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Nicole is an Edmonton based Acupuncturist and Traditional Chinese Medical Doctor (TCMD) specializing in Sexual and Reproductive Medicine. Using Acupuncture, Chinese Medical Herbs, a Spiritual foundation and Western medical advances, Nicole strives to effectively treat and care for people on their fertility journey and helps them restore their health and vitality.

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Do you feel so overwhelmed with food? It seems li

Do you feel so overwhelmed with food?

It seems like every corner you turn there is a diet or eating plan that seems to contradict the last one you just learned about

PCOS diets
Medical Medium diets
Diets for high blood pressure
Eat salt
Don’t eat salt
The list goes on and on

A while back I started having dizzy spells and feeling nauseous quite frequently
I started where I usually do, western medicine. We live in a physical realm, so that’s usually the easiest place to start - nothing abnormal showed up in my blood work

So I turned to #Chinesemedicine

Dizziness and nausea can be a few patterns of imbalance (wind, yin deficiency, yang deficiency, blood deficiency etc)

And I kept feeling a connection with food. Yes I had cravings and some of them I knew were not conducive to me feeling better and some of them made total sense when I looked at it from a Chinese medicine view

So, that’s where I’m starting
Eating foods that tonify yin and balance my liver

The great thing about Chinese medicine is if you’re treating a pattern of imbalance you end up getting a lot more benefits than just treating a symptom. So for now my goal was to treat my dizziness and nausea, but because I’m treating a pattern it all helps my infertility, balancing blood sugar and hormones as well

Killing two birds with one stone
Side benefits
Instead of
Side effects
What a beautiful medicine it is
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#chinesemedicine #chinesemedicinepractitioner #fertility #fertilitysupport #fertilitydiettips

Have you ever gone to your doctor because you’re

Have you ever gone to your doctor because you’re not feeling well and they do tests and everything comes back normal?

What do you do now?

I notice a lot of pressure and frustration towards doctors and western medicine, and what I want us all to understand is we Co-Create our systems. This includes our medical system

When do you go see your doctor?
Usually when you’re at your wits end and you need some answers and our body is screaming at you

So what options do your doctors have? Something that works NOW and QUICK

And we get frustrated when all of their tools come back with no answers. Doctors have a scope of practice. This is a stream of knowledge they have in a certain area. And then methods of which they can treat you. If that area doesn’t have answers, you do not stop and throw up your arms

Take this as an opportunity to then begin to look in other areas

Mental
Emotional
Sexual
Spiritual
Environmental
Energetic

These are all places to start
And yes, they will take exploration, willingness, determination, and trial & error

Take some responsibility and become a bit of a detective
Your health depends on it
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#healthandwellness #medicinewoman #medicine #healingisaprocess #healingcoach #acupunctureworks #fertilityissues #fertilitywarrior #fertilityhealth

My partner and I got into a big fight, about 3 mon

My partner and I got into a big fight, about 3 months ago. It quite literally was a screaming match. Which is quite out of character for us, we often are so focused on making sure we understand the other person that we usually don’t lash out.

However, after this fight we both felt…..like….REALLY good. We felt more connected, we both felt like we could breathe a little better and like something had lifted. I felt a little more ok with being my true self and that it wouldn’t hurt him & vice versa. It was a noticeable shift. So, naturally I was fascinated.

How could something that I have learned to be “bad” in a relationship be something that brought such good?

And The other day it finally hit me.

3 years ago, I was in the most “conscious” environment I could have imagined. Surrounded by, what I thought, were some of the most spiritual people I had come across, trying to be the most healed version of myself. And I was, truthfully, the most unhappy and unwell I have ever been in my entire life.

I was swallowing my authenticity frequently and being rewarded for it, I was scared to be assertive or speak loudly and with conviction, I was scared to fight or say rude things, or gossip, or hate someone, or not be compassionate, or choose my patterns. I was always trying to be the most conscious version of myself I could possibly be.

And I started to look at my patients, the ones that are seemingly “woke” and trying to be conscious of others and the world. They seem to carry the most amount of physical pain and disease.

And you know what I realized?

You cannot be “Healed” every single second of the day. Part of this spiritual work is becoming more human. And part of being human is being petty, and getting angry, and fighting with your partner, and gossiping with a friend and not liking someone you come across, and eating that fucking donut.

