- 17
- Episodes
- 17
- Ratings
- 2023
- First episode
About You Are Medicine!
You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness through Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives.
- Publisher
- Thuy Nguyen
- Category
- education · health & fitness · health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Jun 2023
- Latest episode
- 11 Sept 2024
Latest episodes
17 episodes in the feed.
11 Sept 2024
Autumn, Ghosts & Chinese Medicine
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.
15 Jul 2024
TCM Seasonal Guidance: Summertime!
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! — Podcast Theme & Episode Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (http://laurainserra.com) — You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine (http://bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine).
17 Apr 2024
The Force that Heals & Creates: A Conversation w/ Naomi Rose
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. Learn more about Naomi on her website: rosepress.com (https://www.rosepress.com/). To purchase a copy of Thuy’s book, The Sprit of Spring, visit us in-person at BCA, or online here (https://a.co/d/fx2dA29). — Podcast Theme & Episode Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (http://laurainserra.com) — You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine (http://bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine).
29 Jan 2024
Wood Dragon Chinese New Year: What's In Store
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! — Podcast Theme & Episode Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com — You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine.
7 Dec 2023
What is a Healer? Interview w/ Sabine Wilms
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. — Podcast Theme & Episode Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com — You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine.
19 Oct 2023
Pain: An Interview w/ Mitch Jeserich
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. — Podcast Theme & Episode Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (http://laurainserra.com) — You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine (http://bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine).
8 Sept 2023
Chinese Astrology: The 12 Zodiac Animals (Part 2)
(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. Episode Notes: If you have an iOS device, download the DYC Tong Shu App to learn your 4 Chinese Zodiac Animals. https://apps.apple.com/ng/app/dyc-tongshu/id1000008721 — Podcast Theme & Episode Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (http://laurainserra.com) — You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine (http://bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine).
8 Sept 2023
Chinese Astrology: The 12 Zodiac Animals (Part 1)
(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. Episode Notes: If you have an iOS device, download the DYC Tong Shu App to learn your 4 Chinese Zodiac Animals. https://apps.apple.com/ng/app/dyc-tongshu/id1000008721 — Podcast Theme & Episode Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (http://laurainserra.com) — You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine (http://bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine).
28 Jul 2023
Sweat It! Easy Healing at Home
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. — Podcast Theme & Episode Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (http://laurainserra.com) — You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine (http://bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine).
1 Jul 2023
Death, Elderhood, and Wisdom
Join Thuy and Stephen Jenkinson (https://orphanwisdom.com) 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. — Podcast Theme Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (http://laurainserra.com) Episode Music: Songs from: “Nights of Grief & Mystery (https://orphanwisdom.com/nights-of-grief-and-mystery/)” by Stephen Jenkinson (https://orphanwisdom.com/) and Gregory Hoskins (https://gregoryhoskins.com/) — You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine (http://bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine).
1 Jul 2023
Fear, Trauma, and Batman
In this thought provoking program, Thuy and Dr. Bayo Akomolafe (https://www.bayoakomolafe.net) offer a radical shift in perspective as they discuss modern medicine vs healing, illness as medicine, and partnering with fear. — Podcast Theme Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (http://laurainserra.com) Episode Music: “Over the River and Through the River (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Father_Sleep/Father_Sleep/Over_the_River_and_Through_the_River)” by Father Sleep (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Father_Sleep/) is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) “Falkensteiner Memories (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/lightshine/falkensteiner-memories-id-1825/)” by Lobo Loco (https://www.musikbrause.de/) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) “Thriller Intro (https://freesound.org/people/tyops/sounds/459163/)” by Tyops (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr3jCke4qLEbwDzboTMZVmQ) is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine (http://bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine).
30 Jun 2023
What Should I Eat?
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. — Podcast Theme Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (http://laurainserra.com) Episode Music: “Sunset Soul (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/darkness-and-light/sunset-soul/)” by Ketsa (https://ketsa.uk/) is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) “Food (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/AWOL/AWOL_-_A_Way_Of_Life/Food/)” by AWOL-A Way of Life (https://myspace.com/awayoflifemusic) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) — You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine (http://bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine).
22 Jun 2023
Walking the Red Road
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 as she talks to William Verburg about his healing path down the Red Road. — Podcast Theme Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (https://laurainserra.com) You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine (https://bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine).
22 Jun 2023
Spirituality & Healing
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. — Podcast Theme Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (https://laurainserra.com) You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine (https://bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine).
21 Jun 2023
Creativity & Healing
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. View Creative Works: Debbie Huey (http://bumperboy.net/), Jennifer Parker (https://openlabresearch.com/), Paul Wang (https://oaklandpaul.myportfolio.com/), Sebastian Snow (https://www.ricespicemag.com/), Melody Copp (https://www.melodycopp.com/) — Podcast Theme Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (http://laurainserra.com) Episode Music: “Lake Victoria” by Poddington Bear of soundofpicture.com (http://soundofpicture.com) is licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/) You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine (https://bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine).
14 Jun 2023
Everything is Medicine: Chief Justice Robert Yazzie
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. — Podcast Theme Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (https://laurainserra.com) You Are Medicine! affirms your innate healing powers and interconnectedness, offering health and healing wisdom from Traditional Chinese Medicine and Indigenous world view perspectives. You Are Medicine! is a production of Thuy Nguyen and Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Learn more at bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine (https://bcaclinic.com/youaremedicine).
12 Jun 2023
Trailer: You Are Medicine!
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 (https://www.bcaclinic.com/practitioner/thuy) of Berkeley Community Acupuncture (https://www.bcaclinic.com). — Theme Music by: Laura Inserra laurainserra.com (https://laurainserra.com)
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- 7 ratings
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- 5.0 / 5
- 10 ratings
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