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Yoon Acupuncture & Coaching

I help you restore the flow of your Qi—physically and emotionally—so you experience greater balance, less pain, and a profound sense of peace.

I help you feel better naturally. I earned a bachelor's of arts in Biology from Wellesley College in 1997, and a Masters degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Five Branches University in Santa Cruz, California in 2002. Additional trainings and certificates include:

• Hypnosis certification from the Wellness Institute
• Evidence-based health coach certification through National Society of Health Coaches
• Life coach certification from The Life Coach School
• Inner voice facilitation training with Jess Lively
• Intuitive Eating Counselor with Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

My unique background, skills and experience allow me to help people get unstuck physically and emotionally by treating the root cause of their challenges. Whether it's through energy or intuition work, I help people heal themselves and move forward in life with ease and flow. I am committed and passionate about helping people live the healthiest life they ACTUALLY enjoy.

02/21/2026

First Kit's Café Coffee Chat is available for café patrons ☕️.
BTW, we drink tea there, too.
Lots of tea.
But no popcorn.
Not yet.

This Coffee Chat has everything to do with popcorn.

https://kityoon.substack.com/p/coffee-chat-popcorn-man

02/18/2026

"It’s finally here: The Fire Horse!

Yang.
Active.
Energized.

It feels like an action film after a long Shakespearean tragedy.

But I’m not here today to dramatize it. I’m here to help you work with it — so this energy supports your health instead of hijacking it.

Let’s go full Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

From a TCM lens, Fire Horse is:

Fire element dominance → Heart, Shen, circulation, nervous system

Horse energy → motion, freedom, momentum, courage (and yes, impulsivity)

High Qi velocity → things move quickly: emotionally, relationally, professionally, somatically

In plain language. The Fire Horse year brings..."

https://kityoon.substack.com/p/happy-fire-horse

02/15/2026

First post for Kit's Café is up!

"Remember Thursday nights in the 90s?

If we’re about the same age, you remember how much fun Thursday night television was. Friends. Seinfeld. Sitting on the couch with your actual friends. No phones. No real life obligations — yet.

A simple sitcom could create such a warm, connected feeling.

We loved the Ross and Rachel drama and wanted Joey as a friend. We were annoyed by Monica and adored Phoebe and Chandler.

Not because they were perfect."

Become a subscriber and read the rest: https://kityoon.substack.com/p/central-perk-vibes

02/13/2026

There are 9 types of hungers, most of which don't have to do with food.

Find out some of them in the new post here where there might be a grand idea brewing!

https://kityoon.substack.com/p/a-grand-idea

02/11/2026

This might be the message you need to hear today.

It's a chocolate story, but it does not really have to do with chocolate. Of course.

https://kityoon.substack.com/p/chocolate-purgatory

02/09/2026

PSA!

There's an opening for a Hoilstic Acupuncture session tomorrow, 2/10 at 3:30pm at my office in Clintonville.

New or returning patients are both welcome to schedule via this link: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17420239&appointmentType=60320722

02/08/2026

Cake, Coffee and Crown. All included in this new post on the Second Spring Chronicle:

"It was 4pm on a recent Monday afternoon.

I was at my favorite bakery, blissfully eating a piece of cake with a cup of regular coffee before my therapy session.

This is not a normal routine for me — for a variety of reasons (appetite that evening, sleep that night). But that day, it was exactly what my inner doctor ordered.

So I listened.
Gladly.

When I sat down on her couch, my therapist commented on how calm I seemed compared to all the previous sessions.

“Oh, it’s the cake and coffee,” I said with a little wink and a lot of pride.

She was right — I did feel calm and collected.

We hadn’t even talked about my intuitive eating journey yet — there are other layers to peel off before we get there!

You know, the worst thing about my “accidental diet” wasn’t the weeks of deprivation. I mean, that part wasn’t fun — giving up some of my favorite foods. Like cakes and muffins.

That felt like losing my “friends.”

But as it turns out, losing food friends was hard. Losing trust in my own body signals was a lot harder.

My inner doctor got silenced often.
My inner child got sad a lot.

I was confused, to say the least, and often asking myself:

What the F happened?"

