Awaken Integrative Wellness Clinic

10/14/2024

My first podcast of many. Enjoy!

https://ppn-worldwide.simplecast.com/episodes/10393-carmen-call-10-09-24-wellness-clinic-matt

Where Brilliance Meets Business

04/21/2024

PSA—-Cold plunges - please be careful! I had another new patient who mentioned doing cold plunges. In my practice I have yet to see it turn out well. People typically do it to calm inflammation (which is the body trying to heal itself!). Chronic inflammation causes disease - ideally you would notice early on and come see me to figure out the root cause and fix it. The root is never cold plunge deficiency 😉.

Back to the story - The lightbulb moment happened for him about an hour into the appointment. He said all of his issues started as soon as he started doing cold plunges 8 months ago. It resulted in 20 allergist-diagnosed food sensitivities. He had no allergies 9 months ago. He also has eczema now. He had not had eczema since he was a child. He isn’t digesting his food (loose 💩). These are the results of the immune system (gut/digestion) being too cold. He is headed toward autoimmune disease. Cold digestion or being stressed - which changes the heart rate and digestive function (fight or flight/sympathetic nervous system on overdrive) are the root causes of autoimmunity. (Stress can also be a virus/bacteria/chemical, etc, not just emotional, but I digress.) Now that there are so many layers we can’t just warm him up with herbal formulas and moxa and send him on his way. His immune system would freak out. We have to peel back the layers one at a time. I have lived this immune system dysfunction nightmare - It took me 20 years to figure it out. I’m grateful to help so early in his search but I’d like to prevent my friends/family/ patients from going down this path. Sending love and health to all 🙌💕✨

03/10/2024

Xiao Yao San. One of the most popular herbal formulas out there. Too good not to share ☺️

Xiao Yao San is a classic Chinese herbal blend formulated during the Taiping Era (1107 AD). Your acupuncturist will prescribe Xiao Yao San for liver qi stagn...

12/28/2023

2023 has been one for the record books. My friend Jessica from Chinese Medicine school captured it so beautifully. Hopefully this helps you find deeper meaning in what many, including me, have called the saddest and happiest year of their lives. Gotta shake it up to move it out. Mission accomplished. Still we RISE. 💕🙌✨✨✨

Year in Review: 2023, byeee! 🎊

Because this year has been a lot.

I think it would be safe to say it’s been a lot for us all.

There is so much happening in the collective. I don’t think I have to name all the ways in which the intensity of the world is turned up right now.

We’re on the precipice of something but I think it’s going to be a long road. So we all feel it, it reverberates through our lives often unconsciously.

I personally felt like I was being broken down this year in a refinement process.

Broken open to receive the medicine more deeply.

It was a Metal Rabbit year in the Chinese zodiac. Metal is all about refining. The metal organs, the lungs and the large intestine are always working to extract only what is needed.

The refinement or purification process looks like being stripped down in order to find what’s really there at the core.

It’s going through with a detailed eye, picking things apart, seeing all the ways in which that piece, that story, that pattern, that behavior doesn’t belong anymore in order to create deeper truth and integrity.

I would say for me, it was a refining, shadow work year. Hbu?

But all of this has prepared me for the next step.

One of which I feel is coming together so beautifully now over the past two months. And without all of that prep work I wouldn’t have been able to meet this next chapter in the new way that’s necessary.

This year has led me to trust and open more deeply to myself so I could take this next big leap.

And I have watched so many of the people that I support make a similar journey.

Like a phoenix, we rise.

What’s been the flavor of your year? I’d love to know, tell me in the comments: was it a phoenix year for you too?

Love this image from .bylari 💗✨🙏🏼

12/01/2023

I have SO much to say about mold illness. It is the most under-diagnosed cause of illness, from food allergies to autoimmunity to cancer. It destroys the digestive system, better known as our immune system. I’m glad to see other physicians are catching on.

Mold illness is sometimes referred to as chronic inflammatory response syndrome, but mycotoxins contribute to illness in several ways.

08/01/2023

Fluoride targets the thyroid - how many of you know someone with thyroid issues? It took me 10 years of knowing I had a thyroid issue before Dr-ordered testing finally showed it was an issue, but I digress. (I am grateful I had the tools to heal it naturally.)
Fluoridated water also causes digestive issues - digestion is the root of your overall health and energy levels. There’s a misconception that ‘digestive issues’ means noticeable digestive upset - many times there are no digestive symptoms whatsoever. Symptoms are typically eczema and many skin conditions, nutrient malabsorption, toxin overload, weakened digestive function leading to viruses, infections, parasites and many other issues taking over. Filter your water and make sure it removes the fluoride.

Times are changing. More data has come out. Health institutions have lost trust. Perceptions have shifted.

12/26/2022

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Sending some your way today and every day.

11/27/2022

Women - Worried about your cholesterol? I recently went to get my annual bloodwork and a thought popped into my head - I wonder how levels of every blood marker change with our cycles? Surprisingly, I came across this article - and there are many others out there regarding cholesterol. Your number could be 240 but if you wait just two weeks and it could be 200- that’s the difference between high cholesterol and healthy levels. That’s the difference between being put on life-long cholesterol medication or not (or being put on a short-term herbal remedy to regulate it long-term). I also wonder how the other markers change? And why don’t our doctors monitor where we are in our cycles to determine when to get the bloodwork so they can determine if those levels from year to year are actually a concern? Food for thought.
https://www.webmd.com/women/news/20100812/menstrual-cycle-affects-cholesterol-levels #:~:text=In%20their%20study%2C%20total%20cholesterol,says%20study%20researcher%20Sunni%20L.

Blood cholesterol levels ebb and flow according a woman's menstrual cycle, and screening tests should be timed accordingly for the most accurate results, a study shows.

11/24/2022

Today I am especially grateful for all my patients! I am also grateful I was able to resolve all of my allergies/sensitivities this past year with the SAAT treatment I was trained to do a year ago. I searched for answers and became an acupuncturist so I could find a treatment like SAAT. Here I am, doing what I set out to do 10 years ago, with solutions for people like me. I am honored and immensely grateful to give the gift of healing to all of you! 🤗💕✨

04/30/2022

Here's what research says about the complementary therapy

02/01/2022

I am so excited to announce I am now treating allergies!

I can now treat symptoms of everything from mild sensitivities to major sensitivities - food sensitivities, environmental allergens, literally ANYthing that causes a reaction in your body. The treatment method I use is Soliman Auricular Allergy Treatment (SAAT) and results in 80-95% elimination of allergy symptoms, regardless of their origin.

Those who don’t know me well may not know I have been referred to the most allergic person on the planet. It is the reason I decided to pursue a career in Chinese Medicine because this issue is near and dear to my heart. I even became allergic to sparkling mineral water at one point. You can become allergic to anything under the sun, including the sun itself.

Come see me - I can literally change your life. ✨