1M: a Homeopath's Podcast

This is it- the final, short and sweet episode in the homeopathy and psychedelics series. A few more reflections and what's coming for Season 7.    Links for this episode:  www.chacruna.net 

The penultimate episode in the series asks the question- are psychedelics homeopathic in anyway?  I review psychedelics considering the four pillars: similars minimum dose totality individuality Links/Sources for this episode:  How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, 2018. P149, p151-153, p177 Organon of the Medical Art, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, edited by Wenda Brewster O'Reilly, 1996 aph. , 6, 7, 23, 57, 58, 60, 63, 69, 100, 103  The 'Hyoscine Cure'  A Brief History of Microdosing  University of Chicago study  Gallium proving  

My guest today is Vanessa Black, homeopath and Phd. student.  Vanessa has had a front row seat to what happens when people self-prescribe psychedelics to an extreme degree, and how homeopathy can help right the imbalance.  *please not there are swear words in this episode*  We discuss the shadow side of the hype of psychedelics.  Links for this episode:  Vanessa's website:  https://www.functionalalchemy.org/ Articles exploring risk, reality, bias, and research:  Can magic mushrooms unlock depression? What I've learned in the five years since my TEDx talk The Psychedelic Utopia is a Lie  Inside the Dispute over a High Profile Psychedelic Study  Confessing Grandiosities     

Dr. Jenna Labbe-Watson started in the vitalist tradition of Ayurveda and made the transition to psychology. Serendipity brought her to ketamine, and she shares her personal and professional experience with me in this 6th episode in the homeopathy and psychedelics series.    Links for this episode:  Dr. Jenna Labbe-Watson  The Ketamine Papers

Nancy Herrick, Hahnemann Clinic, is a senior practitioner and international teacher of homeopathy. A few years ago, a client with intractable insomnia led her to try low dose ketamine. She has not looked back. Nancy shares how she now prescribes ketamine to many of her clients, either alone, before or alongside homeopathy treatment.  Links for this episode: European Journal of Anesthesiology The New Yorker  

David Malcolm Shein, homeopath at Blackbird Homeopathy shares with me his experience at a 28 day ayahuasca retreat in Peru. Concepts of regimen and potentization in homeopathy are reviewed and discussed.  Links for this episode:  Ayahuasca Foundation  Plant dietas  Ayahuasca Churches  Tim Ferris, Business Insider  Chacruna.net 

Psychedelics and homeopathy have an interesting resonant history: from the first 'trip' of LSD as an accidental proving, its origins in chemical components that are found in Ergot- or the homeopathic remedy, Secale- to Dr. Humphrey Osmond, a London psychiatrist who later mentored a homeopathic doctor of 42 years, it's a strange coincidence.  Links to sources used in this episode:  Ayahuasca  Mescaline  MDMA How to Change Your Mind  Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, 2018; p. 141, 108, 109, 106, 110, 114, 23, 24, 26,145, 146, 155, 156,  Ketamine Psilocybin Child eats mushrooms  Life Magazine  Doors of Perception Magazine  Estrada, Alvaro. Maria Sabina: Her Life and Chants. Santa Barbara, Calif. Ross-Erikson, 1981 New York Times 1970 archives  Albert Hofmann "The Accidental Discovery of LSD"  The Organon of the Medical Art , Sameul Hahnemann, edited by Wenda Brewster O'Reilly, Birdcage Books, Palo Alto, CA 1996, original 1842 by Samuel Hahnemann ; p146-147, p151 Sue Young Histories  Dr. Philip Bonnet obituary  The Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol. 2, NO. 1 1987- researchgate.net The Nation   

Kristina and Mike share their experience with microdosing psilocybin mushrooms, growing and sharing them in their community, and the need for additional therapeutic support.  This is Episode 2 in Season 6- the Homeopathy & Psychedelics.  Links in this episode:  Marijuana Moment 

1M Pocast is back with Season 6!! Over the course of the next 6-8 episodes I'm exploring the phenomenon of psychedelics- their history, therpeutic use, current and past research, and their interesting but surprising connections with homeopathy.    Sources and links for this episode:  MDMA may be legalized for therapeutic use by 2023  "The Challenges of Psychedelic Research"  How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, 2018; p 42  Homeopathy Research Institute Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Institute Homeopathy Products Market, Projections  

Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman is a homeopath with decades of practice, and a best-selling author. Find her at https://healthyhomeopathy.com/about-dr-judyth-reichenberg-ullman/

A round-table discussion with the practitioners of the Homeopathy Help Now team, a taskforce that was developed in response to a global acute crisis.   

You know what happened- the pandemic hit, the world shut down. But not for these homeopathy students, who stepped up and helped to build a homeopathy help line- www.homeopathyhelpnow.com-  that to date, has assisted over 600 patients in acute illness.  In this episode, hear from the voices behind the scenes about how it happened, and what it was like for them. 

This is the first episode back since quarantine hit the globe in March. This episode kicks off a whole new series of regular episodes, and a new theme- Challenges and Opportunities in Homeopathy. My guest, Alastair Gray, is a leader in our field with 30 years on the front lines, especially in education.  Find out about Al at Bio and Academy of Homeopathy Education  Hopefully you've kept up with my Aphorism Fridays, and Jeremy's coronavirus updates.  You can find the webinar online here:  https://tqfs.official.academy/#!free-webinar-jeremy-sherrs-latest-update-on-the-coronavirus-genus-epidemicus/1/zgOoM/  

There's another epidemic that needs our attention- Systemic Racism. It's an obstacle to cure, and as homeopaths, we have to look at ourselves individually, and also help heal the collective.  I'm giving over my regular Aphorism Friday spot to this extremely important topic.  Listen to me, and then head over to Brene Brown's June 10th podcast interview with Austin Channing-Brown, author of I'm Still Here, Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. Listen to the show here. Purchase Austin Channing-Brown's book at a black owned bookstore. 

At this time of publication, Jeremy Sherr has given three, free Covid-19 Epidemic Updates.  Listen to the homeopathic expert in epidemics discuss the philosophy of epidemics, practical advice for taking and analyzing cases, symptoms, remedies emerging, and how to come together as homeopaths to alleviate the suffering.  Only one of Jeremy's 8 FREE Covid Updates is featured on 1M. You can view the others for free at The Quest for Simillimum:  https://tqfs.official.academy/

Paola Brown, founder and President of Americans for Homeopathy Choice, has not only led one of the biggest consumer advocacy efforts for homeopathy in the United States, she has also created an original curriculum for teaching homeopathy to children.  While so much of the world is homeschooling, it's a perfect time to expose children to the healing principles of homeopathy in an intentional, creative way. This curriculum has it all!  Important links:  Americans for Homeopathy Choice Teach me Health and Homeopathy 

I've wanted to interview the spouse of a homeopath for awhile, and it finally dawned on me... I had one in my own home!  In this behind the scenes interview, Mr. Kelly Callahan shares his experience of being married to a homeopath (me!). Mr. Callahan and I talk homeopathy and complexity and life and work everyday, which might be unique to us, but maybe not. In anycase, we decamped to our deck on a balmy March Sunday afternoon in Maine and recorded one of our conversations to share with you.  Maybe it's what it's like to be married to a homeopath...but maybe it's more about what it's like to be married to THIS homeopath, and THIS consultant, biker, musician, and friend.  We had fun... hope you do too. 

Sometimes the days can blend together, the work feels hard, and inspiration is scarce.  Drawing on Austin Kleon's book Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative Through Good Times and Bad, I've put together 10 Ways to Keep Going, as a Homeopath.   

Tracy Karkut-Law is a long standing practitioner, as well the co-founder of Your Radiant Business. Tracy talked with me about homeopathic journey, as well as tips and strategies for creating a business practice that is a reflection of you and your values, while being savvy and successful!  Check out their offerings at https://www.yourradiantbusiness.com/ I also have a review for you of Tom Jansen's new book- Finding your Way Through the Forest of Symptoms' Homeoapathic Insight into Plants and Trees. You can order the book through https://www.nature-reveals.com/ and use code 'PC' at checkout for 10% off.  Finally, be sure to subscribe to the podcast to catch my weekly episodes that will be coming out every Friday starting January 3, 2020- 'Aphorism Fridays' where I will reading Wenda Brewster O'Reilly's 6th edition translation from cover to cover. Get your copy here! https://birdcagepress.com/shop/ ** As of July 2022, The Organon is now housed as its own podcast at  1M a Homeopath's Podcast Presents: The Organon

My guest, Carol Boyce, is a British homeopath, teacher, activist, filmmaker, and then some. She's been traveling around the world on behalf of homeopathy since graduating in 1985.  Carol speaks with me today about the recent attacks on homeopathy and homeopaths in the UK, and where it call started.  Check out her new organization, Homeopathy International : "..we support other international organisations in their fight to retain patient access to homeopathic medicine. We enable patients, who want to exercise their right to choose homeopathy, to find well-trained homeopaths. We provide the public with the facts about homeopathy so they can understand its potential as a viable alternative, and explain the ongoing threat at work to prevent patient access to this safe, effective, sustainable system of medicine."  Read her articles about the efforts against homeopathy here:  Blog about the Science and Technology Committee hearings and ratification report https://vonsyhomeopathy.wordpress.com Deconstruction and explanation of the Shang et al paper that was the first overt attempt to discredit homeopathy on the placebo only argument – it is still quoted today. https://www.hri-research.org/resources/homeopathy-the-debate/the-lancet-paper-by-shang-et-al/ See excerpts of her film here:  http://www.somethingtosayproductions.com/      

Kathleen Scheible, a California based homeopath, is an example of how we can 10x our impact as homeopaths.  Kathleen runs a successful practice, offers bi-weekly free clinics to neighborhood seniors, and pioneered the inclusion of certified homeopaths in the Integrative Healers Action Network. In addition, she's stepped up in a leadership capacity as President of the California Homeopathic Medical Society.  Kathleen's work is inspiring, but practical. We've pulled together her top tips and ideas into a dowloadable PDF:  Starting to Serve: Taking Homeopathy to the Community Let it be the stepping stone to getting your service project off the ground!       

