What Is Bothering You?

When I sit down with a patient at the initial consultation, the first thing I ask them is “What is bothering you?”, “Why are you here?” The patient starts to talk. Sometimes it is a list and sometimes it is just one thing. I will ask, “Tell me more about this.” 

If the patient is a child, I often speak to the parent first. When I talking with the child, I will ask them what is bothering them. Sometimes, what is bothering the child, is not what the parent has said.  

What Is Bothering The Person

Here are a few of what patients have said to me that is bothering them:

• My nose is running all the time. I have to wipe it. It is annoying.
• It feels as if the food is rotting in my stomach.
• I am so anxious.
• I feel so angry at times.
• I have difficulty breathing.
• My younger sister is the boss of me. (Why he came to homeopathy was because of a cough. The cough is what bothered the mother.)
• My neck hurts all the time.
• I feel as though there is dripping in my ear.
• The skin eruption on my face doesn’t go away.
• There are warts on my hands. 
• There are bumps on my skin.
• I am not functioning like I did before the accident.
• I am feeling so weak after having the flu.
• I am having these persistent thoughts that scare me.
• It upsets me so much how other people treat animals and older people.
• Loud sounds are uncomfortable to me. (A child runs to his mother when hearing loud sounds.)
• I have no energy.
• I have these pains in my hands.
• My sex drive has lessened.
• My stomach hurts after I eat. 
• My right side hurts. 
• It hurts when I pee. 
• I am constipated all the time. 
• I have difficulty focusing.
• I have this ongoing cough. 
• I haven’t had my menses. 
• I am having a heavy menstrual flow with clots. 
• I haven’t felt well since ….

You can see how varied the “botherings” are. There often is not a name, nor label to them. It can be a sensation, a feeling, a fear, a physical symptom, a thought, a response, and a reaction. It is something that the person does not like experiencing. It is bothering them. 

I find it very interesting that what can bother one person, such as a skin eruption, may not be bothering another person who also has skin eruptions. This shows me over and over again how individual we all are. My job always, is to see, observe, witness about this person in front of me. How they experience what bothers them. How it affects their life. I am learning about the person’s world, where they live. 

Homeopathy To Heal

We are all different. Two people may a similar physical symptom, yet need a homeopathic remedy that fits them. Over these last few years, I saw about 5 children who had warts. A different homeopathic remedy was needed for each of them. Yes, they all had warts, yet the warts were different and experienced differently.

One of the main principles of homeopathy is LIKE CURES LIKE, or the LAW OF SIMILARS. My job as a homeopath is to find out what bothers the patient, finding out what it is LIKE for them, and then giving them the LIKE (similar) in the form of the homeopathic remedy. 

If you or a loved one has something that is bothering you, I would be happy to talk with you. I offer a complimentary 15+ minute Get Acquainted Call. Either contact me on this blog or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com. I work with all ages, babies through older adults, for many different health issues. I see people in person and virtually, in and out of the San Diego, California area.  

 

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Thanking You And Holiday Wishes

I want to wish you all a wonderful holiday season and new year filled with happiness, joy, health, love, fun and adventure.

I want to thank all of you for reading my blog posts. I feel very grateful and happy that you all have an interest in homeopathy. It shows me that people want to know more about homeopathy, and how it can be part of their health care. There is a big need for homeopathy. 

Over this past year of 2022, I received many calls and emails asking if homeopathy could be helpful for a particular health issue they were experiencing. Some of these people I did speak with in a Get Acquainted Call, and some of those made an appointment. These are some of the health issues people came to homeopathy for help over this year of 2022. 

