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 

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:  <a href="http://www.chacruna.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.chacruna.net</a>

Coming Down

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

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  <a href="https://pointshistory.com/2020/01/07/magic-cures-and-their-discontents-the-belladonna-treatment-in-the-early-twentieth-century/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The 'Hyoscine Cure' </a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/gv5p5y/a-brief-history-of-microdosing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> A Brief History of Microdosing </a> <a href="https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/research-and-discoveries-articles/study-of-lsd-microdosing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> University of Chicago study </a> <a href="https://homeopathyforhealthinafrica.org/product-category/provings-and-articles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Gallium proving</a>

Are Psychedelics, Homeopathic? A Review of the 4 Principles.

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 

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:  <a href="https://www.functionalalchemy.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.functionalalchemy.org/</a> Articles exploring risk, reality, bias, and research:  <a href="https://medium.com/@DrRosalindWatts/can-magic-mushrooms-unlock-depression-what-ive-learned-in-the-5-years-since-my-tedx-talk-767c83963134" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Can magic mushrooms unlock depression? What I’ve learned in the five years since my TEDx talk</a> <a href="https://unherd.com/2022/07/the-psychedelic-utopia-is-a-lie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Psychedelic Utopia is a Lie </a> <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/4awj3n/inside-the-dispute-over-a-high-profile-psychedelic-study" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Inside the Dispute over a High Profile Psychedelic Study </a> <a href="https://psychedeliccandor.substack.com/p/confessing-grandiosities" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Confessing Grandiosities </a>

Let's Be Clear: Psychedelics are Drugs. A Conversation with Homeopath Vanessa Black.

Jenna Labbe-Watson

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

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:  <a href="https://www.drjennalabbe-watson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Jenna Labbe-Watson </a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ketamine-Papers-Edited-Phil-Wolfson/dp/0998276502/ref=asc_df_0998276502/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=312137955333&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=3679737088867835560&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9002845&amp;hvtargid=pla-568972756240&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=&amp;ref=&amp;adgrpid=60258871617&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvadid=312137955333&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=3679737088867835560&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9002845&amp;hvtargid=pla-568972756240" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Ketamine Papers</a>

Ayurveda, Psychology, and Ketamine with Dr. Jenna Labbe-Watson

Nancy Herrick

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

Nancy Herrick, <a href="https://herrickmorrison.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hahnemann Clinic</a>, 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: <a href="https://journals.lww.com/ejanaesthesiology/fulltext/2017/09000/history_of_anaesthesia__the_ketamine_story___past,.2.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> European Journal of Anesthesiology</a> <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/ketamine-therapy-is-going-mainstream-are-we-ready" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The New Yorker</a>

Ketamine: A Conversation with Nancy Herrick

David Malcolm Shein

David Malcolm

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 

David Malcolm Shein, homeopath at <a href="https://www.blackbirdhomeopathy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blackbird Homeopathy</a> 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:  <a href="https://www.ayahuascafoundation.org/ayahuasca-retreat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ayahuasca Foundation </a> <a href="https://takiwasi.com/en/traditional-plant-dieta.php#:~:text=A%20master%20plant%20dieta%2C%20sometimes,sacred%20knowledge%20to%20the%20participant." rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Plant dietas </a> <a href="https://www.ayahuascachurches.org/ayahuasca-retreats/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ayahuasca Churches </a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-ferriss-ayahuasca-2016-9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tim Ferris, Business Insider</a> <a href="https://chacruna.net/risks_ayahuasca_microdosing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chacruna.net </a>

Ayahuasca with David Malcolm Shein

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 

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:  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ayahuasca </a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mescaline" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mescaline </a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA#Early_research_and_use" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MDMA</a> How to Change Your Mind  Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, 2018; p. 141, 108, 109, 106, 110, 114, 23, 24, 26,145, 146, 155, 156,  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketamine#History" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ketamine</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin_mushroom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Psilocybin</a> <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=EgEHAAAAcAAJ&amp;pg=PA41#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Child eats mushrooms </a> <a href="https://www.cuttersguide.com/pdf/Periodical-Publications/life-by-time-inc-published-may-13-1957.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Life Magazine </a> <a href="https://doorofperception.com/2015/04/r-gordon-wasson-seeking-the-magic-mushroom/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Doors of Perception Magazine </a> Estrada, Alvaro. Maria Sabina: Her Life and Chants. Santa Barbara, Calif. Ross-Erikson, 1981 <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/26/archives/drugs-the-sacred-mushroom.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> New York Times 1970 archives </a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Albert Hofmann</a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/the-accidental-discovery-of-lsd/379564/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> "The Accidental Discovery of LSD" </a> 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 <a href="https://www.sueyounghistories.com/2008-07-22-the-huxley-family-and-homeopathy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sue Young Histories </a> <a href="https://www.thekimblefuneralhome.com/obituaries/print?o_id=6176383" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Dr. Philip Bonnet obituary </a> The Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol. 2, NO. 1 1987- <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288794607_The_history_of_LSD_-_The_original_psychedelic_drug_Acid_trip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> researchgate.net</a> <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/lsd-acid-black-history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Nation </a>

They all started with a Proving: Homeopathy, LSD, Psilocybin....

