The Point - Acupuncture & Holistic Medicine

The Point - Acupuncture & Holistic Medicine Denver based acupuncture practice specializing in fertility, digestion, pain and women's wellness. Plus a 10 day online fertility program !

01/09/2026

Some thoughts on rage and transformation, from an acupuncture perspective ❤️

In my opinion, if someone says they don’t believe in acupuncture it really means they don’t know enough about it to unde...
12/18/2025

In my opinion, if someone says they don’t believe in acupuncture it really means they don’t know enough about it to understand it.

I think more people need to have the phrase “I don’t know enough about that to have an opinion” in their vocabularies.

And, no, you don’t need to “believe” in acupuncture in order for it to be effective. That’s a common misconception. It’s been illustrated in thousands (yes: thousands) of studies to have vast physiological effects, and has been successfully practiced for thousands (yes: thousands) of years.

12/11/2025

One of the many reasons why getting “dry needling” is best with a (well-trained) acupuncturist vs a PT or chiro who only took a weekend course in dry needling. We won’t only release the muscles. We’ll also treat you holistically, addressing root imbalances, as well as support your emotions and regulate your nervous system.

We combine dry needling, acupuncture, cupping, moxa, and even e-stim - whatever we think you need - without any upcharges. It’s all included in an acupuncture appointment with me and my team.

12/08/2025

Acupuncture is amazing like that. Even if you come in for something very physical like period cramps of back pain, you leave with a more regulated nervous system as well 💫

Acupuncture is more than just ✨vibes✨. It affects cellular metabolism and how your organs, muscles, and body function.
12/02/2025

Acupuncture is more than just ✨vibes✨. It affects cellular metabolism and how your organs, muscles, and body function.

Health information is rampant and has become a form of “infotainment” and hyper-consumption. But true health won’t be fo...
11/04/2025

Health information is rampant and has become a form of “infotainment” and hyper-consumption. But true health won’t be found in a supplement, bottle, face mask or clickable link in a profile. As an acupuncturist and health practitioner I often encourage my patients to stop with all the “wellness” extras. To stop with the health podcasts, read a fiction book instead of a self-help book, stop with the supplements and powders, and focus on regulating their nervous system and nourishing their mind and body.

10/28/2025

Acupuncture isn’t just for pain, fertility, or self care… because it regulates the nervous system increasing parasympathetic tone and longer term resilience to stress, it’s profoundly healing for so many issues.

02/28/2023

Acupuncturists have WAY MORE education and training than you probably think they do.

I recently got my doctorate degree and a lot of people are asking me why I chose to do that when I have so many years of experience under my belt.

There are many reasons and one of them is I think having the credential of Dr so-and-so is an easy way to convey that I have a ton of training, and I think that’s good for our profession and good for patients.

Additionally, my doctorate program had a focus on integrative and functional medicine and now I can order and interpret labs in my state of CO, and I’m very excited about that.

I made this video to spread the word about how much training acupuncturists have. There’s some variation (some acupuncturists aren’t trained in herbs or “dry needling” the way I am, for example). And of course, as in any and all professions, there are better ones and not-so-great ones. But generally, acupuncturists deserve way more respect.

It makes me bananas when someone underestimates the education and training involved to become an acupuncturist. Because it underestimates the medicine. We’re not just pokin’ people where it hurts, it’s a very complex and sophisticated system of pattern differentiation and root cause identification. THAT’s where the power is.

Which is why, as I see other professions trying to steal pieces of our medicine (ahem, dry needling), I can’t help but roll my eyes because they’re practicing such a superficial fraction of our medicine (while also claiming that it’s “better” or different or “more medical” than what we do). While they may get a muscle to release (one of the many ways that we work) without addressing the underlying cause of the problem, it will continue needing treatment. It’s rude, ignorant, and cultural appropriation to not give credit where credit is due and whitewash it by calling it more medical. I didn’t mean for this to be about dry needling, but I guess that’s where we ended up, haha!

