Meet the Piper-Jordan clan, who completely transformed this once tract-style house left in major disrepair by its previous owner. Robyn Piper and Jay Jordan (pictured above with Mick and Cassie, two of Jay’s three children) married in 2010. Soon they started an insurance company together, which delayed the remodel. When they finally began, the house was in dire shape. “It was a train wreck,” Jay says. “The mold damage was so bad that the county came in and reassessed the taxes!” The couple enlisted architect and interior designer Bill Bocken to see them through the project, and set up residence for 14 months in an apartment above the 7-Eleven on Del Mar Heights Road. The result was worth the wait. It’s midcentury modern with a touch of French élan, thanks to Robyn’s love affair with Versailles. The home offers everything the couple dreamed of—privacy and seclusion, peace and relaxation, a little bit of urban in the ’burbs, with ample space to entertain family and friends.
Francophile
Francophile
Much of the décor is inspired by the summer Robyn spent in France during high school. There she fell in love with Versailles, Marie Antoinette, and French culture. “I had this idea that I wanted a very European home,” she says. “Bill built on things I loved and included some of my favorite French designers,” like Christian Liaigre (the dining table) and Roche Bobois (the family room sofa). In the living room, the custom area rug adds that Versailles je ne sais quoi. Of the purple accents, Robyn says, “Bill knew my favorite color and subtly infused it throughout the house.” Lavender was also her grandmother’s favorite color and was worn by Marie Antoinette on her wedding day. (Custom armchairs by Ligne Roset, coffee table and sofa from Hold It Contemporary Home)
Urban Suburbia
Urban Suburbia
Stone tile flows from the interior to the patio, making the space appear larger. The stairs in the background lead to a swimming pool and Jacuzzi, heated by solar panels on the roof. Two eucalyptus trees (some of the biggest in Del Mar, according to Jay) add privacy and seclusion. “You can sit back there and no one can see in,” Jay says. “It’s like our own little sanctuary.” Both Robyn and Jay have Chicago roots, and were hesitant to move out of downtown San Diego. But ultimately, “Bill kicked our lifestyles up a notch. What we ended up getting was a lot more entertaining space,” Robyn says of the extra seating areas. “I really don’t feel like I’m in the suburbs.” (Outdoor furniture from Grounded in Encinitas)
Due to mold damage and more, the Piper-Jordans were forced to gut the kitchen. Today, the custom space, built by Stan Whitkowski, opens up to the family room and dining room. The back wall of the kitchen is tricked out with luxe Miele appliances, including an espresso machine that “makes you anything you want: lattes, cappuccinos, mochaccinos, you name it,” Jay says. “Robyn uses it every day.” Bill envisioned and designed the extra-long marble island. The architect explains: “The finished home seems so much open and larger than the original home, and so much more usable, all the while bringing a little urban hip to the sleepy old town of Del Mar.”
Hall to dining
Stairway to Heaven
Robyn’s prized Christian Liaigre dining table is visible from the stairway, with custom wrought-iron rails built by National City artisan Hector Contreras of Contreras Iron Works. The Medusa chandelier by La Murrina is another one of Robyn’s anchor pieces—the elements that add “wow factor” and “really pop.” She first discovered it on a trip to Paris, and later purchased it at the La Murrina store in Beverly Hills. During her research, Robyn learned that the Town House Seven Stars Galleria, a seven-star hotel in Milan, has a larger version of the same chandelier in its lobby. And as for those conspicuous ’80s headshots in the hallway? Jay found Robyn’s old modeling portfolio and had some of the images blown up. “I call it the Wall of Fame,” he jokes. “And the kids just cringe.” (Dining chairs from Hold It Contemporary Home)
Del Mar Exterior
Before and After
The design team transformed the exterior look from 1970s faux-pueblo to sleek and modern by stripping away the false Mansard roof (or, as Jay calls it, “that awful football helmet roof”) and adding a smooth stucco finish with an eco-chic Ipe wood courtyard and landscape redesign. Check out the “Before” photos below.
