Introducing Chinese Medicine Central (the evolution of Deepest Health)

I started Deepest Health in 2007 as a second year student at National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM). I am a person who learns by writing and by teaching, and a blog seemed an ideal way to do both, while also building a potential resource for patients. As it developed, I realized that I wasn’t that interested in writing for patients (though I’ve warmed up to the idea in the last 5 years), but instead found real happiness in discussing various aspects of the medicine with my peers and with practitioners all over the world. After graduation, I decided to experiment with expanding my offerings to include courses, various attempts to energize the podcast, and even some ventures into video. In the last six months, my urge to add more value to the site has grown. But, because my previous efforts have been stymied at times, I wanted to make sure I did things right – and sprung into a new year of activity with joy. I did a lot of thinking, talked to mentors and friends, and gave the process time. Finally, I realized that I needed to make a fundamental change to the site. When I see the name “Deepest Health” I am reminded of the day I came up with that name back in my second year of school. It was a flippant choice, ultimately, based on what “sounded good,” and because it was never intended to reach a particularly wide audience, I didn’t care much about what the name conveyed. Sometimes that can be great – and I can’t den...
Source: Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine - Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Tags: Community and Cultivation Source Type: blogs