Hearing Your Child

Over these last few months, I have seen quite a few children in my homeopathic practice. They have come in for different reasons, physical issues and emotional or behavioral issues. Often, the physical and emotional issues are connected. It is a totality of the child.

Many of the mothers will say to me, “I feel so bad that my child is in pain, and I don’t know what to do about it.” They say this whether it is a physical or an emotional pain.

My response is, you are doing something. You are hearing them.

These mothers are seeing that something is bothering their child, and seeking help for them by using homeopathy and possibly other healing modalities.

It is wonderful that mothers, fathers and caregivers too, of these children are hearing their child and doing something about it. The child may have not come out and said specifically in words, hey this hurts, or I am upset about, or worried about that, or fearful about this. They may not say it clearly, yet they are saying it, actually showing it. We just need to hear, listen, observe, watch, witness and love.

These are some of the issues that have brought children in for homeopathic care. Adults can experience these issues too.

• a cold
• a persistent cough
• an infected tooth
• different kinds of skin eruptions
• swollen glands
• stomachaches and digestive issues
• bad breath
• distracted
• anger – screaming, yelling, pushing
• night terrors
• pain when urinating and/or having a bowel movement
• not wanting their mother to leave
• concerned how they will be in new situations
• fearful of something in particular
• wanting things to be a certain way, wanting things not to go out of routine
• grieving for a lost relative

I say often that it is good to bring children in for homeopathic care because it is good to help them when they are so young, before things start to become more ingrained. Children have a strong vital force or chi. They respond well to homeopathy.

HOMEOPATHY TO HEAL

If I can be of help to homeopathically, I invite you to contact me here or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com and set up a time to talk. I offer a complimentary 15+ minute Get Acquainted Call. I work with all ages, babies through older adults for many different health issues. I see patients both in person and virtually, in and out of the San Diego, California area.

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Helping A Child Also Helps The Family

When I see a child as a patient, I know that the family will be helped also. As the child is doing better, the family will be doing better as well. In a way, by treating the child, the whole family is also being treated.

When a child in a family is having difficulties, much of the parents’ and other family members’ time and energy are focused and directed toward this child. This time and energy may be to help the child with many different aspects in their life, such as: their physical health issue; to prepare a particular diet for the child; to handle behavioral issues, responses and reactions; to monitor the child’s environment; and/or to monitor the other family members’ behaviors and responses. This focusing, which is out of love, takes away from other family members – the parents as individuals and as a couple, and the other children in the family. The child in a way is being handled almost with “kid gloves”. Everything, and everyone, is focused on this child. 

A Family Heals

As this child is doing better, there doesn’t need to be as much focus placed on him. There maybe another member of the family in which attention can now be addressed. This member may have been very quiet about their needs and been in the background since there was not enough resources, time, and energy for them. They needed to not “rock the boat”, nor “make waves”. Now, their needs can be met. This member could be another child or one or both of the parents. There is more time, energy, space, and love for each member of the family.  A family heals.

Healing With Homeopathy

Homeopathy does this so well – the healing of the child, and the healing of the family.  (The initial member of the family that is helped first could be any member, not just a child, and with their healing the family unit is also healing.)

Homeopathy can help children immensely, whether for a physical, emotional or behavioral issue. Children respond very well to homeopathy. In my homeopathic practice, I have seen children for various health issues. Some of these issues are: hyperactivity, difficulty sleeping, grouchiness, defiant responses, asthmatic symptoms, persistent coughs, bed wetting, fears, nightmares, nose bleeds, eczema, chronic stomach aches, digestive issues, warts, anxiousness, chronic earaches and infections, vaccine reactions, menstrual difficulties (teenage girls), and more. 

I enjoy working with children and families. I invite you to contact me to see how homeopathy can be of help for you and your family. I offer a complimentary 15+ minute Get Acquainted Call. You can contact me here on this blog, or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com. I work with people of all ages, babies through older adults, in person and virtually, in and out of the San Diego, California area. 

 

See The Individual, Not The Label of ADD/ADHD, Nor Any Label

I have updated this post that I wrote about 6 years ago. I want to share it with you again.

We are all individuals. ADD/ADHD is a name, a label, to a long list of symptoms, behaviors and responses. When a child, and/or an adult, is not fitting in to the environment of school, of work, of life even, then very often medication is recommended by the person’s physician, and/or by the school.

