The Homeopathic Appointment

I receive phone calls, emails, and messages from people asking me if homeopathy can help them or a family member with a particular health issue. They ask, I have this _______ or I experience this symptom _______________. What would you suggest for me?

My answer is: I need to know more. I need to know how it is for you. Someone else may be experiencing the same symptoms or have the same diagnosis, and most likely each of you would need a different homeopathic remedy that fits you. I suggest you come in for an appointment and lets see how it is for you. 

What Happens In A Homeopathic Appointment

At the homeopathic appointment, I am:

• Finding out about how the person experiences what bothers them, (what brought them in for homeopathic care) through listening, observing and witnessing. What makes it better, worse, the location, type of pain, when it started and more. 
• Creating a place and space for someone to talk and to show who they are and what bothers them, through words, gestures, expressions.
• Hearing about other symptoms – physical, emotional and mental. 
• Asking about dreams, fears, interests. Hearing about their emotional life – relationships, events that happened in their life. How they responded to them. 
• Hearing about theirs and their family’s medical history
• Following what the person is saying and asking: tell me more, what is the sensation felt in your body, what is the experience of that, how does if feel. I am being where the patient is and following what they are saying. 
• Putting all the pieces/parts together, making a whole picture of the person. It is like a jigsaw puzzle, being put together. Or a painting being painted in front of me. I don’t have the complete picture in front of me to know or guide me to what the final picture will be. 
• If the patient is a baby, a young child, or non verbal, I observe them, and the parent or main care giver gives me their observations and knowledge of the person. Homeopathy also is very helpful for animals. 
• Giving a homeopathic remedy that is similar to this totality of the whole picture of the person.

The patient is:

• Telling, showing and sharing with me what bothers them. How they experience it. Why it is a problem for them. 

Always Finding Out About The Person

The length of time I spend with a person during a consultation may vary depending on whether it is a chronic, an acute, or a first aid situation. Always, always, I am finding out about the person. Homeopathy is treating the person, not the name or label of what the person is experiencing. The name and label are part of the totality of the person.

Homeopathy is helpful for chronic, acute and first aid issues.

• A chronic condition is an ongoing health issue, in which someone experiences flare ups of symptoms periodically. It never quite goes away. A chronic issue is eczema, menstrual difficulties, menopause, digestive issues, asthma, anxiety, auto-immune conditions, depression, allergies, warts, fevers that come and go, headaches, earaches, swollen glands, urinary tract infections, extreme sound sensitivity, stomachaches, fears/phobias, not feeling well and told there is nothing wrong with them, and more.
• An acute condition is the flu, a cold, an infection, a cough, a stomachache, a fever, a childhood disease. An acute usually does not last long and the person feels better. An acute could also be a flare up or an exasperation of the chronic condition.
• A first aid situation is a fall, a trauma, an accident, dental work, surgery, a sprain/strain, a burn, cut or wound and insect bites. 

For an acute or first aid issue, the appointments are shorter than for a chronic issue. The appointments may not go into as much detail as for a chronic health issue.  

Some of my patients who have seen me for a chronic health issue, will contact me if they are experiencing an acute issue or a first aid issue. Homeopathy has become part of their health care. 

Homeopathy To Heal

If I can be of help in regard to a chronic, an acute or a first situation, I invite you to contact me here on this blog or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com. I offer a complimentary 15+ minute Get Acquainted Call. If you don’t see the health issue that you are experiencing in what I wrote above, please do contact me and ask me about it. Homeopathy treats the person. I work with all ages, babies through older adults in person and virtually in and out of the San Diego, California area. I would be happy to talk with you, and to find out what is bothering you.

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Listening – To Yourself

Part of this blog is from a post I wrote several years ago. I wanted to share it again. I have been hearing a lot about listening to ourselves, especially during the times we are going through.

Listening, observing, witnessing, finding out how the person experiences what bothers them is what I do as a homeopath. I think I am a good listener, to others, but maybe not so good at listening to myself, hearing myself.

Are We Listening To Ourselves?

For me, sometimes, I am easily swayed or influenced by what other people say to me, or are doing. I need time afterwards to sift through, and process the information and energy of others. As a society, we are bombarded by all sorts of information, almost instantaneously and continually. From that we often think we need to be doing this or that, feeling this or that, comparing ourselves to others, and ultimately not being in tune with ourselves. We may not be listening to our own needs and wants, and who we are as an individual person.

Listening is not just with our ears. It is what we sense about ourselves and around us, and how we feel, inside. Our gut feeling.

Our bodies can tell us a lot of how we are reacting to a situation. Our thoughts tell us too. These reactions, responses and thoughts are often autonomic. We go to them immediately. Physically, we may get sick, which is a way of telling ourselves to slow down, to pause, to rest and to listen. Our head hurts. Our stomach grumbles and hurts. Our digestion may be off. A rash breaks out. We breath shallowly, maybe panting. Our heart beats faster. Our hands get sweaty. come down with a cold. We are not sleeping well. Emotionally, we may feel angry, fearful, shamed, irritated, annoyed, impatient, bored, unsettled or hurt. Mentally, we may have persistent thoughts that could be negative, almost looping around and around and around.

