420: Cold Plunges, How to Beat Cravings & Cosmetic Acupuncture: What Works—and What Doesn’t, with Dr. Felice Chan

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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This week, I’m joined by Dr. Felice Chan, a Chinese medicine doctor who bridges Eastern and Western approaches to healing after years studying allopathic medicine including shadowing an oncology neurosurgeon and working at Boston Children’s Hospital. We dive into the fascinating contrasts between healthcare in Hong Kong and the U.S., the 5,000-year misunderstanding around acupuncture, and how our gut health connects to anxiety, depression, and even our skin. Dr. Chan shares practical, science-backed tips to reduce bloating, support digestion, curb sugar cravings, and shift your mindset around food—plus her honest takes on popular health trends like intermittent fasting and cold plunging. We also get into cosmetic acupuncture, what not to do on your period, how emotions manifest physically, and how to “eat your skincare” by nourishing your blood and creating a vibrant, resilient body from the inside out.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:05.8	This is Well, a podcast about wellness in all its forms.
0:10.0	I'm Ariel Laurie, and each week I'm sharing unfiltered conversations with people shaping how we feel, live, and look.
0:17.2	Come for the substance, stay for the honesty, and leave with the tools to be well, inside and out.
0:25.5	Okay, so I want to acknowledge that sometimes when people see TCM, Chinese medicine, or acupuncture, their eyes glaze over, or they check out, or they just think that it is kind of fringe
0:38.8	woo-woo wellness, which is something that is discussed in this episode. But this is why I
0:44.2	cannot wait for you to hear today's episode with my guest, Dr. Felice Chan. She has a really
0:50.5	interesting perspective because she grew up in Hong Kong where a lot of traditional
0:55.7	Chinese medicine is practiced. And then of course they use things like medications and antibiotics
1:00.7	and things like that when it's really, really needed. But there's a balance. And then she came to
1:07.5	the U.S. and she was studying to be an allopathic doctor. She was shadowing an
1:13.8	oncology neurosurgeon. She worked at Boston Children's Hospital. And that was when she decided
1:18.8	that she really wanted to pursue Eastern medicine, which was a whole other four-year program to get
1:25.8	her master's. And then she went to study for her doctorate.
1:30.0	So she actually explains the education behind becoming a doctor of Chinese medicine, which I think
1:36.5	a lot of people don't quite understand. Anyway, she does an amazing job of blending the wisdom
1:42.3	of Eastern healing with the precision of Western science. And
1:46.7	she focuses on, of course, acupuncture and herbs and treating things like gut health. We talk
1:54.1	about skin health and glowing skin from within. Of course, we talk about cosmetic acupuncture because that is very
2:02.3	trendy at the moment. And it's just such a great conversation about health and wellness and
2:09.8	how to incorporate some Chinese medicine principles into your wellness routines without being
2:16.8	really on either side. There's a lot of respect for both
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