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Personal Development

The sages of Chinese antiquity stood facing South

3 November 2009 Character

Today, on a walk I was taught an important lesson by some late migrating geese. In the late summer and autumn, we get a whole lot of geese flying overhead in my neighborhood. We live pretty close to a couple of wildlife refuges, one being specifically devoted to waterfowl. In general, in Portland, the autumn [...]

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Blogging : where personal and professional collide (especially in Chinese medicine)

9 July 2009 Blogging

Edit (8:14am) : Forgot the editorial calendar! Sorry!
It should be no surprise to any of you that I think blogging is a valuable activity for those of us in the field of Chinese medicine. I’ve fielded a couple of questions in the last week from Chinese medicine students and practitioners interested in starting their own [...]

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Upcoming lectures for Chinese medicine students and practitioners in Portland

9 March 2009 Learning

Some of you know that I am the student body President over at National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM). When I started my term, we created a survey to ask the students what they would most like us to do with our time and (their) money in the 2008-2009 school year. One of the top [...]

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Reading widely to learn Chinese medicine

26 December 2008 Learning

It’s been almost four years, now, that I’ve been doing focused and formal study of Chinese medicine. Over that time, I’ve tried many study methods. Some of them were only useful during some specific part of my education, and still others were rejected because they didn’t work for me over the long haul. Others did [...]

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Deepest Health Chinese Medicine Podcast : Episode 10 : End of term clinical reflections

12 September 2008 Cultivation

Welcome to another Episode of the Deepest Health Podcast! In this episode, I discuss my reflections as I come to the end of my first term/quarter in clinic at NCNM. I reiterate the importance of memorization and excellent patient care, but then go in a philosophical direction on a couple of topics. First, I discuss [...]

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