Homeopathy

Are you someone who takes offence at an innocent comment and sulks for days? Do you only hear the 1% constructive criticism and ignore the 99% positive? Do your family and friends tiptoe round you on eggshells, never sure how you’ll react? If you answered yes to any of those questions the chances are you’ve been labelled “sensitive”, and I bet that label doesn’t feel positive! Doesn’t it feel just like another criticism! Don’t people realise you’re trying your hardest? How d

I talk a lot about self-help homeopathy to relieve everyday health niggles and homeopathy is brilliant for hay fever symptoms. Today I’m introducing you to another dimension of homeopathic support, a much deeper level which is best entered into with a qualified homeopath. I’ve had hay fever this year and I don’t usually. I’ve had: Watery, red, itchy, sensitive eyes with a creamy discharge which dries crusty and is worst in the morning; Bouts of sneezing A drippy nose which h

Have you ever gone through phases when you can’t remember people’s names? I have, and I’m in a bad one of these phases at the moment. I was talking to a friend recently and told her I’d suddenly stopped being able to remember names when my mum died. “Oh that’s just old age,” she said, “everyone gets like that”. Yes, undoubtedly, it happens more as people get older – but what also happens as we get older? We get bad news more often Our friends and family become unwell and die

The other day someone asked me what made me become a homeopath. I had to think very hard! I could easily talk about my first encounter with homeopathy, but what had made me take the next step? OK, it wasn’t a step it was a giant leap! What had made me give up my university career to retrain as a homeopath? I think it was my London homeopath who encouraged all her clients to buy a homeopathic first aid kit. She did this so, when we rang her between appointments for help with

When someone embarks on their homeopathic healing journey one thing’s certain: life will never seem the same again! Homeopathy is a great tool for gently releasing the past and its efficacies can be enhanced by selective use of other approaches and techniques. Personally I find myself drawn to other things at times when these will perfectly complement the issues which have surfaced for homeopathic release. In this blog I talk about an approach I was drawn to, a daily ritual

I’ve just spent a couple of weeks in Georgia, up in the Caucasus mountains in south eastern Europe, learning more about Georgian singing. They approach their traditional singing as a means of connecting with their fellow singers rather than as something to perform to an audience, so the whole approach is different. Traditionally the songs were performed around the supra (feast) table, accompanied by plentiful food, wine and speeches. And before you start thinking about the s

4 WAYS TO CATCH A COLD: Why there’s a choice of homeopathic remedies for colds Homeopathy and conventional Western medicine are very different when it comes to explaining why you get sick, and how best to manage symptoms. In Western medicine a cold’s a cold; thinking homeopathically a cold can take many forms: There’s the “is it a cold or is it hay fever?” type of cold: lots of sneezing, watery eyes, runny nose, feeling a bit weak and struggling to keep your eyes open; feeli

Visiting a homeopath for the first time for a 121 consultation must feel a bit like a walk in the dark: how do you know what to expect? I’m going to outline some of the things I do and explain why I do it that way. I’m sure other homeopaths will have their own slightly different way of doing things. And, before you read any further, if you’re seriously worried about a condition, you want tests, you’d like pharmaceutical drugs for your symptoms, or you’d like a diagnosis then

When we go on holiday the last thing we want is to be laid low by pain or injury. If you’re a homeopathy fan the good news is you can learn how to use remedies to support your day to day health whether you’re at home or abroad. Even a very small number of remedies can really make a difference to your enjoyment of your holiday, and I’m going to tell you a bit about my experience of using travel homeopathy in the hope it might inspire you to have a go yourself this summer. Whe

How often do you get itching, burning skin appearing from nowhere? Or dry flaky skin where it didn’t used to be? I certainly find things like that happening quite often, and when it does it’s pretty annoying right? Well, the good news is - homeopathy can soothe your skin! Now, homeopaths have a particular view about the body and how it shows you it’s healing, it’s Hering’s Law of Cure and it says that the body heals from the inside out, from the top down and from the middle