The Joint American Homeopathy Conference is a huge endeavor, and is the splashiest thing the the National Center for Homeopathy does.  Inbetween conferences, the volunteers and staff and NCH are working to elevate and promote homeopathy on the national stage. I spoke with past president Abby Beal and incoming president Tina Quirk about how the National Center for Homeopathy is like the mother organization, supporting us all.    National Center for Homeopathy

Join me on a walk for this intercurrent episode (literally... I recorded this while on a walk!) as I muse about the four stages of learning:  unconscious incompetence conscious incompetence conscious competence unconscious competence   Like my previous episodes on case audits, this was sparked by reaching another boundary of my own competence in practice. I find this trajectory of learning to be helpful, as I consider the steps I can take to expand my competence, and ultimately my success with clients.       

Wenda O'Reilly dedicated years to creating what has become our most often used and highly regarded edition of The Organon.  Join me as I talk to Wenda about her immersion experience.   

The National Center for Homeopathy collaborates to host the Joint American Homeopathic Conference every year. It's THE event for practitioners, students, dabblers, teachers, vendors and wanna-be's in the North-American homeopathic world.  Join me as I talk to attendees, presenters, committee members and anyone else who I could corner in Baltimore, Maryland. It was an inspiring, fun-filled weekend that reinforces our community on every level.  Visit National Center for Homeopathy   for more details about what went down at 2019 as well as previous years, plus information to plan for 2020 in Orlando!! 

It's the 50-ish episode, and I think 1M falls into the category of a 'Harshad' podcast, don't you?  Don't know what 'harshad' means? Listen to find out :) 50 is cool, in life and in homeopathy.  The resources used for this podcast:  Wikipedia ridingthebeast.com https://affinitynumerology.com/number-meanings/number-50-meaning.php My RadarOpus references, including The Organon, Allen's Materia Medica of Important Nosodes, Hippocrate's Aphorisms and Boenninghausen's comments, Banarjea's 50 Homeopathic Indian Drugs,  Burnett's 50 Reasons for Becoming a Homeopath, and more.  also- if you entered the drawing for a 1M tote bag- you may be a winner! Listen to hear me draw the names live. 

Lynn Amara taught with my previous guest, Jo Daly, at the Pacific Academy of Homeopathy in California. We talk about her history, her practice, and more.  Find Lynn's current offerings as a mentor on Trinity Health Hub where she teaches 'Skin with Lynn' - an awesome, highly useful series on dealing with skin conditions in the clinic.   

The past 30 years have seen homeopathy 'grow up' and change. My guest, Jo Daly, was an integral part of that transformation as a founding faculty member of the Pacific Academy of Homeopathy in San Francisco. It was the first school to offer a program to non-licensed practitioners.     

In this intercurrent episode, Kelly digs into the question of whether Hahnemann approved of using nosodes. There are references in The Organon and Chronic Diseases that leave the reader wondering.  Diving into the archives Kelly uncovered a fascinating discussion by busy homeopaths of yesteryear, who grappled with this question themselves.  Listen along as they dive into related philosophy of isopathy, antidoting, and tackling the greater miasm.     

Welcome back!  In the last episode I brought you alongside my experience with Americans for Homeopathy Choice in Washington DC, where over 100 volunteers from around the United States advocated for access to homeopathic remedies.  This month, an enlightening conversation with Dr. Robert Melo who shares his experience as a pharmacist, and how his world is affected the FDA and regulation.  Be sure to check out www.ohmpharma.com to read more about their story, their products, facility, and history.  thanks for listening and see you next time! 

Kelly traveled to Washington DC to volunteer with Americans for Homeopathy Choice.  She joined over 150 volunteers from around the United States to meet with aides to their elected representatives in response to FDA's 2017 Draft Guidance.  Kelly chronicles her time in DC, talking to other volunteers, the thorough training before a day of meetings, a luncheon with presentations by Dr. Ronald Whitmont and attorney Jim Turner, and the red carpet screening of "Magic Pills," the documentary by Ananda More.  Learn about what it takes to advocate for homeopathy with your lawmakers.  Download the free resource, "Tips for Talking about Homeopathy" to help YOU advocate.  Email your comments, suggestions, and greetings to Kelly at [email protected]   Enjoy! 

Mary Aspinwall is an accomplished senior homeopathic practitioner. Originally from the UK and Ireland, she currently resides in Santa Barbara, CA in the United States where she has a busy practice as well as running Mary's Homeopathy Study Group on Facebook.  Mary shares her personal story of healing, the major influences on her career, the incredible success of her online study group, and many gems for practitioners and students alike.    You can find Mary here: https://maryaspinwall.com/ The study group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/253352978356406/   You can give feedback, suggestions, and comments to Kelly directly by emailing [email protected] through the website http://1mpodcast.libsyn.com/ or through Kelly's website: https://www.concentrichealing.com/      

Primary and Secondary actions are classic homeopathic philosophy. That doesn't make them not controversial, or a hot topic of conversation among homeopaths past and present!  In this intercurrent episode, Kelly presents a view different views from the archives on primary and secondary action.   

I talk today with Jerry Kantor, of Vital Force Health Care LLC about his rich book, Autism Reversal Toolbox.  The book covers a broad swath including:  1) The Workbench- influences and potential etiology of ASD, cultural and environmental influences including epigenetics, and the 'Sense Dimensional perspective,' which presents a relationship between the 5 sense and the 5 elements of Chinese Medicine.  2) Thorough discussion of the ASD intake.  3) The 10 elements of a successful approach.  4) Conceptual tools, such as miasms, the influence of digital media, reproductive technology, the toxic burden of our environment, and more.  5) Tools, including constitutional remedies, adjuncts such as Unda remedies, and 'soft focus' remedies that engage with meta issues in the case.  6) The Sine Wave approach (presented), discussion of other methods include CEASE, Banerji.  7) Illustrative cases and philosophical appendices.  Jerry and I dive right in and have a wide ranging, lively conversation exploring these issues and more.  Important links:  Jerry's website: https://vitalforcehealthcare.com/ Jerry's LINKS article on miasms Rat Park- a critical analysis    

Following Hering's directions for studying remedies, I share you with you my dive into the small remedy, Sambucus nigra, which I recently used for a young patient.  I love the Hering method, but have also found that it doesn't go far enough- for me. So I've added my insights and extensions.    Enjoy! 

Karen Allen returns to the podcast! After having a transformative experience in her 'Start up to Stellar' class, Kelly wanted to dive into some of the issues that came up for her, and how they apply to all homeopaths in the professional realm.    Catch up on their first conversation from episode 37.    Karen shares the details of her new project, Trinity Health Hub, an amazing new community, training resource, and vehicle for homeopathic advocacy.    Finally, join Kelly and Americans for Homeopathy Choice in April at Homeopathy on the Hill. Let's build on the momentum of the 16,000+ signatures of the petition, and meet our legislatures face to face. Early registration ends Feb. 15th, and Joette Calabrese is offering a free gift to early registrants! 