• pain in the ears, sensitivity to sound and noises
• a rash around the mouth
• enlarged thyroid gland
• depression and depressive thoughts
• hemorrhoids
• warts
• skin eruption – bumps on the skin
• difficulty focusing 
• phobia of heights
• sleeping difficulties
• migraines and headaches
• anxiousness 
• constipation
• flus, colds, coughs. fevers, coronavirus
• fears
• lack of energy 
• reaction to the coronavirus vaccine
• menstrual issues – severe cramping, heavy flow, PMS, irregularity 
• menopause – hot flashes
• night terrors
• stiff and painful hands
• just not feeling well

If I can be of help to you or a loved one in the new year of 2023, I invite you to contact me here or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com. I offer a complimentary 15+ Get Acquainted Call. I work with people of all ages, babies through older adults, who experience a health issue from which they are not feeling better. I see people both in person and virtually, in and out of the San Diego, California area. 

 

 

A Question I was Asked: Are People Who Come For Homeopathy Feeling Desperate?

Last week, I was asked if many of the people I see for homeopathy are desperate?

I answered yes. I then said that I see people who are not desperate too, maybe when they first came to me, they were.

Many people who do contact me have a health issue that has been bothering them for awhile. They have tried other healing modalities, including western medicine and may be using medications. (Homeopathy can be used along side western medicine.) The person is not feeling better. The time frame for them of experiencing their health issue may be for several years, several months, and even just a few months and they are feeling that they are getting worse.

Maybe these people who call me are desperate. They are not feeling better, that is for sure. They don’t necessarily want to take certain medications, indefinitely. They may be feeling discouraged because they are not finding the help they need.

My answer of yes, I do see people who are not desperate: As I mentioned above, very often people start seeing me for homeopathy because of a chronic and ongoing health issue. They may have been desperate then. That health issue has eased and they are feeling better. If something comes up, like a flu, a cold, an injury, a skin eruption or another health issue, they come to see me along with seeing their physician, acupuncturist, chiropractor, herbal medicine practitioner. Homeopathy has become part of their healing resources. I love that. This is often reflected in my work with families, in which I see several members of a family when different health issues come up.

One definition of desperate in The New Merriam-Webster Dictionary is “being beyond or almost beyond hope”.  I feel that homeopathy can very often help someone and help with their healing. I am hopeful. This is why I say there is such a need for homeopathy.

These are some of the “desperate” issues people have called me about over the last 6 months: over sensitivity to sounds/noises, warts, hormonal imbalances, a benign growth that is getting bigger, heart issues (may or may not be taking medications), hemorrhoids, menstrual issues, recovering from a virus (including the coronavirus), digestive issues, fatigue, insomnia, grief, eczema, a reaction to a vaccine, aches and pains, car sickness. Some people made an appointment and some people did not.

I offer a complimentary 15 + minute Get Acquainted Call. This gives the prospective patient an opportunity to tell me a little bit about what is bothering them, and for me to tell them a little bit about homeopathy. To me this is actually the start of the appointment. I always say in making your choice do what feels right to you.

If you or a loved one have a health issue that doesn’t seem to be resolving, I invite you to contact me and let’s do a Get Acquainted Call. I see babies through older adults, for all sorts of health issues. Some people come in with a name, label or diagnosis of what is bothering them. Some people say this _________ is what is bothering me. I work with people virtually and in person. I see people in and out of the San Diego area. You can contact me here or through my website www.homeopthytoheal.com.

Hormonal Changes – Women, Men And Children

Homeopathy can be very helpful for health issues resulting from hormonal imbalances. Our physical body, our mental/emotional selves, and our spiritual selves all make up our totality as a person, and our influenced by our hormonal system.

In today’s world, our endocrine system is being constantly compromised in its ability to function.  We are experiencing more health issues than we did 20 – 40 years ago. There are more chemicals in our foods, our air, the cosmetic products we use, our cleaning products, our gardening products, our medications and more.

Hormonal changes are also normal. They are part of our life cycle. And we do change in our lives as we live. It is when we get stuck in these changes, and continue to experience uncomfortable symptoms that we may need help.

Women, Men and Children

Hormonal imbalances affect women, men, and children.