Some Children I Have Seen In My Practice

Over the years, I have seen many children who have been given the label of ADD/ADHD. There may have been a commonality in that they were not doing their work at school, having difficulty focusing and attending, and were easily distracted. Some of these children were proscribed medication – some took it and some did not. I believe that all of the parents of these children were open and wanting other ways of helping their child than using medications.

As I met with the child and their parents, I heard and observed more than that the child was distracted. I believe that each child was suffering in their own way. Below is a short description of some of the children I have seen in my practice.

• One girl was constantly moving around my office, crawling on the floor, hiding behind the chairs, and going under the desk. As she was moving around and changing her position in the room, she was talking to me.
• One boy sat still in his chair. At times, while he sat in the chair, he would move his leg. He said if someone did something to him, he automatically (and he used this word automatically) started figuring out how to take revenge on this person. Sweet revenge, he said, and smiled somewhat. He would plan what he would do to this person. He experienced very frightening dreams of dark images, which he said came right up to his face. After the first dose of the homeopathic remedy, he said that the automatic feeling of needing to take revenge on someone was gone; he didn’t feel it anymore.
• One boy had the urge to just run away from where he was. He felt very poorly about himself. At school, it was difficult to focus on what needed to be done in terms of his schoolwork. He was very concerned on how he said things, because it might be hurtful to someone.
• When I first met this boy at the  door, he wanted to hide behind his mom. He also didn’t want to be videotaped. He felt embarrassed. During the school day, he was not focusing on his schoolwork. Once home, his mother needed to help him with his homework, going over the material he had learned during the day. After the first dose of the homeopathic remedy, both his mother and his teacher noticed that he was more focused on his work. His mother said that he seemed calmer.
• Another boy had angry outbursts and tantrums at home, at school, and in public areas.
• A boy who had a lot of fears at night.

There is more to each of these children than what I have written here. You can see how different each of these children are. Each child was given a homeopathic remedy that fit them, not the label of ADD/ADHD.

Healing With Homeopathy

With the healing with homeopathy, the child becomes more of who they are. The child is not changed. They become who they are fully, being curious and creative children. With the healing  process, the child no longer experiences the inner interferences that has made it difficult for them to interact in their environment, the world around them, and with their family and friends.

Although, I have written mostly about children in this post, all of this applies to teenagers and adults as well, who may have been given the label of ADD/ADHD or are taking medication. We are all individuals, and our treatment needs to fit us, not a label. The individuality of the person is what that has been given.

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I would be happy to talk to you further about yourself or a loved one who may have been given the label of ADD/ADHD or if there is another health issue they are experiencing. You can contact me here on this blog or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com. I see people both virtually and in person. I offer a complimentary 15+ Get Acquainted Call.

Families Using Homeopathy In Their Health Care – And A Live Stream

Families Using Homeopathy

I enjoy working with families, often starting off with one member, usually one of  the children, and then seeing a sibling, the mother, the father and sometimes a grandparent. Working with the  families on chronic health issues, acute issues, like colds, and flue, and first aid, like sprains and falls. 

Families can be any groupings of people, maybe not related by blood.  

Homeopathy becomes part of the families health care team, along with western medicine, acupuncture, chiropractic care, Chinese medicine, and other healing modalities. I often receive a phone call from families I work with when something comes up regarding the health of a family member. They want to know how homeopathy can help this family member a this time. Homeopathy can be used along with other healing modalities. 

Some of the health issues I have seen when working with families:

• mothers/females – women’s issues, birth, breastfeeding issues, post-partum, on-going chronic conditions, flus and colds, sprains, fibromyalgia, sleep issues, anxiety/depression, sensitivity to sound, vaccine reaction.
• babies/children – teething, colic, ear infections, stomachaches, vaccine reactions, fears, anxiety, autism spectrum, fears, skin eruptions, colds, coughs, broken bones.
• fathers – depression, men’s issues, headaches, flus and colds, skin eruptions.
• grandparents and other family members – many of the health issues I have listed here and in prior posts.

Live Stream

I feel excited to be a guest on the Facebook Live Stream event Conscious Parenting With Holistic Tools talking about homeopathy and it use in families, for parents and children. The host of the page is Alyssa Guastella Knapp. The Live Stream is being held on Friday, November 12th at 10am PST.  The link is below if you would like to join the Live Stream and also to see this page. If you cannot attend at the time, I think it will be available to view on Alyssa’s Conscious Parenting With Holistic Tools page. I hope to see you there.