Rebuilding the Dream
Photography by Shelley Metcalf
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NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Home Tour: The Sweetest Mission Hills Oasis
Inside the remodeled 1970s craftsman of local pastry chef and Extraordinary Desserts owner Karen Krasne
Photo Credit: Zack Benson
By Ashtyn Douglas-Rosa
The similarities between baking a cake and remodeling a home might be slim in the minds of most. But to renowned pastry chef and owner of Extraordinary Desserts Karen Krasne, paying attention to detail when decorating anything—be it a gorgeous wedding cake or her 2,200-square-foot house in Mission Hills—is the recipe for a tasteful design.
Krasne began remodeling her 1970s craftsman into the dynamic, contemporary space it is today with the help of local architect Aaron Anderson nearly 15 years ago. “We started with this custom gate, actually,” Anderson says, pointing to a large, suspended steel-and-glass opening at the entrance of the Krasne residence.
Photo Credit: Cole Novak
Past the gate, guests step into the front courtyard that serves as an outdoor dining room. Beneath a custom steel canopy filtering sunlight into the space—an effect inspired by the oak trees of San Diego County—sits a grand stainless-steel communal table topped with zebra quartzite stone. Along the north wall, a smoky gray mirror magnifies the space.
The intimate courtyard brings the outdoors in, while the architecture and design of the house spill outwards.
Photo Credit: Cole Novak
“Both Karen and I grew up in San Diego, so the house is heavily influenced by that sort of outdoor living,” Anderson says. “But the interesting thing about Karen is her travels. What she does, as a chef, is heavily influenced by her international travel, so we also brought all that influence into the house. It’s anchored in San Diego, but it has all kinds of international flourishes.”
The south wall of the courtyard is a striking cement fiberboard privacy screen that’s been pierced with an intricate design. “The very first day I met Karen, she brought these Moroccan lanterns she bought on a trip to Marrakech into my office and she said she wanted the front part of the house to be about these,” Anderson remembers. “I had [the lanterns] on my desk, and we just thought about unrolling them and cutting out the design onto a piece of slim fiberboard. The piece is backlit so, at night, this side glows just like a lantern does.”
Photo Credit: Cole Novak
The old-world, international influences don’t stop in the courtyard. Inside the home, Krasne’s love of traveling is reflected in every room. A hand-carved wooden Moroccan cabinet has been repurposed into a bathroom door. Ornate candle holders from Bali adorn the master bathroom countertop. And in the living room—which expands into a second, bamboo-flanked courtyard through massive stacking glass doors—a feature wall was inspired by traditional azulejos tile Krasne once saw in Spain.
Photo Credit: Cole Novak
“We tried to take all these different influences—Morocco, Bali, and Paris, where Karen went to culinary school—and balance them with the edgier, modern stuff,” Anderson says. “It’s really hard to take a craftsman house and modernize it without it looking terrible, so I think one thing we all did well was elevating it without overtaking it.”
Photo Credit: Zack Benson
The kitchen, where Krasne spends most of her time while she’s at home, was renovated last. A large island topped with a Japanese-inspired lithograph on natural quartz sits in the middle of the sunlit room, nearly always covered in a food spread for Krasne’s family and friends. Floor-to-ceiling, built-in cabinetry is coated with a self-healing gray Fenix laminate, giving the space a calming atmosphere.
Photo Credit: Cole Novak
“Those,” Kranse says, gesturing to ornate, art-deco chandeliers hanging over the kitchen table, “are from an old opera house in Austria. I had them sprayed silver to match the sconces, which all came from the same opera house. I also wanted to bring in French Champagne buckets—I really wanted the space to be about us drinking wine and entertaining.”
The Champagne buckets line a shelf hung above built-in lounge seating. Next to the lounge is an in-wall desk with a stack of her favorite cookbooks on display. There, Krasne researches and experiments with new recipes.
“I have a huge office at my restaurant, but I can’t think straight there,” Krasne says. “You feel the frenetic energy, you hear the tamping of the espresso machine and the phones ringing.” It’s here, in this calming, creative space (and in her personal gym downstairs), that Krasne finds inspiration.
