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02/05/2026

✨ Set an Intention Before Your Day Begins ✨

Setting intentions may be one of the kindest things you can do for yourself—especially when you’re working on health changes. Intentions can be for today, this month, or even this season.

Start small. Small steps are achievable—and reflecting on what you’ve already done builds motivation.

Example: restarting exercise
- Try adding 2 days/week for 30 minutes
- Name your why before you start
- Afterward, notice: How do I feel?
If it feels good and aligns you with your goals, that’s a win worth acknowledging.

Nutrition works the same way—think like you’re teaching a 5‑year‑old.
Make it simple. Make it fun.
Challenge yourself to cook one new or different meal each week. It might be delicious… or maybe just “meh.” Either way, you tried—and that’s the first step.

Intentions can also be deeply personal:
- Building coping skills for tough situations
- Noticing anxiety or stress earlier
- Practicing mindfulness, journaling, or reaching out for professional support

🌱 Remember: A 1,000‑mile journey begins with a single step.
What’s one small intention you can set today?

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09/22/2025

🎉 Don’t miss the Holistic Health Collective Open House! Join us for food, fun, and prizes! Meet some of the clinicians from IWGR this Friday, from 5-7:30pm.
Location: 3368 Beltline Ct. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525

09/05/2025

✨ Did you know the 5 Element Theory of acupuncture can actually help you in the kitchen? 🍲
The five elements — Fire 🔥, Earth 🌍, Metal ⚪, Water 💧, and Wood 🌳 — aren’t just part of acupuncture and healing; they’re also a guide for creating balance in flavor.
👉 Each of the 5 elements in acupuncture has a taste associated with it
* Fire → Bitter
* Earth → Sweet
* Metal → Pungent/Spicy
* Water → Salty
* Wood → Sour
Each element can nurture the next, building strength and harmony… but they can also temper one another, preventing any single taste from becoming overwhelming.
Think of it like this: when your dish is too sweet (Earth), you might add something sour (Wood) to bring it back into balance. Too bitter (Fire)? A touch of salt (Water) can soften it.
Cooking becomes less about following rules and more about creating flow, energy, and harmony — the same principles that guide acupuncture. 🌿✨

07/19/2025

I ❤️ supporting Michigan family medicine physicians! I’ve had such a wonderful time on Mackinac Island meeting up with fellow family physicians at the annual MAFP conference.

Over the last year, I’ve been chairing the committee of professional development for the MAFP which has been a great way to stay in touch with academic medicine and meet general practitioners who strive to make a positive impact in healthcare, plus continue to serve their local community.

So many intelligent + caring souls! 💪🏼🌎⚕️🩺🥼

Pictured above: me and Sarah Pinder, director of member engagement for the MAFP. She helps pull everything together to make these annual conferences happen!

07/04/2025

Happy 4th of July! Wishing you a happy and safe holiday weekend.

06/21/2025

I’ve moved to a new location!

Uplift Health MD is now located at the new Holistic Health Collective building just north of 4 mile on the Beltline ☺️

3368 Beltline Ct. NE
Grand Rapids MI 49525

04/22/2025

Earth Day Reminder: Eat closer to the Earth 🌱
This Earth Day, let’s nourish ourselves AND the planet. 🌿 Choose prepared foods with 4 ingredients or less — real, whole, simple. The fewer steps from the Earth to your plate, the better it is for your body and the environment. 💚
🍎 Fewer chemicals. 🥕 Less packaging. 🌾 Lower carbon footprint.
Being good stewards of the Earth starts with what’s on our plate and how you share your meals. Let’s keep it clean, kind, and conscious — for us and for future generations. 🌱✨

04/02/2025

Micronutrient dense meal. So no attempts at food art presentation 🥹 - but here’s an example of embracing foods that pack a punch. Mixed grain and wild rice, okara (left over soybeans from soy milk making) mixed with seaweed, mushroom pate with walnuts, and side of coleslaw (cruciferous veggies).

This meal brings multiple naturally colored foods to a dish, has whole grains, some nuts, and some isoflavones from soy. Good amount of fiber and healthy protein options.

This is also a way to batch cook different meals and mix and match to create a side dish or combine side dishes for a full meal.

03/27/2025

New Blog Post ‼️

As an integrative medicine and medical acupuncture practitioner, I’m divulging my secret approach to reversing the course of multiple chronic diseases and the simple truth is nutrition. Gosh, how boring is kale? Yet, did you know that by spending an extra 5-15 minutes with my patients asking them what they ate, drank, whether they ate late in the evenings, and what their preferred liquid hydration was helped so many of them lose weight, lowered their blood pressure, and improved their anxiety or depression. Words and listening can be just as powerful as the e-prescribe button and learning to discuss nutrition beyond “let me refer you to a nutritionist.” It’s a healthcare skill that physicians should learn to finesse.

See Link Below 🔗

https://uplifthealthmd.com/my-journey-of-practicing-food-as-medicine-as-a-family-medicine-physician/

03/24/2025

Got Low Back Pain? Acupuncture May Help!

👆Swipe through images above to see some acupuncture approaches that are used in clinic for back pain relief including electroacupuncture, cupping, and more!

1. One needle technique (targeting specific neuroanatomical locations with one needle to relieve neuromuscular pain, may lower pain instantaneously and improve range of motion)

2. Cupping (removes blood stagnation and decreases muscle tension)

3. Moxa (unique Japanese style acupuncture that involves acupuncture and localized heat)

4. Electroacupuncture (evidence based approach for chronic low back pain with non-medicated anesthesia properties to lower pain for an extended duration)

💡Did you know that 90% of lower back pain cases have no identifiable cause on imaging or tests? This is called nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP).

A recent systematic review of multiple studies found that patients who combined acupuncture with standard medical care saw: ✔️ Greater pain relief ✔️ Improved mobility & function ✔️ Less reliance on medication

Acupuncture & electroacupuncture offer a natural way to manage pain and promote relaxation—without the side effects of medication! Many patients report little to no discomfort during treatment.

Reference: Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (Medical Acupuncture, April 2022)

✨ Curious to see if acupuncture can help your back pain? Drop a comment or send a DM!

03/11/2025

Trying out new things especially new foods can always be an adventure. Sometimes it’s good and sometimes not so good! However as a busy mom and doctor I try to stay creative in these situations. This is a side salad I put together in about 10 minutes for lunch. Left over baby greens, dried watermelon from Trader Joe’s (not liked by my kiddos!) and a homemade salad dressing (peanuts butter, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, and minced garlic).

So the “fun nutrition wins” was using up food that the rest of the family won’t eat and discovering a new homemade dressing that I like. Recipe for this dressing and many other vegetarian sauces can be found in “The Saucy Vegetarian” by Joanne Stepaniak.

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3368 Beltline Court
Grand Rapids, MI
49525

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8am - 12pm

Website

http://www.uplifthealthmd.com/

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