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Introducing Elemental Nourishment
A Seasonal Path Back to Yourself
There are moments in life when the body asks us to slow down, listen more closely, and return to what is simple and true.
Elemental Nourishment was born from those moments — from years of clinical practice, personal healing, and the quiet wisdom of the seasons.
This book is a companion for anyone who wants to feel more grounded, more resilient, and more at home in their body. It blends East Asian medicine, food therapy, and seasonal living into a gentle, practical guide you can return to again and again.
What the Book Offers
Elemental Nourishment helps you reconnect with the rhythms that support digestion, mood, energy, and emotional steadiness. Inside, you’ll find:
• seasonal archetypes that explain how your body shifts throughout the year
• simple foods and recipes that restore balance
• rituals that calm the nervous system
• guidance for emotional clarity and resilience
• a way of eating that feels warm, intuitive, and deeply human
This is nourishment that goes beyond calories — it’s nourishment that supports your whole being.
A Taste of the Elemental Framework: The Metal Archetype
Each season carries its own emotional and physical signature.
The Metal element — associated with autumn — teaches us about clarity, boundaries, and the art of letting go.
When Metal is balanced, we feel:
• clear-minded
• steady
• able to release what no longer serves
• connected to our breath and inner rhythm
In the body, Metal governs the lungs, skin, and the cycles of inhaling and exhaling.
Through warm, supportive foods and simple daily rituals, we can strengthen this element and create more space inside ourselves.
This is just one of the five elemental archetypes explored in the book — each offering a doorway into deeper self-understanding.
Why I Wrote This Book
For years, I watched patients transform when they aligned their eating and living with the seasons.
Not through restriction.
Not through trends.
But through warmth, rhythm, and the wisdom of nature.
I wrote Elemental Nourishment to bring that healing into your home — in a way that feels accessible, comforting, and beautifully simple.
If This Speaks to You
You can explore the book, see sample pages, and learn more here:
May this book be a gentle companion on your path toward feeling better in your body, your mind, and your life.
With warmth and gratitude,
Dr. Michele M. Arnold, D.A.C.M., Dipl. OM., L.Ac.
Subtle Energy Summit
- Protect your Qi: Mastering the skill of energetic boundaries
- Benefits of PEMF
- Somato Energetic Integration
- 5 Steps of the Energy Alignment Method
- Life Wave Patches (aka Acu Patches)
- Live in-tune Frequency Magic with South + Oils
- HypnoPuncture
- Theta Healing
- Flower Essences and Five Elements
- 5 Element Planetary Gem Elixirs
- Gemstones & Crystals
- You are the Medicine
- Breathwork and the Mind-Body Alignment Method
- Spirit of the Plants: Essential Oils for the Energy Body
- Come out of the closet: Incorporating Subtle Energy Modalities into Your Practice
- Imagetic Therapy (non-local acu treatments)
- Develop Your Intuition using Oracle Cards
- Face Reading
- NLP and Timeline Therapy
- Everything Psychedelic & Plant Medicine
- Subtle Energy Embodiment
- Medical Astrology
- Your Five Element Personality Type
- Nutrition For High-Frequency Living
- Xponetntial Intelligence: Change Your Frequency
- Understanding and Applying the benefits of intuition for patient and Practitioners
- Tao Calligraphy
- Dr. Jaz Roemer
- Dr. Riz Lakhani
- Dr. January
- Yvette Taylor
- Dr. Lindsey Miuccio
- Dr. Michele Arnold
- Dr. Sharleen Lawrence
- Dr. Allison Snowden
- Lindsay Fauntleroy
- Sandra Biskind
- Mary Elizabeth Wakefield
- Najah Abdus-Salaam
- Dr. Cass Naumann
- Kai Van Bodhi
- Jim Rohr
- Dr. East
- Daniel Luz
- Dr. Natalie Vail
- Dierdre Courtney
- Dr. Chloe Banales
- Dr. Maryna Smolnikava
- Drisana Carey
- MichelAngelo
- Dr. Jaime Rabin
- Alli Suter
- Mas Sajady
- Jackie Besinger
- Christi Mendoza
Three Naturally Probiotic Foods that You May Not Know About
Three Probiotic Foods
Eating or drinking probiotic food as soon as possible after having diarrhea can help prevent future cases of diarrhea by introducing healthy bacteria back into the digestive system. It can also help prevent adverse reactions to antibiotics should you need to take them.
Probiotics will help with IBD, IBS, GERD, leaky gut, and other digestive disorders.
The root cause of many digestive problems is a lack of healthy gut bacteria, enzymes, or stomach acid.
The initial cause could be antibiotic use, poor diet, infection from a virus, bacteria, fungi, yeast, or candida. If you are beginning the intake of probiotics or probiotic foods begin slowly. You may feel adverse healing reactions from the die-off of bacteria, virus, yeast, and fungi, and other toxins released into your blood stream. These toxins must be expelled via sweat, breathing, urine, or the stool.
That is why rice congees, and green veggie smoothies are so helpful. They help promote toxin release as well as probiotic growth.
There are five foods you may not know about that are naturally probiotic. You may want to integrate them into your diet.
- Kefir. This is a milk-based food. However, like real butter, it does not have lactose. Studies indicate that it even helps people improve their digestion of lactose because kefir contains at least 3 times more live bacteria than yogurt. It is the bacteria, and digestive enzymes that help your body break down lactose sugars. Everyone reacts differently to kefir, so play around with your serving amounts to see what works for you. Begin slowly with 5-10 oz. Slowly increasing daily amount to include 1-2 8 oz. servings. Of course, if you have a milk allergy you would avoid drinking kefir and all milk products.
- Parmesan cheese. Yes, I said that right! Hard-aged cheeses are naturally rich in healthy gut bacteria. So sprinkle some on your food, and enjoy.
- Sauerkraut. Eat only the raw, organic kind. You can make your own, or purchase from your local health foods store. I believe Trader Joe’s, and Costco have good quality sauerkraut. It should be crunchy, and fresh tasting. You should drink the juice as well. Don’t let any of it go to waste. Like kefir, begin slowly with small amounts until your body gets used to digesting it. If you don’t eat a particular type of food group, you won’t have the enzymes necessary to break it down. That is why traveling, and eating new foods can sometimes cause stomach upset. Sauerkraut makes a great appetizer, or side-dish.
Here is one recipe you can try. If you do, please tell me what you think?
Probiotic Raspberry Drink
- 1 Cups plain kefir or sauerkraut juice
- 1 mangos, skin and pit removed
- 1/2 Cup fresh or frozen raspberries
- 1.5 Cups kale, stems removed and chopped roughly
- Add all ingredients to a blender, blend until smooth about 2 minutes.
- Drink and enjoy!
This post is an excerpt from Dr. Michele Arnold-Pirtle’s book, It’s All About Your Gut!
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Dr. Michele Arnold, Doctor of Acupuncture Medicine.
Happy Thanksgiving and Healthy Eating
Happy Thanksgiving
Orange is the pumpkin
Yellow is the corn.
Brown is the turkey
with stuffy galore.
Red are the cranberries,
Green are the peas.
Five delicious colors to please,
With family and friends
is the best Thanksgiving,
Yes, siree!
-You may feel guilty for overeating, but if your meal is balanced with different colors and five flavors,
you can be sure you’re at least getting the nutrients you need. The pigments and flavors are rich in antioxidants and flavonoids necessary for your body.
To read more about adding colorful nutrition to your meals read here.
