love notes from keesh

  • Fear Not! Let’s Talk Kidneys — What the Winter Season Means for Your Kidney & Bladder Health

    by LaKeshia Williams

    Winter arrives quietly. 

    It doesn’t ask for urgency or performance. It shortens the days, nips the air, and gently nudges us inward. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), winter is not a season to conquer—it’s a season to conserve. To slow your breath, soften your pace, and listen more closely to what your body has been holding. 

    This season is ruled by the Water element, and with it comes the emotion of fear. Not fear as in panic, but fear as in instinct—the subtle undercurrent that shows up as restlessness, exhaustion, or uncertainty about what's to come. When left unattended, this fear can quietly drain us. When honored, it can guide us back to safety, trust, and deep resilience.

    Winter governs the Kidneys (yin) and Urinary Bladder (yang)—the organs responsible for our vitality, endurance, and ability to move through life without depletion. They remind us that strength isn’t always loud, and survival doesn’t require constant motion.

    So this is your invitation to fear not—not by ignoring what you feel, but by tending to it gently. By resting where you’ve been bracing. By allowing winter to hold you, instead of resisting its stillness.

    Posted in holistic healing, self help, Traditional Chinese Medicine

  • GOOD GRIEF!! Let's Talk LUNGS: What the Fall/Autumn season means for your lung and colon health

    by LaKeshia Williams

    GREAT NEWS—I have officially secured an editor for my second book!!!

    I am so excited (yet nervous) about this upcoming release. It is my first fully fictional novel and I cannot wait to share it with the world. It will be released mid-2025 with more details to follow!
    With all that being said, now I have more time to dedicate to my blog and community. My goal is to publish at least twice a month moving forward. With the Fall/Autumn season just around the corner I thought it would be a great idea to start an elemental, human body healing series in conjunction with the seasons. If you have previously read any of my work, you know I am a strong advocate for Traditional Chinese Medicine. Within TCM, it is believed that there are five elements attuned to the different seasons in conjunction with our organ harmony: Wood (Spring), Fire (Summer), Earth (Late Summer), Metal (Fall/Autumn), and Water (Winter). In this blog we will focus on the Metal element in relation to the upcoming Fall/Autumn season.
    Posted in holistic healing, personal improvement, self help, Traditional Chinese Medicine

  • Healing Episcleritis with Traditional Chinese Medicine Practices

    by LaKeshia Williams
    For this podcast, we are discussing Healing Episcleritis with Traditional Chinese Medicine/holistic practices. Episcleritis- A common, mostly benign, unilateral or bilateral inflammatory condition affecting the tissue between the conjunctiva and sclera. Not to be confused with the more serious Scleritis, that affects a deeper tissue of the eye. It can be distinguished by an ophthalmologist or optometrist performing a blanch of the eye. If the redness disappears, it is episcleritis. 
    Posted in holistic healing, personal improvement, self help, Traditional Chinese Medicine

  • Western vs. Eastern Medicine: Why I chose to use TCM practices to heal Episcleritis

    by LaKeshia Williams
    According to Western medicine, Episcleritis is a rather common inflammation disorder of the episclera of the eyeball that can present itself with or without an underlining internal inflammation disease.
    Posted in holistic healing, personal improvement, self help, Traditional Chinese Medicine