As we exit Krasne’s kitchen and step back out into the front courtyard, she jokes with Anderson that she recently came up with a landscaping idea for the front entrance while on a trip to Puerto Vallarta with her husband.
“I know, with Karen, there’s actually a good chance that it’ll happen,” Anderson laughs. “Karen knows more about construction and putting a house together than any other client I’ve ever worked with. We actually get to a detailed level of thought and design. That’s super rare.”
At home with KPBS culture reporter Angela Carone and beau Joe Porteous
By Kimberly Cunningham | Photography by Robert Benson
Neighborhood La Mesa
Stats 1,400 square feet, with two bedrooms, two baths, and a detached art studio
Her Story: Somewhere off a winding road on Mount Helix, tucked into a hillside overlooking El Cajon, lies an unassuming midcentury treasure of a house with a story to tell. The home’s current residents are KPBS culture reporter Angela Carone, 46, who also pens San Diego Magazine’s monthly book column, and Joe Porteous, who works by day as the general manager at Warwick’s bookstore in La Jolla and as an amateur photographer by night. The house was built in 1948 by sculptor and woodworker John Dirks. An art professor at SDSU, Dirks enlisted his graduate students to help erect the structure almost entirely by hand. He lived there until he died, after which his family worried new owners would tear it down. So they entrusted its care to Angela and Joe. Turns out, Angela had photographed Dirks for a story. The couple quickly fell for the house’s rich history and log-cabin charm. These days, they love to host large parties with friends. (Their Thanksgiving dinners are legendary.) Imagine the likes of Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and Rye playing on the sound system, which just so happens to be built into the walls—a Dirks signature. Angela says, “It does suit our personalities and style very much.”
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Birds of a Feather
Angela and Joe met through a mutual friend eight years ago. “She was pretty adamant,” Angela says of the matchmaker, who knew the couple shared a love of photography, the arts, books (see their colorful collection above), and so much more.
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Rear Window
When Joe and Angela moved in five years ago, the surrounding lot was mostly dirt. Joe added all the landscape seen today. This slightly elevated view of the house is one of Angela’s favorites. During dinner parties, she likes to step outside for a second and examine the scene. She says, “The house emanates this warmth and glows from within.” Joe agrees: “It’s almost like looking from across the street into an apartment. There’s this voyeuristic quality.”
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Social Setting
The couple arranged the living room as one long gathering space. A vintage sofa from Mid-Century on Park Boulevard faces a built-in sofa. A stone fireplace with a patina-perfect copper shield stands in the corner. Angela’s architecture books, Joe’s travel keepsakes, and stunning photographs taken by both of them are sprinkled throughout. A KPBS producer made the burlap ottoman with coffee sacks from Caffé Calabria.
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In-Home Horticulture
One of the property’s coolest and most unique features is this large terrarium that runs along the hallway, leading to the bedrooms and bathrooms. At first, the couple planted all kinds of things, but a lot of it failed to thrive. Today it’s filled with asparagus ferns, spider ferns, and jade. “We’ve had a tough time finding what will live in there,” Angela’s says. “It’s a work in progress.”
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These Bertoia midcentury dining chairs and the bubble lamps over the table and built-in sofa are originals, and came with the house.
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Snappy Style
This small mounted alligator head is part of a vignette of meaningful mementos in the kitchen. Angela laughs as she describes how Joe likes to collect things on his hikes and various excursions. Some of these souvenirs reappear later as birthday gifts. Hence, the alligator. “He always manages to get me jewelry,” she says. “But then I get some weird things, too.”
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Rustic Slumber
“It was easy to move into the house, in so many ways,” Angela says, referring to the home’s clever and practical design. There are built-ins throughout, including a sofa in the living room and drawers and cabinets in the bedroom. Exposed wood beaming and paneling also run throughout, giving the space a log-cabin feel. Angela found the painting above the bed at ObjectsUSA, a local curator of all things midcentury. Joe says, “I’ve been so inspired by the imperfections of the house. It’s polished, but with a notch.” (Pendleton blanket from Progress in South Park)
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“Sometimes in the morning, the whole valley is covered in fog. It feels like you’re living in the clouds.”
