I fell ill in 2007 after a 3-month study trip to Asia. At age 35, I  was left feeling like a shell of my former self. I had been very active & healthy, traveling widely, and studying full time, commuting to work by bicycle in Chicago regardless of the weather or season. 

Over the course of two years, I saw multiple physicians, had countless tests and scans and was told that there was no reason for me to feel the way I did. According to biomedicine, I was in perfect health, but I felt like I was rapidly declining. My body wasn’t recovering, and I found myself struggling with anxiety and depression. 

A combination of acupuncture and dietary changes helped me regain my health and inspired me to become an acupuncturist to share this gentle but powerful medicine with others. Because of my illness, I have a deeply lived understanding of the connection between the body and the mind, and how this subtle, physical medicine can positively affect every aspect of wellbeing.