The My Metro Medicine Podcast

The My Metro Medicine Podcast

The My Metro Medicine Podcast with Dr. Justin Flinner (Dr. J) explores how Tai Chi, Qigong, and Traditional Chinese Medicine connect to modern healing. Designed for acupuncturists, healthcare providers, bodyworkers, instructors, and wellness professionals, each episode dives into movement as medicine, integrative care, and the future of healing. If you believe medicine should evolve beyond symptom relief, this podcast will inspire your practice and purpose.

Episodes

January 28, 2026 25 mins

The world feels loud. Fast. Tense. And most people are walking around with a nervous system stuck in overdrive.

In this episode of The My Metro Medicine Podcast, Dr. Justin Flinner breaks down how Tai Chi and Qigong train something most people never think about—the ability to stay calm when everything around you isn’t.

This isn’t about escaping reality. It’s about building real internal stability so you can handle stress, uncertainty...

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In this episode of The My Metro Medicine Podcast, Dr. Justin Flinner explores what it truly means to honor one’s teachers in Tai Chi, Qigong, acupuncture, and the healing arts. Beyond titles and proximity, honoring lineage is about integrity, responsibility, and the courage to step forward and carry the medicine into modern practice.


This thoughtful conversation examines how practitioners grow from close mentorship into independent ...

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This Thanksgiving, give your Qi some love! In this festive episode, Dr. Justin Flinner from My Metro Medicine shows you how to stay balanced, energized, and grateful—even after a big feast of turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. Learn how gratitude influences your energy, discover gentle Tai Chi and Qigong movements to support digestion, and pick up simple acupressure tips to keep your Qi flowing smoothly.

Whether you’re a seasoned pr...

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In this first episode of Season 3, Dr. J explores the timeless wisdom of the Five Elements — Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water — and how they can be integrated with the Eight Principles to enhance both personal wellness and clinical practice.

Learn how these elemental forces shape your body, emotions, and relationships, and discover how ancient theory meets modern application.

This episode also introduces Dr. Flinner’s upcoming Fiv...

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In this episode of the My Metro Medicine podcast, we dive into three fascinating and timely topics chosen and researched by student acupuncturists: 

  1. Addressing menopause and erectile dysfunction through acupuncture
  2. Navigating the pros and cons of self-pay versus accepting insurance in a modern practice
  3. Inspiring success stories that show just how powerful acupuncture can be.

Join Dr. Justin Flinner, your host and professor ...

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February 26, 2021 15 mins

What challenges are you facing in your life right now? What are you doing to overcome them? In this podcast, we help you to explore within yourself what you need to do in order to conquer and overcome these challenges. Never succumb to the difficult parts or your life. There is always a way! Thanks for listening to the #GateofLifepodcast by #MyMetroMedicine! Have an awesome day! Don’t forget to subscribe, share, and comment! We wou...

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February 18, 2021 13 mins

What are you afraid of most in life? Are your fears keeping you from reaching the next level of self-understanding? Are they preventing you from experiencing the life that is waiting for you through the Gate of Life? It is time you face those fears and let yourself live the way you were meant to. Listen to this podcast and begin breaking down the barriers that are holding you back. Thanks for listening to the #GateofLifepodcast by ...

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February 10, 2021 18 mins

In this week’s episode, we travel from the core of the earth to the core of you to discover the answer to a very important question: “Why do you get out of bed every day?” If you can find the answer to this question, then you have found a purpose in your life; something that drives you to wake up and do life a little bit better each day. This is what the Gate of Life is all about! Thanks for listening to the #GateofLifepodcast by #...