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Features
NOVEMBER 27, 2014
Decorate Your Home for the Holidays
A visit from your in-laws is imminent. Don't panic. Here, three ways to throw a dazzling fête.
By Kimberly Cunningham | Photography by Jamie Street
Traditional Elegance
Traditional Elegance
Winter white florals, calligraphy place cards, and sparkling rosé make for a festive candlelit affair.
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Stats 1,100 square feet, with two bedrooms and two baths
Her story: Interior designer Kelly Hinchman of Studio H Design Group always knew what she wanted to be when she grew up. The native San Diegan, now 33, spent her childhood stenciling gold stars on her bedroom walls and moving the furniture around. She went on to study interior design at the Design Institute of San Diego. Today her client roster ranges from residential to commercial properties, including yoga studios, clothing boutiques, and more. Her condo in Cortez Hill showcases her flair for mixing patterns and pops of color. It’s a synthesis of modern and vintage with high- and low-end pieces. “I like to blend all different styles and price points,” she says. Although small, the space packs a punch. Because she spends her days in a sea of fabric swatches and paint chips, making other people’s houses beautiful, Kelly admits that she didn’t want her own house to feel like work: “When I walk into my home, I want it to feel soothing. It’s my sanctuary.”
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Parlor Room Chic
In keeping with the original 1926 architecture, Kelly opted for a traditional parlor room style in her living room. Layered rugs add texture; mixed patterns give the space a modern twist. Here, Kelly’s Pomeranian, Liz Taylor, relaxes by a pair of antique French Louis XV chairs with cabriole legs. Kelly painted the frames and recovered the seats in a blue-hued fabric by Stroheim. A vintage Art Deco vase by Lenox holds Kelly’s collection of Japanese and Chinese calligraphy brushes. (Carrera marble side table from Ocean Beach Antique Mall, wool accent rug by Safavieh, blue sisal rug available at West Elm)
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The designer topped an Ikea table base with a custom terrazzo slab. She found the tolix-style galvanized-metal stools at overstock.com and spray-painted them chartreuse. Tucked in the corner, a fiddle leaf fig tree brings a little bit of the outdoors inside. (Stelton gold jug available at Barneys, cups and saucers from Anthropologie, high-back stools from Classic Home, cowhide rug available at World Market)
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Kelly enjoys a morning cup of joe with Liz Taylor on her outdoor terrace. “The views are always nice,” she says of the vistas that sweep from San Diego Bay to Coronado to Balboa Park. (Rug, table, and all other items from Pigment boutique in North Park)
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“I have trinkets that I love sprinkled throughout my home,” Kelly says. This bar vignette displays a piece of driftwood she found on the beach in Costa Rica. “I just tied some twine around it.” (Cat bowl by Waylande Gregory, marble cutting board by Kelly Wearstler, West Elm gold pillar lamp topped with a Hillary Thomas agate finial)
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Built in 1926, the El Cortez was once the tallest building in San Diego, and counts Elvis and President Eisenhower among its former hotel guests. The building converted to condos in 2004. Kelly was inspired by its charm: “This old building has lots of extra character, and I love living in Cortez Hill. It’s a 15-minute walk to everything.”
