Lindsay MacDougall, LAc

I realized that medicine needed more sustainable approaches to address the complex symptoms that women, in particular, experience. The moment I received my first acupuncture treatment, I knew I was meant to become an acupuncturist. At 22, while living in France as a school teacher, I began suffering from debilitating migraines. Emotional stress, a breakup, and adjusting to life abroad compounded my physical symptoms. My hair was falling out, I gained weight, and my periods stopped. The migraines became unbearable, and I felt constantly anxious, depressed, and overwhelmed.

Back in the U.S., a visit to an OB-GYN left me feeling misunderstood. A friend recommended acupuncture, and that decision changed my life. From the moment I entered the acupuncturist’s room, I felt heard. Her approach, asking questions about my body and life, felt deeply compassionate. The acupuncture itself was a revelation—painless and calming. My migraines quickly diminished, and my menstrual cycle returned to normal.

We look for health in nature’s expression of the five elements from the ancient Classical Chinese medical texts. Recognizing that women do not have an outlet for their bodies to feel in a somatically healing setting for various vagal nerve dysfunctions, I developed my FEMM course, short for my Feminine Energy Metabolic Method as well as FEMM Dating Course for those single or married, because I truly believe women become empowered through relationship.

My method with FEMM integrates our own softer healing creativity with the critical mind so we can dynamically move forward in present day life obstacles, which includes industrial and corporate systems that can be damaging to women’s bodies at scale today.

Through forging a strong relationship to ourselves, to others, our bodies and our health, I believe empowering women on all fronts is how we will achieve ecological and economic sustainability for our planet into the next generation.