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We have a policy at our office. If you have a question about something, it’s likely someone else probably does too. During our weekly meetings we share our question and the answer we received with everyone else—so the entire group can benefit. Recently, I received an email from an AcuGraph user... Read more
Have you been following us on Facebook? If so, you know I’ve been pretty busy lately, traveling to acupuncture shows and conventions! (If not, what are you waiting for? Click here and LIKE our page!) Lately…. Who am I kidding? My schedule is actually packed all the way to the end... Read more
Regardless of who we are, where we live, and what our life experiences may be—there are two things everyone of us are guaranteed to experience: birth and death. Acupuncture helps with both. If you didn’t read my previous blog, Death… It’s a Hard Subject: Part 1, you may want to... Read more
You’ve been there and so have I… It was in my first diagnosis class in acupuncture school. Our assignment was to feel the patient’s pulse and report what we felt. I was gung-ho (or naïve) enough to volunteer first. There I stood, eyes closed, concentrating on feeling something meaningful in... Read more
Have you experienced the death of a patient? It hurts. You’ve shared part of my journey with a special patient in previous blogs. We cried together when she was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in January of 2011. They gave her six months to live. (Complementary versus Alternative) She and I... Read more
A couple of days ago I sent you a link to Kimberly’s latest Acupuncture Today article. Since then I’ve realized I never told you about her previous article. It’s really worth reading! In this article, Kimberly gives some marketing ideas that are both innovative and simple. They’ll make a huge... Read more
A patient came in last week, desperately hoping acupuncture would work. Nothing else was helping… Her family circumstances were overwhelming to the point her emotions were out of control. She couldn’t stop crying. She wished she could run away from everything and everyone. And she even said she wished her... Read more
“Evidence-based medicine.” Why is this such a common buzz phrase for modern acupuncturists? Have you been in social media acupuncture groups or to acupuncture symposiums lately? Acupuncturists want it and patients demand it. I don’t remember hearing much about it when I began my acupuncture journey 10 years ago. They... Read more
QUESTION: What do a microcurrent device, a laser, and a hippie massage therapist have in common? Read on, and I’ll tell you! ***** Having NEVER given a massage before, and only received one massage in my life, I went to a hippie massage school in Santa Barbara, California–The School of... Read more
Do you play favorites? As a mother of nine—I’ve learned to be very careful about “playing favorites.” All my kids are different and I love them all. You won’t catch me playing favorites when it comes to my kids! That would cause BIG problems. But, can I tell you a... Read more
A quick review: In Part 1 of this series I talked about Entry/Exit points, (the doorways that allow energy to move from one channel to the next. Click here if you missed it.) Now let’s talk about measuring the channels. When measuring the source points for an AcuGraph exam, many... Read more
Meet Olivia. She’s 5 and LOVES acupuncture! Are you treating kids in your clinic? I don’t run a full-on pediatric clinic, but I do treat kids fairly often. If you are treating mom’s in your clinic, I suggest you prepare yourself to treat kids too. Kid’s will eventually show up.... Read more
Hey look… Robin Green is doing it AGAIN! As you may remember, last year I had the opportunity to take Robin Green’s Pediatric Essentials class. I learned so much! Apparently, I’m not the only one. The class was so popular that practitioners have begged her to do it again! This... Read more
Welcome to “Lunch and Learn!” Lunch and Learns are a great way to conveniently learn a little something new during your lunch break. Typically they last about 45-60 minutes and are presented via webinar, live discussion, recording or video. Today’s lunch and learn will be presented via a prerecorded video... Read more
In today’s video Kimberly talks about changes that have occurred over the past 5 years. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive all of the research and news that Kimberly mentioned in her video. Just enter your information in the boxes to the right! You can also follow her posts... Read more