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Supporting you through every stage of change.
Hormonal changes can affect both women and men at different stages of life. They may influence energy, sleep, mood, mental clarity, weight, libido, and overall well-being. While these changes are common, they don't have to become your new normal.
My approach combines acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, nutrition, lifestyle guidance, and, when appropriate, functional laboratory assessment to better understand what your body needs. Every treatment plan is personalized because every person's health history, symptoms, and goals are unique.
The goal is not simply to reduce symptoms, but to help restore balance so you can continue to enjoy an active, healthy, and fulfilling life.
Acupunture
Patients describe the order of results the same way: the hot flashes begin to fade. The night sweats follow. Sleep returns. The brain fog lifts. The anxiety that had quietly become baseline becomes optional again.
The mechanism is well-studied. Acupuncture has measurable effects on the HPO axis — the hormonal feedback loop between the hypothalamus, pituitary, and ovaries that drives most menopausal symptoms. It has been examined in clinical research for vasomotor symptoms, sleep disruption, and mood through this period. It is also one of the few interventions a woman can use without contraindication alongside whatever else she may already be taking.
Chinese Herbal Therapy
Most patients arrive never having been offered a serious herbal formula. They've had a wellness shop's "menopause tea." That isn't this.
The studio's apothecary holds more than two hundred Chinese herbs — formulated and adjusted for the individual patient. A formula for the woman whose primary pattern is heat and irritability looks different from a formula for the woman whose primary pattern is fatigue and joint pain. Both are real menopausal presentations. Neither is treated the same way.
The formula evolves as the patient does. What you need in your first month is not the same as you restore your health as months go by.
Lifestyle Medicine
Where conventional medicine offers "your labs are normal", lifestyle medicine asks what your bloodwork actually shows. Daniele is trained in Functional Blood Chemistry and Hormone Testing — the meaningful gap between normal and optimal for a woman your age who'd like to age well into her seventies.
From there: targeted nutrition for the inflammation that worsens nearly every menopausal symptom, sleep architecture, movement, stress regulation, and medical-grade supplementation chosen for what your body actually needs — not the rotating cast of supplements the wellness world is selling that month.