Sage Wellness Within Podcast

IN THIS EPISODE: Does how we think about our health and health care impact how we feel? Please visit our website for more information!https://www.sagewellnesswithin.com/

THIS EPISODE: A large part of our relationship with our bodies and our health is rooted in expectations, in turn, these expectations are often shaped by given social, cultural or medical constructs.In this episode we touch on how we define our health expectations and how the broad and inclusive way Chinese medicine sees us, can help expand the lens through which we see and experience ourselves.SHOW NOTES:During the Ming dynasty (1368 to 1644) women’s role in Chinese society was very clearly defined. The duties of women of the upper echelons of society - these were the wives and daughters of scholars and men of official rank - was to produce an heir who would carry the family legacy. In other words, a son. Meanwhile, they would bind their daughter’s feet and teach them the ways of proper conduct through the recitation of poetry. One such woman was TAN YUNXIAN – who some of you may have read about in LISA SEE'S New York times best seller “ LADY TAN'S CIRCLE OF WOMEN”. Tan Yunxian lived from 1461 to 1556 (Mid-Ming dynasty) and, contrary to the norms of the time and thanks to the training she received from her grandparents, became a doctor. She is the author of Miscellaneous Records of a Female Doctor - the first written account of the application of medical care by a woman doctor.OUR WEBSITEwww.sagewellnesswithin.comSOCIAL MEDIAwww.instagram.com/sagewellnesswithinwww.facebook.com/sagewellnesswithin

IN THIS EPISODE: The study of Chinese medicine involves cultivating an understanding of the language it uses to describe how our bodies function. It also means looking back into its history and observing how the excellence of this medicine, is rooted in its ability to simultaneously be steeped in the richness of its history, while responding in real time to the health needs of the present. Let’s take a look at how Chinese medicine responded to the health needs the entire world was suddenly presented with during the COVID pandemic. OUR WEBSITEwww.sagewellnesswithin.comSOCIAL MEDIAwww.instagram.com/sagewellnesswithinwww.facebook.com/sagewellnesswithin

The practice of medicine is a combination of science and art. While science wants to be precise and consistent -  human beings, by our very nature, can be far from precise and consistent; this is where the art comes in. Medicine is also about relationships and it's not just between doctor and patient, but our relationship with self –  with our body and our health. Chinese medicine, by the very way it sees us, sees this relationship and invites us on a journey of discovery with it. This journey starts with the doctor’s own journey of discovery with the medicine. Physician Heal Thyself!OUR WEBSITEwww.sagewellnesswithin.comSOCIAL MEDIAwww.instagram.com/sagewellnesswithinwww.facebook.com/sagewellnesswithin

Hello! I’m doctor Andrea Thorpe and I invite you to join me in an exploration of Chinese medicine and what its 5000 year history – its deeply holistic way of seeing us – can do for you and your health. I’ll tell you about my own journey – from patient, to student and now doctor – and how this journey with the medicine, not only profoundly changed my life, but continues to enrich it now giving it purpose and meaning. Please join me on a journey toward health and empowerment.OUR WEBSITEwww.sagewellnesswithin.comSOCIAL MEDIAwww.instagram.com/sagewellnesswithinwww.facebook.com/sagewellnesswithin