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 &amp; Psychedelics.  Links in this episode:  Marijuana Moment 

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 &amp; Psychedelics.  Links in this episode:  <a href="https://www.marijuanamoment.net/maine-senate-approves-medical-psilocybin-bill-but-house-refusal-kills-measure-for-the-year/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Marijuana Moment </a>

Kristina and Mike, "The Medicine Makers"

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

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:  <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/07/26/mdma-psilocybin-fda-ptsd/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MDMA may be legalized for therapeutic use by 2023 </a> <a href="https://medium.com/swlh/the-challenges-of-psychedelic-research-d33a916af9db" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> "The Challenges of Psychedelic Research" </a> How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, 2018; p 42  <a href="https://www.hri-research.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Homeopathy Research Institute</a> <a href="https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Institute</a> <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/insights-on-global-homeopathy-products-market-size--share-projected-to-hit-at-usd-50-203-3-million-and-rise-at-a-cagr-of-18-7-by-2028-industry-trends-demand-value-analysis--forecast-report--zion-market-research-301549050.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Homeopathy Products Market, Projections</a>

Homeopathy and Psychedelics: Hear Me Out! (S601)

Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman

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/

Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman is a homeopath with decades of practice, and a best-selling author. Find her at <a href="https://healthyhomeopathy.com/about-dr-judyth-reichenberg-ullman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://healthyhomeopathy.com/about-dr-judyth-reichenberg-ullman/</a>

Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman: Senior practitioner, Author (S5070)

For homeopaths around the world, each 1M podcast has a theme that will be explored through remedies, interviews with practicing homeopaths, and selections from historical homeopathic archives. Created and presented by Kelly Callahan, CCH.

Finding this lovely podcast has been a fascinating listen. The format of the show is captivating and has brought me face to face (or ear to ear as the case may be) with information I didn’t know I was hungry for. Thanks for the deep level of effort that certainly is at the root of it’s production!

Captivating Format

This podcast is great.  Kelly Callahan has the best guests, does really thoughtful, in depth interviews, and covers a wide variety of topics.  I like that she alternates between really detailed repertorization discussions, history, and current events.  Her interviews with homeopaths doing work internationally are particularly inspiring.  Thank you so much!  Keep it up!

Love this podcast

1M: a Homeopath's Podcast

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! 

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!

Understanding Sambucus Niger through the Hering Method (S4045)

Kathleen Scheible

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! 

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 <a href="https://www.integrativehealersactionnetwork.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Integrative Healers Action Network.</a> 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:  <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KB5YXgd4m5ZkPqF3gWpDuoHJ9pgLhBfI/view?usp=sharing" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Starting to Serve: Taking Homeopathy to the Community</a> Let it be the stepping stone to getting your service project off the ground!

"It's Up to Us to Create Solutions"- an interview with Kathleen Scheible (S4059)

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

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 <a href="https://www.yourradiantbusiness.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.yourradiantbusiness.com/</a> 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 <a href="https://www.nature-reveals.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nature-reveals.com/</a> 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! <a href="https://birdcagepress.com/shop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://birdcagepress.com/shop/</a> ** As of July 2022, The Organon is now housed as its own podcast at  <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1m-podcast-presents-the-organon/id1635602485" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">1M a Homeopath's Podcast Presents: The Organon</a>

Creating a Great Business Practice with Tracy Karkut-Law (S4061)

Jerry Kantor

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

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: <a href="https://vitalforcehealthcare.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://vitalforcehealthcare.com/</a> <a href="https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0037-1604459" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jerry's LINKS article on miasms</a> <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-addiction/201508/addiction-connection-and-the-rat-park-study" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rat Park- a critical analysis</a>

Autism Reversal Toolbox, with Jerry Kantor (S4046)

Karen Allen

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!~ 

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 <a href="http://1mpodcast.libsyn.com/2017/12" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">episodes on doing a practice inventory</a>. (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 <a href="http://karenallenhomeopathy.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">karenallenhomeopathy.com  </a> You can also find the article Karen wrote about Eizayaga’s work, which has deeply influenced her work here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ku13APDFBTDMOWXT-oN6LbKxzVM-XM9uKAcisr1jiAI/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ku13APDFBTDMOWXT-oN6LbKxzVM-XM9uKAcisr1jiAI/edit?usp=sharing</a> 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!~

An Interview with Karen Allen (S3037)

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 concentrichealing@gmail.com, OR write it up on a Facebook post.  Many thanks! 