Because if you keep stifling your natural reaction, it causes a lot of disease within your body, mind and spirit.

So, I ask you this;
How much of your natural reaction have you stifled in the name of being “conscious”?
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#acupuncture #consciousness #thenewage #healingisnotlinear #growthanddevelopment

Infertility I read part of a poem the other day t

Infertility

I read part of a poem the other day that said “it’s hard making space in your heart for something that seems to never come”

I’ve always struggled with this. Growing up I remember wanting things SO badly it felt like it consumed me. Desire was strong for me. And I often felt disappointed and hurt

I don’t remember when or why but I had a few experiences that made me feel like if I just acted like I didn’t want something it usually would happen for me

Frustrated and unconscious, I created the belief system that if I wanted something too badly then it would never happen for me. It would repel it

Later in life, and through the past two years, I’ve started to understand that when I come back to my self and refocus my energy back to me, it allows life to flow THROUGH me and to me

So it wasn’t about “not caring” or “not wanting / longing for something”

I still long for a child. Deeply. I get caught up in analyzing every symptom in my body, I still dream about our child and speak to it. I still long for the day of being a mother and seeing my partner as a father

AND I’m still coming back to myself intentionally, so that life can flow through me

What are you struggling with in your journey so far, let me hold space for you in the comments. You’ve got this Mamma
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#infertility #infertilityawareness #infertilitysupport #infertilitycommunity #ttcsupport #fertilitydoctor #fertilityacupuncture #fertilityacupuncturist #fertilitysupport #createanewworld #creation #future

The definition of insanity – “Doing the same th

The definition of insanity -

“Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”

If you want something different
DO something different

There is not end point. It is a continuation of learning, exploring, expanding and contracting

Create something NEW
If it is not HARD, it ain’t it. I can assure you that
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#fertility #infertilitysupport #mentalhealth #mentalhealthrecovery #changeyourmindsetchangeyourlife #newfuture

Pregnancy Tests So I’ve been pondering this tri

Pregnancy Tests

So I’ve been pondering this tricky little thing for the past while. Taking a pregnancy test, negative pregnancy tests, waiting to take a pregnancy test. Ugh the anxiety seems like it never ends!

When you’re going through fertility treatments, the dreaded 2 week wait is what really messes with people, same with after ovulation when you’ve been trying to conceive naturally

The wait can be SUPER uncomfortable

And truthfully the only thing I have found to be effective is preparation and distraction

Preparation is empowering. Being prepared for something you know can cause your stress, equips you with tools to navigate that stress
Distraction is necessary. You know you’re going to have to wait, and just sitting there waiting for the time to pass is hard. So filling some of your time with things that empower you and bring you joy allows you to put your mind and body at ease

Know you are not alone in experiencing this anxiety and stress
And remember; You’ve got this Mamma
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#infertility #infertilityawareness #infertilityjourney #infertilitysupport #infertilitycommunity #fertility #fertilityjourney #fertilityawareness #fertilitysupport #fertilitytreatment #yegacupuncture #yegacupuncturist #fertilityacupuncture #chinesemedicine

An enormous part of my practice is guiding people

An enormous part of my practice is guiding people back to themselves

You were never lost or something to be found. You just strayed a little too far

We utilize all of our innate gifts for SO many things:
Our loved ones
Our businesses/jobs
The injustices we see in the world
Our children
Etc

and I’m here to tell you to come back to yourself and offer all of those gifts and that love to YOURSELF too

Come back to your self
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#fertilitytreatment #infertilitycommunity #fertile #infertilitysupport #yegacupuncture #yegacupuncturist #fertilityacupuncture

Hello Friends! There seems to be quite a few new

Hello Friends!

There seems to be quite a few new faces around here so I wanted to say Hi!