When I offered a free webinar for anyone interested to find out more about homeopathy I didn’t anticipate being the one doing the learning! Here’s what happened. I was zoom bombed! Who even knew there was such a thing! I’d set it up as a public event on Eventbrite: I WANTED it to be found and accessible to everyone. And people I didn’t know signed up! I was very excited to have found a way of being of service to people. All was going well: I was in my flow…. Then something

Our world is full of patterns: For as long as humans have lived on Earth they’ve been noticing patterns: looking at where and when the sun rises; how the length of the day changes; what happens when day turns into night; what the best conditions are for growing seeds; what the best conditions are for keeping livestock, etc etc. colds start with clear mucus then it thickens and turns yellow; if you eat food which has gone ‘off’ you’re very likely to have stomach pain, vomiting

Would you like to use natural first aid remedies but you don’t know what to buy? Have you picked up the Arnica cream in the supermarket but then wondered what’s the best way of using it? When my children were young, that was me too! I wanted to use homeopathy to support them with their everyday acute conditions – teething, colds, coughs, tummy bugs, bumps and bruises, ear aches etc. I was lucky back then: I wasn’t a homeopath but I could go into any pharmacy on the high s

This post talks about some simple self-help steps we can take to support our digestion, which is where the majority of our immunity is located.Introducing where 70-80% of your immunity is basedI’d like to take a moment to high 5 our immune systems. I know many of us have glitches – you may be immune-compromised or suffer with food allergies or hay fever – but the design of the human immune system is mind-bogglingly clever! I’ve picked out just 4 highlights and linked each of

A look at some of the reasons which have led people to seeking homeopathic treatment for the first time.An exploration of what makes people choose homeopathic treatmentI was very lucky: my first encounter with homeopathy was through my GP who suggested it as an alternative to antibiotics for the recurrent chronic sinusitis from which I was suffering. It was handed to me on a plate, no internet searching for alternatives, a simple choice for me to make at my time of need. Most

This post describes 3 homeopathic remedies to support different profiles of grief, separation and anxiety in parents as a result of a young person leaving home to go to boarding school or university.Homeopathic remedies to support the separation processI had a text from one of my clients asking what remedies I’d recommend for loss, when a child goes to University for the first time. It’d be the same scenario for a parent whose child went off to boarding school, in both cases

This post explores how homeopathy explains cystitis symptoms differently from Western medicine and suggests a radically different approach to alleviating symptomsYour symptoms from a different perspectiveHave you ever had a bout of ill-health which came out of nowhere, took you unawares, and which was very stubborn and resistant to getting better? Something which you went to the GP about and which you got the impression had them flummoxed with its stubbornness? I have, and I

This post guides people towards appropriate homeopathic remedies to support feelings of anxiety and fear during a health crisis or pandemic. Unprecedented times. A virus has spread rapidly around the world, leaving mayhem in its wake. Not only did it spread fast, but we knew all about its progress, getting blow-by-blow accounts from wherever it struck. Never before have we known so much in real time! And isn’t it stressful, having all that information and just waiting for the

An alternative approach to managing hay fever symptoms, thinking particularly about the exam seasonIt happens every year: summer arrives, and so do exams. How unfortunate for teenagers with hay fever! I’ve recently been reminded of research which shows academic performance can be adversely affected by hay fever (1), and on top of that there’s the anxiety about disturbing others by sniffing or sneezing during the exam. As parents, what can you do to minimise the disruption hay

This blog uses the idea of a golf ball to help visualise the changes which might follow taking a homeopathic remedy.Here's a way of understanding the idea behind using homeopathic remediesHave you ever wondered how homeopathy works? You’re not alone! Homeopathy works for millions of people around the world, but it’s very difficult to explain how it works, and no-one’s absolutely sure, which doesn’t help. Has it got something to do with a golf ball? Well, read on to find out!I