<![CDATA[Dr. Quinn]]>https://drkari.substack.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O-6m!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd317ee1-8f07-4585-a3a4-715d82ba92e2_1206x1206.pngDr. Quinnhttps://drkari.substack.comSubstackWed, 04 Nov 2026 19:09:40 GMT<![CDATA[Are PMS, Period Cramps and Perimenopause Even Real?]]>https://drkari.substack.com/p/are-pms-period-cramps-and-perimenopausehttps://drkari.substack.com/p/are-pms-period-cramps-and-perimenopauseWed, 07 Oct 2026 23:24:50 GMT
PMS, Dysmenorrhea + Perimenopause Aren’t “Real”

Okayyyy hear me out.

No, I am not telling you PMS is in your head. I’m not saying your perimenopause symptoms aren’t real. And yes, your period cramps are actually happening. What I mean is that PMS, dysmenorrhea and perimenopause are Western medical diagnoses. In Chinese medicine, we look underneath the dia…

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]]><![CDATA[Why Some People Age Faster Than Others]]>https://drkari.substack.com/p/why-some-people-age-faster-than-othershttps://drkari.substack.com/p/why-some-people-age-faster-than-othersThu, 27 Aug 2026 01:25:02 GMT

Have you ever wondered why some leaves turn brown and lose their color before the other ones do? Or why some people begin to gray earlier? Why do some people from your grade from high school like 10 years older than you now?

Chinese medicine offers us the language of an essence that governs our vitality, youthfulness, reproduction, growth, aging…

We call …

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]]><![CDATA[Your Luteal Phase Is Trying To Tell You Something]]>https://drkari.substack.com/p/your-luteal-phase-is-trying-to-tellhttps://drkari.substack.com/p/your-luteal-phase-is-trying-to-tellWed, 19 Aug 2026 01:38:16 GMTOur luteal phase asks us, “How are you doing, truly?”

It’s the time of our cycle many of us dread most, but I personally believe this phase is deeply misunderstood. We don’t always recognize how much power it holds- how much it can completely transform us into the women we crave to be.

Our pre- period tears are trying to tell us something. Perhaps guiding…

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]]><![CDATA[The Rituals of a Yin Woman]]>https://drkari.substack.com/p/the-rituals-of-a-yin-womanhttps://drkari.substack.com/p/the-rituals-of-a-yin-womanTue, 28 Jul 2026 19:54:29 GMTMany of you may be looking for a list of how-to’s. Perhaps a guide or a digital download of how to be in your feminine yin. How to nurture this essence, protect it, and live from that space. I need you to understand that Yin is not conquered. You cannot read about yin and then boom, it’s cultivated. The way of yin is embodied- it’s the ocean we swim in …

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]]><![CDATA[The World is Yang. Women Are Depleted. ]]>https://drkari.substack.com/p/the-world-is-yang-women-are-depletedhttps://drkari.substack.com/p/the-world-is-yang-women-are-depletedMon, 27 Jul 2026 00:54:22 GMTOur structured world isn’t designed for us to thrive as woman. We can do it, and we do it well- but at the cost of our yin; our feminine essence. If you’re a woman reading this, you are most likely depleted down to the bone. If your energy is a bowl, you are scraping the bottom. You’re licking the plate. You’re saying, “how did that go so quickly?”

Chine…

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]]><![CDATA[All About PCOS (pmos) ]]>https://drkari.substack.com/p/all-about-pcos-pmoshttps://drkari.substack.com/p/all-about-pcos-pmosTue, 02 Jun 2026 22:56:30 GMTI get more questions about PCOS than almost any other condition.

In this episode, Dr. Paige and I sit down to explore PCOS through two different lenses: Western medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

We talk about what PCOS actually is, why it shows up differently in every woman. We talk about the patterns we notice and the 2 categories of the PCOS ar…

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]]><![CDATA[The Art of Running Away]]>https://drkari.substack.com/p/the-art-of-running-awayhttps://drkari.substack.com/p/the-art-of-running-awayWed, 27 May 2026 12:31:31 GMTNo one wants to run away.

Tell a runner they are running, and they will bare their teeth a little. They will say, “I am not running. I am free!”

free from what?

Someone I love once told me that I travel so much because I cannot sit still with myself. I told him he’s not wrong.

We are all running from something. It just looks different on everyone.

Some peop…

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]]><![CDATA[The Mold Toxicity Healing Protocol ]]>https://drkari.substack.com/p/the-mold-toxicity-healing-protocolhttps://drkari.substack.com/p/the-mold-toxicity-healing-protocolFri, 22 May 2026 12:12:30 GMTMold toxicity has derailed my entire life. For months I was scrambling with my words, I couldn’t get out of bed no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t keep my eyes open throughout the day, I closed my schedule to see patients, I was depressed, my joints were aching, I was bloated (at extreme levels) I was throwing up, nauseous, and swollen all over my b…

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]]><![CDATA[Thank You for This Dance]]>https://drkari.substack.com/p/thank-you-for-this-dancehttps://drkari.substack.com/p/thank-you-for-this-danceTue, 12 May 2026 20:44:13 GMTOur relationship to grief starts when we first lose the sound of our mother’s heartbeat when we’re born. It’s said to be our very first song, and our original initiation into change. Our first lesson that love and loss are often braided together.

Leave it to the Divine to orchestrate our first experience as humans as one that requires us to surrender. Be…

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]]><![CDATA[Somewhere Between Baltimore & Becoming]]>https://drkari.substack.com/p/somewhere-between-baltimore-and-becominghttps://drkari.substack.com/p/somewhere-between-baltimore-and-becomingFri, 08 May 2026 15:11:31 GMTThere is something disorienting about living too long in the in-between. Bridges. Airports. Train stations. Thresholds. Places designed for a passage, not a permanence. Places where no one fully belongs because everyone is either leaving or arriving. You’re not where you came from, but you’re not yet where you are going. I feel like I have been living i…

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