What the Five Elements Really Are
The Five Elements are not like the atoms on the periodic table of the elements. They’re not the building blocks of matter. In Classical Chinese Medicine, in Daoist philosophy, the word xíng, which we usually translate as “elements,” could better be translated as “phases”. These five phases are processes. (Verbs, not nouns – hey! just…
Read MoreEpisode 27: Your Healing Story is a Love Story (with Nisha Mody)
Which is easier to feel in your own mind and body: The sense of living in The Great Turning (aka, our transition toward a life-sustaining way of being human on earth), or the feeling of “Business as Usual,” a way of being human that values being productive, consuming, succeeding, and never feeling like you’ve done…
Read MoreStress Causes Disease – So What Do we Do?
We’ve all heard that stress causes disease. Chinese Medicine teaches us that about half our diseases trace back to how we relate to our emotions. And, the world right now – there’s a lot of stress, and a lot of emotion. So what do we do? A new round of Healing Season: Practical Wisdom from…
Read MoreTurning Season Episode 26: News On Refugees and Regenerative Agriculture in Uganda, Fossil Free Research, and The Revolutionary Love ProjectTurning Season
Click play at turningseason.com (or your favorite podcast platform) for 13 minutes of Active Hope to hearten you today, in the latest news episode of Turning Season Podcast. Hear about: the work of a young refugee in Uganda named Irenge Mudekuza Gloire, founder of Plethora Social Initiative, teaching permaculture and regenerative agriculture to fellow refugees…
Read MoreTurning Season Episode 25: Finding Your Purpose in a Time of Deep Adaptation (with Gwyneth Jones)
It can be hard enough to find your “purpose” in the best of times – and it’s a whole other level of challenging when you’re reckoning with the prospect of ecological and societal breakdown. My interviewee for this Full Moon episode, Gwyneth Jones, describes herself as a “Deep Adaptation Coach,” serving as a life coach…
Read MoreSelf-Acupressure for Dry Eyes (my new routine)
Ok, now that I’ve admitted I have a problem… Here are the 6 points I’m massaging on myself daily for “severe, severe, severe dry eyes” (my eye doctor’s words). I’ve seen acupuncture, acupressure, and herbs help so many patients with their eye health and vision – so I have high hopes for what will happen…
Read MoreTurning Season Episode 24: News on Words from Iran, Indigenous Fire Stewardship in Minnesota, and Robin Wall Kimmerer Fostering Reciprocity
More good news! Come enjoy a dose of Active Hope in the latest news episode of Turning Season Podcast, covering: words from one of the courageous Iranian women protesting in Iran, about seeing The Great Turning in process, and how the type of practices we do in the Work that Reconnects have impacted her indigenous…
Read MoreTurning Season Episode 23: Keepunumuk: How to Indigenize Thanksgiving through Story and Food (with Alexis Bunten and Anthony Perry)
When I heard from Bioneers about a new children’s book about the story of Thanksgiving, written by Native authors, complete with curricula for elementary school students – I signed up for their presentation right away. Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with two of the authors, Alexis Bunten and Anthony Perry. If you…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Back Pain
Join me for a brief chat about acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for people dealing with back pain. Click here to contact me with any questions, and click here to find out how to see me for a treatment. A quick summary of what’s in this video: In my practice (since 2012), patients with back pain…
Read MoreTurning Season Episode 22: News on the Right to Repair Electronics, the Indigenous Environmental Network + Climate Justice, and Sponge Cities
More good news! Come enjoy a dose of Active Hope in the Great Turning with these 3 quick news stories: the movement to grant the “right to repair” our electronic devices, plus why we throw away and replace them so quickly introducing the Indigenous Environmental Network, the Western Mining Action Network, and the Climate Justice…
Read More