Hello and welcome to Episode 43 of 1M, I'm Kelly Callahan and today I'm talking with Joerg Wichmann for the first interview of 2019. Joerg is the man behind the wonderful website provings.info, which is an essential resource for lovers of homeopathy, practicing or not. If this is the first you're hearing of provings.info, it's a comprehensive database of remedies and their associated provings- I think it's the only resource of its kind, as a stand-alone database.    You can search for a remedy, see its abbreviation, family or group, and provings associated with it.   Each remedy entry has a short description of the substance, pharmacies where you can obtain it, provings including the type, where it can be found- in a book, in a downloadable pdf, etc., the language and year, taxonomy, and a bibliography that lists literature resources for the remedy. For example, under Abelmoschus, theres'a  direct link to an article in interhomeopathy.com.   There are advanced search capabilities that allow you to search for a word within a proving, as well as groups and taxonomical family names.   Joerg maintains in interesting blog (https://www.provings.info/blog1_en/)- Homeopathy and the World- that covers a range of subjects from media and news to philosophy and spirituality…. lots of good stuff in there that will resonate with many homeopaths.   But that's not all-   Joerg has also started a new project, FreeWiki (https://www.freewiki.eu/en/index.php?title=Welcome_to_FreeWiki).  It has the ambitious and important goal of supporting information about homeopathy and other subjects that are typically maligned and written about with a skewed skeptical bias in outlets such as Wikipedia.   We have a great discussion about this effort and his decision to expand Free Wiki beyond homeopathy, and why that's important.   I had a great time talking to Joerg, I love provings and am so grateful that he's taken on this work- it's a huge benefit to our community and our profession.   Before we transition to the interview, I'd love to give a quick update about the work of Americans for Homeopathy Choice… hopefully you had a chance to catch my interview with Paola Brown, Episode 36, back in October.    AHC is leading the resistance against the FDA and their efforts to curb access to homeopathic remedies. Signatures are _still needed_ for the petition. Visit SignTheHomeopathyPetition.com As of this month there are near 4,000 signatures, and it's not enough. We need 10,000. We all know that there are way more than 10,000 people who support homeopathy and their right to choose. If you haven't signed yourself yet, please do, and then you can send the link on to your family and friends.    Even if you know people who only use arnica, that's a link in.  So that's SignTheHomeopathyPetition.com    Consider joining the AHC Bear Pack with a recurring donation of $25/month. You get access to lots of exclusive information, a Facebook page and webinars with homeopaths such as Miranda Castro.  To do that, visit HomeopathyCHoice.org and select reccuring donation.  The big news of AHC though is they are planning a big event in DC in April- Homeopathy on the Hill- April 8-10, over Hahnemann's Birthday, of course.    This event looks great, I'm hoping to attend myself. Goals are to  Persuade members of Congress about the importance of protecting our right to choose homeopathy by bringing them together with homeopathy supporters from all over the country. Give homeopathy supporters a chance to network with one another to help advance the cause of homeopathy.  Raise public awareness of homeopathy.   This means meeting with your representatives (which you'll get coaching for), a Monday night dinner and chance to socialize with other supporters and homeopaths, Tuesday meetings with your rep and an informational lunch, and Tuesday night a special screening of Ananda More's film, Magic Pills.    There are lots of ways you can help make this event a success whether you can be in DC or not, so check out AHC or follow the links in the show notes.    Thanks again to all of you who have taken the time to rate and review the podcast. I love seeing the numbers go up. The greater homeopathy has a positive profile, be it a podcast or a journal or a post on social media, the greater the vibration for all of us.   I also invite you to join me for the 1M Read-A-Long of Jerry Kantor's  Autism Reversal Toolbox. Visit Emryss.com or Nature-reveals.com and use code: PC for 10% off. Then hop onto the 1M Facebook page and request to join the private group. It's easy, and it will be fun!    Enjoy this interview with Joerg and I'll see you next month!

Hey hey! Welcome to 1M: a Homeopath's Podcast,with episode 42.   I want to wish you a Happy New Year to you, wherever you are. I hope however you've spent the last month, whether celebrating holidays or not, you've gotten some of what you want, and more of what you need, with energy and inspiration for the year to come.   This year, 2019, will be the 4th year of the podcast. I mentioned in December that I was cooking up plans to make the podcast even better this year, and some of those plans are coming into focus.   The fall was particularly potent for me, as I know it has been for many of you who have been through the same experience I've in Karen Allen's Start up to Stellar class.   Karen was my guest in episode 37, and little did I know how potent that conversation would turn out to be. The class has been profound for my own practice and stepping into myself as a professional homepath in a more decisive and solid way, *AND* that energy trickled into other aspects of my homeopathic life, like teaching and the podcast.   We all know that when you give a remedy, the thing you intend to effect is often just the tip of the iceberg. That feeling when a patient returns and says- yeah, my stomach is better but that's not the 1/2 of it! and proceeds to tell you the other ways their life was impacted by taking the remedy.   That's kind of been the effect of the work I've done this past fall.   So what does that mean for the podcast? Well, for one thing, an extra episode per month. As much as I love doing interviews and talking with homeopaths around the world on their projects, publications and practices, I miss doing some of the creative work that inspired me to do the podcast in the first place.   If you're a long time listener, or you've recently found the podcast and have caught up on old episodes from the first year, you'll know that- like most homeopaths- i'm fond of history and archival readings, the repertory, philosophy and exploring materia medica in a creative way.   Unfortunately, with an hour interview, those elements have been cut out. The thing is, those elements are how I play with homeopathy, with ideas and connections, and continue to learn. I intended to bring those elements to the podcast because I feel like it's important to make learning and exploring visible, not to just share the results of the work, but to share the work itself- ideas not flushed out, kind of messy, a little bit of wondering and supposing.   So the extra episode each month I'm dubbing an 'intercurrent' episode, and it will be precisely that- a fun exploration into philosophy, materia medica repertory or history. Shorter- more like a 20-30 min. episode-   There will still be a long in depth interview each month as well, and who knows, maybe every now and then, a bonus episode. This episode- 42- is one of those intercurrents. In 2 weeks, I have a great interview with Joerg Wichman, the creator of provings.info- if you arent' aware of it, check it out, it's one of the best resources out there for homeopaths with regards to provings.   So as I thought about what I wanted to bring on for today, I kept going back to the idea of it being January, the new year.   In anycase, I'm a sucker for new beginnings, intentions, thinking about things full circle.   You know those articles or bits in the newspaper that say- 'this day in history' and then give a report of what happened around the world on this very day 20 years ago, 50 years ago, 100 years ago.   I thought we can do that! There have been over 200 January's, over 200 New Years since Homeopathy's inception.   What was happening on any given January, 50 years ago? 75 years ago?   The Homeopathic Recorder in 1939, which was 80 years ago- and I counted decades on my fingers to get that. you know, turning over to the new millennium and starting back at 0 can be confusing- published a number of articles that jumped out at me, in both their similarity to our current state, and in their differences-   Boericke presented a paper titled- Homeopathy in the Spotlight of Today-   He proceeds to outline a set of philosophic points of homeopathy via Kent, in particular, and how modern medicine- that is of 1939- has either come into some agreement about it, or is still divergent. So in a sense he's doing what I'm doing, using Kent's observations and philosophy as his historical benchmark, as I'm using this article.   It's like a nesting doll of comparisons.   Kent asserts that there are NO principles in regular medicine, and that in their study of diseases by ultimates the gap between the two schools is made. The present day medical scientist is still studying ultimates although the trend toward the study of the sick individual is coming to the fore. Further, one notes that observations of perverted physiology in disease is assuming an importance hitherto unknown. But in general the lack of a law for the study of the cure of disease makes todays research still empirical experimentation.   What's interesting to me about this, is that homeopathy has not changed in this regard, and the 'old school' to keep the term, has changed, though not so much in a direction that brings them closer to homeopathy. Certainly diagnoses are made on the finding of ultimates, though genetic research has emerged since the time of this writing, and in my mind, it's still about ultimates, but looking for the evidence that will foretell a future ultimate.   Boericke goes on to say:   The "old school" yet allows no distinction between cure and recovery as done in Hahnemannian circles. Likewise, the relationship of suppression to later disease pictures has made little headway to date. The external treatment of eruptions, discharges and perspiration is still part and parcel of orthodox treatment. Unfortunately, outside of purely clinical assumptions we have no material proof to bear out our knowledge of the ill effect of suppression. We can hardly expect an "old school" man to take our word for it against what he has been taught.     Despite advances in research, I thought this observation still rings true. Doctors are still prescribing drugs and treatments that ultimately suppress, and  the concept of suppression and the relationship of one set of symptoms to the next does not inform their treatment.   Another point: Perusal of Kents chapter on what is curable in disease and medicine makes doubly clear to us that the values therein cannot be appreciated by science today since it has no standard whereby a differentiation between cure and recovery is possible. Undoubtedly, our finer prescribers can realize these delicate shadings which confront one in difficult cases. However, experience dictates that the majority of Hahnemannian homoeopaths, as a group, expect too much of homoeopathic remedies in fatal or incurable cases. At least, modern medicine has given as prognostic knowledge of great accuracy and it should help those confronted with this problem to distinguish those cases calling for symptomatic relief from those still within the curative realm   This I also found to be interesting- the observation that science has no distinction between recovery and cure. This is true- is an organ replacement a cure? Is remission from cancer via chemotherapy and radiation a cure? As homeopaths, we would not agree, and yet allopathy would herald these as major victories and cure. And his second point, that homeopaths expect too much fatal or incurable cases, I found to be astute. We can be prone to believing that anything is possible with similars. It's in our own realm, then, to look honestly at a case and see potential for palliation vs. cure. and a patients prognosis can be of great aid in these situations. This came up recently in a repertory lesson I was preparing for students, about how homeopaths can use diagnosis to our advantage, such as end-stage conditions.   A shift we might agree on from 1939 and now would be this observation:   An amusing note in this connection is given us by Kent. He predicates that no cure of chronic disease is possible in man or woman employing contraception. We wonder what modern homoeopaths would subscribe to this. It would be our thought that the cure of many women would be impossible so long as the fear of repeated pregnancies was not removed through adequate knowledge of this subject.   In 1939, the Pill was not a thing. Hormonal birth control was not rampant as it is today. Enough of us have seen the sequelae of hormonal birth control to throw in our hat with Kent, that cure of a chronic condition may be impossible so long as such methods are being used. However, Kent's assertion of more philosophical, and like Boericke, I would be curious of any modern homeopaths a'la 2019 would agree that chronic disease cannot be cured if a non-drug, hormonal, or implant devise is being used for contraception- such as a condom.   Progressive thinkers, those homeopaths of 1939!   I'll wrap up the commentary on this article, which of course has so many more observations, with the comments from the esteemed colleagues- Dr. Grimmer, and Dr. Dixon. Comments which indeed could have been made in our own time:   DR. GRIMMER: The paper was a very fine presentation of the facts, but if the Doctor can only tell us how we can put this thing over to the "old school" we might get a little farther along. The methods of reasoning and the concepts of the old school minds are such that they can hardly take up with our finer concepts of things. The "old school" refuses to believe anything that their crude fingers can't touch or their ultramicroscopic eyes can't see, and homoeopathy begins only beyond the ken of those things. DR. DIXON: It seems to me that the way to convert the allopaths is to show them the difference between homoeopathy and allopathy. It seems to me that the aim of the allied and kindred societies is to try always to correlate homoeopathy with allopathy. It is entirely different, and I think we miss the biggest selling point we have trying to correlate our treatments with so-called modern medicine. If we would emphasize the difference and make it outstanding, as it was fifty years ago, we would get somewhere. We are different; we have to admit it. DR. BOERICKE: In answer to Dr. Grimmer, I don't know how to answer his question because I dont know how to put it over. It is a great problem. We only hope that something will come up gradually that will enable general medicine as a whole to appreciate homoeopathy. It does seem time when we had something such as we have got that is not universally practiced, but how to accomplish that I dont know any more than Dr. Grimmer or the rest of us.   ----  Finally, I invite you to be a part of an upcoming interview and join me in the first 1M podcast community Read-a-Long!  When Emryss sponsored the episode with Viktoria Bodrogi, Olivier asked me if I was interested in any of their other books. I chose Jerry Kantor's Autism Reversal Toolbox  Jerry agreed to come on the show for an interview, and I thought rather than just read the book myself and do the interview, I would open it up to the community, we can read it together in a group and I can take your comments and questions about the book to the interview. The effect will be more of a community dialogue, rather than a solo interview.  You can order the book through Emryss or Nature-Reveals using the discount code: PC at checkout for 10% off.  Join the private Facebook group that I'll be setting up for the Read-a-long discussion. Participate with your questions and comments, which I'll bring to my interview with Jerry.  I hope you join me! 

