Dr. Deborah Aurianivar is a Nationally Board-Certified Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist (NCCAOM). In total she holds three higher education degrees and a number of certifications. The most recent being in life coaching, including your next major move in life or business. Or the balance between the two!
During her nearly 30 years in practice, her adventures have included (again, a short list!):
- As the on-board TCM doctor on a Norwegian cruise ship, she offered weight loss treatments, acupuncture facials, and pain management, She also held four educational and wellness seminars each week.
- During several VA Standdown events she actively participated in providing free PTSD acupuncture treatments to Vets.
- After Huricane Katrina she volunteered at a Buddhist monastery close to New Orleans to support the emotional challenges faced by survivors, including children.
- She has held a variety of college positions such as faculty, dean, clinic supervisor, and the Assessment & Accreditation Officer at Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine & Acupuncture. In additions she was a practice faculty member at Northwestern Health Sciences University
- University of Minnesota – Bachelor of Education concentration in Psychology
- Northwestern Health Sciences University – Master of Chinese Medicine
- Acupressure Institute of Berkeley CA – Certified Acupressure & Shiatsu Practitioner
- NCCAOM – Board certified licensed acupuncturist and Chinese medicine herbalist.
- Pacific College of Health and Science – doctorate of Chinese Medicine focused on Integrative Medicine
- Additional Training at Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- NBC-HBC & Wellcoaches – Nationally board-certified health and wellness coach
- ACE Certified Coach (ACE: Accelerated Coach Excellence)
- Journey to Mastery Coach Certification
- Licensed to practice acupuncture in Minnesota
- Certified to Coach globally
Dr. D was born and raised on the East Coast where she grew up in a family of Western medicine providers, so her love of healing and curiosity of medicine comes easily. With an uncle as a physician, a grandmother who taught nursing, and a mother and aunt who were both nurses, well, you get the picture. Yet, she decided to pursue other avenues before landing in complementary, integrative, and traditional Chinese medicine.
She has lived in toasty Phoenix, Arizona and currently lives and plays in Saint Paul, Minnesota near the Mississippi River-one of her favorite places. She is an avid tent camper, reader, enjoys bicycling and kayaking, dabbles in brewing ale, fools around with her harmonicas and keyboard, and occasionally raises her voice while singing in a choir.
As a life coach and a health care provider, Dr. D is committed to treating, teaching, and coaching her clients and her patients to achieve greater levels of health and wellbeing. She enjoys seeing the trajectory of a person’s life change for the better. She gets firsthand that it can take grit, perseverance, and resilience when one’s health seems lost, and all one can see on the horizon is illness, pain, and suffering.
Dr. D is committed to showing up to inspire and champion YOU to the greatest heights that you can achieve using the most up to date, evidence-based research.