Most of us were never taught what a "normal" period should look like. In this post, we break down healthy cycle benchmarks, what it means when yours falls outside them and how acupuncture can help bring things back into balance.

There's a moment many women reach when they look in the mirror and notice that the lines on their face seem to have arrived overnight. Western cosmetic medicine has a ready answer: freeze it, fill it, smooth it. But from the perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine, there's something important being missed and according to some practitioners, something potentially being made worse. Discover what your face is really trying to tell you and why working with your body may be more powerful than working against it.

Acupuncture in the UK is unregulated — meaning anyone can legally practise without formal training or insurance. Here's how to make sure the acupuncturist you choose in London meets the professional standard your health deserves.

Western culture has a habit of treating menopause as something to dread, a door closing, a chapter ending, a list of symptoms to manage. But for over two thousand years, Traditional Chinese Medicine has told a different story entirely. It calls this phase of a woman's life the Second Spring. And once you understand why, it changes everything.

Menopause has a story problem. The story most women are told is one of loss — of hormones, of fertility, of the version of themselves they once knew. But Traditional Chinese Medicine tells a different story, one rooted in two thousand years of wisdom. Far from being a breakdown, menopause is a redistribution of energy and understanding it through the lens of Yin and Yang can change everything about how you experience it.

The broken sleep. The hot flushes. The anxiety that arrives from nowhere. If this sounds familiar, you don't just have to push through. In my latest post, I'm sharing how acupuncture supports women through perimenopause and menopause and how it works alongside HRT too.