Hey everyone!   Welcome, Welcome to 1M: A Homeopath's Podcast. This is episode 41, the last episode of 2018, and wraps up my 3rd year of podcasting.   Today's guest is symbolic for me in that way, as it was in Jeremy Sherr's Dynamis class that I conceived of this idea to do a podcast. So to have him back on the show for the 2nd time- the first time I did the recording at our final weekend in Sweden, I think- is really cool for me.   Jeremy Sherr, if you are not familiar with him, is an Israeli homeopath who has been practicing and teaching for over 30 years. He's taught the longest running post-graduate program, the Dynamis School for Advanced Homeopathy, for most of those years. He's completed dozens of full Hahnemannian provings, is the author of a provings methodology book, a book on Syphilis, and just this year, released his third book in his noble gas series- Argon. OH- and he and his wife Camilla's organization, Homeopathy for Health in Africa- celebrated its 10th anniversary in November. And this is not a comprehensive list- by far.   Jeremy Sherr's teaching and work have had a profound impact on me, as a homeopath. I'm drawn to how he thinks, and the depth of the work that he does. This comes up on our conversation quite a bit, as we talk about the landscape of homeopathy today. Jeremy's approach doesn't appeal to everyone. Though he's highly respected, his methodology of going focused and deep into one remedy, or one project, is a style and approach that has many benefits, but again- it isn't for everyone.   I've been thinking a lot about this idea that everything isn't for everyone. Not surprising, right? As homeopaths, our goal is to individualize. But sometimes, that idea doesn't leak out of the consulting room. We can get allopathic in our ideas sometimes, about things we think are good for all. But I'm not really sure there's anything that is universally good for everyone, except for love. And adequate food, water, and shelter, of course. But that's another conversation!    Right now, I'm thinking about it in terms of messaging about homeopathy to the public. While homeopathy can work for *most people*, it ISN'T for everyone, as a choice. It's a hard truth to swallow, but it's true.   I've been reading - or rather listening- to a great new book by a man named Seth Godin, who's kind of the Jeremy Sherr of the marketing world. Seth's new book is called 'This is Marketing' and he makes the claim that any of us who are trying to spread any idea- whether it's a product, or an idea, a brand or a charity- are trying to create change. That's all any of us are doing. And to do so, we need to have empathy and understanding of our audience. Part of that is recognizing that our thing isn't for everyone. It's perfect for a very specific audience, right now. And with time and education and yes, appropriate marketing, more people join the target audience. But to claim that it IS for everyone, is actually disrespectful of people's individuality, and also- our message gets lost in the void.   Jeremy's work is a major asset to the homeopathic community. But- it's not for everyone. His way of doing things is his way. Other people will go a different way. Our task is to respect all the ways, and see how different approaches, styles, and methodologies contribute to the whole. NOT to homogenize. Conversations about the different styles are more fruitful when focusing on how they are different, not better. Better is a shouting match.   So that's where my mind made some connections today, when I was re-listening to the episode to edit, and it mixed in with other big ideas and things I'm pondering.   To close, I want to again acknowledge the amazing community that has formed and continues to form around the podcast. Recently, as I receive more and more emails and Facebook messages, the community aspect has become more visible, and evident. And I am so thrilled about it. I invite you all to connect with me, via email at [email protected], or through the Facebook page, and share with me your thoughts, what you'd like to see on the podcast, or suggestions for improvements.   I'd like to close this introduction by reading a contribution that came through a listener, Maraísa Schoenmaker. Marisa contacted me with a question, and then we started corresponding about potential guests for the show, from Brazil. Maraisa had some great suggestions, though the language piece remains a block for having a more diverse audience. In any case, she reached out to one homeopath who she recommended, Eliete Fagundes.   Of Eliete, she says She has several books on homeopathy, one I myself find great is "The energetic symptoms in Homeopathy". She has also a Masters degree in the use of homeopathy in soils , water and plants. She was born in a small town and in 85 she would start studying homeopathy by herself with books in Spanish she could get from Buenos Aires. 86 she uses homeopathy in her family's farm. And she is always trying to break barriers so non doctors can still work as homeopaths in Brazil.   If you go to the website, Google will translate it for you and you can read an extensive time line of her biography, work, and accomplishments in Homeopathy. It's amazing! AND it's different than anything else I have ever seen! It gets back to that idea, that we are all individuals contributing to the whole. Her work may not resonate for everyone, though it's a beautiful and incredible contribution. My lack of Portuguese prohibits her form being on the show, but Maraisa shared a short piece that Eliete, wrote for me to share. I"ll read it now, and then we'll move into my interview with Jeremy Sherr.   Interview for 1M:A Homeopath´s Podcast           Health consists of an integral process, because in order to maintain our mental, emotional and physical hygiene, we need to be in contact with a balanced environment. This unpublished work that I develop with the use of Homeopathy in the various types of soils, fish, poultry, fruits, vegetables, cereals production, rivers, lakes, springs, etc. aims to exemplify that we can live in a more integrated way with the environment.        In Brazil, where today we are world champions in the use and consumption of fertilizers and agrochemicals in crops, chemical medicines and cosmetics, we observe the extremely sick population. At each meal, secondarily, these poisons influence our organisms, generating the awakening of the individual degree of the miasms and their consequent disharmonies silently filed in our DNA.          Problems like hypertension, diabetes, cancer, degenerative diseases of the nervous system, autoimmune complications, depression, suicidal tendency, etc. are common. The homeopathic treatment is fantastic, but if we are immersed in this whirlwind of information, maintaining health becomes very difficult. Our well-being is formed by the integral relationship of living beings with their natural habitats, the contaminations from this unhealthy environment generate genetic mutations, the main polymorphism observed in epigenetics, and which Hahnemann had already called them pathogenesis.           For over 30 years I have taught the use of Homeopathy to all beings existing beyond the ecosystems in general so that we can live without so many diseases. I have even done research on machines, motors, and some industries to reduce certain environmental pollutants. But it needs a lot of research because it is pioneering work worldwide, besides partners interested in the various branches. I follow Hahnemann to the maximum, I aim to preserve his work in the purest form, without fads that distort his legacy that is now being surpassed by Kent in the prescription in almost all countries.   The only difference in my work is that I have broadened the view of the laws of Homeopathy to all living beings, diverse ecosystems, and machines in general, including the perspective for artificial intelligences. I classify miasms as natural universal laws and amplify their action to even the formation of the planets, stars and the universe. The rest of the pathogenic -epigenetic similimum are also miasmas, but secondary, because depending on the degree of pathogenesis, all are passed on to the next generations.          In a few thousand years we will have serious mutations in the mitochondrial DNA that will greatly affect the great majority of the human species, which I already observe the beginning of the occurrence in specific clusters. Each nation, each region, each city, neighborhoods, each family nucleus has its miasmatic peculiarities that distinguish them from others.             Homeopathy is the science of the future, I disclose it as the most advanced technology, far beyond nanotechnology and, if well used, is in favor of maintaining the life and balance of all species.   Eliete M.M. Fagundes.   Thank you all for listening! I look forward to bringing you another year of shows, but until then, Happy New Year to you and your family!   