Acupuncturists have so much education and training. We address pain AND internal underlying root causes. Get one on your team!

And as a result, under-eating is a common cause of health, hormone, and fertility struggles too. ⁠⠀⁠⠀In Chinese Medicine...
03/15/2022

And as a result, under-eating is a common cause of health, hormone, and fertility struggles too. ⁠⠀
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In Chinese Medicine, we think that under-eating damages the Spleen (so does over-eating, but people often forget the under-eating piece, which is SO COMMON). ⁠⠀
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We need Qi for peristalsis to happen and to digest food (amazing how sometimes chronic constipation or IBS goes away when people simply start eating more). Our liver needs Qi and energy to do its job (amazing how much better people sleep and feel less anxiety and less PMS and signs of a sluggish liver when they simply eat more). ⁠⠀
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If we chronically under-eat our brain goes into energy-conservation mode and raises levels of Reverse T3 which slows down our thyroid and metabolism and the rate at which our cells are burning energy, using energy, and functioning. Do you want your cells to under-function? No, not what you want.⁠⠀
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Who has been taught to restrict & diet since a young age? WOMEN. (Studies show that 40% of elementary school-aged girls have tried to lose weight, omg ELEMENTARY school-age!!) And who has a way higher likelihood of having hypothyroidism? Also WOMEN. (Women are five to eight times more likely than men to have thyroid problems; one woman in eight will develop a thyroid disorder during her lifetime.) Related? Maybe.... it makes sense when you know that under-eating can slow the thyroid. ⁠⠀
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Just some food for thought. Speaking of FOOD, please it eat, lol! Regularly and often (ideally within 1 hour of waking and every 3-4 hours through out the day).

If the health message you're receiving is "do more, eat less, restrict more, try harder, you're toxic, force yourself".....
03/08/2022

If the health message you're receiving is "do more, eat less, restrict more, try harder, you're toxic, force yourself"... then it's the wrong message. ⁠⠀
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You're already worthy. Your body is so wise. Honoring our biology and supporting our health is about nourishing ourselves. Truly deeply nourishing. All of ourselves. ⁠⠀
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I love that Chinese Medicine has known this FOREVA. Ok maybe not forever, but for thousands of years. Everyone else is just catching on. And I'm glad that they are :o) I hope you're catching this message too. If not, go see your local acupuncturist and they will lovingly share it with you.

I think that weight (and age too to a certain extent btw) is not a root cause and I will go so far as to say that it is ...
02/23/2022

I think that weight (and age too to a certain extent btw) is not a root cause and I will go so far as to say that it is even detrimental to focus on it.

Can we please stop shaming and blaming people, and get to focusing on what really matters and will move the needle?

I've been thinking a lot about how and why I get so excited about the nerdy science behind things, even things that are ...
02/22/2022

I've been thinking a lot about how and why I get so excited about the nerdy science behind things, even things that are very, well, obvious and apparent. ⁠⠀
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The science behind simple, daily, experience-able things like how light affects our brain and circadian rhythm.... what a simple walk does to our body... how important sleep is.... what walking in a forest does to our physiology... it's all fascinating to me!⁠⠀
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But whyyyy does the science make a difference when I can literally FEEL what sleep, walks, light, nature... do to me. I can feel the benefits almost immediately. Perhaps it's silly, really, then... that a research study makes any difference. ⁠⠀
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Same goes for acupuncture. There are studies showing how it affects our physiology, which I think are so COOL. But... whyyyy.... why do we need them? When you can immediately FEEL it. ⁠⠀
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Is the focus on studies slightly racist and the centering of Western Medicine? Maybe? Maybe it's the way many of us are just used to thinking? I don't have the answer, haha! But I think it's worth thinking and talking about. ⁠⠀
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I also, of course, love the poetic metaphorical language of Chinese Medicine, how deep it is, how it illustrates the connections within us and to the natural world. So vast, so wise. Forever more to learn.

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