I’m Nicole =)
and you probably started following me because a) you struggle with Infertility or b) you need to feel a little more empowered about your health and find humour in it too

Some things you didn’t know about me

1. It takes me most of the day to finish my morning coffee. I don’t know why, I just don’t drink at a speed that is socially acceptable lol. Ask ALL of my friends

2. I was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure almost two years ago and it flipped my world up side down. It has been my biggest motivating factor in my private acupuncture practice. It has helped me uncover SO much about my self, health care and how we tend to treat infertility

3. I am an acupuncturist and a traditional Chinese medical doctor and I work in a beautiful clinic called @parkintegrative . I get to work alongside physicians and many other practitioners. It was a dream of mine since I got into acupuncture school. I frequently think about going back to med school

4. I live in a cute little apartment in Edmonton with my kitty, Knoxville and my partner, Orsam Ibrahim-Kelef. They are two souls in my life that have taught me about real love

I want to say thank you to each and every single one of you that follows. I just reached 30k on TikTok and 1.3k on here and I am serious when I say I love every single one of you. This journey is not just my own. It’s all of ours

With Care,
Nicole
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#acupuncture #acupunctureworks #acupuncturist #infertility #infertilityjourney #infertilityawareness #infertilitycommunity #infertilitysupport #iamfertile #yegentrepreneur #yegentrepreneurs #yegacupuncture #yeghealing #yeghealth

One of the most shocking things I have come to und

One of the most shocking things I have come to understand after being in the health care industry for over 6 years;

There is a lot of grey area

I used to think that health and medicine was black and white. Usually we consider western medicine and doctors to have cut and dry answers and treatments and eastern medicine to be a pool of grey area

Not true. Western medicine has a lot of fluidity and grey area to it as well. It’s filled with humans. How could it not?

So this means, one answer you get is not the end of the road

Speak with someone else, get a second opinion, explore other options, ask questions, customize treatment in a way that feels right for you, participate in the process, do research

Advocate for YOUR SELF

STOP putting ALL of it on your doctors and stop blaming them too

Yes you did not go through all of the schooling, AND you know your body and your loved experience better than anyone. So be ACTIVELY involved in your health and healing. Try different practitioners, treatments and modalities, get second opinions, take responsibility too
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#medicine #medicinewoman #acupuncture #acupunctureworks #acupuncturist #yegacupuncture #fertility #fertilitysupport #fertilityjourney #fertilitytreatment #consciousness #healingjourney #healingtools

Did you know that it took me a year and a half? A

Did you know that it took me a year and a half?

A year and a half to regulate myself after finding out I supposedly had premature ovarian failure

And I work with infertility, DAILY. I treat it all the fucking time

Everything I have learned up until now has taught me resilience

Because THAT is what matters. Your ability to encounter difficulty and maneuver through it so it does not take you down and out for the count

That is what ALL of this is about. Everything I post, teach and preach. It is not to stop difficult things from happening or stop your reaction to them. It’s to help you bounce back and move WITH them

So you never forget who you are. And that you are more than just your desire to have a baby and it not happening
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#heal #infertilityuncovered #infertilitycommunity #infertilityawareness #infertilityjourney #infertilityblog #fertile #fertilityacupuncture #fertilitycoach #fertilitytips

In treatment, I often start my clients off with a

In treatment, I often start my clients off with a brief breathing exercise. Something that allows them to settle in and become present

During that time I tell them to allow themselves to arrive exactly as they are with everything that IS and everything that is NOT

We so often are living in the future or the past. Trying to plan and organize for the future or dwelling on the past. Running towards something or away from something

So what I want people to do, is allow themselves to feel the full reality of what is their reality NOW

THAT is the space we are now able to transform and work to create what you truly are wanting and capable of

So for today, allow yourself to arrive. Exactly as you are and exactly where you are. Allow yourself to arrive there. Nothing needs to be fixed or solved right now

Just Arrive
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#fertility #fertilityjourney #fertilityawareness #infertility #infertilityawareness #infertilityjourney #infertilitysupport #fertilityacupuncture #fertilityacupuncturist #ivfjourney #ivf #yegacupuncture #yegacupuncturist

When it comes to supplements and vitamins, it feel

When it comes to supplements and vitamins, it feels super overwhelming to know what is the best thing to be taking

Obviously, every persons health is individualized and you’re going to need something different than someone else

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The 2 supplements I suggest as a foundation to all of my fertility clients is:

1) A really good quality prenatal vitamin that contains folate (do not go for generic brands. I always suggest optimum health vitamins)
NFH and BioClinic are great brands I trust

2) CoQ10. Both you and your partner should be taking this. It helps to create good quality eggs and sperm

There are different ways to prescribe vitamins, herbs and supplements. But for now, start with this! And acupuncture of course!

If you have any questions, DM me 🙂
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