Hey folks! This is a new, different, and slightly challenging episode- but ultimately, an awesome one! The challenging part is that my computer is in the shop, so I'm working off my son's computer and my back up drive, which makes finding files a bit of a challenge. As such, there's some new atmospheric music- 'Deep Ocean' provided by Purple Planet Music.  The new and different part is this is my first book review- yay! and also my first episode with sponsorship! Publisher Emyrss out of the Netherlands, sponsored this show by both providing me with a copy of the book, and YOU, the listeners, a 10% off code if you choose to purchase Viktoria's book from them!  Check out their website, where they have many, many fine, quality titles from authors who not only they have published, like Frans Vermeulen and Isaac Golden, but they have also been guests on the show! You'll also find titles by Nuala Eising, Jo Evans, and Philip Bailey.  The code is: PC, and as I mentioned, it's good for 10% off when you pop over to the website to purchase your copy of Viktoria Bodrogi's new book: Waterworld, Fish in Homeopathy. Go get your copy today!  Viktoria and I have a great time talking about her process of writing and the book, and then I follow it up with my review of her work, as well as some reflections on a fish case of my own.  Next month I have Jeremy Sherr back again to discuss another great materia medica book- Argon, his 3rd in the noble gas series- as well as the nobles in general, the Dynamis program, and 10 years with Homeopathy for Health in Africa.  Thanks again for listening, please share with your friends and colleagues, and I'll see you next time! 

Yesterday was Halloween, but the scary story that we've been grappling with- and will continue to- is the quiet action of the FDA, chipping away our access to homeopathic remedies.    This is episode 39 of the 1M podcast. Today I've brought you not just a great interview, but one of extreme importance to the health and future of homeopathy here in the United States, though I'm sure it will be of interest and enlightening to those out of the US as well.   Around the world there are waves of resistance and attacks against homeopathy in one form or another, so even if this isn't happening where you live, you may face a different threat to the health and longevity of homeopathy, and I think whats' happening here is applicable to everywhere in some ways, and vice versa.   So my guest today is someone who has become a familiar face to those of us who love homeopathy. Paola Brown, of the state of Texas here in the US, is an avid supporter of homeopathy, not only with her own family but as you'll hear in her story, she's also taken on the role of teaching and promoting homeopathy to other mothers and families, which has put her in a uniquely qualified position to lead the consumer-based, newly formed organization Americans For Homeopathy Choice.   I don't want to give away the plot in the introduction, as obviously my interview with Paola here today is specifically to help spread the story and the action plan that goes with it- HOWEVER- the upshot is that the FDA has been quietly mounting an effort to undermine the current guidelines in place that protect our right to choose homeopathic treatment and to access remedies here in the United States.   Americans for Homeopathy Choice is a proactive effort to head off any further negative impact to homeopathy at the pass. Paola is the heroine we need in our corner right now, and i am so thrilled to have talked to her and to learn truly about what's happening and what needs to be done.   And heres' the thing- and i'm outing myself here, but I hadn't really engaged with this issue much. Homeopathy is my happy place, and there's already a lot of painful and challenging things happening in my own state and in the US as a whole, without piling on the attacks of homeopathy. There was a part of me that really didn't want to face it, can't learn about ANOTHER vein of political action that I need to attend to, and was quietly hoping that if I didn't look too closely at it, it would also just quietly goes away. Thats' kind of the law of similars, right?   Yes- complacent, delusional- guilty I am of both of those things.   But only up until now.   Talking with Paola and hearing it from her, directly, has helped to snap me into shape. and it also brought me some relief, too, because the thing is, we need people like Paola- the consumers, the patients- to put the muscle to this effort. Though we as practitioners _absolutely_ have a place here and NEED to step up and help, it IS in the hands of the consumers to rise up as well and thankfully, we have women like Paola. You don't need to see her or meet her when you listen to this woman- she is one who can and will get this job done. But she can't do it alone.   BE SURE that if you are listening to this as you run or drive or ride on the train that you go to homeopathychoice.org as soon as you are back at your computer. Do what she says at the end of our interview- SIGN the petition, CONTACT your representatives and email call or write and you can use the handle templates they've provided- it's all there for you. COMMENT on the FDA's actions. Right now there are less than 1000 commments. This is a poor showing people and you do NOT have to be a US citizen to comment! So just pop on there and make a comment. And of course, DONATE.   It's a .org, people, and you know what that means. It's not for profit, and the only way these folks are running the website and hiring the lawyers and meeting in DC is because we help them do so and not bankrupt their families. That's bad karma- so donate.   Listen- all the meat or tofu or whatever your protein of choice is- is in the interview, so I want to get right to it.   But quickly, - some house matters- THANK YOU to all of you who have emailed me and reached out about how the podcast is helping you, entertaining you, keeping you company on your runs and commutes and what have you. It really gives everyday a sparkle when I hear from a listener and it helps me to know who YOU are= who is my audience listening? and then i can think about content that YOU want.   I have so many plans and dreams for the podcast and for little baby projects that might spin off the podcast, and its all about leveraging what Im' good at, to serve you- the homeopathy lovers and students and practitioners. aNd I HOPE that what i'm doing is a little inspiration for you and the secret project YOU might have lurking in your own dreams and heart. There's room for everyone- homeopathy is big, we couldn't possibly cover it all. So- yeah- join me in indulging your passion for homeopathy in any way, shape or form.   But start with supporting homepathychoice.org AND Subscribing, rating and reviewing the podcast on iTunes or wherever you listen, if you can, because it helps raise the profile of homeopathy and efforts like mine when people who are searching around see that this is valued by others.   I've got 3 awesome shows lined up between now and the end of the year. Because of the holidays and whatnot, the schedule will be a little wonky, so pop on the Facebook page or again, subscribe, so you don't miss an episode, and with that- Paola brown!      

