Joette Calabrese Podcast

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 02:13 Life’s hardships 05:59 Different remedies for emotions 17:12 When to take what 23:53 Coffea and Aurum metallicum LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Aurum metallicum 200 Coffea cruda 200 Ignatia amara 200,       You are listening to a podcast from practicalhomeopathy.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy Podcast Episode Number 69 with Joette Calabrese. Joette: This is Joette Calabrese, and I’d like to welcome you to the Practical Homeopathy Podcast. Women and men worldwide are taking back control of their families’ health and learning how to heal their bodies naturally, safely and effectively. So, if you’re hungry to learn more, you’ve come to the right place. Stay tuned as we give you the tools — and the inspiration you need — as I share my decades of experience and knowledge using this powerful medicine we call homeopathy. Kate: Hey Joette, how are you today?   Joette: I’m doing well, Kate. How about you? Kate: Well, I’ve overwhelmed actually. My mom, who had a severe stroke in December, is struggling today. There are so many …   Joette: Today? No, you and I have been in close touch regarding this. No, maybe she’s struggling again after making some real headway. Kate: Oh, yeah! That is it. You know, I have to remind myself that our health isn’t a linear graph.   Joette: That’s right. Kate: Just like you say all the time, Joette. It is ups and downs, and it’s never going to be perfect.   Joette: It’s two steps forward, one-and-seven-tenths backwards. And then another five steps forward, and then four-and-a-half steps backwards. So, we’re always looking for the net gain.   So, excuse me. We’re kind of going off on a tangent. It’s not really what we planned on talking about, did we? Kate: Right. No, we had a whole podcast planned, but after chatting for a few minutes, we thought it might be helpful for the people who listen to your podcast to kind of walk along a journey with us and hear about how health can be a struggle. It can be super-high when we find that right remedy, and our health has changed. It can be a low when we’re trying to figure what to do. Especially the emotional rollercoaster, Joette, that is what I have found difficult. I think you have a few things to help me.   Life’s hardships   Joette: Well, I’ll do my best. But I’ve decided that life’s a tragedy. Just give it up. Life is just a big tragedy. If you can avoid some here and there, so you get some time in between to enjoy your family and your life and the sunshine and the birds and et cetera, then you’ve kind of made it.   But basically, it’s a tragedy. The reason I say that is because I just lost my father a year and a half ago. It was just … it’s a killer. He was going to be 91. It’s not like he hadn’t had a nice, long life, but it still hurts a lot.   So, I was telling you earlier, and I never finished the story because then we decided, “You know, this is what we ought to be discussing.” I was saying earlier that just about a week ago, I had gotten some news from a friend of mine that she has cancer. She’s a very dear friend. That normally does not scare me. In fact, it didn’t scare me; it just took the wind out of my sails.   You know, I listen to people’s sufferings all day long every single day except Sundays — and sometimes even Sundays.   Then right after that, I was going through my phone, and I saw my father’s phone number. I pushed it to dial it. I was bracing myself thinking, “Oh, my gosh! What if that phone was never deactivated (because my brother took care of it, you never know), and I would hear his voice! I would just fall to pieces.” So, I was bracing myself. In some ways, I was quite thankful. In other ways, I was disappointed that, of course, the phone had been taken down a year and a half ago.   Then I had a case of a client, a little boy who was not doing well at all. It was just another hit for this little person. Three things hit me very deeply all in one day. I don’t know if it was just the alignment of my thinking, but boy, it really got to me. Normally, I mean I listen to sad stories all day long. They don’t make me sad. I don’t think they do. Kate: I don’t know how you do it.   Joette: Well, I always wondered if I would be able to do this, too, when I first started studying homeopathy to become a homeopath (which was not actually my intention originally). But this is what I’ve done; I’ve parsed it out.   Now, this particular circumstance, I went into a depression with these three events, the first one, of course, being my friend.   My husband said, “Oh! For crying out loud, Joette just take Aurum metallicum 200.” That’s Aurum metallicum 200, folks. Now, my husband is not a s

IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 06:14 The Gateway Gals 11:57 Information on the website/organizing remedy cards 15:22 Polymyalgia 19:45 Broken foot and fall injuries 27:24 Simple steps to take in starting homeopathy LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Gateway to Homeopathy I and II Study Groups “Just One Drop” (Film from Blind Dog Films; Laurel Chiten, Director) Top 100 Remedies Kit How I Cured My Fibromyalgia with One Simple Medicine Joette’s Course Page Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast Episode Number 68. Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe, and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines, and your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful, and I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini-podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview “Dads with Audacity.” See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them, have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Kate: Hi. This is Kate. I’m here with Kelly who is a “study group enthusiast,” I guess I would call her. She is excited about study groups and homeopathy. I think you’re really going to enjoy hearing from her and her experience with the Gateway to Homeopathy study groups — and also the experiences that she’s had with homeopathy, and how she has been helping her friends and spreading the word. So welcome, Kelly.   Kelly: Hi! Thanks for having me. Kate: So, Kelly, tell us a little bit about yourself, maybe where you’re from and a little bit about your family.   Kelly: I grew up in West Virginia, and I live in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia right now. I’ve been married for 37 years. We have two grown sons who are both married with four grandchildren and another one on the way. I work part-time with family back in West Virginia. So, I enjoy going back home to see family, and it’s just a nice change of pace for me to be able to not have a 9-to-5, 5-day-a-week job. Kate: Okay! So, I have to ask. When you said Shenandoah, that song came to mind. Do you remember that old song? It talks about the Shenandoah River. Is there a river there?   Kelly: Yes, there is. Kate: Maybe I’m just really old. I don’t know who’s going to know what song I’m talking about.   Kelly: I think I’m a little older than you. But yeah, there is the Shenandoah River here, yes. Kate: Nice!   Okay, so why don’t you give us a little bit of background as far as how you came to hear about Joette and the Gateway to Homeopathy study groups.   Kelly: I’ve kind of been on a journey for about the last 15 years, and I’ve been introduced to different types of natural things. The first one was like food and trying to make a change in our diets. Of course, then I went through the essential oil phase where I was concerned a lot about natural things and what I put on my skin and clean with and different things like that. So, I kind of had these two pieces to the stool, but I needed a third piece.   When I was introduced to homeopathy … my sister, actually, she invited me to a documentary. It was called “Just One Drop.” That was actually one year ago in January of 2018. She says, “Oh! My doctor recommended … it’s some kind of natural type of healthcare.”   I was like, “Oh, I’m all over that.”   Kate: So, her doctor recommended “Just One Drop”? What kind of doctor is this? Kelly: He’s a more integrative-type doctor. He tries to use natural things, supplements, different kinds of modalities and therapies, but he’s not big into using traditional medicine. I guess more like an integrative doctor.   Kate: Okay, well good. That’s exciting that a doctor recommended that. Kelly: Yeah. And a matter of fact, he invited two other doctors from the area. We had a Q&A after the documentary.   Kate: Wow! That’s exciting! Kelly: It was very exciting. So, that was a year ago. I had never really heard about homeopathy. Kate: So, you went to see this movie. You never heard of homeopathy. You learned about it, and then you were intrigued.   Kelly: That’s exactly what happened.   So, I just kind of sat on it for about a month or two. Then I went to visit a friend. This is a friend I’ve known for years and years. She’s very into the same things I am, the same kind of dense nutrition, essential oils — I mean, we’re all on the same page.   I said, “Have you heard of homeopathy?”   She goes, “I’m glad you asked that.” She goes, “I have this kit in my closet, and I’ve just kind of started using it.”   I said, “Well, can I see what it looks like?” So, she brings out the 100-remedy kit.   Then she goes, “I’ve been listening to this homeopath.”   I said, “Well, who is it?”   She go

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 02:41 Gateway to Homeopathy 06:07 Starting a Study Group 14:44 Promoting the Study Group 25:23 Cost   LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Gateway to Homeopathy: A Guided Study Group Curriculum Podcast 62 – Dads with Audacity: A “Guys Only” Study Group Joette’s Study Group: Find your new Study Group Friends’ Facebook page: how to join a study group or get one started Students of Joette Calabrese’s Facebook page (a closed group reserved for students of Joette’s to discuss homeopathy) Gateway to Homeopathy II: Only available for purchase through your resource page, after having taken the prerequisite Gateway to Homeopathy I (referenced above) Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast Episode Number 67 with Joette Calabrese.   Joette: This is Joette Calabrese, and I’d like to welcome you to the Practical Homeopathy Podcast. Women and men worldwide are taking back control of their families’ health and learning how to heal their bodies naturally, safely and effectively. So, if you’re hungry to learn more, you’ve come to the right place. Stay tuned as we give you the tools — and the inspiration you need — as I share my decades of experience and knowledge using this powerful medicine we call homeopathy.   Joette: Hi folks! Joette here, and we’re going to switch the tables a bit. Instead of Kate interviewing me, I’m going to interview Kate!   