love notes from keesh

  • Caring for Episcleritis, Gently — A Whole-Body Look at Inflammation, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Flare-Day Support

    Episcleritis isn’t a word most people know—until their eye turns red, irritated, and painful without warning. When I first started sharing my experience, I quickly realized how little accessible, lived-experience information exists around it. Most explanations are clinical, most treatments are short-term, and most conversations stop at “take this and see if it helps.”

    This blog is for anyone navigating Episcleritis who wants to understand their body more deeply—not just quiet symptoms, but listen to what their body is communicating.

    If you’re looking for my personal healing journey, you can read my earlier post and watch my YouTube video here: Healing Episcleritis With Traditional Chinese Medicine Practices.

    That piece tells my story. This one explains the framework I live by now.

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

    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.

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

    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.
  • Healing Episcleritis with Traditional Chinese Medicine Practices

    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. 
  • How to raise your frequency internally & externally + Easy 4 ingredient DIY high frequency home spray

    This week I want to discuss intentionally raising your frequency both internally and externally. One of the best lessons I’ve learned and continue to explore is the knowledge of setting the frequency for yourself and your surroundings. When we make intentional actions to vibrate higher, we simultaneously, set up an environment conducive to our most authentic self.

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

    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.