Chinese medicine, modern research, and the everyday art of feeling well.
← All articlesChinese medicine calls menopause Second Spring — a renewal, not a decline. Here's why the end of your reproductive years might be the beginning of everything else.
Forget bathing suit season. Learn why sarcopenia and osteopenia matter for women over 40—and how to build a body strong enough for the adventures ahead.
Discover the four daily wellness rituals a Doctor of Chinese Medicine relies on to stay grounded in midlife — and why spring is the perfect time to start...
A Doctor of Chinese Medicine walks you through every menopause symptom—stage by stage—with evidence-based strategies that go far beyond 'just deal with it.'
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.
Healthy middle-aged women are being dismissed in 15-minute doctor visits. Here's what your annual physical is missing — and how to stop being overlooked.
Nothing quite says I take care of myself like well-tended hands. I think about this every time I sit across from a patient—hands tell stories. They reveal stress...
This is a time to abandon your fashion aspirations. I mean it. When the wind chill dips into single digits and your eyelashes are freezing together on the...
There are seasons when you can practically hear your nervous system sighing. Maybe it’s the holidays, when your calendar fills up with “quick check-ins,” party invites, and end-of-year...
Time to hit the lights! As fall gets into full swing, our days get shorter, our evenings creep in earlier (how is it already dusk at 6:30?), and...
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...
You’re not imagining it. By late August, the sparkle of summer can start to feel like glare. If you’ve been running the household shuttle—rides, snacks, clean beach towels...
Letters from Catherine
Personal stories, things I’m reading, and thoughts on living well. A free letter, usually on Sundays.