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February 4, 2021 19 mins
Are you losing control? Does your life feel like it is all over the place? Do you have trouble making clear decisions? Are you riding an emotional roller coaster? Then what you need is not something else to do that will distract you like watching Netflix, but rather, you need a new approach. In this podcast, we focus on YOU and give you a chance to examine the actions you are taking in life to see what is working and what isn’t. If...
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January 27, 2021 19 mins
Are you a dancer? What style is your favorite: ballroom, ballet, swing, breakdancing, or something else? Dancing is an expression of self; an artistic display of one’s emotions without using words. Dancing is also a useful analogy for moving through life. (Gracefully, we hope!) Every aspect of movement is connected to your posture and therefore your back. In this podcast we discuss these connections and explore through a short exer...
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January 20, 2021 20 mins
How you stand tells the rest of the world a whole lot about who you are: your level of #confidence, your #innerstrength, your #comfortlevel, your #emotions. Everything about you is displayed in how you stand in this life. That is why #posture is such an important starting point in 2021, the #YearofRecovery. In order to stand tall and stand with full confidence, we need to have the strength necessary to do so. If you haven’t practic...
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January 13, 2021 17 mins
It’s the second week in 2021, are you back to normal yet? Of course not!! But at least I hope you are preparing yourself to be. This week’s podcast is about teaching you to apply the posture techniques taught in our YouTube video last week titled “Fix Your Posture” (link to channel below for other videos too) so that you can focus better and be more efficient while you work, drive, or watch TV. (I don’t imagine that last one requir...
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2021 is finally here and you are tired of the pandemic and ready for things to get back to normal! I feel you! But, are you prepared for what the new normal will look like? You adjusted quickly at the beginning to the changes necessary for working and schooling at home, wearing masks and staying 6 feet apart, and you cancelled your vacation plans (reluctantly!). But are you ready for whatever the new normal will be? What are you do...
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In Episode #11, we complete part two of our interview with Mina Larson, CEO of the National Certification Commission on Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) in Washington, DC. (www.nccaom.org) According to their website, the “NCCAOM is the only national organization that validates entry-level competency in the practice of Acupuncture and Oriental medicine (AOM) through professional certification.” In our interview with Mina, ...

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In this audio version of our ASK THE EXPERT interview, we sat down virtually with Pukai Jin, Radiology Technologist Specialist from the Inova Health System at Mount Vernon Hospital. Pukai is one of our local frontline healthcare workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic here in Northern Virginia (Fairfax), the hardest hit county in the state of Virginia. We discussed the challenges Pukai is witnessing in the Inova Health System as wel...
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As most of us are on lockdown and have been ordered to stay home, we are slowly coming to the reality that everything in our lives today is NOT okay. How will we transition out of this? How will we all move on with our lives when this #coronavirus pandemic is officially over? What will the world look like? The reality we are about to face is going to be a very different one, which is a reminder that everything in our lives is chang...
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Across the world, people are going crazy staying inside their homes. People want to go out and live “normally” again, even if for just five minutes. Who can blame them? It is unnatural for us to stay indoors for so long, but the fact is, we have ALL been called to stay home. It is our duty as a caring citizen to think about the people around us in our communities. The health of the world is at stake, and we must all step up and wor...
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As the days go on while we are locked away in our homes, the one thing we shouldn’t lose besides hope is our routine. We must have a routine with a solid structure to adhere to each day from morning to night. We must find a way to maintain this routine even with such a huge disruption like the #coronavirus. Regardless of who or where you are right now, your routine is severely impacted. Let’s make the best of this time and find a w...
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Are you going crazy yet with your #coronaviruslockdown?? If you are, perhaps you just need something to do! In this podcast, I give you a variety of ideas that you can incorporate into your new, and somewhat disrupted, routine during your lockdown; from spring cleaning, to board games, to butt-dialing. (Maybe I should have added pranks!) Don’t get sucked into the boredom that is standing at your doorstep. Take charge and find fun a...
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This new CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN series is designed to bring you a guiding voice during this uncertain time of the #coronavirus #pandemic. In this first episode, we focus on the one thing we all need right now; being a good leader. What kind of leader are you being right now in your home, in your workplace, and in your community? Are you driven by fear or have you stepped forward courageously and taken on the burden that others are no...
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