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K is for Kelly
The master bedroom is a mix of mauves and neutrals. Some of the details pay homage to another Kelly—design maven Kelly Wearstler—including her custom throw pillows and the two antique Berger chairs upholstered in Kelly Wearstler fabric by Kravet. “I’m obsessed with her,” Hinchman confesses. The art above the bed is from Blackman Cruz in Los Angeles. “It’s made from a Barneys New York window display.” (Bed and throw over headboard from West Elm, lamps from Home Goods, ottoman with hoof legs by Noir)
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Statement Piece
Kelly says, “You can make a lot of things look good if the proportions are right.” Case in point: This starburst mirror by Thomas Pheasant for Baker, which demonstrates the designer’s eye for scale. She also switches out accessories as needed. “It’s a way to not get bored. I can change up the way things are arranged and breathe new life into the space.” (Antique dresser custom-painted in European fine paints by local artist Mark Chavis)
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Home Tours
NOVEMBER 27, 2014
Architecture Exhibit: Three on the Edge
A new exhibit honors the work of three progressive starchitects
During the centennial of the 1915 Panama–California Exposition, Mingei International Museum is celebrating, but not by looking back with nostalgia. It’s zeroing in on the cutting edge of architecture with the ongoing exhibition Three on the Edge, featuring photographs of works by starchitects James Hubbell, Kendrick Kellogg, and Wallace Cunningham. These longtime friends and associates are influenced heavily by the landscape and materials of Southern California and Baja. Rolling hills and canyons, the wide ocean, and abundant light give way to seductive silhouettes and imaginative shapes. Three on the Edge highlights many of the trio’s site-specific designs, one being Cunningham’s Wing House in Rancho Santa Fe, shown here. The S-shaped house was featured in the December 2002 issue of Architectural Digest.
Three on the Edge is part of Mingei’s exhibition series, American Icons: Celebrating Folk Art, Craft and Design from Coast to Coast.
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JULY 10, 2026
Health & Wellness Summer 2026
It’s a Self-Care Summer. Because your best self is our favorite self.
If you’re anything like us, it can be easy to get so caught up in taking care of everyone else, that your own needs get lost in the ether. But while this may be a cliché, that doesn’t make it any less true: You can’t give your best self to other people unless you’re taking care of yourself.
Sometimes, that looks like stopping in for your regular acupuncture or chiropractic appointment. Other days, it means giving your body the fresh, organic fuel it needs to truly feel and function at its best. And some other times still, it involves leaving your responsibilities behind for a weekend to pamper yourself at an incredible resort and spa.
Only you can decide what your truly need. We’re just here to help you find the best ways to get it.
Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa
Island living meets desert luxury at the Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa in Indian Wells. When you step onto the 11-acre property, you’ll be surrounded by sweeping view of the Santa Rosa Mountains with olive trees and fragrant citrus groves decorating the grounds. In other words, everything about this relaxed but refined resort is primed to help you let go of the stress from home and enjoy easy sun-soaked days and gorgeous starry nights.
The rooms blend calming, woven textures with Tommy Bahama’s signature tropical prints and feature private lanais, making it easy unwind the moment you walk in the door. If you book one of the four Villa Suites, you’ll be treated to exclusive Tommy Bahama furniture and unique personal touches to further that feeling of instant ease.
At the award-winning Spa Rosa, the expert team will help reset and recharge your body and mind using methods and rituals inspired by the desert. The 12,000-square-foot retreat includes outdoor soaking pools, eucalyptus steam rooms, and outdoor cabanas, as well as massages, facials, and body masks—all aimed at creating a day dedicated to you. We’re particularly partial to the Day Long Escape, an indulgent all-day affair of CDBs soaks, renewing scrubs, life changing massages, and transformative facials.
Following your treatment, continue the experience with a meal on the patio at Grapefruit Basil. We love the Hamachi Crudo, a light, citrus-forward dish featuring premium yellowtail, house-made ponzu, creamy avocado, and fresh seasonal garnishes.
Whether you’re strolling the gardens, relaxing beside its saltwater pools, or indulging in a restorative treatment, you’ll be able to escape in style and relax in luxury at the Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa.
Healcove Chiropractic
There’s no shortage of ways to stay active in San Diego—but if you really want to enjoy everything the city has to offer, you’ve got to make sure you’re giving your body its tune-ups. Enter: Healcove Chiropractic. The board-certified chiropractors and wellness professionals at Healcove are experts at addressing that stage where you’re not injured, exactly, but you’re not at 100%, either. Maybe you’re feeling a bit tense or stressed out. Or it could be that you’re not quite moving the way you want to. Sometimes, it’s just that the accumulation of days, weeks, or even years of daily strain is starting to take a toll. No matter what stage you find yourself at, the Healcove Chiropractic team can provide integrated, preventative care centered on long-term, science-backed approaches that ensure you can always stay active and live the life you want to live pain-free.