This is a link to the page. You may need to scroll or click on event.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/573919870527791

This is the link page to the event. You may need to scroll.

https://www.facebook.com/events/890617348325281?ref=newsfee

Homeopathy To Heal

If I can be of help homeopathically for you or a family member, I invite you to contact me. I offer a complimentary 15 minute Get Acquainted Call to see if this is something you would like to pursue as part of your health care. If you don’t see the health issue listed here, please contact me anyway. I often see people that have an unusual health issue. You can contact me here or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com.

 

“I Feel Anxious”

“I feel anxious.”

We may be hearing more people saying this,  from both adults and children. In this past year, we have been living in more uncertain times than usual. From this, some of us are feeling more anxious than usual. 

We can’t necessarily change what is happening around us, but we can change and help ourselves in how we response and react to what is going on. There are many different healing modalities that can be helpful for this and when someone feels anxious. Homeopathy is one of them, and homeopathy can be used along with these other healing modalities.

Feeling Anxious

One girl experiences severe stomach aches and nausea. She doesn’t want to eat. She feels very anxious and is very concerned about her family members.

A woman feels out of control. Cries a lot. She feels very anxious. Notices that she is eating a lot, out of feeling anxious and she isn’t hunger. 

Most of the time when someone comes to homeopathic care there is a particular physical issue that is bothering them.  As they talk, they may say “I feel anxious”. As a homeopath, I want to know what this anxiousness is like for this person. For example: 

• What do they mean by anxious?
• How do they feel anxious in their body?
• Any physical symptoms? Stomachaches, headaches, rashes. difficulty breathing, sleeping difficulties, dreams, behaviors, thoughts, fears.  What are these like?
• What triggers the anxious feeling?
• How do they react or respond when they feel anxious way?
• What do they do when they feel anxious?
• Is there an image to this anxious feeling?

We are not a one size fits all. That is the same with helping someone when they feel anxious. IT is finding out about them.

Homeopathy To Heal

If I can be of help homeopathically to you or a loved one, please contact me here on this blog or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com. I offer a complimentary 15 minute Get Acquainted Call to see if this is something you would like to pursue.  I can work with people virtually.

Homeopathy Helps Children

I see many children in my homeopathic practice – babies through teenagers.

Children respond well to homeopathy. Adults do too.

To start using homeopathy when someone is young, when they are a child, is wonderful. It is side stepping possibly many years of medications and treatments that can be very invasive. (Some medications may be needed, and it is always important to monitor medications with one’s physician.)

Homeopathy simulates the person’s innate healing ability. Children have a wonderful immune system. They have a strong vital force/vitality, and respond well to homeopathy.

These are some of the health issues that children have come to homeopathy for: 

• anxiety – depression
• skin eruptions – warts (you have read a recent post on this), eczema, acne
• coronavirus
• delayed talking
• ADHD
• digestive issues  – stomach aches
• fears – ranging from a scary monster in their room to fear of losing a loved one
• nightmares
• difficulty sleeping
• injuries – falls, traumas, bites, emotional or physical abuse, reactions from toxic substances in our environment, vaccines
• ear infections, colds, fevers, coughs, sore throats
• teething
• thrush
• emotional and behavioral issues
• certain actions and behaviors – such as running away, constantly moving, fidgeting, biting, hitting
• difficulty focusing
• obsessiveness
• bed wetting
• allergies
• respiratory issues, asthma
• menstrual issues

Seeing A Homeopath

My job as a homeopath is to find out about the child, the totality of them. I do this through observation, listening to both the parents and the child, finding out about the child’s dreams, finding out what bothers them, asking about their likes and dislikes, what has changed and more. With babies, who may not be talking yet,  observation plays a lot into finding out about the child. 

With all of this, I suggest a homeopathic remedy that is similar to the totality of what the child is experiencing in their symptoms. The homeopathic remedy stimulates the child’s healing process. They start to feel better. A healing starts.

Sometimes what bothers the child is not what the parents always think is bothering the child. Several years ago, I saw a boy who had a cough. The cough bothered his mother greatly. What bothered the boy was that his younger sister bossed him around all the time. “She was the boss of me”, he said. This, plus the cough and more, led me to the homeopathic remedy that helped him.

From this experience, I learned that what may bother the parent isn’t necessarily what bothers the child. Together, the information from the parent and the child, help to make the whole picture, the totality of the child.

If I can be of help to your child, or one you know and love, please contact me here or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com. I offer a complimentary 15+minute Get Acquainted Call to see if this is something you would like to pursue.