Flourish of Life Medicine -:- Ryan McLaughlin, LAc., MSOM

09/10/2025

Evil Bone Water is now available for wholesale to providers other than acupuncturists through affiliates, such as myself! If you are a Chiropractor, Physical Therapist, Massage Therapist, Sports Medicine, Medical Doctor, or other wellness provider that values providing effective topical pain relief options to your patients and clients- message me :)

Many of you of my in person people are already very aware of Evil Bone Water, (and some of you equally obsessed with) it's wide range of clinical applications and effectiveness! I've seen clinical success providing relief from joint pain, strains, sprains, soft tissue injury, menstrual cramps, bruises, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, infections, sinus congestion, bug bites/ stings, sunburn, tooth infection and.. the list is continually growing as I learn from colleagues!

Yes, as an affiliate, I receive a small portion of wholesale sales to providers. These payouts are a way to earn passive income, which I am committing 100% towards my student loans, because oy vey, was medical school expensive.

07/21/2025

Well, y'all. I made it safely hOMe. A week later and I'm still speechless. The Alps are majestic, potent, and enough awe-inspiring beauty to crack one's heart and Spirit wiiiiiiidee open. 💜🏔💜

114.5 miles + 36,731 ft of elevation gain over 10 days, carrying my own gear, and only using my feet as transportation. THANK YOU, BODY!!!!🙏🏼✨️🙌🏼

But this trip wasn't/ isn't about physical stats. It was a pilgrimage to the mountains. In celebration of life, turning 40, renewal, reclaimation, and starting another chapter in life. 🫶🏼

The mountains are where I feel most connected to Spirit, to God, to myself, to what really matters most in life. 🏔✨️

This was an adventure I'll never forget, and I am grateful for the experience and amazing humans from around the world that I met along the way. 🙏🏼🏔✨️

I am extremely grateful for this flourishing community that creates opportunity for me to share my medicine with this world, and also for your patience and understanding when I need to disappear to the mountains to refill my heart cup. 🙏🏼💜🏔✨️

06/26/2025

Pardon me while I escape to the mountains. ✌🏼🏔🙏🏼✨️

03/18/2025

Add this to the 1,000,001 reasons I recommend mushroom/mycelial support to most patients. Many of you have been taking forms of mushrooms to boost immunity and overcome lingering respiratory imbalances, so here's more information :)

A component found in all fungi may provide a shield that prevents flu-related lung damage, according to a new Canadian study.

03/18/2025

In East Asian dietary therapy and herbal medicine, we use citrus to break up and clear phlegm. While phlegm includes mucus, it also includes anything that is getting in the way of the clarity of full expression of the Spirit. With everything we know with the gut-brain-mood connection, it makes sense that science is finding similar results :)

Being that you can't medicate your way out of a poor diet, one scientist thought he'd look for a dietary solution.

03/18/2025

Modern science is proving Chinese medicine dietary therapy to be true :) I know every fertility and reproductive balancing patient has heard me mention eating your berries (and nuts/seeds!) to nourish your own seeds :)

Resveratrol, a natural compound in the skin of grapes, blueberries, and raspberries, may improve fertility by improving egg cells.

01/29/2025

✨️ Happy Lunar New Year 🐍 ✨️

With today's new moon, we enter another cycle - the cycle of the yin wood Snake.

Transitioning from the yang wood dragon - a year of transformation, digesting experience/information, with an enlivened yang energy supporting change (think of yang wood like seed sprouting energy) .

While the element of wood still governs this new lunar year, it is now a yin wood year. Think of an oak tree, steady, sturdy, strong. We still have the transformative energy of the snake, as a final shedding, before our hearts and passions can express at their fullest next year.

The snake can represent consciousness and clarity of vibration, meaning supporting us to wake up to what will support our long-term growth and expression. As we increase consciousness and clarity around our goals and visions, we may also be shown what we need to let go of in order to evolve into our next version of self.

With yin wood corresponding to the liver organ channel network, the snake corresponding to the spleen organ channel network, I'm going to be thinking about and looking at emphasizing supporting harmony within these channel systems (directly or indirectly, depending on the individual.) Extra focus on supporting liver and abdominal lymph detoxification. Supporting stress relief through reducing worry. Opening the diaphragm and ribs with conscious breath.

If you are a Flourish community member and wish to nerd out a bit more in community, stop on by Flourish's Lunar New Year Open House
TODAY 3-6pm.

Those who wish to jump on board the Lunar New Year Metabolic Reset program, reach out. You can start with the group 2/1, or participate in your own time. Reach out! :)

01/03/2025

Hi there! I am following up to share more information about the Lunar New Year Metabolic Reset that is being offered to begin 2/1.

Many members of this community have been asking about a supported cleanse, and have also been curious about what is in my daily shaker bottle. Clinically, this is a great whole foods focused cleanse that focuses on optimizing detoxification pathways.

Personally, I have done this cleanse quite a few times over the years, and monthly for the past 6 months. It's been a game changer in my own healing process from environmental toxins.

