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Your Gut Keeps Score: Understanding the Hidden Cost of Emotional Labor

The knot in your stomach during a difficult conversation isn’t just anxiety. It’s your gut literally keeping score of every unresolved emotion, every difficult story you’ve absorbed, and every feeling you’ve swallowed instead of processed. If you’re someone who spends your days helping others through their darkest moments, your digestive system is paying a price […]

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Gut Health and Immunity

I use hand sanitizers a lot in my practice.  I normally do not use them a lot in my everyday life outside of work- except for now.  There is a good reason for this.  While hand sanitizers are great at killing the bad viruses and bacteria, they also kill the good bacteria that naturally has […]

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How Does Acupuncture Reduce Stress?

Our body has so many ways of warning us that things just aren’t right.  Sometimes its hard to hear them.  While general stress is a byproduct of life it can also be a warning sign.

Dr. Riley Smith, LAc · DACM · DiplOM

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