Second Spring:

What if we see menopause and perimenopause as a shift in your internal rhythm, not a decline?

Beyond hot flashes, menopause can show up as brain fog, disrupted sleep, bladder changes, mood shifts, and joint pain. These are signs your system needs support. This is where traditional Chinese medicine offers a different lens.

We see menopause as a transition, not a disorder. Symptoms are signs of imbalance: Yin or Blood deficiency, Liver Qi stagnation, Kidney essence depletion. traditional Chinese medicine helps your system adapt with more ease.

You might be noticing:

• Trouble focusing

• Waking at 3am

• A little leak when you sneeze

• More anxiety or less patience

• Feeling overstimulated by noise, light, or emotion

• Vaginal dryness or discomfort

• Less interest in sex or feeling disconnected during intimacy

If any of this sounds familiar, you’re not imagining it. Some of this is just now being recognized in research. But you’ve probably known it in your body for a while.

You can trust what your body is telling you. You’re not alone. And no, you don’t have to just “push through it.” I tailor acupuncture and herbs to your specific pattern so you can feel more like yourself again.

I came to this medicine in the middle of my own hormonal struggles. Decades of difficult periods had already shaped how I understood my body, and when I began my studies I found language and treatment for things I had never been given real answers about. My own transition through menopause was easier than I expected, largely because I was already receiving support.

This medicine has been addressing what so many have carried alone, or had waved away as insignificant. I empathize with the struggles of menstruation and menopause because of my own lived experience. I’m here to help ease the transition into what this tradition calls your Second Spring.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​