Some of what women may be experiencing:

• difficulty with their menses – too long, heavy bleeding, no menses, cramps, depression.
• menopausal symptoms – hot flushes, night sweats, difficulty sleeping, memory loss, weight gain, a loss of sense of self, anxiety and depression, vaginal dryness
• fertility problems
• symptoms from using contraception pills, HRT
• not well after giving birth
• postpartum depression
• hypo and hyper thyroid conditions
• fatigue and tiredness
• weight gain or loss
• sleeping difficulties
• loss of hair, hair in undesired areas
• chronic fatigue
• PTSD – adrenal gland (people mention “adrenal fatigue” a lot lately)

With hormonal changes, we often just think of women experiencing this. Men too experience hormonal changes. I have read recently that the word “manopause” is used to describe the changes men are experiencing during their 50’s and 60’s. Some of these changes could be:

• having no energy, lack of motivation or drive
• difficulty sleeping – falling asleep, staying asleep
• hair loss/too much hair in undesired areas
• depression/anxiety
• loss of libido
• gaining of weight
• hypo or hyper thyroid conditions
• PTSD

And children too.

• difficulty sleeping
• behavior issues like ADD and ADHD
• acne
• late or early start of menses
• issues during puberty
• body image
• autism
• PTSD

Help In Healing

In addition to seeing one’s doctor, a naturopath, an acupuncturist, a herbalist or other health/medical practitioner, a practitioner of homeopathy (a homeopath) can be very helpful in healing when someone is experiencing hormonal changes.

If I can be of help to you, please contact me. You can either message me here, or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com.

 

 

I Enjoy Working With Families – Helping Them With Homeopathy

In my homeopathic practice, I often work with families, seeing several people in the family: the children and one or both of the parents, or a grandparent. I really enjoy working with families, and getting to know them.  Recently, a friend said to me that working with families may be my niche. I do see individuals too,

Healing – The Family

Usually it is one of the children who starts, and as they are doing better, a sibling, a parent, or another family member starts to come in for homeopathic care. By working with the different members of the family, I see the interactions, the similarities, the differences, and history of the family. Just as each of us are a whole, and the symptoms we experience make up our whole, the family is the whole, and each member of the family is part of this whole.

When a family member, who was not doing well and in some ways was the center of attention for the whole family, starts to do better in their health, other family members can now pay attention to themselves. It is as if the other family members were holding back, focusing so much on the one family member that needed so much, and now the other family members could focus on themselves, their needs, and their health.

Health Concerns Family Members Experience

These are some of the health concerns that members of a family have come to homeopathy for:

• pains in the abdomen before menses
• chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia
• difficulty with vision
• tantrums, acting out
• fears
• sleep difficulties
• earaches, congestion, fevers, coughs
• broken bones, fractures
• skin eruptions and skin feeling very sensitive
• breathing difficulties – asthma
• epilepsy
• depression and anxiety
• digestive issues
• reaction to a vaccine
• menstrual issues – menopause
• sore throats
• teething
• feeling very chilled

Usually, it is a chronic condition that brings the first family member into homeopathy. Then another family member comes in for a chronic, an acute or first aid concern. becomes part of their health care resources, along with western medicine, chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, therapy and other modalities.

Families

A family is any group of people that live together, or not, that love, respect, honor, nurture, and accept each other. A family doesn’t have to be a mom and a dad and children. It can be two moms, two dads, one mom and children, one mom and dogs or cats, a grandparent and aunt and children, and also people who are not related by blood. A family is a group of people who have a closeness and love for each other.

Homeopathy To Heal

If I can be of help to you, and/or your family, please contact me and let’s talk to see if homeopathy would be a good fit. You can contact me here or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com.

 

 

Healing The Soil That Nourishes You

I hear so often that someone is experiencing a certain health concern. At that time, it is a flare up. The person may experience flare ups fairly often. They may feel alright between the flare ups, but the flare ups continue to occur.