We each have our own personal reasons for wanting to hit that Metabolic Reset button!

Feel free to peruse this information (sorry it's a bit out of order) and reach out if you wish to join us, or have any questions around if this cleanse session would be a good fit for you.

If interested, email: ryan@flourishoflifemedicine.com

12/30/2024

Wintery holy-days blessings to you, dear community.

The end of the year brings reflection, the holidays bring celebration, and I felt prompted to put ponders into action and express my gratitude for each and every one of you.

With each moment of your presence and support, I am gifted with an opportunity to share with you. It is humbling to walk beside you, navigating the spiral path to embodying healing and wholeness. Offering the rememberance that we are whole, and we have a blueprint of resources within each of us to heal.

During the depths of winter,we are nudged to search within for our vitality, our essence of life, and to plug back into it. So we can experience all that we are.

As for a bit of a yearly summary- 2024 certainly lived up to “yang wood dragon” nature. New beginnings, quick change, all in the sake of transformation. The impact of the yang wood dragon on Flourish of Life Medicine created an abrupt and unexpected move to the Park Plaza location at the beginning of the lunar year, which as most of you have witnessed- has unfolded as such a gift that allowed and I to co-create a collaborative healing sanctuary.

This year offered up an opportunity to reevaluate the sustainability of the energy my life was asking for as I was healing from toxic mold poisoning. I received the message to pull way back on the energy I was expending professionally, which meant putting a pause on monthly group offerings, seasonal retreats, social media presence, monthly newsletters, and taking on new patients. I learned a bit more about boundaries and capacity, activity , and rest. This year encouraged me to re-prioritize my personal health and wellness goals, which included getting stronger physically, mentally, and spiritually. All three of those are rejuevenated for me when I am in nature, and especially running trails - so that’s what I prioritized and where I’ve really been thriving.
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12/01/2024

✨️🫶🏼 GRATEFUL 🫶🏼✨️

Well, friends - never underestimate the power of celebration and gratitude filling up the heart cup. 💜

10 years of licensure. 7 years of running my own independent medical practice. 5 years since returning to Bethlehem, and 4 years with a full-time practice here.

I am humbled and so grateful for every patient I've had the chance to partner with, walk beside, and learn from. Thank you for showing up for you. Thank you for doing your homework. Thank you for your trust. Thank you for referring your loved ones to me. Thank you for understanding when my caseload is at capacity, and when I need to take time for myself. Thank you for sharing your honest reviews of the medicine I am offering. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Funny enough, I got an email about receiving this award a few weeks back and thought it was a scam. Deleted it. Fast forward to the award showing up at my office and receiving congratulations from my amazing clinicmate- .integrative.healing

When I told her that, I had thought it was a scam- she kindly helped me see that: a) it's a real award and people work hard to earn it and seek out votes and, b) that this is an opportunity that I get to practice receiving praise and recognition. 🙄🙈😆🫶🏼

The theme of learning how to receive genuine connection, appreciation, and Love that danced it's way out of my shadows thanks to guided support from Yvonne, , and the rest of the open hearts at ... is asking for a dancing partner in this journey of authentic embodiment, including embracing ownership and standing in that feeling of being appreciated.🫶🏼💜✨️

I urge you to play with that feeling of being appreciated. Breathe it in, call it in, fantasize, and see if you can expand your ability to embody that feeling of being appreciated. What does it feel like? Where do you feel it? Then, see if you can find a moment in your external world to notice that you are being appreciated. Is it comfortable? Maybe, maybe not. Either way- lean into gratitude and see how that could feel. ✨️🫶🏼

11/08/2024

I've received much inquiry about when Ben is offering another public sound bath, and while it is not within our walls, I'm excited to share the details so you can enjoy 🫶🏼✨️

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11/07/2024

Entering the matrix for a moment to share a potent and beautiful written piece, shared by a colleague and soul sister.

_Find Your Quiet in the Storm_

Some days, the world feels too sharp,
Too loud, too raw to touch.
Headlines scream, phones ring,
And chaos dances at our doorstep.

But I've learned to find sanctuary
In small moments of grace—
The way sunlight paints shadows on walls,
How wind whispers through leaves,
The steady rhythm of my own breath
When I remember to just... breathe.

I've learned to turn off the noise,
To silence the endless chatter,
To find strength in gentle things—
A cup of coffee at dawn,
A moment of kindness between strangers,
The quiet courage of growing things.

They say the world's gone mad,
But perhaps the secret is knowing
When to step away from the storm,
When to guard your peace like gold,
When to let your heart be still
In a world that never stops spinning.

For in this rush of endless moments,
We must remember to be gentle
With ourselves, with each other,
To find beauty in broken places,
To create spaces of quiet wonder
In corners of our own making.

This is how we stay whole—
Not by hardening our hearts,
But by knowing when to soften,
When to rest, when to breathe,
When to let the world's noise fade
Into the background of our being.

-Etheric Echoes