The Balancing Point Podcast

Podcast Highlights: Focused Attention: Solving Problems Is your history causing you to not be focused? You can be focused on your history in order to look forward with change in your life. Importance of focusing on solutions5 Questions to ask when you have a problem. Podcast Notes: Kathryn Black: Hello and welcome to TheBalancingPoint, I'm Kathryn Black Continue reading "Rhythms of Life: 5 Questio...

Podcast Highlights: Accountability Dialogue The point of accountability is observation without judgment. If someone judges us or gives us feedback, our first response, may be it's gross or very subtle. Our first response is generally a little bit of resistance. If it's truly someone holding us accountable, then the only appropriate response to that is to move our lives Continue reading "Rhyth...

Podcast Highlights: How herbs and acupuncture can help relieve PMS symptomsImportance of doing a lymphatic cleanseAlameda Acupuncture 14-day lymphatic group cleanseImportance of a liver flush to further healing. Podcast Notes: 00:00  Hello and welcome to The Balancing Point. I am Kathryn, here with Dr. John Nieters L.Ac, DAOM for another Weekly Update. Dr Nieters: I Continue reading "Weekly Update...

Learn how to: Write an ideal vision statementWork with a vision partner to have it come to pass. Podcast Notes: Hello there, this is Dr. Nieters again, and last week we started to do, Kathryn and I, who is here with me, started to do a little work on what one could call coaching, someone Continue reading "Recreate Life: Creating a Vision Statement & Importance of Vision Partners"

Dr. John Nieters L.Ac, DAOM, discusses Winter - Rest/ hibernate. Sleeping 11-12 hours a night. Warm, hearty foods. Light/ moderate exerciseSpring - Green vegetables, high antioxidant, high fiber, sleep 8 hours, increase exercise/ move/ stretch. Summer - Time to work on projects, Eat lightly, Minimal alcohol, hot spices, 5-8 hours of sleep. Autumn - Finish projects, Red/ Continue reading "Podcast R...

Dr. John Nieters L.Ac, DAOM, discusses What to do Post-COVID for lingering symptoms, and preventing future problems. Importance of Functional Medicine in diagnosing anemia Are steroids the best option for treating Asthma? Podcast Notes: 00:00 Intro. Recreating radio call in show. Inviting the public to email (healthandwellness@pacbell.net) or ask any questions they would like to Continue reading "...

Dr. John Nieters L.Ac, DAOM, is back on the air with his podcast. You will be able to find him on YouTube, iTunes and TheBalancingPoint.net. This podcast will talk about some specifics that relate to where we are as a people and a culture. He provides ideas to help start and recreate life in powerful way Continue reading "Podcast is BACK! Recreate Life in a More Powerful Way: The Art of Inten...

When the level of vitamin D is not where one would suspect than always have a calcitrol test done.  Calcitrol is the active form of vitamin D with a half life of 15 hours. Invest in breast health but be careful about mammograms. For good general health, eat seasonally, organic and all the greens you Continue reading "Our Last Episode; Benefits of Tai Chi; a Healthy Diet; Mammograms; 07.27.2018"

Recommended book:  12 Rules For Life by Jordan Peterson.  One of his 12 rules: always be comparing yourself to yourself.  Strive to be better today than yesterday.  If we are not moving forward we are sliding backwards. The lipoprotein profile includes:  LDL (low density lipoprotein cholesterol), HDL (high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and Triglycerides (fats carried in Continue reading "Being...

As we move into May, it is a time of creativity; of moving and growing. It is important to ask for specific labs at you annual visit with you MD:  1) a blood test, including a CBC (complete blood count); 2) a chem panel; and 3) a urinalysis. Iodine is necessary for the functioning of Continue reading "The Blood Brain Barrier; Iodine; What to Ask Your Doctor 4.27.2018"

The longer we can put off being vaccinated the less damage is done. Body movement is important for healthy blood flow.  The body is dependent on healthy blood flow to carry oxygen in, nutrients in to feed muscles, and to take the cellular waste out.   Artificial electromagnetic frequencies that we are overly exposed to can Continue reading "Blood Stasis; Meditation; PreDiabetes; Vaccines; 4.20.201...

There has been an upsurge in laboratories doing testing for conditions and issues that historically hav been very difficult to get good testing for. An example of such testing is the Wheat Zoomer Test.  There are numerous potential problems, issues and sensitivties associated with eating wheat that, in the past, were rarely tested for.  The Continue reading "Wheat; Lead Testing; Ear Wax; Cell Phon...