Three People

Within the last few weeks, I have heard about, and spoken to several people who have been experiencing flare ups of their health concern. They are:

• A woman who has shingles. This is not her first time having shingles. This time it has lasted more than the usual 7 weeks. She is in a lot of discomfort and pain.
• A one year old boy who has ongoing earaches. His doctor may be considering putting tubes in his ears. His mother tells me that the boy is fussy all the time, just not a happy baby. He has a sensitive nature, she says, and sensitive to foods that he eats, and to the foods that she eats. He is being breastfed, which is very good thing. When I look at him, I see red around his eyes, and he just doesn’t smile very much.
• A man who experiences ongoing digestive issues, whether having diarrhea very often, or just not feeling well after eating certain foods. He may have been diagnosed with, or given the label of, colitis or irritable bowel syndrome.

I am sure these three people are receiving health care, especially when they are having a flare up and are not feeling well. To me as a homeopath, when someone is experiencing flare ups often, it means that the root cause of what is bothering the person has not been healed.

Nourishing Soil

I think of soil. When we garden, we want good, nourishing, life giving and sustaining soil in which our vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs, berries, fruits, and anything else we plant can grow. Why wouldn’t we want that kind of soil for ourselves?

The soil of these three people is not well, not nourishing, not life giving to them. We can give medicines to help relieve and alleviate their symptoms, but most of the time, these medicines are not healing the person; the medicines may be easing the symptoms, for a time period, but not healing.

Homeopathy heals at the root cause of what is bothering someone. It is healing the soil of the person. When the soil is healthier, the person experiences less flare ups of their health concern, to possibly no flare ups. The person can bloom and flourish.

Homeopathy To Heal

When I meet with a patient, I observe them, listening to their language, and how they express themselves. With a child, I ask the mother and father to tell and to actually show me how the child responds and behaves to what is happening to them. What is the expression of the child? How do they move? What sounds do they make? For any age of the patient, it is always finding out about the individual person.

I would also want to know:

• What would they say is bothering them the most?
• How do they experience what bothers them?
• What was happening before they started to have this health concern – shingles, ear infection, or colitis.
• What happens right before the flare ups?
• How do they experience the shingles, ear infection or colitis – what makes it better or worse?
• For the child, what was the mother’s pregnancy like? How was the birth like?
• Temperament?
• Fears?
• Other issues and sensitivities?

What Is Your Soil Like?

What is the soil like in your garden? Do you, or a loved one, experience an ongoing health issue with flare ups, such as ear infections, digestive issues, shingles, herpes, headaches, eczema or other skin eruptions, menstrual issues, chronic pain, anxiety, fatigue, insomnia, or any other health concern?

Let’s talk and see how homeopathy would be a good fit for you. You can contact me here on this blog or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com.

More To -“A Woman’s Cycle”

I want to add to last week’s blog post A WOMAN’S CYCLE.

There is this cycle that I talk about, the menstrual cycle, but there is also the cycle of life – the cycle of living. I am specifically referring to the roles and the relationships that women have in their lives. Daughter, friend, partner, girlfriend, wife, co – worker, colleague, lover, mentor, mother, aunt, niece, cousin, grandmother, citizen, teammate, self and more.

We may often put someone before ourselves, taking care of them, making sure they are alright, and perhaps, not taking care of ourselves as best as we could. Or we may not listen to what we feel and know would be the right thing for ourselves, or for a loved one. For example:

• A woman who has a young family. She experiences headaches that often come before her period starts. The headaches could be related to her menstrual cycle. She just lives with the headaches, doing the best she can. By taking care of herself, she will be taking care of her family.
• A woman who really is the foundation for her entire family members – children,     grandchildren, husband, the people she works with, and her friends. When she doesn’t feel well, she is still taking care of others, becoming worn out and sick.
• A woman who has menstrual difficulties, but feels there isn’t the time, or maybe the money, to spend on herself. Her children have health issues, and she needs to spend the time and the money on them.
• A young career woman who is very successful and hard working, does not particularly like her job. She has this ongoing health concern that is not getting any better.
• A woman who is very involved with her family and her business. She often feels run down and tired, needing to take the time to rest, the time to refuel, so she can continue to be all that she is to others.
• A woman who has a concern about her child. He is having difficulties in school. She intuitively knows that he needs some help, homeopathy perhaps, but because of time, of other people’s opinions she may not pursue what she feels will be healing for her son.
• A young mother who doesn’t feel well during her period, uses an over the counter medication to help her through it. This helps her, for this particular time. When she has her period again, the same feelings of not being well occur. The over the counter treatment is not a long lasting healing.

