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How do you know you have passed the menopause?
It’s the 1 year anniversary since your last bleed. I celebrated this milestone in October 2025 and I'm delighted I completed my acupuncture degree while traversing this transition and leaning into Chinese Medicine to manage my symptoms. I’m clearly no longer in the Mother phase in life and not yet a Crone, I'm in the lesser known Maga or Mage phase. Like the Goddess Isis, these terms have other associations, but it’s great to reclaim them! The 4 archetypes are Maiden, Mother,

Abigail Acquaviva
2 days ago1 min read
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Which Menopause Treatment is right for Me?
I absolutely loved focusing on menopause awareness for October 2025. I made a series of Facebook posts each day along with an in-person event at Anahata, Kemptown. The comments, private messages and meeting people in clinic led to heartening insights and connection. It is clear that there is a wealth of information out there and it’s very difficult to pick through to find what is right for you. So I made this step-by-step guide to evaluating health treatments:  1)   What is

Abigail Acquaviva
Oct 313 min read
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Colour Light Therapy
What is Colour Light Therapy? Would it be suitable for you? In my experience, patients in great pain from a flare up of endometriosis are understandably reluctant to do anything they fear may worsen the pain. Colour Light is the perfect nourishing start to a course of treatment to de-escalate the "fight or flight" response before proceeding forward with an invigorating clearing treatment, which may include needling, when they feel strong enough.

Abigail Acquaviva
Jul 92 min read
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East Meets West
Comparison of Eastern and Western medicine & the purpose of my Blog.

Abigail Acquaviva
Dec 16, 20222 min read
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