Like cures like

"Like cures like" is the principle of homeopathy. The plants and minerals that, when prepared homeopathically, cause symptoms in a healthy person will then cure those same symptoms in a sick person. It's as if the remedy is able to indicate to the sick person's immune system or psyche that which is amiss, allowing their body and being to begin healing.

Here is a little test of the homeopathic principle at work. The next time you are cooking and get a mild burn, instead of using cold water on the burn, try using the warmest water you can tolerate.

How does it work? If you think about it, cold water restricts the blood vessels around the burn, slowing the blood flow and the healing process. Warm water helps to open the vessels and enhance your own body's healing mechanism.

energetic beings

No matter how many times they've dissected the human body, modern science has yet to find the "being" inside. We're not technically in our brains or our hearts. Our spirits have yet to be found in a solid, concrete way.

The reason? We are energetic beings. Our soul or chi or vital force resides in our bodies during our lifetimes, intrically connected to our physicality yet inexplicably separate. The body/spirit connection is such that things within the spiritual or emotional being, left untreated, manifest themselves in the physical body.

Enter homeopathy. For those new to homeopathy, it is foreign to think that a spoonful of tiny white sugar tablets can work to heal anxiety yet it has done just that and much, much more. Homeopathy is a type of energetic medicine, able to touch us at our deepest core, our energetic beings. Through homeopathic care I have seen and experienced the deepest, most gentle and long-lasting healing.

Yes, homeopathic medicine can speed the healing of your bruise. It can help with your headaches, your fever, your chronic sinus infections. Did you know that homeopathy can also help you leave behind your anxiety, depression, fear, worries, self-doubt, stress, anger and rejuvenate you? Without all of this, you are then able to fully be who you are and change your world.

Homeopathy is gentle, energetic, radical medicine.

My Journey's Beginning

Looking back, I think that I began my healing journey when I decided that I wanted to listen to my own body. It was around that time that I began making decisions for my own healing and chose to see a homeopath for the first time.

I was a new mom and, after many months, admitted that I was suffering from post-partum depression. I thought that my choices were to either get medication or find an alternative so I scheduled my initial homeopathic intake.

Going to my visit I was nervous, excited and scared. I had no idea if homeopathy was going to work. The main reason that I was going, what I was most excited about, was that someone was going to listen to me - for about 3 hours - without judgement, just listening.

When I walked into the office and the door closed, I felt like it all got out - ALL of it. I think that I talked, punctuated by tears, for over three hours. Someone listened in a way that I had never been listened to before. When I left I was completely exhausted but I felt good. I felt relieved to have gotten all of those painful words out. Now they were in some else's hands, at least for the moment.

I received my first homeopathic remedy a week or so after my visit. What happened after that is just short of a miracle. Within a day or two, I started feeling better. All of my terrible dreams stopped. My days were brighter. It was subtle, but steady. I knew I was healing and it was ending. I was so excited to get out of that dreary place and actually start enjoying my beautiful baby.

After about a month, things physically started shifting for me. My cycle shifted and I felt things changing. I felt like my hormones were getting regulated again. I finally felt good. Actually, I felt great. After going through this healing process, I went on to have two more precious daughters and post-partum depression never had me in its grips again.