I sometimes think we may need to call ourselves on the phone, so we will actually listen to ourselves.

“Hey, Pam, I want to tell you this….”

Listening To Ourselves

• What am I feeling?
• This doesn’t feel right to do or feels right to do – about a relationship, a job, an opportunity, an event.
• Don’t know what to do further in this creative work, will wait. Now I know what to do! Took the time to listen.
• This person is doing this activity or has this belief. Is this something I want to do or believe in? Shall I go along with this person or not?
• Following a dream, a passion, a trip that you have always wanted to take.
• Should I? Shouldn’t I? (Shoulds are usually something to avoid.)
• My body is not feeling right. What is my body telling me?
• Time to rest, even if others are continuing.
• Am I reacting?
• The group is doing this, it doesn’t feel right to me.
• Even if this person is an expert, I will get another expert’s opinion.
• I am going to be quiet for awhile, so I can hear my voice, listening to what I am saying.
• Am I speaking my voice with other people?
• Am I speaking and hearing my own voice?
• What does my voice sound like?

Listening To Me

I do artwork. I have done artwork off and on for most of my life. When I talk about the process of doing art work, I say that I listen to the piece that I am working on, almost as if the piece is telling me what to do next, what color to use, what line to draw and more. When I think (I am pointing to my head) of what to do, it doesn’t work. When I let the art work tell me, it works. It is a feeling or sense to do this ________. Is this the art telling, or me telling me? Whatever it is, it is listening to that.

A Video With Oprah Winfrey And Iyanla Vanzant

Below is a video of a conversation between Oprah Winfrey and Iyanla Vanzant from the program SuperSoul Sunday. They talked about pausing, staying present, and using your own spiritual GPS, instead of doing what we always do. The video is about 1:36 minutes long. Enjoy.

https://www.facebook.com/SuperSoulSunday/videos/1765656943481818/?t=22

Homeopathy To Heal

When I work with a patient, I am witnessing what is bothering them. I often say, that the patient and I are witnessing them together. Witnessing is listening. I am listening to the patient. And the patient is listening to themselves.

I invite you to contact me if you or a loved one have a health issue that has not resolved. I work with people of all ages. I offer a complimentary 15+ Get Acquainted Call. You can contact me here on this blog or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com. I work with people both in person and virtually in and out of the San Diego, California, area. I look forward to hearing from you.

Finding Out About The Person – The Homeopathic Consultation (Part 1)

I receive phone calls, emails, and messages from people asking me if homeopathy could help their particular health concern. Very often, I am asked, I have this _______ or I experience this symptom, what would you suggest for me?

I don’t know. And I say that. I say I don’t know. Then I say, I need to find out how this is for you. I need to know more. I suggest you come in for an appointment and lets see what is going on with you.

What Happens In A Homeopathic Consultation

When I meet someone for a homeopathic consultation, this is what is happening. I am:

• Listening. Observing. Witnessing. So I can understand what the person is experiencing. Finding out what is bothering them, and how they experience it. What this is like for them.
• Creating a place and space for someone to talk and to show who they are and what bothers them.
• Listening to the spoken and the unspoken words. I often say, I am listening through.
• Watching, seeing, hearing, the hand gestures, body movements, facial expressions, sounds the person makes, and the words and language the person uses to express themselves.
• Specifically, finding out about a symptom – what makes it better, worse, location, how experienced, when it first started, how it feels, other symptoms with it, how is it to have the symptom.
• Putting all the pieces/parts together, making a whole picture of the person. Like a jigsaw puzzle, being put together. Or a painting being painted in front of me. But I don’t have the complete picture in front of me to know what the final outcome will be.
• Learning the person’s world and their language. How they view their world. How they experience their world.
• Giving a homeopathic remedy that is similar to this whole picture of the person.

Always Finding Out About The Person

What I describe here, is what I do whether the person has:

• a chronic condition – ongoing, experiencing flare ups of symptoms periodically, never quite going away, such as eczema, menstrual difficulty, digestive issues, asthma, anxiety, auto-immune conditions and more.
• an acute condition – the flu, a cold, an infection, a cough, a childhood disease. An acute could also be a flare up of the chronic condition.
• a first aid situation – a fall, a trauma, dental work, surgery, a sprain/strain, a burn.

The length of time I spend with a person during a consultation may vary depending on whether it is a chronic, an acute, or a first aid situation. But always, always, I am finding out about the person – the what, and the how of what bothers them.

Look for Part 2 to this topic – the homeopathic consultation – in my next post.

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If I can be of help in regard to a chronic, an acute or a first situation, I invite you to contact me here on this blog or through my website www.homeopathytoheal.com. I would be happy to talk with you, and to find out what is bothering you.