Put The Oxygen Mask On You First

We always hear when we are on an airplane that those who are traveling with young children need to put their oxygen mask on themselves first, before putting it on the child.  This applies here, but we don’t do it so readily. I think it is hard for women to think of themselves first, and to care for themselves, first. I know when my two sons were young, I would say I wasn’t even on the list, the list of things to do and to take care of. And I have to admit, my two grown sons still come first before me.

Experiencing A Shift

For some of the stories I write about here, the women may be better once there is a change to their situations. But we don’t often change our lives just like that. When there is a healing of the physical, the emotional, or the mental complaint, there is also a shift in the person. They begin to look at their lives and themselves differently. It is as though, they are looking from a different angle or with a different set of eyes. Their reality has now changed. Then, they can make changes in their lives, such as: taking time for themselves, changing jobs, doing work that they love, leaving a marriage or a relationship that is abusive, being open to more positive relationships with others, speaking up, listening to their intuition, and more. This is what a healing with homeopathy can do.

Healing With Homeopathy

I invite you to take care of yourselves. I would be happy to talk to you, about YOU. Either contact me here on this blog or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com. I have a 15+ minute complimentary Get Acquainted Call.

 

 

 

A Woman’s Cycle

Over the years, I have seen women of all ages – young girls to women in their 80’s – for various health concerns. I have observed that for a lot of these women, the complaint that brought them in for homeopathic care, was related to their cycle in some way. For instance:

• Their complaint was worse during their menstrual cycle.
• Their complaint began when they started or ended having a menstrual period – puberty or menopause. (Very often, I have heard from a woman that her complaint started when she was going through puberty.)
• Their complaint was in response to using birth control medication. (Birth control changes the hormonal balance in a woman’s body.)
• Their complaint may be exasperated during pregnancy.

From this, I observed that a woman’s cycle – her monthly cycle, the hormonal changes she experiences, the cycle of reproduction – is very important, and very much part of her case when having homeopathic care. In this cycle, there are changes that occur to her body, to her reproductive life, to her emotional life, and to her mental life. These responses and changes are all important.

Some Of The Women I have Seen

1. A woman in her 20’s, who experienced severe cramping during her menstrual cycle. She had considered using birth control medication to ease the pain and the discomfort. But she had decided to use homeopathy instead.

2. A woman who had used birth control medication since her teenage years, decided not to use it anymore. After stopping the birth control, a skin eruption developed in her groin area, which was extremely uncomfortable. Over a year or two, she saw several different doctors of different specialties for help. The treatments that were given did not help in the long run. She decided to seek out homeopathic care. With a healing from homeopathy, the skin eruptions subsided and disappeared.

3. A woman who was planning to have another child, came to homeopathy for help for a particular on going health concern. She was taking daily medication for this concern, but did not want to increase the medication in a future pregnancy, as she had had to do in an earlier pregnancy. With homeopathy, the remedy not only helped with the health concern, but also helped with morning sickness, and when she became ill during the pregnancy, such as with a cold, cough and flu symptoms.

4. A woman in her early 50’s was experiencing hot flashes at night and during the day. She would wake frequently during the night, which affected how she felt during the day – a feeling of not been rested. She also felt very emotional and would easily come to tears. This would happen often at work. Her menstrual cycle was becoming less regular. Homeopathy helped with the hot flashes. She felt more rested and was calmer emotionally.

5. A woman who experienced vaginal dryness and pain while having sexual relations with her husband came for homeopathic treatment. She was very unhappy in her marriage. With the healing from the homeopathic remedy that was similar to her (Like Cures Like), she was able to make changes in her life that led to a more fulfilling life.

