Hot Water (fka Mind Your Manners)

Four-time Emmy-winning journalist turned energy healer Frank Elaridi joins Sara Jane to explore why people get stuck in repeating patterns and how to clear them. Frank breaks down plant medicine (psychedelics), breathwork, and how trapped emotions, sexual abuse and inherited trauma show up in real life. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collection on ⁠⁠www.antevorta.us⁠⁠ and...

Sara Jane breaks down why so many people struggle to sleep—why your body won’t power down at night, what keeps the nervous system stuck in “on” mode, and how modern habits quietly disrupt rest. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collection on ⁠⁠www.antevorta.us⁠⁠ and use code HOTWATER for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sara Jane answers your most-asked skincare questions through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine—why acne shows up where it does, why ice baths can trigger skin issues, and how acupuncture can help clear skin. An inside-out take on skincare that goes far beyond products. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collection on ⁠⁠www.antevorta.us⁠⁠ and use code HOTWATER for 20% o...

When Sara Jane discovers how powerfully our environments shape our mood, energy, and opportunities, she sits down with Feng Shui master Marie Diamond to explore the ancient principles behind it. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collection on ⁠⁠www.antevorta.us⁠⁠ and use code HOTWATER for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Traditional Chinese Medicine holds stories far beyond herbs and needles. Sara Jane shares the remarkable cases she witnessed with Hong Kong’s famed “God Doctor,” the late Master Ma Hon Chau. From incurable conditions reversed to pain disappearing in moments, these TCM miracles reveal a healer whose abilities defied explanation and whose impact touched her own family. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM femini...

Knowing that tea in China is far more than a drink—that it’s a daily medicine, a social ritual, and a quiet philosophy of life—Sara Jane invites Jesse Appell to share its deeper wisdom with listeners. Together, they explore the ancient Chinese principles behind tea’s healing properties, the cultural power of the tea table, and why you never want to be “invited to tea” by the Chinese government. Sh...

When Sara Jane discovers that Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine—born a thousand years apart—share the same truths about balance, she sits down with Yogi Cameron to explore how ancient wisdom, daily rituals, and your unique “health personality” can realign the body and mind. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collection on ⁠⁠www.antevorta.us⁠⁠ and use code HOTWATER for...

As Sara Jane reflects on turning 40 she breaks down the unspoken rules of drinking in Chinese culture, reveals why healthy weight gain in TCM has nothing to do with “eating more,” and shares her go-to congee recipe for nourishing the Spleen. She also dives into the best forms of movement for perimenopause—from Qi Gong to Tai Chi—and why in this season of life your workouts should soothe your syste...

Sara Jane answers your biggest feng shui follow-ups—from whether family photos count as “watching you sleep” to why Buddhas and teddy bears don’t belong in the bedroom. She talks stray-cat omens, art above the bed, and shares the story of her recent spiritual “clearing.” She also breaks down grounding basics—from earthing mats to seawater minerals—and why staying rooted matters just as much as sta...

When Sara Jane learns that your kitchen might hold more healing power than your medicine cabinet, she sits down with Dr. Felice Chan—a neuroscientist turned doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine—to uncover the connection between ancient remedies and the body’s hidden intelligence.  Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collection on ⁠⁠www.antevorta.us⁠⁠ and use code HOTWATER fo...

Sara Jane dives into your most-asked questions—from why microwaving food can “kill the qi” to what your Chinese friend really means when they call you chubby. She shares nourishing herbal drinks for fertility and fibroids, unpacks the TCM take on hot yoga, and reveals how your daily coffee habit might be quietly depleting your Yin. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collectio...

Sara Jane shares what really happens when you blend families — from moving her stepson into college to giving his menopausal mother a glow-up, she unpacks Mounjaro, peptides, red string protection rituals, and herbal soups that nourish Yin through midlife shifts. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collection on ⁠⁠www.antevorta.us⁠⁠ and use code HOTWATER for 20% off Learn more...

When Sara Jane learns that parasites might be behind everything from eczema to belly fat to mood swings, she calls in Dr. Chris Motley—chiropractic doctor, TCM practitioner, and master of frequency medicine—to find out what’s really living inside her. Because maybe what’s draining you isn’t in your head—it’s in your gut. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collection on ⁠⁠www....