Hello Friends… I'm so happy that you've joined me!  We're going to dive into discovery together with my awesome, fun guests today- Denise Straiges and Alastair Gray   I often start the top of the show with a quote that I particularly like from the interview- and it typically isn't me -BUT-  in this case, it seemed really apropos because some really cool connections followed my interview with Denise and Alastair that kind of illustrated what I was sharing in the quote about how I build my content organically.   Regular listeners may have listed to my interview in August with Karen Allen, episode 37,- which was so fabulous and please take a listen if you haven't yet- and in the interview Karen spoke about her Start up to Stellar class for homeopaths to create an outrageously successful practice.   She was gracious and generous and offered my listeners 25% off the class enrollment fee- such a beautiful gift which I did take advantage of, as I have been wanting to take that class for years.   So- I signed up for this cohort which just started this past weekend   (totally mind blowing first session- if you didn't hop in this time, I'm sorry for you- honestly!- but join her mailing list for when the class opens again because its amazing and i'm only 2 hours in).   and I had recorded the interview with Denise and Alastair this past week. And as it goes- Karen referenced some of Alastair's work he did on his Masters' degree about what makes homeopaths successful, and in the class, with me,  are some of his students *and* 1M podcast listeners-   it was such a neat cross section of the homeopathy community, and I know we're a small one, all things considered, and so it's not a HUGE coincidence, but I thought it was cool and wanted to share how these threads braided together over these 2 episodes for me.   I also wanted give share a little of that behind the scenes chat and how I do this, which, now you know, is very haphazard in an inspired kind of way :)   So- YES! Denise and Alastair. Listen- do yourselves a favor and follow their Facebook page if you are not already- at the Academy of Homeopathic Education, NY- World. They post all manner of fun and inspiring and educational bits. They are truly a dynamic duo- a very complimentary pair- you'll hear in our interview how in sync they are with each other, and that harmonizing they do together obviously potentizes their work because WOW, so much is happening with them, for homeopathy, and for the benefit of the world, really, because of their heart and passion and smarts and experience. You can learn more about them individually at their Whole Health Now bios:  http://www.wholehealthnow.com/bios/denise-straiges.html http://www.wholehealthnow.com/bios/alastair-gray.html Denise's practice site Alastair's practice site  I love what they're doing, and you'll hear a bit in the interview that I'm pretty gung-ho to discuss educational philosophy- as I have many times here on the podcast- because it is also where my heart is, next to actually practicing.  Alastair shared his thoughts about the technology of education now, and it's so relevant. I've mentioned before, I think, on the show that my husband is a consultant. And he was at a meeting this last week at a University. We talk a lot about our work and he was telling me that the University is being challenged because a majority of their students fill out their application forms -to college- on their mobile devices. And, they are writing papers on mobile devices! And here, so many institutions have invested millions of dollars in their platforms and what have you, but they have to be optimized for mobile- at least, that was my take-away. How do they make this shift from having put so much energy and resources into the desktop and online experience, into mobile? I think its more complex than that, but that was one point.   Now- some people may think this is weird, or not understand this. Why would people be using phones, if they can use a computer? And I started thinking- you know, I am of the generation that got the first computers as kids. We grew up with the Apple2cs (bear with me- i'm going somewhere with this, its relevant I promise!) and Commodore 64s. Smart phones didn't come around until I already had kids.   But MY kids, have had smart phones in their lives for as long as they can remember. As far as they are concerned, a computer is a tablet, is a phone. They don't have this investment in a computer base. Why would you be tethered to a machine plugged into a wall, if you can do the same thing with something in your pocket the size of a wallet? THIS is our world. THESE are our future homeopaths. Not to mention the fact that in low income families, if there is access to the internet at all, its likely though a mobile device. Computers are still expensive. Mobile devices are not.   Think about the effort of Jeremy Sherr in Tanzania and HWB in Haiti- places where we often hear that people don't have access to adequate food often, or medicine, but there are mobile phones. Just think about that. What that means for education, and access. YES, people need food and water- no question. But if we as homeopaths understand how these devices and technology can assist us in providing homeopathic education and tools and services-I know the Tanzania project uses Firefly, a mobile repertory app that I also recently downloaded and am trying to find my way around— it's essential that some of us are working the field in this way.   I believe that homeopathy is the medicine of the past present and future, and the present and future are indisputably, integrated with technology.   Listen, sometimes a scoffing of technology, or a wistfulness of the good old days of pre-smart phone and computers is heavy in the mix with alternative and natural trends, and I understand the concerns there, but if we can leverage technology to bring homeopathy through the 21st and into the  22nd century stronger than ever before, I bet that all of you listening, are behind that.   So- that is just ONE REASON why I am so excited to bring you this conversation with Alastair and Denise because they are on the leading edge of this *and* holding onto the heart of homeopathy and our history while they do it. And finally- I have a queue of awesome shows coming up. In fact, I might end up putting out some extra mid-month shows because I don't want to hold on to them for too long  

Today's episode is an hour and some change of unparalleled value - an interview with Karen Allen, senior practitioner and so much more…. I pulled the quote out there at the top of the show because I felt like Karen put into words what so many of us feel at some point in our lives as we become deeper and deeper embedded in homeopathy. But it's not only Karen's words that are engaging here, it's how she says it. Karen speaks like a story teller… and I was rapt with attention as she shared her experiences. You will be engaged and drawn in, I promise. But you also might want to pull out a piece of paper and a pen, to take notes. After this interview, I felt like i left with as many chunks to chew on and additional resources to follow up on, and solid tips for practice, as if I had been at an all day seminar. There are a number of ways that you may have heard of Karen Allen, or crossed paths with her, including here, because I brought up Karen Allen in my episodes on doing a practice inventory. (Episode 28) I quoted from an article Karen wrote for Homeopathy Today magazine, where she talks about how case audits are a regular part of her practice and have helped her to hone in on what was not working for her clients, and ultimately led her to more successful strategies.   Karen is a senior practitioner, with 24+ years of practice in the US. currently in San Francisco, working primarily with clients in endocrine and reproductive health issues. Karen was a Bastyr University adjunct faculty member, teaching homeopathy (2001 – 2007), and is now a faculty member at Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture. She presents at conferences nationally and internationally, and has authored two widely used homeopathic textbooks, including A Tutorial and Workbook for the Homeopathic Repertory, which is where I first came across her name, when I used it to study for my certification exam. She is a past president of the Council for Homeopathic Certification, and a former education director for Homeopaths Without Borders where she developed their training curriculum for the 'Homeopathe Communitaire' program.  She is a past board member for the Integrative Health Policy Consortium, an advisory body that provides guidance for legislators and government regulators on health policy.  She currently serves on the Consortium's national committees for biofield and for integrative pain management.  Finally, though probably not ultimately, Karen offers several courses born from her clinical and research experience. They are available to homeopaths anywhere in the world through her website. Courses are practical and focused on solid homeopathic skills for managing issues and cases such as chronic fatigue, anemia, diabetes, PCOS, organ therapeutics, menopause, and more. She also offers a rare and much needed course to help homeopaths build a solid practice, entitled 'From Start Up to Stellar' The airing of this episode coincides with the publication of Karen's fall course offerings, so be sure to check out her website karenallenhomeopathy.com   You can also find the article Karen wrote about Eizayaga's work, which has deeply influenced her work here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ku13APDFBTDMOWXT-oN6LbKxzVM-XM9uKAcisr1jiAI/edit?usp=sharing   Before I transitioned to my interview with Karen,  I wanted to find something from the archives, as I am wont to do. Not only because I love it, and I love to anchor the words of our colleagues today with the words of our colleagues past, but because Karen herself has delved into the archives and much of her work has been shaped by the hours engrossed in old journals at the San Francisco Medial Library. I looked for something that would meet the spirit of what Karen shared about her journey.   This is an excerpt from What am i (P. Brown) Read before the annual meeting of the international hahnemannian association, atlantic city, n.j. , july, 1923.   "In these days of extreme unrest, tense nerves, civic, religious social, medical and domestic chaos, scepticism, and egoism, is it not well for us occasionally to stop-and ask ourselves the question, "what am I?". In these days of vain grasping for specifies, short cuts to health, therapeutic nihilism, sectional bigotry and disfavor, is it not well for us, a body of recognized physicians, to stop and ponder over these questions a little, to ask ourselves the question, "what are we?". When I was a lad, in the old Nutmeg State, Connecticut, we used to sing a song: "I have a work which no other can do". If I am a unit in this vast universe, with a specific mission to perform, which no other can do; so long as I perform my duty faithfully, "what am I ?". … I am proud to say that I believe in and am trying to unfold and develop the principles of medicine as laid down by Samuel Hahnemann, because my experience causes me to feel sure that those principles are true. I believe in the efficacy of homoeopathy and if my results are unsatisfactory, the fault is mine, not in the principles of homoeopathy. The foundation of homoeopathy is grounded upon definite principles. A Hindu legend portrays a father, asking his son to bring him fruit of the tree and break it open. "What is there?" the father asks. "Some small seeds," the son replies. "Break open the seeds and what do you find?" queried the father, to which the son replied: "I find nothing!". The wise parent said: "Where you see nothing, there dwells a mighty tree!"   This ancient fable contains most important lesson for us all:- The invisible but dynamic philosophy of homoeopathy…..   If Hahnemann and his loyal followers were present today, I feel sure that that they would each and all say to us: "When we have to do with an art,the end of which is the saving of human life, And neglect to make ourselves masters of this art, is a crime". "Will to can always, what you ought to do, For right is right, and right the day must win". What Am I? I am a homoeopathic physician!."   Enjoy the interview with Karen!~     

As promised from Episode 35,  I have an audio recording for you of me reading Constantine Hering's essay- On the Study of Homeopathic Materia Medica.  In this recording, I allow the essay to stand alone, with no commentary.    I also recommend reading it yourself here:  http://www.wholehealthnow.com/homeopathy_pro/hering_1.html Several times.    In the next episode, I will share my reflections on the essay, as well as my experience putting the method to the test.  I invite you, my dear listener, to put it to the test as well and tell me and your fellow colleagues about it! Shoot me an email at [email protected], OR write it up on a Facebook post.  Many thanks! 