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:  <a href="http://www.wholehealthnow.com/homeopathy_pro/hering_1.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wholehealthnow.com/homeopathy_pro/hering_1.html</a> 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 <a href="mailto:concentrichealing@gmail.com,">concentrichealing@gmail.com,</a> OR write it up on a Facebook post.  Many thanks!

Constantine Hering (tells you) How to Study Materia Medica (S3036)

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. 

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.

Hahnemann Said No to Nosodes... or Did He? (S4051)

Mary Aspinwall

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 concentrichealing@gmail.com through the website http://1mpodcast.libsyn.com/ or through Kelly's website: https://www.concentrichealing.com/

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: <a href="https://maryaspinwall.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://maryaspinwall.com/</a> The study group here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/253352978356406/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/253352978356406/</a> You can give feedback, suggestions, and comments to Kelly directly by emailing <a href="mailto:concentrichealing@gmail.com">concentrichealing@gmail.com</a> through the website <a href="http://1mpodcast.libsyn.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://1mpodcast.libsyn.com/</a> or through Kelly's website: <a href="https://www.concentrichealing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.concentrichealing.com/</a>

The Magic Touch of Mary Aspinwall (S4048)

Kim Elia

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! 

Links for this episode:  <a href="http://www.wholehealthnow.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wholehealthnow.com</a> 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!

Everything and More: a Conversation with Kim Elia (S3030)

Lynn Amara

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. 

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 <a href="https://www.trinityhealthhub.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Trinity Health Hub</a> where she teaches 'Skin with Lynn' - an awesome, highly useful series on dealing with skin conditions in the clinic.

The Old Homeopaths were with Me: A Conversation with Lynn Amara (S4053)

Carol Boyce

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/

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, <a href="https://hint.org.uk/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Homeopathy International :</a> "..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 <a href="https://vonsyhomeopathy.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vonsyhomeopathy.wordpress.com</a> 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. <a href="https://www.hri-research.org/resources/homeopathy-the-debate/the-lancet-paper-by-shang-et-al/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.hri-research.org/resources/homeopathy-the-debate/the-lancet-paper-by-shang-et-al/</a> See excerpts of her film here:  <a href="http://www.somethingtosayproductions.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.somethingtosayproductions.com/</a>

An Interview with Carol Boyce (S4060)

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! 

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, <a href="https://www.trinityhealthhub.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Trinity Health Hub</a>, an amazing new community, training resource, and vehicle for homeopathic advocacy.  Finally, join Kelly and <a href="https://homeopathychoice.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Americans for Homeopathy Choice</a> in April at <a href="https://homeopathychoice.org/homeopathy-on-the-hill/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Homeopathy on the Hill</a>. 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!

We Go Together, with Karen Allen (S4044)

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. 

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 <a href="http://1mpodcast.libsyn.com/e026-mash-up-resolutions-and-case-inventory-part-2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Like my previous episodes on case audits</a>, 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.

Are you a Consciously Competent Homeopath?

Robert Melo

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! 

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 <a href="http://www.ohmpharma.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ohmpharma.com</a> to read more about their story, their products, facility, and history.  thanks for listening and see you next time!

Inside the Ohm Pharmacy, with Dr. Robert Melo (S4050)

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 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-<a href="https://www.hwbna.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">from the website</a>-  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, <a href="http://hwbna.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hwbna.org</a>. 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!

The Success of Homeopaths Without Borders (S3033)

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. 

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.

Primary and Secondary Action...Do We Care ? (S4047)

Spero Latchis

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 concentrichealing@gmail.com 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. -

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 <a href="http://www.wholehealthnow.com/homeopathy_pro/hering_1.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Constatine Herrings’ article about how to study a remedy</a>. 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 <a href="mailto:concentrichealing@gmail.com">concentrichealing@gmail.com</a> 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. -

A Conversation with Spero Latchis (S3035)

Wenda O'Reilly

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. 

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.

Wenda O'Reilly and The Organon (S4056)

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