  Dry needling is a technique used for the treatment of pain and movement impairments. The technique uses a “dry” needle, one without medication or injection, inserted through the skin into areas of the muscle. Acupuncture needles are very small - almost as thin as a strand of hair Grover's disease is a rare, temporary skin condition. Continue reading "Dry Needling; Orthopedics; Grovers Disea...

  Chinese Medicine has proven to be tremendously effective at reducing inflammation and increasing blood flow. A Bakers Cyst is usually the result of knee joint conditions, such as arthritis or torn cartilage, that cause the knee to produce too much lubricating fluid. Turmeric, Frankincense and Myrrh is a superb herbal combination for inflammation. The Continue reading "Chinese Medicine; Gove...

  The gut is our area of most dangerous exposure to bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc.  We need an acidic stomach in order to pull out iron, B12, calcium and a host of other things. Secretory IGA - one of several lines of defense in the gut. Consistent or overuse of NSAIDS can contribute to leaky Continue reading "Leaky Gut; Spleen Qi Deficiency; Mammograms; 3.23.2018"

  A breath test is the standard diagnostic tool used by medical doctors in diagnosing SIBO or Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth.  It is a condition where particular strains of bacteria have colonized the small intestine. Dr. Siebecker has a good example chart of a specific carbohydrate diet that is beneficial when dealing with SIBO. Video Continue reading "SIBO; Sun Exposure; Testosterone;...

  The winter solstice is a time to move slowly - a time to be wise with our bodies. Book of the Week:  The Tao of an Uncluttered Life: Lao Tzu's Ten Principles for Organization by Karen Hicks. The five elements, or phases, in Chinese medicine are fire, metal, wood, earth, and water.  Fire melts metal - Continue reading "Five Elements, Vitamin D, Arvigo Massage; 12.29.2017"

  A combination of GI Care by Evergreen, Powerful Digestive Flora from Bio Essence and mastic gum has been effective in treating H pylori. Book of the Week:  PEMF - The Fifth Element of Health: Learn Why Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy Supercharges Your Health Like Nothing Else! by Bryant Meyers.  He details gravitational fields and how Continue reading "Gravitational Fields; Faci...

  Important to have a healthy relationship with the bacteria in our bodies.  Check out Dr. Anne Livingston’s work regarding the 10-20 different bacteria that are known and proven to cause cancers. Book of the Week:  Healing is Voltage by Dr. Jerry Tennant.  He addresses bowling ball syndrome, cranial sacral pump, Chinese medicine and measuring voltage Continue reading "Five Levels of Healing;...

  “The Fluoride Problem; Testimony of Dr. Dean Burke” - recommended video.  A new study that confirms the use of fluoride is a problem Fluoride is an endocrine disrupting chemical.  It is linked to thyroid and memory disorders.  It binds to receptor sites resulting in an inability to utilize iodine properly.  Some side effects of high Continue reading "Dangers of Fluoride, Tips for Autumn and...

  Book Recommendation:  Nutrient Power; Heal Your Biochemistry and Heal Your Brain by William J. Walsh  http://event.awakeningfromalzheimers.com/fb-a/ Supplement of the week -the need for iodine supplementation.  Recommend himalayan sea salt augmented with iodine.  A small percentage of people may have an iodine allergy so start with a small amount.  In the USA we are completely flooded with...

Warriors of Stillness by Jan Diepersloot - book recommendation of the week Life force exercise - The Way of the Sword by Reinhard Kammer EGCG - antioxidant that plays a major role in keeping the vitreous humor healthy and other benefits of green tea Squalene based adjuvant in flu vaccines - dangerous for people with Continue reading "Book recommendations, protect against flu vaccines and the benef...

Pleural Mesatheloima diagnosis - no direct treatment through Chinese medicine but many approaches to support the overall health of the person going through treatment. Knee pain - turmeric, boswellia or curcumin for inflammation and acupuncture for pain relief can be better than in some cases  than PT and surgery.  Discussion of additional herbal formulas beneficial Continue reading "Joint Pain, Ke...

Acupuncture and guasha for facial rejuvenation.  Daoist and Chinese medicine take on vitality through sex and/or masturbation.  Qi - differing opinions on its existence and at the very least what it actually is in a martial arts sense.  The three essential nutrients needed for a healthy heart - magnesium, fish oil and Vitamin D.  Benefits Continue reading "Guasha, Sex, Qi and more. Balancing Point...

Importance of service. Acupuncture for stroke recovery. Brain disorders. Panic attacks. Being "beside oneself." Energetic healing. Cholesterol components. Fractures. Bone breathing. Bone strengthening. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Western Perspective, Integrative and Functional Medicine. Live streaming. The Balancing Point health radio talk show about Traditional Chinese Medicine, supplemen...