Today I have a conversation with Spero Latchis, a senior homeopath now living in Portland, Maine, though as you will hear in our conversation, he has had a unique and wide ranging career that's taken him from Vermont, to India, and now here to Portland.   I'm late getting this podcast out and for that I apologize…. summer comes a bit fast and furious here to Maine after a slow spring and I got a bit swept up in the seasonal change- it's hard to sit behind the desk and microphone when its barefoot season and the garden is growing.   So many great things came up in my conversation with Spero, in particular I was very intrigued by his suggestion to read Constatine Herrings' article about how to study a remedy. I read it pretty quickly after I talked to Spero- and then I set about putting it to the test.   Because I'm an audiophile, and I think we often absorb information differently when we hear it, I'm publishing a second part to this interview, which is me reading the Herring article. I'll put out one more episode this summer with a  review of the process.   I would like to invite you- my listeners- to also put this Herring process to the test. Study a small group of remedies ,following Herring's advice and protocol, and tell me about it!   Does it work for you? Did you achieve  a deeper level of understanding of the remedy? Did you find it easier to remember and compare to similar remedies? How does it compare to how you typically approach MM study?   Without going too far into it, because I'll save that for the next episode- I think Herring struck some gold here, but if I can be so bold as to critique Herring- he didn't go far enough and we can build upon this and create a truly comprehensive, deep framework for study that will improve our grasp of MM overall and therefore influence our presribign and outcomes.    So enough teasers, listen to my conversetion here with Spero, check out my audio version of Herring's article and then start studying!!   Email me your thoughts and experience at [email protected] or hop on the Facebook page and share your experience there I will open up a thread for that.   If you get super into it, I would be interested in connecting with you on Skype to talk about it as well and feature some of those conversations in the next espidose.   So wherever you are, be well, study deep, and stay observant. -

  Desiree Brazelton approached me about sharing her work addressing parenting within her practice of consulting with children, and indicated that she had been thinking about the remedy states of certain parenting styles.   I loved this idea, as in my own life as a homeschooling parent and a practitioner who has a lot of families and children in my practice, I feel like I observe first hand how different parenting styles can both enrich and support the homeopathic process, and how they can also be a huge barrier and obstacle to cure- as you heard in the introductory quote.   So today I'm going to share with you our conversation which ranges far and wide, as we touched on so many of the elements of parenting and homeopathy that intersect when working with children. The ability to work with children and infants and even pregnant mothers is such a cornerstone of homeopathy, and I have always felt,  a unique aspect to it because with many other modalities, the options are limited. Acupuncture, for example, may be challenging with a child who has a fear of needles, or is too young to participate in the process and doesn't lend itself at al to the at-home needs of a mom or dad tending young children through illnesses and other acutes.   Traditional medications and even herbal supplements must be prepared specifically for children in appropriate doses, and even then, we often learn- too late- that certain preparations and medications are not safe for children and are in fact quite harmful, in addition to our inherent understanding of suppression etc.   But homeopathy is that most democratic of all medicines, where a vital force is a vital force, and it's reach is deep and vast, and so the potential is there not only to address those standard children's issue such as teething and bed wetting and nightmares, but also to address big miasmatic issues and behavior and developmental issues that are impeding the child from thriving.   Homeopathy can be so profound for children in fact that we find ourselves walking a fine line between suggesting a remedy for true pathology and suffering and a remedy that might temper a child to make the parent's life easier. I confess to having thought of homeopathy this way in my early years, when my son was tantrumming and my daughter seemed overbearing… I thought : if i just find the right remedy!!   But in fact, often the greatest shifts I saw in my children were after I had a profound remedy for myself, and i was able to be in relationship with my children in a different way, allow them more space, and shift how I interacted with them.   Desiree and I talk about this at some length, and I feel it's a very important piece for homeopaths to think about, as we all know what it's like to have a desperate parent on the other end of the phone or email begging us to DO SOMETHING. In these situations, we have to be able to look beyond the remedy and consult with parents on multiple levels.   My conversation with Desiree that I bring you today is exciting in that we look at how all these pieces play against each other, ultimately allowing us to fulfill the call of the Organon paragraph 1.   You can find some of the resources Desiree mentions at:  https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org and also at her own website:  http://sparkwellness.net                

Today I'm bringing you an interview I did with Lauren Fox and Holly Manoogian, of Homeopaths Without Borders. HWB is a volunteer run organization that was founded in 1996. Their mission-from the website-  is to introduce or advance the understanding and use of homeopathy in areas where it does not yet exist or is minimally available, as well as to promote and provide homeopathic care and healing in emergency situations.   To date they have provided service in Cuba, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Haiti.   There is much more to the history and evolution of the organization at their website, hwbna.org. You can visit there and read all about the visionary individuals who have been a part of its beginnings and subsequent success.   Please especially check out the information about their clinical curriculum-Essential Curriculum for Learning Homeopathy-  which is available to purchase in English, or French.  It's a thorough, compact training thats' making its way around the world, perfect for study groups, homeopathy schools, practitioners wanting to integrate homeopathy, and more. It's one of the resources used in the first-year program at the Baylight Center for Homeopathy in Portland, ME, where I teach. Again, you can find more information on the website.   I've brought to the podcast before representatives from other non-profit homeopathic efforts, like Camilla Sherr and Jane Davy from HHA, and just last month Carla Marcellus from HTSF, working in Honduras. There are many other efforts, most of which are much less well known than these projects, or are quite local to the country of their organizer's origin. Homeopathy lends itself so well to taking it abroad and sharing it in areas of need, to people of little means, in geographic areas that can't support hospitals and such other challenges, that it had me thinking- when were the first such efforts on behalf of homeopathy?   As many of long-time listeners know, I have a strong interest in our history and often bring archival readings to the show.   So for this episode-before I bring in my interview with Holly and Lauren- I wanted to share a bit of what I found in my sleuthing efforts to find the earliest mention possible of homeopaths working outside of their own communities and intentionally bringing homeopathy to an area of need.   When I do these searches, I confine them to my own personal access to old journals in my software. So it is by no means an exhaustive or definitive research effort.   But-   As you can imagine, it's not easy to find. In the earliest years, mid- late 1800s, homeopathy was truly in its infancy, and though it was gaining support and popularity through epidemics and the like, homeopaths needed to make a living just as we do now, they also faced strong criticism and resistance, and not to mention, travel - I have to assume- was much more costly and difficult than our current ease of booking online, and networks of hostels, airbnb's, and the other ammenities for the international traveler. Not that our homeopathic volunteers are staying in airbnb's per se, but I'm sure you catch my drift.   In anycase, many homeopaths were more… advanced, enlightened, complex thinkers—- however you want to consider it- than the allopathic physicians at the time, that I think it was definitely possible and probable that some were seeing the potential of homeopathy to affect parts of the world in need.   So, I looked for references in the oldest journals I have access to. Mostly I went through the table of contents for titles that were suggestive of what I was looking for.   Definitely documentation of efforts in epidemics are very wide spread, though most of these efforts were reported by homeopaths working within their own cities and communities. I did find an interesting letter coming out of the early days of India, and a series of letters from an anglo homeopath working in an African American community in Virginia, shortly after the Civil War and emancipation.  Listen to the episode to hear me read Letter from India and especially Holly and Lauren's passion for their work in Haiti! 

  Today's guest is Laurel Chiten, filmmaker of Just One Drop, one of two documentaries about homeopathy that is screening around the globe as I speak.   If you are a long-time listener, or you've checked out some back episodes, you may remember that I interviewed Laurel right about this time 2 years ago, before Just One Drop was released, before she even knew when it would be released.   In fact, I believe it premiered in the UK last year during Homeopathy Awareness Week, which is coming right up, April 7th-the 15th.   If you are a homeopath, it is very likely that you are aware of this film and perhaps you have even had the opportunity to see it. But in case you have *not*, Just One Drop was conceived of and created by Laurel Chiten and her amazing crew to tackle the question- has homeopathy been given a fair trial?   The film circles the globe and time, focusing closely in on one family's experience with homeopathy and their autistic son, Lucas, and then zooming out and uncovering the truth behind the famed 'Australia Report' that claimed to put to rest the question of whether homeopathy works or not. Woven beautifully in-between are artistic renderings depicting homeopathy's beginnings with Hahnemann, and later development in the United States and beyond. This year, to celebrate Homeopathy Awareness Week and to help spread the film even further than it already has, Just One Drop will be available for live stream, in 3 different time zones- in the UK on Monday, April 9th, in North America on Tuesday, April 10th, and in Australia on Thursday, April 12th.    You can find all the details about how to watch the film and register for the screening at the just One Drop websitee- https://www.justonedropfilm.com/live-stream  Laurel shares about their hopes for this unique live stream event, each of which will be followed by a Question and Answer with Laurel herself and esteemed guests, such as Rachel Roberts, CEO of the Homeopathy Research Intitute, Dr. Peter Fisher, homeopath to the Royal Family, Mark Land (President of the American Assoc. of Homeopathic Pharmacists, Dr. Teresa Nicoletti, a Medical Lawyer, and Dr. Alex Tournier, Exec. Director Homeopathy Research Institute.   I had always been planning bring Laurel back on the show to follow up our initial interview after the film's release, and it's really cool to complete that circle and have her here today.   I hope you enjoy this interview with Laurel, and do heed her advice and call up your friends and family and host a screening, it's easy to do, and as well all know, the world needs homeopathy as much as ever.   Enjoy, and be well, and stay observant.

