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The Witch Doctor

the Myths, the Truths, and everything in between about acupuncture and Eastern medicine. how can I help you live naturally well?

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    Alone in the Algorithm- Modern Loneliness and Soul Starvation

    Modern loneliness isn’t just about being alone—it’s the result of being disconnected from your body, your truth, and your ability to feel. This episode explores how the social algorithm keeps you stimulated but not truly connected, and how that disconnect leads to losing your voice. Reconnection doesn’t come from more interaction, but from coming back into your body—where your truth, your voice, and real connection begin.

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    Hollowness- Energetic Emptiness

    Have you ever felt…nothing? Not sad. Not angry. Not joy. Just..nothing. This is a nervous system state. Find out why and also what you can do about it!

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    A Moment of Gratitude

    A heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you beloveds. Thank you for being a part of this journey. 

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    Living with a Ghost- Complicated Grief and Soul Loss

    Grief doesn’t always move the way people expect it to. Sometimes it settles deep in the body and becomes what we call complicated grief. Explore how grief affects the nervous system, the lungs, and the spirit through both Western medicine and Chinese medicine. This conversation expands grief beyond death—to the loss of identities, relationships, and futures we once believed in. Healing begins when we understand how grief lives in the body and allow it to move.

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    Spiritual Bypass- You Can’t Sage Away Panic Attacks

    Spirituality can support healing – but it cannot replace the work of regulating the nervous system and processing trauma. Your spirit may understand the lesson, but if your nervous system is still bracing, the work is not done. Is it mind, body, or spirit?

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    Identity After Trauma-Who Even Am I?

    Now that you’ve survived a traumatic experience or relationship, you no longer need to be in survival mode. But, then who are you? How do we find our core identity instead of staying in our survival shell?

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    Perfectionism- The Wounded Healer’s Armor

    Perfectionism. And not in the cute “I’m Type A” personality. Is your success coming at the expense of your peace because of it? 

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    The Body Opts Out: Burnout and Dissociation

    Maybe we call it “burnout”. Maybe it feels like “numbness”. Maybe outsiders call it “laziness”. What causes burnout and dissociation? How can we treat/manage it?

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    ADHD- Seeing in Spirals, Not Lines

    ADHD affects 6 Million children in the US alone with later diagnosis rapidly rising. But, are you one of the millions who check off all the boxes for meeting the criteria of ADHD…only to find that you don’t get a clinical diagnosis? Maybe it’s more than dysregulation or imbalance of chemicals and brain function?

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    Anxiety is Anticipated Abandonment

    Everybody suffers from anxiety from time to time. But, when do you need to get help? Come listen and find out about how to spot anxiety symptoms in yourself or loved ones. PTSD, phobias, panic attacks...all really crappy feelings to have.

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    Depression is Descent

    Do you have depression? If you’re one of the 16 MILLION American adults who have experienced a depressive episode in the past year, do you know what type? How does TCM differ in it’s approach that makes it so successful? Find out this week!

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    The Witch Doctor Origin Story

    Welcome to Season 2 of the Witch Doctor. As we start into 2026, let’s start at the beginning of the Witch Doctor’s journey. 

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    The Witch Doctor’s Guide to Psychic Clarity

    Time to put all the lessons of voicing your truth, transmuting shame, and clearing gaslighting into cultivating energy for psychic clarity. Join today’s discussion to learn the 5 steps!

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    Lies, Gaslighting, and the Spiritual Eye

    Survived a narcissistic relationship with a partner, parent, medical professional, or friend? Has that forced you to doubt yourself and your own voice? Find out how the brain is affected in gaslighting and how to start reclaiming yourself. 

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    The Mind’s Eye

    Do you notice headaches more recently? Do you feel anxiety when you second guess your gut feeling? Have you been conditioned to think that your intuition is off?

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    Speak or Suffocate

    Do you constantly lose your voice? Are you frequently clearing your throat? Do you clench your jaw? Are these possibly related to you staying silent or swallowing your words because silence was “safer”?

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    The Witch Doctor’s Guide to Creative Transmutation

    Ready to turn into a power that moves? Reshape your brain to alchemize and transmute shame and blocked flow into power and creativity with The Witch Doctor. 

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    Sacred and Profane

    Sexual. Sensual. Erotic. Powerful when embraced and acknowledged, but turning to shame and stuck creativity when buried. Are you stuck between the sacred and the profane?

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    Solar Plexus of Power

    What parts of you are silenced to be “accepted” and liked? Do you feel nervous and uncomfortable when you set and enforce boundaries? Stop ignoring your gut and start reclaiming your power

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    The Womb of Creation

    Is your blocked creativity tied to unprocessed sexual desire or grief? Do you want to get your juices flowing, in all ways? Jump in!

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    Alchemy of Love—Rebuilding the Heart-Kidney Axis

    We’ve recognized our fears. Our triggers. Our trauma. We know what attachment styles we are, and the ones we attract. Now, let’s turn that into a healthy love. Let’s alchemize fear into love. 

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    The Dance of Love and Fear

    Do you keep attracting the same style/type of person—romantically or not? Do you find yourself pushing and pulling your partners? What if I told you this was all because of emotional baggage and muscle memory? Find out more with The Witch Doctor. 

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    Why Fear Lives in the Back-Anxiety in Your Bones

    Are you living in fear? Is your journey a series of fear-based decisions? What are you afraid of? Or even deeper..why are you still afraid of it?

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    Why Love Hurts Physically—The Language of the Heart

    Have you ever had your heart broken so badly it feels like you’re literally dying? Are you addicted to *falling in love* but then it feels like the feelings disappear when the chase is over? Do you have emotional baggage from a relationship that left you traumatized and broken?Let’s dig deep. 

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    Integration and Alchemy of Grief, Anxiety, and Anger

    Now that we’ve learned to explore our emotions of grief, anxiety, and anger..how do we turn it into power? We learn to alchemize our pain into power. Emotions are raw, potent frequency waiting to be transmuted. 

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    The Fire of Anger

    Anger is a healthy guide that lets us know how we are misaligned or our boundaries have been compromised. Expressing anger in a healthy, progressive way is the key to naturally living well. Are you processing anger healthily?

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    Generalized Anxiety..or Anxiety in General?

    Anxiety is a necessary part of every day life. But when does it start to control us?Jump into this conversation and let’s hash it out..together. 

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    Anxiety So High You’re Successful?

    Successful, polished, outgoing, driven? But it is all based on fear? Fear of failure, fear of disappointing others? High-functioning anxiety is not an official diagnosis, so many people suffer invisibly and in silence. Come chat with The Witch Doctor to get more information.

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    The Root of Pain: Grief

    Grief can hide in the body and come in many different forms. There are different types of grief, in addition to the main type that is usually associated with death. How is your body holding onto grief?

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    I am a Witch…Doctor

    The Witch Doctor is back..but in a new and improved way…literally.. Get ready for a whole new ride through a health journey of body..mind…and Shen (spirit)

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

the Myths, the Truths, and everything in between about acupuncture and Eastern medicine. how can I help you live naturally well?

HOSTED BY

Dr. Michelle Han, DAOM, LAc.

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the Myths, the Truths, and everything in between about acupuncture and Eastern medicine. how can I help you live naturally well?

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