What Chinese Medicine Understands About Health That We’ve Forgotten feat. Jiaming Ju

In this episode, I talk with Jiaming Ju, a practitioner of Chinese medicine and a health economist whose work sits at the intersection of traditional medicine, modern health challenges, and the pressures of high-performance living. Jiaming works with a wide range of patients — from Olympic athletes and artists to CEOs and young women navigating hormonal health. What she sees in her practice is something we don’t talk about enough: the hidden cost of performance. From the outside, many of these people look like the healthiest in the room. They’re disciplined, driven, and successful. But internally, many of them are struggling with hormonal disruption, autoimmune issues, digestive problems, chronic stress, and burnout. In our conversation, we explore some of the patterns Jiaming sees again and again in her patients, and how Chinese medicine approaches health differently than the symptom-based model most of us are used to. Instead of looking at isolated diagnoses, Chinese medicine asks a bigger question: what patterns are happening in the body as a whole? Together we talk about: • Why elite athletes — especially female athletes — often struggle with hormonal disruption • The psychological pressure that comes with high performance and identity • The rise of autoimmune diseases and thyroid disorders • Why digestion and gut health are often at the center of chronic illness • The emotional patterns that can show up in physical symptoms • ADHD and how Chinese medicine interprets attention, energy, and focus • The connection between eating disorders and hormonal health • Fertility challenges and the growing reliance on IVF • How stress and modern life may be pushing many bodies out of balance • The relationship between emotional suppression and physical illness • Skin health, beauty, and what they may reveal about internal health We also talk about something that doesn’t get enough space in medical conversations: how people make decisions when facing serious diagnoses. Jiaming shares why she encourages patients to slow down when possible, ask deeper questions, and consider the broader picture of their health before rushing into fear-based decisions. This conversation is ultimately about something bigger than any single diagnosis. It’s about how we live, how we handle pressure, and how we listen — or don’t listen — to the signals our bodies are constantly sending us. For me, it was a reminder that health is rarely about one thing. It’s about the system we’re living in — physically, emotionally, and culturally. CONNECT WITH JIAMING Website Instagram @byjiamingju Blood Tonic formula Available through her website CONNECT WITH ME Instagram YouTube If you enjoyed this conversation, please

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What Chinese Medicine Understands About Health That We’ve Forgotten feat. Jiaming Ju is an episode from The Gabby Reece Show by Dear Media.

This episode is 01:21:36 long.

This episode was published on Mar 23, 2026.

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