When one has been on a journey for almost three decades, it is not uncommon to wonder how the journey first began. For me, the exploration of the fascinating field of auriculotherapy started with an afternoon lecture I heard while completing my graduate studies at the University of California at Irvine (UCI). The presentation itself had nothing to do either with acupuncture or the external ear, but it stimulated my mind to be drawn to a path that continues to excite me still. The UCI Department of Psychobiology sponsored a weekly guest lecturer series that brought in visiting faculty from all over the United States, but that day's presenter was from our neighboring California campus at UCLA. Dr John Liebeskind mesmerized me with his pioneering research on a concept that, in 1972, was completely new to the field of neuroscience.