6. An older woman who was experiencing a lot of fatigue, found it difficult to do her daily activities. With the homeopathy remedy that fit her, her energy returned.

7. A woman who experienced headaches very frequently, noticed that the headaches were worse right before she started her period. At these times, she became quite incapacitated, making it difficult to take care of her children. With homeopathy, the headaches decreased, and she was able to be fully involved with her families activities.

8. A woman had started homeopathic care, from which she felt calmer and was better able to manage her life and her business. She became pregnant soon afterwards. The homeopathic remedy continued to help her through her pregnancy, especially when she was experiencing morning sickness.

Homeopathy To Heal

Homeopathy is truly a holistic form of medicine. A woman’s cycle is a very important part of her whole being. Homeopathy is helpful for a woman at whatever age she is, and for whatever part of the cycle she may be experiencing some difficulties – puberty, menstrual issues, fertility issues, pregnancy, during the birth, postpartum, menopause, and her life after that.

If you, or a woman that you love, are experiencing an ongoing health concern, I invite you to contact me, to see how homeopathy can be of help to you, or to her. Either contact me here on this blog, or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People Showing An Interest in Homeopathy, And Wanting To Know More

A lot of people I talk to have used the homeopathic remedy Arnica montana. Actually, I think Arnica montana is what  introduces a lot of people to homeopathy.

What I Hear From People Who Have Used Arnica Montana

People tell me that they use Arnica montana for all different kinds of situations. One woman has used it when she had sprained her ankle. Another woman mentioned that her friend used Arnica montana when they had knee surgery. A mom has said they she uses Arnica montana when her child falls down at the playground. And a man has said that his dentist very often suggests that he use Arnica montana after he has had dental work, such as a filling or an extraction. In all of these situations, Arnica montana has helped. (Click here to read a blog about Arnica montana.)

When I am talking with someone who has a sprained or strained their arm. leg, ankle or wrist, and they have used Arnica montana, I may mention the homeopathic remedy Ruta grav. Often, this remedy is new to the person. They have not heard of it before. And I may mention that it is better to use homeopathy orally, in pellet form, than to use it topically as a cream or ointment, such as ArnicaGel. Generally, homeopathy is used orally, which promotes a deep healing.

And then I say, there are over 4000 homeopathic remedies.

Over 4000 Homeopathic Remedies

People don’t know that there are over 4000 homeopathic remedies. And it isn’t important that they do know. They know of Arnica montana, and maybe they know of a few other homeopathic remedies, and have used them for a stomach ache, indigestion, pain, a cold, or a fever. They have seen 50 homeopathic remedies at their local health food store. People purchase them, self treat, going by what is printed on the label.

Why I mention that there are over 4000 homeopathic remedies is that there is so much more to homeopathy than helping with bruising, traumas, falls, surgeries, which Arnica montana is so helpful for. Homeopathy does help in first aid and acute care, like colds, flus, stomach aches, AND, homeopathy is so helpful for chronic conditions, where other forms of healing, including western conventional medicine has not helped.

So when I say there are over 4000 homeopathic remedies, what I am saying is – you, who have used homeopathy and it has helped, and you who have shown an interest in homeopathy, why not see how homeopathy can be helpful for other health concerns that you or your loved ones may experience. Such as:

• chronic ear infections, sore throats, stomach aches, colds.
• on going nightmares and/or fears.
• a child who is having difficulty at school in terms of behavior, focusing, or paying attention.
• bedwetting.
• menstrual difficulties.
• migraines and other types of headaches.
• depression, anxiety, fearfulness, difficulty getting out of the house.
• skin eruptions – eczema, psoriasis, warts, moles, rashes.
• digestive issues.
• fatigue, no energy, tires easily.
• respiratory difficulties – asthma.
• allergies – seasonal, foods.
• muscular aches and pains.
• not well since.
• just not feeling well.

