, organs, or the twelve meridians. Yet beneath all of these lies a deeper layer of the system: the Eight Extraordinary Vessels. The extraordinary vessels are often described as our constitutional energies, the deepest blueprint of who we are. They are concerned not only with health and...
The Eight Extraordinary Vessels: The Fields Within and Around Us
Why does understanding what a field is matter so much when we talk about the eight extraordinary vessels? In Nan Jing, Difficulty 27, the sages built ditches and channels to guard against unexpected circumstances. When heavy rain pours down from heaven, first the small ditches fill, then the channels. When they overflow, the surplus flows into...
Menopause as a Natural Transition: Understanding the Wisdom of the Female Body
A story of a Dandelion- seemingly ordinary, yet revealing its quiet magnificence. Let’s have a look at the plant world to help us understand the nature of menopause. And why do I look at nature? First, human beings are part of nature. Just open your eyes. But if you still can’t see it, read the first page of the Old Testament (not the second...
Holistic Pelvic Care™
Holistic Pelvic Care™ is a gentle, embodied approach developed by Tami Lynn Kent that reconnects women to their pelvis through respectful internal pelvic work, guided meditation, and deep body awareness. Read more... Holistic Pelvic Care™ (HPC) works directly with the internal pelvic space through gentle, intentional touch combined...
Altar as a Part of Birth Preparation
Why Altar as part of a Birth Preparation? An altar can be used for private or shared communion. Creating an altar is a representation of your own personal view of the birth. It is an expression of honoring what is yet to come in a highly personal way. In our culture, I suspect that each of us already has an altar, even though it may not be...
Knowledge Is Power
The Grandmother Hypothesis and Why We Wake In The Night Have you ever wondered why, even without hot flashes or night sweats, you find yourself waking every couple of hours during the menopause transition?If it happens to you, know you’re not alone, nothing is wrong with you, and maybe everything is just as it should be. This sleeping pattern...