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Welcoming Winter’s Medicine

Reading Time: 14 minutes

I have a long history of resisting winter. I blame it on the cold temperatures, the grey skies, and the darkness. I’m realizing, though, that my resistance is not just about the weather or the darkness.

I recently read Katherine May’s Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times. I started it during a much-needed, holiday-driven pause that included time away from scrolling and posting on Instagram and an overall mental break from work. It also coincided with a massive clean out of our first floor and the establishment of a simplified, make-shift kitchen in our basement. The second […]

January 5th, 2023|Chronic Illness, Coaching, Connection, Curiosity, Emotional Wellness, Healing, Holidays, Homeopathy, Learning, Me, Resources, Self-Awareness, Symptoms|

Homeopathy for Mothers During the Holidays

Reading Time: 13 minutes

The holiday season is upon us. In the northern hemisphere the days are dark and nature’s fertile void invites us to slow down, but our culture and systems have us rushing, doing, and planning. Add to this family gatherings, amplification of grief and loss, expectations, excess, and more…most of us feel anything but resourced during the holidays. Mothers, in particular, may feel the intensity of this time. We tend to be the “magic makers” of this full season.

Rather than turning to coping mechanisms that leave you feeling even more depleted, consider these homeopathic remedies for support during the holidays.

But First…

Even before the homeopathic remedy, I invite you to explore […]

December 14th, 2022|Anxiety, Emotional Wellness, Family Health, Healing, Holidays, Holistic Health and Wellness, Homeopathy, Mothering, Women's Health|

Homeopathy for Teens

Reading Time: 13 minutes

Teenagers are going and growing through remarkable changes. Even the most vital bodies can benefit from support through this liminal space. Homeopathy is a gentle way to nourish and nurture your teenager.

While these remedies are ones to consider for your teen, consider them for you, too.

Mothering a teen can bring up all the old feelings and traumas we may have suppressed. We are not only mothering our teens, we are often remothering our teen selves during this transitional time.

Homeopathy for Teens

Dosing

In acute situations, consider starting with a […]

November 22nd, 2022|Anxiety, Emotional Wellness, Family Health, Healing, Holistic Health and Wellness, Homeopathy, Mothering, Uncategorized, Women's Health|

Lyme Disease: A Homeopathic Perspective

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I’vm working with more and more folks who may have Lyme or have been diagnosed with Lyme. This, along with my own history, prompted me to share this homeopathic perspective on Lyme disease.

Lyme (or any infectious) disease reflects an individual’s susceptibility to the disease (or the bacteria). Not everyone who gets a tick “bite” develops Lyme disease, and not everyone with Lyme disease has gotten a tick “bite.” (Quotations because it is not exactly a bite, rather it is more of a puncture wound). Also to note, some of us are more susceptible than others to the ticks themselves.

The disease arises because the bacteria or the tick […]

October 27th, 2022|Chronic Illness, Healing, Homeopathy, Lyme disease, Symptoms|

Homeopathy for Caregivers: Cocculus Indicus

Reading Time: 5 minutes

We’re nearing the end of the third week of acute symptoms for the kiddos in our house. Some of the symptoms (or kids) have needed close attention from mom and homeopathic care.

Cocculus Indicus, however, was for me rather than the kiddos. It’s a remedy to think of when you are feeling the effects of worrying about or nursing your loved ones.

Last week after being awake with my sleepless daughter for two nights, and well into the second week of kids being symptomatic, I couldn’t settle in to sleep despite feeling absolutely exhausted in mind and body. One dose of 30C Cocculus, and I fell fast asleep.

Cocculus […]

October 24th, 2022|Acute Illness, Anxiety, Family Health, Healing, Holistic Health and Wellness, Homeopathy, Mothering, Resources, Women's Health|

Homeopathy Works

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Why am I not responding to my remedy? Could it be that homeopathy just won’t work for me?

I recently held my first Ask-the-Homeopath session, and this question came up during the hour. It’s an important one with many possible answers, so I wanted to share my thoughts on what might be happening when you don’t get the response you expect or desire following a homeopathic remedy.

You need a different remedy.

If you take a remedy that is not your simillimum (i.e. the remedy whose essence and symptom picture is most similar to yours), you mayn’t […]

October 20th, 2022|Acute Illness, Chronic Illness, Family Health, Homeopathy, Learning, Mothering, Resources, Symptoms|

Understanding Your Symptoms: A Homeopathic Perspective

Reading Time: 10 minutes

Symptoms are the language of the body. Healing asks us to become fluent in this language.

We so often judge or evaluate our symptoms as bad. While I know it can feel like symptoms are setbacks or obstacles that get in our way, the truth is our symptoms are here for us. They are the way our body communicates with us.

When we better understand how and why our bodies create symptoms, we can relate to them in new and empowering ways. And when we shift our relationship with our symptoms, we can move through them with greater ease, less suffering, and more healing.

So, when symptoms feel like a setback, […]

October 18th, 2022|Acute Illness, Anxiety, Chronic Illness, Healing, Holistic Health and Wellness, Homeopathy, Resources, Self-Awareness, Symptoms, Women's Health|

Homeopathic Remedies for Summer

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In our household summer brings a lot of time outdoors. This means insect stings and tick bites, sunburns, rashes, and more. Homeopathic remedies are my go-to for addressing these often minor, acute disturbances, because homeopathy is free from unintended side effects and it doesn’t suppress the body’s innate, and critical, healing responses.

I shared some of the top homeopathic remedies for summer on my Instagram feed over the last few weeks. I’ve since compiled all of these remedies into one downloadable and printable Summer Remedy Guide. It covers seven common summer concerns and the remedies you might consider for each one. You can read about […]

July 5th, 2022|Acute Illness, Family Health, Holistic Health and Wellness, Homeopathy, Lyme disease|

Strengthening Vitality with Homeopathic Tissue Salts

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The vitality of the body is, in part, dependent on the presence of essential building blocks of cells. W.H. Schüssler, a German physician of the late 1800’s, identified twelve inorganic mineral salts common to all bodily cells and tissues. He asserted that imbalances in these critical salts contribute to dis-ease, and that health and vitality can be restored and strengthened with minute doses of the deficient salt.

Low potency tissue salts are homeopathically prepared, so they’re gently supportive, safe, and free of side-effects. As such, they are useful for at-home prescribing. Think about using them to nurture vitality through colds, heartburn, bloating, muscle or […]

June 7th, 2022|Chronic Illness, Healing, Holistic Health and Wellness, Homeopathy, Mothering, Nourishing Foods and Supplements, Symptoms, Women's Health|

Menopause: An Empowering Perspective

Reading Time: 12 minutes

Last year, seemingly out of nowhere, I had what some folks call a panic attack. I settled happily into bed at night after a full day, and I looked forward to sleep. But moments later my body tensed, my breath hitched, and I jumped out of bed, aware that something felt horribly off inside. My mind made up a story that I was dying, as minds do in this situation. Then I realized what was happening, and I turned to homeopathy (think Aconite for sudden, intense panic) and to my husband for co-regulation, and I let my body do what it needed to do, which in that moment was shake.

After […]

April 27th, 2022|Anxiety, Chronic Illness, Emotional Wellness, Healing, Homeopathy, Me, Menopause, Symptoms, Women's Health|

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Homeopathy for Teens

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Why am I not responding to my remedy? Could it be that homeopathy just won’t work for me?

You need a different remedy.