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Endometriosis Support: Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine and Online Care
Endometriosis is rarely as simple as having painful periods. Looking for endometriosis support that goes beyond a single appointment? At Nurturing Life, I work with women with endometriosis through acupuncture and Chinese medicine at my Tecoma clinic, along with online lifestyle support available worldwide. My approach to supporting women with endometriosis is broader than acupuncture…
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Natural PMOS/PCOS Management: Diet, Lifestyle and Acupuncture
If you have been diagnosed with PCOS, you may have recently started seeing another name appear: PMOS, or polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome. In May 2026, PMOS became the new name for the condition previously known as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The change better reflects something women living with the condition have known for a long…
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Acupuncture for Perimenopause: What It May Help With and What Treatment Looks Like
Perimenopause is often described as a slow decline in oestrogen. For many women, it does not feel slow at all. Hormones can fluctuate quite dramatically through this stage. One month oestrogen may be relatively high, another month much lower. Cycles can shorten, lengthen, become heavier, lighter, or disappear for a while and then return. Symptoms…
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Acupuncture vs Pain Medication: Which Works Better?
If you have been dealing with pain for a while, you have probably already tried some form of medication. Sometimes it works well. Sometimes it takes the edge off. Sometimes it works for a few hours and then you are back where you started. That is often the point where people begin looking for another…
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When to Start Acupuncture for IVF: A Complete Timeline
If you are planning IVF, one of the most common questions is: When should I start acupuncture? There is no single acupuncture schedule that suits every IVF cycle. Your timeline will depend on whether you are having a fresh or frozen transfer, where you are in your cycle, your fertility history, how your body responds…
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Why Cold is Bad for Women’s Health — What Ice Bath Culture Gets Wrong
If you’ve spent more than five minutes on social media lately, you’ve seen it: the “biohacker” shivering in a tub of ice, claiming it’s the ultimate secret to health. Cold plunges, icy showers, and refrigerated tanks are the wellness world’s current darlings. But here is what the highlight reel glosses over: The vast majority of…
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Does Acupuncture Hurt?
A question I have been asked countless times over the course of my career is “Does acupuncture hurt?”. Really there are so many variables here that come into play! Let’s explore a few of the things that can influence your acupuncture experience and whether it will hurt or not! Acupuncture Style Used by Practitioner There…
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Improve Sleep Naturally
Are you struggling to get a good nights sleep and are searching for some easy changes that will help you improve sleep naturally without the use of medication? You are in the right place!! Skip the Caffeine I know! One of the simplist ways to improve sleep quality is to skip all caffeine, which when…
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Dry Needling Vs Acupuncture- Is there a Difference?
What is Dry Needling? The term Dry needling was first introduced in the early 1940s by Janet Travell and David Simons. The technique they introduced originally was the use of hypodermic needles to inject and/ or stimulate trigger points or myofascial trigger points with medcines- such as corticosteroids, analgesics, or saline solution. The analgesics/corticosteroids were being injected…
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Increase Fertility Naturally
When I have new patients coming in wanting some extra support to increase fertility, I always direct them to the following information- it is all lifestyle advice that is free to integrate into your life, and it can help to increase your chances of a successful conception! Ideally it would be wonderful for you to…
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Threatened Miscarriage- What to do
First of all take a big breath. Close your eyes, focus, and stop looking at Google. If you are starting to have cramping, or experiencing spotting it can be terrifying. Immediately you start to think the worst, you can see all of the hopes, dreams, and future you had imagined for your yet to be…
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Sex during Pregnancy, and Post Partum
I am going there- lets talk about sex during pregnancy and post pratum. If you haven’t figured it out by now, I don’t have any issues talking about the things that other people might not want to talk about. I have no problems being honest with people about my experiences, or sharing my knowledge. Something…
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Having a Baby… moon
This is a topic that is quite dear to my heart, I see far too many people wave good bye to this precious time without even realising it. The immediate time after birth is such a special time that should be treasured, honoured, and most of all respected. Not taken for granted and trampled on…
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Birth Preparation Vs Induction
It is very common for us to be asked the question of “do you induce?”, as a general rule my answer is no.Before you stop reading- allow me to explain myself. Working as both an acupuncturist and a doula, it has given me a unique understanding of how the impact of inducing a birth (whether…
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Needles- A Prickly Subject?
As an acupuncturist, when I tell people what I do the most common response is “Ugh – needles!”, so I thought I would talk about acupuncture needles compared to the needles that are used when going to the doctor. Unfortunately for me (and you!) the association that many of us have with needles is one filled with…
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Keeping the Cold at Bay
Coming into the colder winter months there always seems to be the ever-looming threat of a cold. This may be a persistant sore throat in the mornings, or being surrounded by friends/family/colleagues who are sick and not wanting to interact for fear of catching their dreaded lurgy. There are a few simple things that you…
