tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580389.post-76323837242300284672007-02-01T22:37:00.000-08:002007-02-02T18:49:07.171-08:00I think it's time to return to writing about alternative medicine. In retrospect, I helped a lot of people that way (we had millions of website visitors and an email list of more than 3,000), and evidently, I was good at it, so it may be a calling of mine. I've been away...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pulsemed.org/"><img hspace="5" src="http://www.pulsemed.org/images/pulsemedhome200.jpg" align="left" /></a>In 2005, I took a major break from alternative medicine. After creating the <a href="http://www.pulsemed.org/">Pulse of Oriental Medicine website (PulseMed)</a> in 1999, writing nearly 500 original articles over 3 years, and self-publishing my general audience book (<a href="http://www.pulsemed.org/bookpreview.htm">Powerful Body Peaceful Mind: How to Heal Yourself with Foods, Herbs and Acupressure</a>), I went into acupuncture private practice.<br /><br />The acupuncture practice, though, by the end of 2004, was not what I expected, and I was somewhat baffled by that- and I started doing very well with ecommerce and the advertising income from PulseMed- so I stopped practicing acupuncture and went "e", as in electronic/internet.<br /><br />I acted as the editor for a massive article writing project and did freelance internet marketing, email marketing, and so on. Then I got a job with <a href="http://www.adventure16.com/">Adventure 16, an outdoor/backpacking gear retailer</a>, helping to launch their first business-class web store. I've been doing that for 6 months while internally processing what else to do in my spare time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pulsemed.org/bookpreview.htm"><img hspace="5" src="http://pulsemed.org/pbpm%20cover%20sm.jpg" width="150" align="left" /></a>I've been away in other ways as well. I haven't practiced what I preached in <a href="http://www.pulsemed.org/bookpreview.htm">my book</a>. I never really expected to, even when I wrote it- I think I said somewhere in there that the alternative medicine guru's must be B.S.'ing because none of us are perfect. What I loved in the Chinese medicine I came to understand was that it helped imperfect people live better lives- even helped explain some of our urges for the things that are bad for us.<br /><br />So I feel a need to return to using the medicine more, not just writing about it. I'm more of a regular joe now in terms of the working world- in that I have a 9 to 5 job, and maybe that will help me help regular people more.<br /><br />I look forward to writing, to you reading and asking questions- please feel free to add comments here and ask questions- interaction is part of a good blog!<br /><br />All the best,<br />Brian<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8580389-7632383724230028467?l=americas-acupuncturist.blogspot.com'/></div>Brian B. Carter, MS, LAchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15881872122245895693noreply@blogger.com13