Join Thuy and Rosie as they discuss Ghost Month and the connection between ghosts and Traditional Chinese Medicine! Learn about the origins of Chinese medicine and reflect on our modern understanding of ghosts and their relationship with us — the living.

In this dynamic podcast, Thuy offers a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) view of the Summer qi available to us all as she talks to three young adults who are in the Summertime of their lives! Listen in to learn how TCM can both guide them and you through a healthy Summer season! 

Join Thuy and creative midwife Naomi Rose as they discuss Thuy’s latest book, The Spirit of Spring. The conversation becomes a meditation on the healing and creative forces that are ever present and invites the listener to be in relationship to this magnetic pull in their own lives. It’s an invitation to go within, listen deeply and to feel the inherent creative, healing force that is urging and bringing all things together, effortlessly.

The Lunar New Year is February 10th and it is a Yang Wood Dragon year! Sounds exciting, doesn't it? But what does it actually mean? Listen in as Thuy and her friends—Rosie & Daniel—discuss the meaning of this coming year and how to understand it from a lens that is beneficial and healing for you!

What did it mean to be a healer in ancient times and how is it different now? Listen in as Thuy discusses this topic with Sabine Wilms, PhD, medical anthropologist, writer and translator of ancient Chinese medical texts. Their discussion spans wide reaches of time and space as they attempt to make meaningful and relevant ancient wisdom to our modern times, discovering the deeper meaning of healer and healing.

What is pain, and how can we heal from it? Thuy talks with Mitch Jeserich, who shares his personal journey with pain, treatment, and healing. Together they discuss pain in terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the involvement of spiritual aspects along the healing journey.

(Part 2 of 2) Chinese Astrology is the study and mapping of recurring cyclical patterns in nature. The 12 Zodiac Animals are a playful representation of patterns in human-nature. Join Thuy and Daniel as they delve into the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals through discussions with patients and family members, as they help each person to understand and embrace their natural tendencies and patterns.

(Part 1 of 2) Chinese Astrology is the study and mapping of recurring cyclical patterns in nature. The 12 Zodiac Animals are a playful representation of patterns in human-nature. Join Thuy and Daniel as they delve into the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals through discussions with patients and family members, as they help each person to understand and embrace their natural tendencies and patterns.

In this month's podcast episode, Thuy teaches five patients how to do Xong hoi, or Vietnamese folk sauna. She instructs the patients in this easy home remedy and they report their experiences. The conversations explore the profound healing possibilities of folk wisdom and knowledge that is lost in our fast pace modern living.

Join Thuy and Stephen Jenkinson as they wonder out loud on the topic of death. Together they discuss how the dominant North American culture influences our understanding of death and elderhood and demonstrate what activism may look like in such a culture.

In this thought provoking program, Thuy and Dr. Bayo Akomolafe offer a radical shift in perspective as they discuss modern medicine vs healing, illness as medicine, and partnering with fear.

Join Thuy and nutritionist Rosie Ueng in conversation about how our relationship with food and ourselves affect our nourishment in profound ways. We discuss familiar topics like “clean” eating from a fresh perspective and emphasize the importance of love and gratitude in eating.

Healing means different things to different people. What it means to your life will lead you down different paths towards it. The Red Road is an indigenous path of healing that explores healing beyond what modern medicine recognizes. Join Thuy Nguyen as she talks to William Verburg about his healing path down the Red Road.

Traditional Chinese Medicine can affect healing towards all aspects of the human experience, including the spiritual. Join Thuy as she tells of a mind bending experience with a patient whereby profound spiritual healing was activated through acupuncture that defies our usual understanding of how healing works.

Join Thuy as she discusses a much neglected topic concerning our health: creativity. We all have creative energy, but for many of us it remains undiscovered, dormant or stagnant. Thuy converses with creatives of all kinds on what might be blocking us creatively, and how to unblock and re-engage our creative energy for health and well-being.

Thuy and Former Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation, Robert Yazzie, talk about the parallels between Chinese Medicine and Indigenous knowledge: nature, patterns, connection, and how there is always medicine available even in trying times.

Welcome to You Are Medicine!, a podcast that affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous Wisdom. Produced and hosted by Thuy Nguyen of Berkeley Community Acupuncture.