Lili Kazemi

This is for no one to read. Or everyone to read, years from now. In the Wall Street Journal was an article called, “The Way You Tell Your Life Story Matters. Start Now.” The part of the article, which was written by a well-known obituary writer captured my attention was this: “Many of us, however, want to cheat death by leaving a mark, however faint. We tend to believe the proverb that people die twice: the first time when their heart stops beating, the second when someone speaks their name, or thinks of them, for the last time.” So this…

This article is an interview with Artin Mahboubi, DiplAc, who is a is a board certified acupuncturist with a research background in immunology. You can read more about Summit Healing Arts and Artin’s background, here. I started going to acupuncture right before the pandemic. I was always really cuirous about acupuncture, and what Eastern medicine could do beyond the limits of traditional Western medicine. I was and still am terrified of needles, but the trust Artin cultivates in his sessions, which are just as much about the inner soul as the body, has cultivated a willingness I didn’t think I…