Find a Happier You

Find a Happier You

Life is busy and can be challenging. Acupuncture can help create a valuable space to reconnect with your inner self emotionally, energetically, and spiritually. Let's guide you back to yourself when you feel a little lost.

Life's challenges can take a significant toll on both mind and body. The pace of modern living often drives our cortisol levels to the max, leading to stress, anxiety, low mood, poor sleep, and declining physical health. 

 We are constantly switched on, and this state of overdrive contributes to many of today's illnesses. Acupuncture offers a gentle, natural way to restore balance and calm us. Activating the parasympathetic nervous system allows us to breathe again. This shift helps us feel more grounded, in control, and at peace.

ental Health in the Acupuncture Clinic

I see patients daily coming for mental health conditions. I believe it's the biggest problem facing modern society. The World Health Organisation (WHO) suggests over 450 million people are suffering. Much of this, I believe, can be attributed to the way that we are in the modern world, where we are constantly glued to our phones, being dopamine addicts, continually multitasking, overworking, and so much more. But what are some of the main conditions in the clinic I treat? 

In addition, things like neurodiversity are often treated in the clinic. This includes things like ADHD and so much more.

Many people find their way to acupuncture when it comes to mental health because it is an entirely natural process, which works on the harmony within your body, rather than using drugs to numb the pain. It's treating the deep root, the underlying problem, to create a meaningful change rather than putting a plaster over the top of the wound.

This happens partly because the needles work on changing the body's chemistry, including releasing natural chemicals like dopamine. But it's also about the deep healing that an acupuncture session creates, which is partly through deep listening. You get so much time with me, which gives you the space and time to be heard without judgment, with someone who understands what you're going through, and someone who generally cares about your wellbeing. 

But the other reason why people often choose acupuncture for mental health is because of the flexibility it provides. It doesn't actually require you to talk about anything; you don't have to go and revisit traumas regularly or explain things in detail. We can go deep or rely on the body's own signals and the principles of Chinese Medicine. With Josh, there is no expectation of speaking before you're ready. However, it's often likened to therapy, but patients comment on how deeply it treats. They're usually amazed that it clears things or creates a lasting change that years of therapy couldn't always do.

— Allie

Here are a few links that may be of interest.