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Hey Dr. Catherine is your weekly dose of real talk from me, Dr. Catherine Price—Doctor of Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine with 20+ years of experience helping women look and feel their best. I share honest stories, expert insights, and doable tips to help you navigate hormones, skin changes, energy dips, and all the beauty (and weirdness) of growing into yourself. It’s personal. It’s practical. And it’s all about helping you thrive—body, mind, and spirit.
The Stories We Tell Ourselves 💭✨
Published about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Hello, my friend!
As I sat in garden this morning, watching the early light filter through the trees, I found myself thinking about something that came up in a session with a client this week. We were talking about those persistent inner voices—the ones that whisper things like "you're not good at that" or "you're not good enough."
It got me wondering: what if most of the stories we tell ourselves about our limitations aren't even true? What if they're just old programming that has nothing to do with who we are today?
This week, I want to explore the lies we've internalized about ourselves and how we can start writing new, more empowering narratives. Because here's what I know for certain: you are constantly evolving, and the person you are today deserves so much more credit than you're giving.
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This week's inspiration: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
Latest blog post: Finding Your Center in Uncertain Times
What I'm Reading: Come Again...
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
What are the narratives we tell ourselves that actually aren't true? Who could have told us those things? And how have they come to live inside of us as self-limiting beliefs?
When I think about my young life, I was told I was not good at math. Despite the fact that my grandmother was literally a math genius, somehow I ended up in remedial math taught by the hockey coach. Being told I had no aptitude for it, I spent most of the time playing "name that tune" on the rubber bands of my braces.
Perhaps in the 80s, no one was looking so much for aptitude in math in young women—especially those as exuberant as I was.
The Truth About Change
But here's what I've come to understand: we are always changing. I believe on a cellular level, we are brand spanking new every seven years. So how could what we've been told about ourselves even apply to the person we are today? If they were ever even true at all?
This conversation came up with a client this week, and I've talked to my 29-year-old stepson about it extensively. The lies we carry aren't just about our abilities—they're about our worth, our potential, our right to take up space in the world.
Finding Your Role Models
So how do we move forward? By example. Who are the role models in our lives that help define who we want to be going forward?
I can think of four women in their 70s—courageous pioneers living up to their full potential, creating films, writing books, running businesses, and fighting for democracy. They're graceful and self-possessed. They're so vibrant! Despite their age, they're actually more alive than people less than half their age who feel the need to conform to what others think of them and freeze their faces in place.
But why are we freezing young faces when our mandate is to grow and evolve?
Your Evolution Invitation
As we push forward with hope to evolve into the next form of ourselves, I invite you to consider: who are the role models in your life that continue to inspire you? Who reminds you to cast off those self-limiting concepts put upon you when you were young that have nothing to do with the person you've become?
Remember: Yes, you can rewrite your story at any age.
Latest blog post
Finding Your Center in Uncertain Times
Even for the most unaware, it's abundantly clear these are turbulent times. I've heard a number of people say this is the most conflicted period globally of their lifetime—and as sensitive people, we can feel this on a very cellular level.
When the world feels heavy and uncertain, our nervous systems respond accordingly. We might find ourselves more reactive, more anxious, or simply more emotionally raw than usual. And while we can't control the chaos around us, we can cultivate how we meet ourselves in the midst of it all.
This is where self-compassion becomes not just helpful, but essential. It's the difference between adding to our inner turmoil or becoming a sanctuary for ourselves when everything else feels unstable.
In this blog post, I offer gentle guidance on meeting ourselves with the compassion and sensitivity we need during these challenging times. Because when everything around us feels uncertain, the most radical act is treating ourselves with tenderness.
Looking to end this newsletter on a slightly lighter note, I want to introduce you to a Substack I recently discovered called Come Again.
It's a refreshingly candid newsletter by Dr. Lauren Streicher—a gynecologist and sexual medicine expert who knows her way around the delicate dance between hormones and intimacy. She's a Professor of ObGyn at Northwestern University and also a Senior Research Fellow at the Kinsey Institute.
What I love about her approach? She talks plainly—about how our changing hormones don't have to mean the end of pleasure or connection. Instead, she offers practical wisdom on how we can navigate, understand, and yes, truly enjoy our evolving sex lives during this chapter of life.
Dr. Streicher's newsletter is like having that conversation with the friend who's both brilliant and brave enough to say what we're all thinking—and I'm here for it.
Wishing you a wonderful week full of possibilities and the courage to question those old stories that no longer serve you.
Dr. Cat 🥰
Dr. Catherine
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A weekly love letter for women in the middle of everything.
Hey Dr. Catherine is your weekly dose of real talk from me, Dr. Catherine Price—Doctor of Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine with 20+ years of experience helping women look and feel their best. I share honest stories, expert insights, and doable tips to help you navigate hormones, skin changes, energy dips, and all the beauty (and weirdness) of growing into yourself. It’s personal. It’s practical. And it’s all about helping you thrive—body, mind, and spirit.