Fire Horse Year 2026: Chinese Medicine Insights & Wellness Tips
Bǐng Wǔ 丙午: Entering the Fire Horse Year 2026 One of my favourite things about the turn of a new year is the changing of the guard within the Chinese lunar calendar. The Year of the Wood Snake in 2025 seemed, for many, to invite an uncomfortable kind of upgrading. For some, it brought necessary…
Summer, Christmas and the Quiet Cost of Pushing Through
A Chinese medicine perspective on finishing the year well There is something uniquely exhausting about this time of year in Sydney. The sun and its heat lingers late into the evening. The air is stifling with humidity, and even simple low-effort tasks feel effortful. Sleep is lighter. Emotional fuses are shorter. The calendar fills quickly,…
Menopause, Gut Health & the Holistic Body
As women transition through perimenopause and menopause, their internal landscape undergoes profound transformation. Fluctuating oestrogen and progesterone levels can alter mood, sleep, temperature regulation, and circulation. However, beyond the hormonal shifts, what I observe in clinic and what current research increasingly confirms, is that the gut plays a pivotal role in how women experience this…
How my years as an Emergency nurse motivated me to become an acupuncturist
I loved being a nurse and particularly loved Emergency nursing, spending almost 15 years in the emergency department of a major tertiary Sydney hospital. I loved the fast paced environment, the quick decision making and the satisfaction of directly helping people in their most extreme time of need. For so many years I felt I…
