Wholly Homeopathy Happenings

November Edition by: Wendy Dickens

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Five Years of Practical Homeopathy! Our Story

It was five years ago this month that I took my first Gateway to Practical Homeopathy I class, having no idea what homeopathy even was, but searching desperately for something that could heal our daughter. Her debilitating symptoms of joint pain, fatigue, anxiety, and brain fog were diagnosed as Chronic Lyme disease, which most people will tell you is incurable. However, I’m here to tell you there is hope! How can five years seem like just yesterday as well as another lifetime ago? So much has changed in that time! For the month of November, it seems an obvious choice to spend some time sharing our family’s story as well as giving thanks.  

I still remember where I was standing in late June of 2019 as our daughter asked me if her pupils looked like they were the same size. It was an odd question borne from trying to make sense of the painful tingling sensation she was feeling along her spine. A concussion from her water bottle hitting her head the night before? Within three days our healthy, active, college-bound child was in so much pain she could barely crawl upstairs from her bedroom. The first doctor was dismissive; the second ran some blood tests which were inconclusive and offered no treatment suggestions. I quickly realized we were on our own to figure this out and get the help she needed. A few months later we had the diagnosis and an aggressive “treatment” plan with several antibiotics and fistfuls of supplements recommended by our team which included a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD), a functional medicine doctor and a naturopath. Many months and thousands of dollars later, she was maybe marginally better but also suffering from deep depression. 

Meanwhile, several months prior to this point I had taken both Gateway I and Gateway II and I was beginning to gain confidence little by little as I saw how homeopathy was bringing relief and healing for our other family members’ minor illnesses and conditions. At the end of 2020, a year after taking that first course, our daughter decided with our blessing she wanted to stop all the medications and supplements. We began treating her with homeopathic remedies while we waited for an appointment for a consultation with Joette Calabrese, founder of Practical Homeopathy and author of Gateway to Practical Homeopathy I and II (as well as many other courses). Just by discontinuing the use of all the pills, our daughter’s health improved by approximately 20%! This was another lesson and revelation for me. It only took about four months of consulting with our dear homeopath, and now friend, Joette, for our daughter to experience an additional 50+% healing. By this time, we were all in and I was on the path to taking more courses and inviting my friends to join my own Study Groups to learn what I was learning. 

Our daughter continued to improve to the point where she no longer had any sign of most of the symptoms she had previously suffered, and even now, very rarely has any hint of her former illness. She got married last year and is doing amazingly well. As for me, I was not satisfied to go through each of Joette’s courses little by little, so I enrolled in the Academy of Practical Homeopathy in 2023 to become a homeopath. It still does not seem possible that this method of health care, so foreign to me five short years ago, has become part of the daily rhythms and foundations of our family life. I now get to see amazing healing in people’s lives on a regular basis and I get to encourage others to keep learning as I teach the principles and information I have been taught. It is both humbling and thrilling to be a small part of what has been so transformative in our lives. I am here to tell you, if I can do this, so can you! 

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Giving Thanks

Be sure to check my social media posts on Facebook and Instagram as I express thanks to several important people this month.

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Success Story Spotlight

When I first began meeting with "Kate" her main concern was anxiety and panic attacks that seemed to come out of nowhere and had been plaguing her for a few years. She described her anxiety as a low level hum always in the background of her daily living, but then on a weekly basis her body would be overcome with fear, chest complaints, shaking, and crying which would come in waves. Kate had tried so many things to get to the bottom of why the panic continued - supplements, diet changes, increasing her activity level and counseling, to name a few. Though her symptoms had improved in some slight ways, she was still at the mercy of when the next attack would hit. As you can imagine, this made it difficult to feel very safe leaving her home!

I had her begin with one medicine, Aconitum napellus 200c, taken twice daily and also as needed during a panic attack. Within two months, she went from a weekly panic attack to experiencing just the faint beginnings of those tell tale symptoms which never fully materialized! Over the months that followed and because the panic attacks didn't return, I had Kate replace Aconitum with a different remedy for overall support. Now our focus has shifted to other areas, but I am thrilled to report she has not had a panic attack in over a year and no longer needs to take the remedies for this issue. 

The beauty of homeopathy is it can completely uproot both emotional and physical health issues. I've never seen anything else like it!