Looking back – two and a half years of Chinese medicine blogging at Deepest Health

I started writing at Deepest Health in earnest in June of 2007 – about 2.5 years ago. Since then, there have been almost 300 articles posted, about 20 of those being podcasts. Topics have ranged from my personal habits to larger movements in politics and society. I have blogged about veganism, the use of animal ingredients in Chinese herbalism, about acupuncture, dietary therapy, business and the shifting energy of the seasons. I have run a year long program of self improvement called the Year of Sagely Living as well as dabbled with multimedia explorations of the natural world. Deepest Health has had a fairly active community, weighing in through almost 2000 comments (thanks everybody!)

Through all this blogging time, my personal life and the world I live in has changed a great deal. I’ve written a thesis, passed my boards, graduated from school in Chinese medicine, started my practice and learned a ton about my profession and myself. I’ve studied with masters, been the President of my school’s student body, watched my daughter become a teenager, witnessed the election of our country’s first African American president, and enjoyed the beginning of my third decade of life.

A lot has gone on in this scant two and a half years. It’s been a tough adjustment, moving from blogging as a student to blogging as a practitioner. There’s just so much to do! However, today I see a light at the end of the tunnel. Things are calming down – settling out into a more predictable stream of work and play. I appreciate that and hope it means that a new golden era of Chinese medicine blogging at Deepest Health is on its way. Who knows what will come in the next 2.5 years? I’m excited to find out.

In celebration, I thought I would do something I hate doing (haha) – highlight some of my old posts. I’m one of those people who doesn’t read my old journals, you know? I don’t like looking back and seeing how much I didn’t know, or how badly I wrote. Even worse, I hate finding out that I knew more then. :D I thought I would feature posts that didn’t get much interest when they were posted. So, sit back and relax with a cup of tea and enjoy this exploration through the archives. I’ve also linked to a couple of less read posts in the blue links throughout this post, check them out!

Two quite different ways to learn and practice Chinese medicine

Neijing says: yes, your doctor should be meditating

The Chinese organ clock and the pericardium : emotional health

Why does Chinese medicine seem so complicated? (A guest post by friend and colleague Michael Givens)

Chinese herbal medicine and the doctrine of signatures

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