I have been seeing an acupuncturist for about a month now for lets just say, digestive issues. It was something that I wasn’t sure I wanted to do, but after the random suggestions from many, I decided to try it. I am right now going to Harmony Wellness Center in Maitland and Christina Prieto is my doctor. She studied medicine at Florida College of Integrative Medicine and did a semester in China as well.
How it works is that they believe that energy flows through the body…which we all know it does. They call it Chi. It flows along several paths or meridian lines throughout your body. When they use the needles, the place them in the skin on certain points that trigger the nervous system to send more energy to certain spots.
In my case, the treatment also has to do with my intestine, stomach and gallbladder…just to name a few. So, the doctor places between 15-20 different needles in different spots around my body (legs, arms, tummy, forehead, toes) to trigger the energy to go to where my body needs it to help with digestion.
The needles are relatively painless…sometimes it sends almost like an electric impulse straight through my toes, but then the feeling goes away. I stay relaxed with some Stephen Harper playing on the ipod. About 25 minutes later, she readjusts the needles a little and then I rest for another 10-15. She is also having me take some natural herbs. Within the first 24 hours I noticed a HUGE difference and over the last three weeks are definitely improving.
So, if you have any annoying pain that wont go away, or are ready to try something new instead of prescription drugs, you may want to give acupuncture a try. Christina also has said that acupuncture is huge on treating infertility, so if this is something that you are dealing with, before dishing over the money for different therapies, you may want to give this a try.
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Intentionally and incrementally. Most families who live this way did not leap from conventional to adventurous overnight. They built remote work capacity, paid down debt, tested longer trips, and had increasingly honest conversations about what they actually want from their lives. The leap feels bigger from outside than from inside.
Different for every family. For some it is long-term travel. For others it is weekend adventures close to home. What connects them is intentionality about how time is spent and a preference for experiences over accumulation. The version that fits your family is the right one.
By finding stability within the adventure rather than treating them as opposites. Routines, rituals, and family rhythms travel with you. Familiar foods, bedtime routines, and predictable family dynamics provide stability even when the location changes. Kids need consistency in relationships more than consistency in geography.
That people are fundamentally similar across cultures in what they want for their families. That comfort zone is a smaller circle than it feels from inside. That the things worth having in life require effort and discomfort to get. And that time together doing hard interesting things is the most reliable source of family closeness.
By getting clear on why you made the choices you made and returning to that clarity when the outside noise gets loud. Most families living unconventionally describe an initial period of explaining themselves that gradually gives way to just living the life. The explaining becomes less necessary as the results become visible.
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