{"id":105,"date":"2026-01-23T02:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bwalchemy.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T19:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:00:04","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bwalchemy.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"105\" class=\"elementor elementor-105\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1317c08f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1317c08f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf3945e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6bf3945e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-258f778 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"258f778\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/bwalchemy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3530-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-240\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bwalchemy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3530-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/bwalchemy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3530-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/bwalchemy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3530-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bwalchemy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3530-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/bwalchemy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3530-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d1ceeb7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d1ceeb7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5441cb66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5441cb66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About me<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6321f01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6321f01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hi, I\u2019m Brenda \u2014 a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) learner , meditation practitioner, adventurer and climber. Born in Beijing and now based in Metro Detroit, Michigan. I\u2019m passionate about making TCM feel practical, grounded, and usable in everyday life.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I write about TCM health tips, food therapy, and seasonal living\u2014simple habits that support balance over time. Alongside that, I share meditation practices and reflections on self-cultivation, and I bring it all outdoors through healthy backpacking food prep that actually works on the trail.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re curious about feeling better with natural method physically and mentally, you\u2019re in the right place.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-525cf065 elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"525cf065\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Be my authentic self, and bring creativities back to the world.\"\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p 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