Awaken Acupuncture "We treat mind, body and spirit". We specialize in helping women with cancer get through the ordeal of cancer.
Dr. Michelle O'Shaughnessy has been practicing in the Central Florida area for over 10 years. She was the proud owner of the Aesthetic Acupuncture Clinic in Dr. Phillips and for the last 3 years she has worked at the Herb Shop in Kissimmee until February 12, 2016 when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Cervical Cancer. Her whole life changed. She tried to fight it alternative medicine like acupuncture, Chinese Herbs and going to the Hippocrates Institute down in West Palm. All of them helped but at the end the cancer kept spreading until she finally decided to start chemo and radiation. She understands how one feels going through this ordeal and all the physical side effects and emotional turmoil one goes through while they are going just beginning the process, in the middle or at end. She wants to help women to feel better physically, emotionally, spiritually and sexually. It can affect so many different aspects and she want to be a safe haven where women can come and ask for advise on issues that most don't want to talk about like the vaginal atrophy, dryness or the loss of sensuality one feels after being radiated.
She graduated Cum Laude from the Florida College of Integrative Medicine and after a few years she was invited back to join the faculty and teach "How to use Food as medicine". She has written 4 books "Traditional Chinese Medicine an Aesthetician Guide" , "Nourish your skin and body with Traditional Chinese medicine", " Chinese Medicine for healthy skin" and "50 shades of herbs". She has been an Aesthetician for over 20 years and got the highest honor in the field by getting her C.I,D.E.S.C.O certification. She also owned and created Healing Herbal Soups which were different frozen soups to help heal and nourish the major organs of the body. The principles that she used to create her soups was based on Chinese medicine and Western herbs. She is passionate about using food as a way to heal and to keep the body healthy.
