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Hot Water with Sara Jane Ho

Sara Jane unpacks the traditions, beliefs, and practices that continue to shape Chinese life—and what they mean for you. New episodes every Tuesday. Want more? Follow along @sarajaneho and watch her Netflix show Mind Your Manners. Shop Sara Jane"s intimate care to fight vaginal odor, dryness and irritation on www.antevortaskin.com

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31:52

Your Acne Isn’t Random: What TCM Sees on Your Face

Hot Water with Sara Jane Ho ·

2026/01/13

Sara Jane answers your most-asked skincare questions through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine—why acne shows up where it does, why ice baths can trigger skin issues, and how acupuncture can help clear skin. An inside-out take on skincare that goes far beyond products.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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87:22

How Feng Shui Shapes Your Destiny – with Marie Diamond

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2026/01/06

When Sara Jane discovers how powerfully our environments shape our mood, energy, and opportunities, she sits down with Feng Shui master Marie Diamond to explore the ancient principles behind it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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30:49

TCM Miracles – The God Doctor in Hong Kong

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2025/12/23

Traditional Chinese Medicine holds stories far beyond herbs and needles. Sara Jane shares the remarkable cases she witnessed with Hong Kong’s famed “God Doctor,” the late Master Ma Hon Chau. From incurable conditions reversed to pain disappearing in moments, these TCM miracles reveal a healer whose abilities defied explanation and whose impact touched her own family.Send in your own TCM miracles to hello@sarajaneho.com We’ll be taking a short break over the New Year and our next episode will

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87:30

The Ancient Chinese Powers of Tea – with Jesse Appell

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2025/12/16

Knowing that tea in China is far more than a drink—that it’s a daily medicine, a social ritual, and a quiet philosophy of life—Sara Jane invites Jesse Appell to share its deeper wisdom with listeners. Together, they explore the ancient Chinese principles behind tea’s healing properties, the cultural power of the tea table, and why you never want to be “invited to tea” by the Chinese government.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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65:58

Ayurveda vs. TCM: Two Ancient Medicines, One Truth...

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2025/12/09

When Sara Jane discovers that Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine—born a thousand years apart—share the same truths about balance, she sits down with Yogi Cameron to explore how ancient wisdom, daily rituals, and your unique “health personality” can realign the body and mind.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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32:03

Why Women Over 40 Need Qi Gong, Not HIIT

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2025/12/02

As Sara Jane reflects on turning 40 she breaks down the unspoken rules of drinking in Chinese culture, reveals why healthy weight gain in TCM has nothing to do with “eating more,” and shares her go-to congee recipe for nourishing the Spleen. She also dives into the best forms of movement for perimenopause—from Qi Gong to Tai Chi—and why in this season of life your workouts should soothe your system, not drain your Yin.

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36:02

The Feng Shui Questions You Won’t Stop Asking

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2025/11/25

Sara Jane answers your biggest feng shui follow-ups—from whether family photos count as “watching you sleep” to why Buddhas and teddy bears don’t belong in the bedroom. She talks stray-cat omens, art above the bed, and shares the story of her recent spiritual “clearing.” She also breaks down grounding basics—from earthing mats to seawater minerals—and why staying rooted matters just as much as staying enlightened.

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65:26

Traditional Chinese Medicine 101: Why Your Kitchen Is...

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2025/11/18

When Sara Jane learns that your kitchen might hold more healing power than your medicine cabinet, she sits down with Dr. Felice Chan—a neuroscientist turned doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine—to uncover the connection between ancient remedies and the body’s hidden intelligence.

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21:44

Why Microwaves Kill Qi, Coffee Drains Yin & Chinese...

Hot Water with Sara Jane Ho ·

2025/11/11

Sara Jane dives into your most-asked questions—from why microwaving food can “kill the qi” to what your Chinese friend really means when they call you chubby. She shares nourishing herbal drinks for fertility and fibroids, unpacks the TCM take on hot yoga, and reveals how your daily coffee habit might be quietly depleting your Yin.

