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Dr. Marina Dabcevic earned her master's in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture at Yo San University in Los Angeles, California.

Your symptoms are signals, not failures 🌿

Dr. Marina blends functional medicine and acupuncture to find the root cause behind fatigue, hormones, and gut issues — so you can feel like you again.

📖 Author of Awaken Now. After successfully passing the national as well as California licensing exams, Dr. Dabcevic earned her doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. She completed a 1-year internship at Skagit Valley Regional Cancer Care Center, where she worked closely with doctors and patients. She also completed an internship at two prestigious hospitals in China. Prior to her studies in Eastern medicine, Dr. Dabcevic earned a diploma in Reflexology and a bachelor's in Homeopathy at the Nature Care College in Syndey, Australia. As a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, Dr. Dabcevic specializes in oncology and chronic pain management. Her approach is holistic, taking into account not only each patient's physical state but also his or her mental and emotional states. The body is entirely connected and, we know that the physical state has an impact on the mental and emotional states, just as much as the emotional state influences the body physically. Dr. Dabcevic tailors each treatment specifically to each patient, and strives to achieve the best end result the patient requires. Her goal is not only to help her patients but to educate them so each patient can help themselves.

11/03/2026

When my daughter was four, she had night terrors every single night for six months.

It started on the drive home from a family trip to Yosemite. She had hiked the whole trail by herself, so proud. Twenty minutes into the drive she was asleep, and then she wasn't. Eyes open, screaming, hands up as if to protect herself. "The wheels are spinning too fast. Stop the train."

We pulled off the freeway. I lifted her out of her car seat and we danced on the side of the road, because that's what she asked for. I sat in the back with her for the whole six hours home.

That was the first night. For six months it happened every night. Sounds became too much for her; we could only run the dishwasher while she slept. It was during Covid and no one would see us. I cried every single night.

I had just finished my functional medicine training, so I did what I'd do for any patient: I tested. Her results showed two active gut infections, not enough protein, and low minerals.

So we changed everything. A completely different plate, a lot more protein. We treated what we found and supported her nervous system. And we started meditating together (she still usually falls asleep).

Within a month, the nights were getting further apart. Today she's nine, a purple belt in mixed martial arts, and thriving.

Night terrors are common in kids, and every child is different; this is what we found in mine. If your child is struggling, please start with their pediatrician. I'm sharing this because "it's just a phase" wasn't the whole answer for us.

That year is why I do what I do. On Friday I'll show you what I built from it.

Have you ever had to be the one who wouldn't stop at "it's nothing"? Tell me below.

P.S. Can't wait until Friday? Health By Design is $30 a month, cancel anytime: https://www.awakennowhealth.com/health-by-design-monthly-membership

11/01/2026

I'm a jack of all trades, and I've stopped apologizing for it.

Acupuncture. Chinese medicine. Functional medicine. Most people pick a lane. I kept collecting degrees because no single one of them ever explained everything I was seeing in front of me.

So I take the best of each and build the plan around the person, not the protocol.

That's the whole idea behind Awaken Now. Awaken to your health, to your lifestyle, to the world around you. Awaken to you.

If you're new here, welcome. Tell me one thing your body has been trying to tell you lately, and I'll tell you what I'd look at first.

10/29/2026

Your body's been talking all October — supportive care, menopause, and fall immunity. Here's the whole conversation, in one scroll.

Support rides alongside your treatment team, never instead of it. Menopause isn't the end — it's a new normal you can work with. The season shifts you, physically, and it's answerable. And immunity comes down to the basics you keep skipping.

Four threads, one lens: read the signal, then answer it.

Save this as your map. Not sure where to start? The free food-plan quiz points you to the signal that's loudest for you. 👉 https://tally.so/r/Zjb8rV

10/25/2026

Slow mornings are a strategy, not a luxury.

How you start the day sets your cortisol curve for the whole of it. Light in your eyes, protein on your plate, a few quiet minutes before the noise begins — it's cheaper than any supplement, and it moves more than most.

You don't need an hour. You need the first twenty minutes to belong to you.

Tell me your slow-morning ritual — I'm collecting good ones. ☕

10/24/2026

Your immune system isn't waiting on a magic supplement. It runs on the things you skip when life gets full — and the season notices.

Sleep is the immune system. Protein at breakfast supplies the antibodies. Light and movement set the clock and move immune cells through the body. Steady stress — not zero — protects the whole thing.

Swipe for all four, then pick one to steady this week. Not sure which? The free food-plan quiz gives you a starting plan. 👉 https://tally.so/r/Zjb8rV

The basics are the strategy. Save this.

10/20/2026

MYTH: menopause weight is just willpower.

FACT: shifting estrogen changes where and how your body stores fat. The move is metabolic — not moral.

Read that again if you need to. You are not failing. The plan just has to change with your physiology instead of fighting it: protein first, strength work to protect muscle, steady blood sugar, real sleep.

Same effort — aimed at the right target.

Send this to a woman who's been quietly blaming herself. 🤍

10/19/2026

It's okay to not be okay this month.

Healing isn't a straight line, and you don't have to perform strength to deserve support. Whatever today is — a good day, a heavy one, a numb one — you don't have to carry it alone.

If you're struggling, please reach out to your care team or someone you trust. And here, you can just comment a heart. We're here, and we see you. 🤍

10/18/2026

It's World Menopause Day — so let's decode it, clearly.

Five shifts nobody names plainly, and the first move for each: sleep breaks first, food lands differently, mood runs on a timer, the fog is real, and none of it is “just your age.”

This isn't the end of feeling like yourself. It's a new normal you can work with — once you can read what's actually happening.

Swipe through, save it, and send it to a friend who's been dismissed. Not sure where your body is asking you to start? The free food-plan quiz points you to your first move. 👉 https://tally.so/r/Zjb8rV

10/17/2026

You're allowed to rest before you're empty.

Rest isn't the reward you earn for running yourself into the ground. It's the maintenance that keeps you from getting there. We treat it like the last item on the list — when it's the thing that makes the rest of the list possible.

This is your reminder to take the rest now, not once you've collapsed into it.

Save this for a day you'll need it. 🤍

10/16/2026

If you've been told the 3am wake-ups, the weight that won't move and the fog are “just your age” — I want to offer a different frame.

Menopause isn't the end of feeling like yourself. It's a new normal you can actually work with. Sleep breaks first because blood sugar and hormones shift together. Food lands differently because metabolism changes. The fog is real, and it's physical — which means it's workable.

The shifts nobody names clearly, and the first move for each — that's what I'm here for. Send this to a friend who's been told it's all in her head.

She isn't imagining it. Neither are you.

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1410 2nd Street, Suite 302
Santa Monica, CA
90401

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Thursday	8am - 6pm
Friday	8am - 4pm

Telephone

+13107458334

Website

http://awakennowhealth.com/

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