Today I am pleased to bring you my conversation with Carla Marcelis, of the Montreal Institute of Classical Homeopathy in Canada, about her work in the clinics of Honduras bringing homeopathy to remote areas where the need is great.   Homeopathy as a first line defense, as a first response to crisis and natural disaster, as the best option for bringing a high standard of care to areas of need around the world… these thoughts have been at the forefront of many of my homeopathic musings lately.   I'm someone who has always been drawn to working where the need is great; I did so when I was a teacher, and naturally when i began studying homeopathy I was thrilled to learn that there were organizations like Homeopaths without Borders and HHA, and now, HTSF http://terresansfrontieres.ca/en/sending-volunteers/professionals-without-borders/homeopathes-de-terre-sans-frontieres/   This type of work has always called to me, but I think now, more than ever, the call for this work within homeopathy is loud.   In my news feeds and email newsletters, I have received multiple notices lately about various groups and efforts around the world.   Recently here in the US, the North American Society of Homeopaths is hosting 2 webinars hosting outreach work, one with Nikki Redmond co-founder of Homeopaths Supporting Refugees. I have yet to listen to it, but I'm really looking forward to and hearing how she and other homeopaths are working with refugee camps in northern France and other locations.   I do plan to reach out to see if anyone would be willing to come on the podcast to share more about their work.   In April, NASH has scheduled a webinar with Cristina Garelli, and Wanda Smith-Schick about Homeopathy of the Pacific, which supports the veterans and economically marginalized people in the San Francisco Bay area here in the United States.   If you have not had a chance to listen to episode 29 with Ananda More about her film, Magic Pills, check it out. Her film covers projects in Tanzania with HHA and the HP protocols in Cuba as well as the incredible work of the Banerji's in India.   The rising chorus is about how homeopathy can be of paramount importance in areas of need around the world, but also our ability to respond- safely and effectively- in epidemics and wide spread acutes.   I've heard many senior homeopaths remark that the time for homeopathy and epidemics is on the horizon once again- above and beyond what is already being done in Africa, Haiti, Cuba, etc…   I'm joining this chorus and in addition to today's show, next month i will have Holly Manoogian and Lauren Fox of Homeopath's Without Borders on to share about their work in Haiti- I am very excited to talk to them. And i have a few other invitations out that I'm awaiting responses to. ----- I would be beyond grateful if you do enjoy the podcast if you would leave a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to 1M. It helps others find it and decide if they want to take the plunge and listen, and I surely hope that they do.   Post on the fB page or you can email me directly at [email protected]   Ok! That's all my updates and introducutions for now. Thanks so much for listening and sharing…..and enjoy this conversation this Carla Marcelis of HTSF and the Montreal Institute of Classical Homeopathy.   Here are the websites from Carla: The funding site- https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/carla-marcelis-htsf-2018   Even though it is set up as my fundraising, the money all goes to the organisation and is used directly in the projects in Honduras. Trips are not funded out of this.   This is our facebook site, where we also post blogs when we are in Honduras: https://www.facebook.com/Hom%C3%A9opathes-de-Terre-Sans-Fronti%C3%A8res-522745317927843/                  

Links for this episode:  http://www.wholehealthnow.com   I encountered my guest for today, Kim Elia, when I took my first Whole Health Now course with Will Taylor, Acute Prescribing, several years ago.   I remember Kim's voice and speaking style being so distinctive and memorable, not to mention how he would rattle off Aphorisms of the Organon from memory without missing a beat.   I thought- who IS this guy? And is he for real? Does someone REALLY possess that kind of knowledge and reference and acuity?   The answer is, yes, yes he really does, and he is real because not only did I get to talk to him in person for over an hour in the conversation that I share with you today, but he is also one of the individuals I met at the Homeopathy-One Conference. That is why I am calling this episode 'everything and more with Kim Elia' because he IS everything you think he might be and he knows everything you think he might know… AND more.   And though he is as busy as you would expect for a top international homeopathy teacher and CEO of multiple companies as well as a practitioner, he granted my request for an interview, and you are all in for a treat.   I want to do justice to his experience, so I'll share some highlights from his biographical write up which you can read in full at Whole Heath Now-   Kim has been studying homeopathy since 1987 and is a graduate of NESH with Dr. Paul Herscu where he also had a clinical practice.   He has an extensive background in nutrition, with years of training and seminars under his belt. He both collaborates with teams on the development of homeopathic software and is a distributor and trainer.   He's a sought after international teacher and was a principal instructor and developer of a 4 year classical program at the Hahnemann Academy in Tokyo and Osaka Japan, and of course you can access his teaching at home through DVD and online with offerings such as comprehensive MM courses like Spiders, an exhaustive History of Homeopathy course, and focused therapeutics such as Anxiety, Depression and Jealousy and Asthma to name just a few.     I think its' safe to say that at *some point* in your homeopathic career, it would behoove you to spend some time with Kim.   Now, before I transition to the interview, I wanted to add a little piece here.   In the last couple months of 2017, I re-listened to many of the early episodes of 1M. It was really fun to go back to those shows and especially the first year when I ws constructing each show around a theme, tying in archival readings and present day interviews and materia medica.   It was a LOT of work to prepare and pull off those multi-dimensional shows, BUT, I loved the depth of them, and the whole part of being multi-dimensional and artistic in making connections.   It's definitely easier to present just an interview.   I've never been one for settling for 'easy' though, so I'm going to try a bit of a hybrid.   As the interviews inspire me, I'd like to add on a segment, maybe an archival reading or materia medica of a remedy, but maybe something else entirely. But something that shoots off of the conversation and adds that extra depth and dimension.   So….   in my interview with Kim, right up toward the top, you'll hear Kim say that he doesn't 'treat' patients.   It kind of threw me, but I wasn't quick enough to ask why and pursue it more. We just went on in the conversation.   I kept thinking about it though, and long after the interview ended, I wondered- why doesn't Kim say that he 'treat's his patients or clients?   I let it go and then I stumbled upon something.   I was inspired after my conversation with Kim to start reading the Organon again. I took out my copy translated by Steven Decker and edited by Wenda Brewster O'Reilly, and started from the very *very* beginning- reading the introduction. And there, I think, I may have stumbled upon why Kim does not use the word 'treat' in relation to his homeopathy work. Or at least, I stumbled upon a discussion of some terms that shed some light on the possibility.   Wenda writes:   "another frequently encountered problem in moving from on language to another is that different languages carry different ways of looking at something, conceptuallly dividing things into smaller or larger units. Where one language may use several words , another may only use on.   For example, English has the terms 'curing' and 'healing' which originally had different meanings.   'Cure' referred to medical intervention while 'healing' referred to the human organisms' own efforts to recover from disease or injury.   German, however, has only one term 'heil' that covers both healing and cure, which can refer to anything that is remedial or therapeutic. Any such differences between Hahnemann's original terminology and the translation are presented in the Glossary.'   So- that was interesting. A cure is instigated by a medical intervention. Healing is what the human beings' own body does, I imagine be it from the immune system or the vital force. and seeing as how homeopathy stimulates the vital force, perhaps the use of remedies is not instrumental in a cure- which implies medical intervention- but only in healing.   This still didn't shed light on the use of the word 'treat' and so per her suggestion, I headed to the Glossary.   In the back of Brewster O'Reilly's edition, Treatment is defined as such: 'Cur', from Latin - Cura- medical treatment. 'Behandlung' _german, handling or management 1) The act, caner or method of handing or dealing with someone or something. 2) Administration or application of medicines or other means to a patient or for a disease or injury; medical management. Both Cur and and Behandlung are translated as 'treatment'.   So again, a medical management, and specifically, the application or administration of medicine.   'Cure' is attached to 'Heal' and defined as such: 'To restore health through curative means or through the natural process of healing. To make whole again. In this translation, 'to cure' refers to the restoration of health brought through the use of medicines or the treatments, while 'to heal' refers to the body's own processes in recovering from an injury.   Throughout the text of the Organon, Hahnemann distinguishes, in various ways, between healing and curing, however the German language has only one word- heilen, which encompasses both meanings. General references to both healing and care are translated with the words 'medica' and 'therapeutic' ——   So, maybe Kim is preferring *not* to use the word 'treat' because it implies application of a medicine for curative purproses, where as remedies stimulate the vital force to heal- it isn't the medicine at all   Or maybe Kim is just covering his bases from a legal perspective, as treating implies practicing medicine which we are not licensed to do in this country.   I'll have to email Kim and ask him to tell me, now that I've had the chance to go down my own rabbit hole, which is more fun and results in more learning for myself anyway! I've never thought about the differences in those words- heal and cure- before, in quite this way. I used them interchangeably, but now I can appreciate the difference.   —————————   Enjoy my chat with Kim Elia, and I'll see you again next month!