How do you communicate your TCM Diagnosis to your patients? We all know what Qi, Essence, Yin deficiency and LV Yang rising means, because we went to school for years to study, understand and apply Chinese medicine. We graduated, got our license and started healing the world. Unfortunately, most of us had a difficult time explaining how [...]
I was an accident! My parents had my 2 brothers in their early twenties. So, when my mom found out she was pregnant at 41, she was in disbelief! Both my brothers were grown men. My mom was freaking out, because the doctors told her she was too old (this was the 60s, when any woman over [...]
My mom got her first period when she was 11 years old, so when I reached that age, she decided to give me THE talk! After she explained the whole why and what of a woman's cycle, I looked at her horrified and screamed: "Every month for the rest of my life?!" Because let me tell you, [...]
"The cat has to go! I'm allergic!" Many moons ago, when Craig (now my husband) and I first dated, I was living on my own and was the proud mama of a fur baby: Booboo the cat! Every time Craig came to my place he couldn't stay long. Within 20 minutes, he would start sneezing uncontrollably, his [...]
My dad died when I was 5 years old. I know what you're thinking: "So sad, poor Clara." Most of my life people have thought or said that to me when I tell them. But I never felt sad, I barely remember my dad, and my mom was the BEST mother EVER! Being a single mother was [...]
My hubby is a hottie! He's literally on FIRE! My husband has so much energy, he practically bounces off the walls. He's always happy, passionate and excited. I love that about him, but of course it also comes with tendency to restlessness, insomnia, high blood pressure and ADD. When we go see a comedy at the movie [...]