Sara Jane shares her (in)fertility story—from incomplete medical abortion and uterine scarring to PCOS—then breaks down TCM fixes for conceiving (for both partners), the Qing Palace chart to determining your baby’s gender, soothing pregnancy rituals, and why Chinese elites are choosing surrogacy. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collection on ⁠⁠www.antevorta.us⁠⁠ and use co...

What do night peeing, body odor, and food cravings have in common? Traditional Chinese Medicine has answers—and they might surprise you. In this episode Sara Jane shares solutions: from an acupuncture point for bladder control, to the real reason Chinese women don’t need deodorant, to herbal support for food cravings. Plus: eczema, text neck and mirror Feng Shui. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine c...

What if your intuition was already speaking—you just weren’t listening? In this episode Sara Jane sits down with psychic medium MaryAnn DiMarco to talk spirit guides, energy hygiene, and how to tell the difference between fear and inner knowing. Come for the live reading and stay for the real talk on trusting your gifts and raising your spiritual frequency. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care li...

Sara Jane and Kelsey discuss stepmom stigma in Chinese culture, why room temperature water is actually cold, the TCM way to support PCOS, and a quick hotel feng shui fix for figurines “watching” you sleep. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collection on ⁠⁠www.antevorta.us⁠⁠ and use code HOTWATER for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Feng now helms Markor—China’s iconic home-furnishings empire often called the “Ethan Allen of China”—with a footprint that stretches across the globe. Sara Jane sits down with him to tell a story bigger than furniture: the making of modern China.  Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collection on ⁠⁠www.antevorta.us⁠⁠ and use code HOTWATER for 20% off Learn more about your...

Grammy-winning producer Kizzo has built a life defined by sound, spirit, and soul. In this conversation Sara Jane traces his climb to the top, the lessons of parenting a young creative, what psychedelics unlock in the studio, and why music is spiritual technology. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collection on ⁠⁠www.antevorta.us⁠⁠ and use code HOTWATER for 20% off Learn mor...

In this rapid-fire bonus episode Sara Jane explains why sticky stool might signal “damp-heat,” how cupping actually works, and whether “fancy Asians” are really all that fancy.  Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM feminine care line and feng shui collection on ⁠⁠www.antevorta.us⁠⁠ and use code HOTWATER for 20% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if talking about death isn’t morbid—but loving? In this episode Sara Jane sits down with QuyenZi Pham to understand why she founded Hello I’m Dead and how reframing end-of-life planning as care—not catastrophe—can bring families peace and clarity. Together they explore why death is taboo in many Asian families and how silence and superstition leaves us unprepared. Shop Sara Jane Ho's TCM femi...

When Sara Jane realizes she’s never fully told the truth about her abortion, she sits down solo—just her voice and her story and her producer Kelsey for emotional support. From the trauma of hiding her experience to the cultural pressures of being the “perfect daughter,” she opens up about what it’s taken to find peace. Plus, how Kabbalah, Chinese values, and shamanic healing helped her reclaim he...

When Sara Jane first read Normalize It, she felt like someone had finally put words to the stories women aren’t “supposed” to tell. In this raw and revelatory episode she sits down with Dr. Jessica Zucker—psychologist, author, and founder of #IHadaMiscarriage—to explore the silent shame surrounding miscarriage, abortion, sexual trauma, motherhood, and more. Together they unpack why storytelling is...

When Sara Jane learns that Traditional Chinese Medicine has been linking oral health to whole-body wellness for thousands of years, she calls in Dr. Chrystle Cu—dentist, entrepreneur, and cofounder of Cocofloss (now Cocolab)—to unpack the mouth–body connection. From boar-bristle toothbrushes to herbal tooth powders, tongue scraping, and even jaw tapping, they test ancient TCM dental rituals to see...

What do tampons, cold drinks, and sparkling water all have in common? According to Traditional Chinese Medicine...they might be messing with your energy. In this episode, Sara Jane answers your most curious questions—like why Asian women still avoid tampons, what TCM thinks of fizzy drinks, and why napping after lunch isn’t lazy, it’s medicine. Plus, natural remedies for hot flashes, what Er Xian...