You Are Medicine!

Join Thuy and Rosie as they discuss Ghost Month and the connection between ghosts and Traditional Chinese Medicine! Learn about the origins of Chinese medicine and reflect on our modern understanding of ghosts and their relationship with us — the living.—Podcast Theme Music by:Laura Inserra laurainserra.comEpisode Music by:suno.com—You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine

In this dynamic podcast, Thuy offers a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) view of the Summer qi available to us all as she talks to three young adults who are in the Summertime of their lives! Listen in to learn how TCM can both guide them and you through a healthy Summer season! —Podcast Theme & Episode Music by:Laura Inserra laurainserra.com—You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine. 

Join Thuy and creative midwife Naomi Rose as they discuss Thuy’s latest book, The Spirit of Spring. The conversation becomes a meditation on the healing and creative forces that are ever present and invites the listener to be in relationship to this magnetic pull in their own lives. It’s an invitation to go within, listen deeply and to feel the inherent creative, healing force that is urging and bringing all things together, effortlessly.Learn more about Naomi on her website: rosepress.com.To purchase a copy of Thuy’s book, The Sprit of Spring, visit us in-person at BCA, or online here.—Podcast Theme & Episode Music by:Laura Inserra laurainserra.com—You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine. 

The Lunar New Year is February 10th and it is a Yang Wood Dragon year! Sounds exciting, doesn't it? But what does it actually mean? Listen in as Thuy and her friends—Rosie & Daniel—discuss the meaning of this coming year and how to understand it from a lens that is beneficial and healing for you!—Podcast Theme & Episode Music by:Laura Inserralaurainserra.com—You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine. 

What did it mean to be a healer in ancient times and how is it different now? Listen in as Thuy discusses this topic with Sabine Wilms, PhD, medical anthropologist, writer and translator of ancient Chinese medical texts. Their discussion spans wide reaches of time and space as they attempt to make meaningful and relevant ancient wisdom to our modern times, discovering the deeper meaning of healer and healing. —Podcast Theme & Episode Music by:Laura Inserra laurainserra.com—You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine. 

What is pain, and how can we heal from it? Thuy talks with Mitch Jeserich, who shares his personal journey with pain, treatment, and healing. Together they discuss pain in terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the involvement of spiritual aspects along the healing journey. —Podcast Theme & Episode Music by:Laura Inserra laurainserra.com—You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine. 

(Part 2 of 2) Chinese Astrology is the study and mapping of recurring cyclical patterns in nature. The 12 Zodiac Animals are a playful representation of patterns in human-nature. Join Thuy and Daniel as they delve into the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals through discussions with patients and family members, as they help each person to understand and embrace their natural tendencies and patterns.Episode Notes:If you have an iOS device, download the DYC Tong Shu App to learn your 4 Chinese Zodiac Animals.https://apps.apple.com/ng/app/dyc-tongshu/id1000008721—Podcast Theme & Episode Music by:Laura Inserra laurainserra.com—You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine. 

(Part 1 of 2) Chinese Astrology is the study and mapping of recurring cyclical patterns in nature. The 12 Zodiac Animals are a playful representation of patterns in human-nature. Join Thuy and Daniel as they delve into the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals through discussions with patients and family members, as they help each person to understand and embrace their natural tendencies and patterns.Episode Notes:If you have an iOS device, download the DYC Tong Shu App to learn your 4 Chinese Zodiac Animals.https://apps.apple.com/ng/app/dyc-tongshu/id1000008721—Podcast Theme & Episode Music by:Laura Inserra laurainserra.com—You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine. 

In this month's podcast episode, Thuy teaches five patients how to do Xong hoi, or Vietnamese folk sauna. She instructs the patients in this easy home remedy and they report their experiences. The conversations explore the profound healing possibilities of folk wisdom and knowledge that is lost in our fast pace modern living.—Podcast Theme & Episode Music by:Laura Inserra laurainserra.com—You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine. 

Join Thuy and Stephen Jenkinson as they wonder out loud on the topic of death. Together they discuss how the dominant North American culture influences our understanding of death and elderhood and demonstrate what activism may look like in such a culture.—Podcast Theme Music by:Laura Inserra laurainserra.comEpisode Music:Songs from: “Nights of Grief & Mystery” by Stephen Jenkinson and Gregory Hoskins—You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine.