What We’re Talking About When We Talk About Grounding
What does it mean to feel grounded? Dr. Catherine explores home, nourishing food, the Earth element in Chinese medicine, and finding steadiness through nature.
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Hand on Heart: What the High Holy Days Taught Me About Self-Compassion
A gentle hand over the heart during Yom Kippur becomes a reflection on self-hatred, the apologies women make for their bodies, and practicing self-compassion.
Why Cypress Feels Good Right Now
Why cypress keeps appearing in my treatment room this fall—and what Chinese medicine teaches about grief, the lungs, and the difficult work of letting go.
The Art of Energetic Boundaries
Twenty years of listening to other people's hardest stories taught me how to stay present without carrying it home. This is what energetic boundaries look like in practice.
Do You Find It's Hard to Ask for Help?
Why so many women can give endlessly but can't receive a kindness — the childhood conditioning underneath it, and the week I practiced letting it in.
21 Days of Being Enraged: What Women's Anger Is Trying to Tell Us
My acupuncturist gave me homework: write down everything I'm angry about for 21 days. Here's what suppressed anger does to women, and why it needs somewhere to go.
Your Body Is Screaming — Can You Hear It?
A 6 a.m. call with my college roommate turned into a reckoning: years of pouring everything into everyone else while our own bodies quietly broke down.
Stuck Energy, Spring Body: The Ancient Science of Moving
Feeling stuck, angry, or restless this spring? Chinese medicine calls it liver qi stagnation — and movement is your best medicine. Here's why.
How to Stay Grounded in a Hyper-Speed AI World
Feeling overstimulated by AI and screens? Dr. Catherine shares Chinese medicine wisdom and practical tools to reconnect with your body and calm your nervous system.
Understanding Cortisol: Why Your Stress Hormones Matter More After 40
You used to be able to handle stress. You could run on five hours of sleep, power through a brutal work week, manage the household, and still feel...
Sauna & Cold Plunge: Your Nervous System’s Reset Ritual
Sometimes my nervous system feels like a hummingbird—skittish, rattled by the world’s unsteadiness (and yes, those 2 a.m. night sweats that so many of you are navigating, perimenopausal...
Can’t Sleep Without Medications? Try This First
Let me guess—you've tried everything. Chamomile tea, white noise, magnesium, and still… you're staring at the ceiling at 2 a.m., wondering how you became the kind of woman...
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Personal stories, things I’m reading, and thoughts on living well. A free letter, usually on Sundays.