Yoon Acupuncture & Coaching

09/10/2026

“Ten days into September, I am just now settling into my sabbatical in England…

Now I am here alone, in a small flat on the fourth floor of a walk-up overlooking a big park. It’s cozy, with big windows and good natural light. The kitchen, living room and dining room all share the same space, which is quite lovely…”

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09/06/2026

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09/03/2026

First post for “September Sabbatical” on the Second Spring Chronicle:

“Happy September from across the pond, where there is a plethora of pubs, peas, and pints! The people are pleasant. The parks are peaceful. I could keep going with the Ps, but I’ll stop for now. 🙃

Here we are: September Sabbatical.

It had been on my calendar for a long time—a planned month away from daily life and routines, known labels and titles, familiar people and places.

I wanted a few weeks to live alone, explore new things, and clear my head after officially becoming a real empty nester. My children are now college graduates, and neither plans to return home.

This is not a problem. We raised them hoping they would spread their wings—and they have. Yay us!

But looking back, I can see that the last four years were only stepping stones toward this moment. As my children begin their next chapters as young adults, I find myself beginning one, too. It feels like a good time to ask these questions again:

💛 Who am I, really?

💛 What do I want, really?

The difference between my children and me is that I have a few more years of life to use as reference. The downside, of course, is that I have also accumulated far more opportunities to create excuses and limitations, responsibilities and expectations.

What might I see if I could look at my life with fresh eyes, a clear head, and a healed heart?

That was what I hoped to discover during this time away—my “gap month,” so to speak.

So far, however, September Sabbatical is not unfolding as I planned!”

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08/31/2026

"When I was very pregnant with twins, friends of ours who’d had twins a couple of years earlier gave us their double stroller and one piece of advice.

Of all the things they could have told us—whether we needed a Costco membership for diapers, the best sleep routine for twins, how to pump AND breastfeed at the same time—they gave us just three words:

ASK FOR HELP.

“If you don’t tell people what you need, they won’t know how to help,” they explained.

Especially in those early days, when caring for two newborn babies without family nearby felt rather Herculean, asking for help made an enormous difference.

So I did ask when I needed something. Not often, because it didn’t come naturally.

Over the years, I’ve tried to carry the same advice into other parts of my life, too. Because our friends were right: if you don’t ask, you won’t get.

It’s remarkably easy to slip back into self-reliance. There’s the fear of being a bother—or being too much.

Sometimes asking for what I need feels indulgent or somehow out of bounds. It’s definitely uncomfortable.

I do it more often now, but it’s still not natural. Asking for something we want or need from another person takes practice!

So today, I am practicing."

https://kityoon.substack.com/p/best-advice

08/31/2026

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08/28/2026

A plot twist in the September Sabbatical. https://kityoon.substack.com/p/a-plot-twist

08/25/2026

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08/23/2026

"I bet you didn’t know that we are deeply in the 5th season right now!

Chinese medicine gives Late Summer an official place on the calendar. It belongs to the Earth element, the digestive organs, the color yellow, and several other characteristics you don’t need to know here.

The 5th season happens to be my favorite season—not only because the earth is so bountiful, but because I am a double ♍️ ♍️ Virgo: Sun and Moon.

I’m also a double Scorpio, but we’ll save that for another post 🦂🦂.

But we are unmistakably living in my zodiac kingdom, and maybe yours too?

Before I go deeper into astrology, let’s talk about Chinese medicine first because — more practical."

https://kityoon.substack.com/p/my-season

08/19/2026

What do my Thai name, food, pleasure, and the quiet grief of knowing when to stop have in common?

Enough-ness.

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08/18/2026

If you have the same thoughts about acupuncture.

Strong research supports using acupuncture to help manage conditions like low back pain, migraines, arthritis and side effects from cancer treatment.