This starts by providing truly individualized care. Every patient can expect a thorough 60-minute consultation session that includes a posture and movement screening. This allows the team to develop a completely personalized plan. That plan might include chiropractic care, acupuncture, or massage therapy, as well as functional fitness training, vibration and sound therapy, and Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization, a clinical rehabilitation method that retrains the body’s stabilization systems. Whatever the team recommends, you can be sure that it’s tailored to meeting your body’s needs today and the future.
There’s a reason that San Diego Magazine named Healcove the “Best Chiropractor in San Diego”—don’t wait until you’re struggling with an injury to find out why. Book an appointment today for holistic, integrated care that helps ground and heal your body before it reaches a crisis point.
Juice Holler
West Coast wellness culture meets the community feel of Southern Appalachia at Juice Holler. Juice Holler’s menu consists of made-to-order smoothies and smoothie bowls, as well as grab-and-go cold-pressed juices, wellness shots, salads, and more. It operates from the blissfully simple premise that fueling up with food and drink that’s guilt-free and good your body should be simple, accessible, and, above all else, delicious. And if you haven’t yet made it out to the Encinitas café, which opened just this year, let us be the first to tell you: Juice Holler delivers on each and every of these fronts.
We love the Supercharger smoothie, a mood-lifting and body-fueling option made with banana, almond butter, blue spirulina, maca, grass-fed whey protein, raw cacao nibs, medjool dates, and coconut milk. We’re also partial to the Thrive Alive smoothie bowl, where avocado, mango, sea moss, spirulina, mint, coconut milk, and agave are mixed and topped with coconut, chia seeds, strawberry, mango, and chocolate drizzle. The wellness shots include the Detoxifier, a cleansing blend of kale, cucumber, lemon and spirulina, plus a shot specially designed to fight inflammation (named, fittingly, Anti-Inflammation). Probiotic overnight oats, lemon turmeric bars, and strawberry shortcake chia pudding are other standouts on the grab-and-go menu.
Much of the vibe feels beachy North County chic—think green tile with orange and pink accents, grounded with greenery and natural wood—but Juice Holler founder Kelly Sergott, a longtime Encinitas local, has also enfused the space with her Kentucky roots. In Appalachia, a holler is small valley between hills and mountains, where nature reigns, community is king, and nourishment comes right from the land. At Juice Holler, Sergott has created a holler for the busy modern times, using local ingredients to create a spot for people to come together and enjoy fresh, fast, feel-good fuel for their day.
Everwell Acupuncture
We’ve all had that experience with a medical professional where we’ve felt rushed, ignored, or misunderstood—and ultimately, like we didn’t get the answers that we needed. But at Everwell, the holistic acupuncture practice located in Solana Beach, the care team wants to transform your understanding of what healthcare can look like.
Patients at Everwell experience care rooted in intentional listening and radical empathy—and trust us, those aren’t just corporate buzzwords. This place actually puts those ideas into practice. You will always be given the time you need to tell your story— initial in-take appointments are two hours long—and you can rest assured that your story will be believed. Every single question and concern will be addressed by a dedicated practitioner who wants to find the specific solutions that work best for you, and you’ll receive care that’s aimed at healing the body, mind, and spirit.
Everwell’s highly trained, doctorate-level practitioners blend evidence-based acupuncture with the practice of classical Chinese medicine. (If you’ve never tried acupuncture before or aren’t sure if the team will be a fit, we’d highly recommended Everwell’s complimentary 20-minute consultations.) Research shows that by stimulating specific points on the body, acupuncture activates a natural healing response in the body, helping to restore balance, regulate the nervous system, and improve overall wellbeing. This allows the practice to address an incredibly wide range of conditions from chronic pain and autoimmune disorders to digestive issues, from stress and burnout to headaches migraines, fertility and postpartum struggles, hormonal imbalances, sleep concerns and more.
At Everwell, you can expect to feel heard, trusted, respected, and cared for. This is a space that doesn’t want to be just another healthcare provider you visit; it wants to provide patients with dedicated partner who will be there for their entire health journey.
