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I'm a 35 year old Northern California suburban native, oldest of 3 girls and the proud black sheep.

Currently: Massage therapist, esthetician, late bloomer, Chinese Medicine geek.

Formerly: fabric store assistant, rock climber, insurance salesperson, addict.

Likes: reading and watching scifi, fantasy and mysteries if they have decent female characters; baking healthy-ish things; making magic; eating; comedy shows; other people's dogs/kids; crocheting; hip hop dance; street fairs; typos on menus

Dislikes: drugs/alcohol because life can be overwhelming enough all by itself; inappropriate apostrophes, rudeness

'Magic' is shorthand for 'we don't know why this happens'

"I don't do drugs, I am drugs" - Salvador Dali

Better at making lists than bios.

I came into Chinese Medicine after I saw the work of acupuncturists through our mutual clients, and being completely floored to see positive healing transformation where I didn't think any was possible. I wanted to do more for my clients, and to achieve a greater understanding of body systems outside of the western medical model. This model had failed me and my loved ones in many ways. I was also looking for a unifying theory to fit the discrete bouncing subjects in my head. Chinese Medicine fulfilled all these requirements.

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