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28:04

Blended Families, Peptides & the Power of Yin

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2025/11/04

Sara Jane shares what really happens when you blend families — from moving her stepson into college to giving his menopausal mother a glow-up, she unpacks Mounjaro, peptides, red string protection rituals, and herbal soups that nourish Yin through midlife shifts.

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58:34

What’s Eating You? Parasites, Mood Swings & TCM...

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2025/10/28

When Sara Jane learns that parasites might be behind everything from eczema to belly fat to mood swings, she calls in Dr. Chris Motley—chiropractic doctor, TCM practitioner, and master of frequency medicine—to find out what’s really living inside her. Because maybe what’s draining you isn’t in your head—it’s in your gut.

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34:12

The Warm Womb: TCM, PCOS & Paths to Pregnancy

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2025/10/21

Sara Jane shares her (in)fertility story—from incomplete medical abortion and uterine scarring to PCOS—then breaks down TCM fixes for conceiving (for both partners), the Qing Palace chart to determining your baby’s gender, soothing pregnancy rituals, and why Chinese elites are choosing surrogacy.

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28:20

Night Peeing? BO? Cravings? Here’s What You’re Missing

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2025/10/14

What do night peeing, body odor, and food cravings have in common? Traditional Chinese Medicine has answers—and they might surprise you. In this episode Sara Jane shares solutions: from an acupuncture point for bladder control, to the real reason Chinese women don’t need deodorant, to herbal support for food cravings. Plus: eczema, text neck and mirror Feng Shui.

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71:05

Unlocking Your Intuition—and Why You Should See a...

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2025/10/07

What if your intuition was already speaking—you just weren’t listening? In this episode Sara Jane sits down with psychic medium MaryAnn DiMarco to talk spirit guides, energy hygiene, and how to tell the difference between fear and inner knowing. Come for the live reading and stay for the real talk on trusting your gifts and raising your spiritual frequency.

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30:11

Why Room-Temp is Cold, Stepmom Stigma is Real & How...

Hot Water with Sara Jane Ho ·

2025/09/30

Sara Jane and Kelsey discuss stepmom stigma in Chinese culture, why room temperature water is actually cold, the TCM way to support PCOS, and a quick hotel feng shui fix for figurines “watching” you sleep.

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67:56

How a Chinese Family-Run Furniture Brand Is Taking on...

Hot Water with Sara Jane Ho ·

2025/09/23

Mark Feng now helms Markor—China’s iconic home-furnishings empire often called the “Ethan Allen of China”—with a footprint that stretches across the globe. Sara Jane sits down with him to tell a story bigger than furniture: the making of modern China.

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62:26

How to Find Flow: Music, Parenting and Spiritual...

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2025/09/16

Grammy-winning producer Kizzo has built a life defined by sound, spirit, and soul. In this conversation Sara Jane traces his climb to the top, the lessons of parenting a young creative, what psychedelics unlock in the studio, and why music is spiritual technology.

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24:53

The Truth About Hot Bodies, Sticky Poop & Dating...

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2025/09/09

In this rapid-fire bonus episode Sara Jane explains why sticky stool might signal “damp-heat,” how cupping actually works, and whether “fancy Asians” are really all that fancy.

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50:54

Hello I’m Dead: What to Know Before You Go

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2025/09/02

What if talking about death isn’t morbid—but loving? In this episode Sara Jane sits down with QuyenZi Pham to understand why she founded Hello I’m Dead and how reframing end-of-life planning as care—not catastrophe—can bring families peace and clarity. Together they explore why death is taboo in many Asian families and how silence and superstition leaves us unprepared.

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40:17

The Truth I Never Told: Abortion, Shame, and Speaking Up

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2025/08/26

When Sara Jane realizes she’s never fully told the truth about her abortion, she sits down solo—just her voice and her story and her producer Kelsey for emotional support. From the trauma of hiding her experience to the cultural pressures of being the “perfect daughter,” she opens up about what it’s taken to find peace. Plus, how Kabbalah, Chinese values, and shamanic healing helped her reclaim her worth and rewrite the narrative.

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