Healing With Homeopathy

Homeopathy treats the individual person. To me this one of the wonderful aspects of homeopathy. Homeopathy is truly a medicine of the individual. The homeopathic practitioner (the homeopath), through observation, listening, questioning, is finding out how each person experiences their particular health concern. Two people can come in for homeopathic treatment, each having the similar complaint, let say headaches, but underneath, deep down to the root cause, each of these two people experience their headache uniquely to them, and differently from each other. The homeopath is hearing, listening and observing each person.

A homeopathic remedy is given, that is similar to what the person is experiencing. The homeopathic remedy is for the individual. This remedy, one out of 4000, stimulates the person’s own wonderful healing ability. The person is feeling better, their immune system is stronger, and what brought the person in is getting better, such as the headaches, from the example I gave.

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I write this blog to educate, to deepen, and to broaden people’s knowledge of homeopathy. I invite those who already have an interest in homeopathy; those who have used homeopathy, finding it helpful; and those who are new to homeopathy and have an interest in holistic medicine, to see how homeopathy can be of help in yours and your loved ones healing. Contact me here through my blog or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com.  I would be happy to talk with you, I offer a complimentary Get Acquainted Call.

“Listening Through” To Really Hear What Bothers The Person

People come to homeopathy for all sorts of reasons. For physical complaints, like asthma, arthritis, digestive issues, headaches, menstrual issues, and allergies. For emotional issues, like fears, anxiety, depression, anger, and grief. For mental issues, like difficulty focusing and memory loss.  And for other concerns. Whatever the reason is that brings someone to homeopathy, it is always where the person is listened to, heard, and seen for who he is, and for what bothers him. Lately, I have been calling this “listening through”.

Not Being Bogged Down In The Story

Listening through. It is not getting bogged down into the literalness of what the person is saying, Not getting involved in the story, the specficness of the story, or the characters the person is talking about. Not getting involved in the emotionality of the story. It is rather, what is the story expressing? What is the sensitivity that this person experiences, that is expressed in this story? Someone may be talking about their brother-in-law, or their boss in the story. The person is really talking about himself. What is the sensitivity here, that is being expressed through the brother-in-law or the boss?

Hand Gestures

Listening through. It is also watching, observing and seeing where the emphasis of what bothers the person is being expressed. This is done often by hand gestures, recurring hand gestures. The hand gestures are showing that what the person is saying is important, that it is expressive of their state of what is bothering them. For example, a patient of mine, was talking about the pain she experiences in her hands, and as she was talking about it, she was making a hand gesture of tightly closing her hands together and then opening them up. I asked, what is that that you are doing? Tell me more. It is squeezing, she said, a sensation of tightening, tightening really tight, squeezing.

The gestures could also be facial expressions, or bigger movements, such as continually moving around in their seat or moving around the room. Another patient of mine, a young girl, crawled and crept around my consultation room, going behind the chairs, under the desk, and into the corners of the room.

All of these kinds of movements – hand gestures, facial expressions, larger movements – are expressive of the person.

Learning The Person’s Language

Listening through. It is also learning the person’s language, Deciphering their code. Getting to know their language, their use of words and their movements. What do they mean by the words and expressions they use? It is not interpreting. It is learning what the person means by the words or expressions spoken. That is why I often ask, tell me more about what this (word) means to you, or what is the experience or sensation of this “word” for you. I know what the word means for me, but I don’t know what it means for the person.

And some of what someone is saying will not make sense in terms of our every day use of language. The person is speaking their language, which is expressive of what is bothering them.

Listening Through

Listening through. Listening to. Listening openly. Listening without prejudice. Listening without judgement. It is listening to the person to understand them as an individual, and from that to give a homeopathic remedy that is similar to all of it. The homeopathic remedy stimulates their healing.

Healing With Homeopathy

Is there a place where you feel you are being listened through? That what is bothering you in your health is really understood and seen?  That is what homeopathy does. Please contact me here through my blog or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com to talk further. I have a complimentary 15 minute Get Acquainted Call.