Read the rest here: https://kityoon.substack.com/p/what-the-f-happened

02/02/2026

New post on the Second Spring Chronicle:

An excerpt:

"These days, I can feel lost, even though I have never been here before.

I blame it on the empty house, the midlife awakening, and yes, the hormones!

Symptoms of menopause do show up everywhere. Sure, we get irritated and irrational. We’re constantly hot and cold (physically and emotionally). We wake up with vertigo and tinnitus, aching joints and sore muscles. We get strange cravings and appetite. Our bodies sprout pudgy layers in the most unexpected places. That’s just scratching the surface of the physical stuff!

Meanwhile, something psychological is happening, too.

We, midlife women, are waking up with bigger questions now—not just about tonight’s dinner or summer camp registrations.

We’re waking up to asking questions about who we are, what we actually want. We wonder why we do what we do."

Read the whole post here: https://kityoon.substack.com/p/my-hun-is-hovering

01/25/2026

Before you read on, I want to acknowledge the injustice and cruelty that continue to unfold in the United States right now at the end of January, 2026. I’m not ignoring that reality, nor am I minimizing it by sharing something personal here. For this moment, though, I’m choosing to create a respite for your soul—a place to set the heaviness down and take a breath, and gently return to what you can focus on: you.
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A few weeks ago, on a frigid day in Seoul, the kids and I ducked into a sweet little tea shop in the Insadong neighborhood. We ordered warm drinks and treats, and tucked ourselves into a cozy corner to thaw out.

When my order arrived, it came with a small snowman—casually lounging, his happy belly propping him up. Something about him brought me immediate joy. The kids loved him, too. We immediately named him Latte, because… well, he came with one.

Without stopping to ask whether it was legitimate or not, I took possession of Latte. He was mine—even if this technically qualified as a very gentle form of burglary. I honestly didn’t care. He was too cute, too dear—the perfect little souvenir I didn’t know I needed.

More on the Second Spring Chronicle: https://kityoon.substack.com/p/messy-midlife-and-tiny-snowman

01/21/2026

New Post on the Second Spring Chronicle:

"Jet lag got me good this time.

Twelve hours is about the hardest adjustment a body can make. When it’s midnight in Columbus, Ohio, it’s noon in Bangkok, Thailand. That’s not sleep time - that’s lunch time!

Last week, there were many nights when I watched the clock turn from 12am to 1am to 2am. There were many days that started at those hours, because the more I wanted to drift back to sleep, the further away slumber felt. Eventually, I’d give up and just get up.

Forcing my body to do something completely out of sync with its internal rhythm took an enormous amount of effort. The more I forced, the more frustrated I became. The more frustrated I became, the less my body cooperated. That vicious loop of expectation (I’m supposed to be sleeping!), willpower (I have to make this happen!), defeat (no sleep!), and disappointment (I failed!) literally kept me awake.

My mind did not trust my body.

I was rushing, mandating, and should-ing a process that requires grace and surrender—not demand and judgment.

It was like ordering ice to melt at 33 degrees.
It was like demanding a child potty-train on a specific date.
It was like expecting a heartbreak to heal overnight.

In Chinese medicine, this is what we call Zhi Out of Balance."

Read the rest here, plus an update on the Chinese New Year Vision Quest:

https://kityoon.substack.com/p/its-not-about-sleep

01/11/2026

Back to reality.

Not all of me is back quite yet - it does take a while for the soul to catch up with the body after traveling through multiple time zones.

But I am back enough to answer some of your questions about our recent trip to my homeland. You want to hear about the adventures, the peaceful Thai temples and beautiful southern beaches. Plus,

How was the food?! How did the kids experience their other cultural half—one that is mostly foreign to them?! How are the fake monks doing?

I’ve answered those questions honestly, for the most part.

What I haven’t shared until now is that, personally, the best part of the trip was not the food, or the beaches. It wasn’t even the incredible Thai massages or the precious family time. Those were all stupendous, but the best part of the trip?

It was Lily.

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Read the rest of this Second Spring Chronicle post here: https://kityoon.substack.com/p/the-thai-teacher

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