There’s a really good reason for it, not only because I like her, but also because she’s been a student of homeopathy for some time and is now a teacher. She runs study groups. And I thought it would be interesting for us to talk to her about how she came to starting study groups, and how she gathers up the members for the classes, et cetera. So, I like to really delve in and get to know Kate and see how she goes about doing this.   “Da-da-dan-dan-dan-da-dan-dan-dan-dan-dan-dan.” Kate: That’s the intro music.   Joette: I know. Kate: Dancing girls!   Joette: Yeah, yeah. Kate: Thank you for having me. It’s weird being on this side of the interview. But yeah, I’m excited to talk about it because I love doing the study groups. I don’t even know how many I’ve done now. Maybe, oh, I don’t know, eight, nine, ten? Something like that.   Joette: Wow! Kate, I had no idea! So, we’re talking about Gateway I, Gateway to Homeopathy, which is my curriculum. We use that as a springboard for lots of folks who are interested in learning, not just about homeopathy and how to use it practically, but the protocols that I use. It introduces just enough so that folks can get up and running and start using the blog and using my books and my other courses — if they choose to go that route. So, it’s a good um … it’s a good “gateway.” Kate: Right. Appropriately named, “Gateway.”   Joette: Yeah. And we’ll have all of the information on how to join a Gateway or get one started, et cetera, down below [see above in “Links and Resources”]. Gateway to Homeopathy Kate: Well, Joette, one of the things that I think is very interesting is a lot of people think the Gateway to Homeopathy I … that it’s just for people who are very new to homeopathy. That’s really not true. What I find is there are many people who have studied homeopathy for years, or who have used it with their family for years, or who are professionals in the medical field, or have taken many of your courses, and they go back and they take the Gateway to Homeopathy study groups because they want to learn with a group of women, a group of men, whoever they may be and really build that community and learn together. So, it’s surprising how many people who have a lot of experience actually join these study groups.   Joette: But it wasn’t always like that with the groups that you have organized, or has it been that way? Kate: I think yes and no. There are a lot of people who have never studied homeopathy, who this is brand new to them. For instance, in the study group that I’m leading right now, I have some people in there whose mom said, “Hey, I want you to take this study group.” And she paid for a bunch of her daughters and her daughters-in-law to join the study group. She’s babysitting their children. They’re starting at ground zero. Then we also have someone in this group who has been practicing homeopathy for 20 years as a classical homeopath.   Joette: Isn’t that great? Kate: So, these people are learning together. They’re helping one another. They’re teaching one another. They’re supporting one another, and it’s beautiful to watch. So, while we’re doing the study group, there’s actually a chat box, and these women are communicating with each other. They’re saying, “Hey now, what was that remedy? What was the name of that? How do you spell it?” And the ones who have the experience, they’re helping the new people. And they’re helping them learn the remedy names. They’re giving them tips. So, there’s sort of almost this side-study group going on

IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 05:47 Bovista and gut issues 10:01 Thyroid and more gut issues 12:45 Success stories 15:12 Resources to use LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Gateway to Homeopathy: A Guided Study Group Curriculum. Good Gut, Bad Gut Allergic?! Cell Salts: The Easy Homeopathy The Antibiotic Alternative Gateway to Homeopathy II (Only available for purchase through your resource page, after having taken the prerequisite Gateway to Homeopathy I as referenced above) Weston A. Price Foundation Joette’s blogs Students of Joette Calabrese on Facebook (A closed group for students only.)   Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy Podcast Episode Number 66. Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe, and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines, and your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful, and I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini-podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview “Dads with Audacity.” See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them, have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy.   Kate: Today, I want to welcome Rose to the podcast. Rose has some amazing experiences to share with us about how she has used homeopathy very successfully with her family. So, welcome, Rose, to the podcast.   Rose: Thanks, Kate. I’m glad to be able to just kind of share what I’ve gone through in my journey. Kate: Yeah! It sounds like you have a lot of incredible success stories with homeopathy. So, I’m looking forward to hearing them.   Let’s start off first by getting a little sense for who you are, maybe where you live and your family, things like that.   Rose: We have five boys. We’ve been homeschooling them for about 10 … 12 years now. I’ve been on a quest — really since my oldest was born — for health because he had a lot of issues medically, anaphylaxis and things like that. So, I’ve been into natural things.   It was about the spring or summer of 2016 when a friend of mine locally said, “Hey Rose, I found something,” (because we were doing essential oils at that time). She knew I’d been doing different diets and stuff for our kids. She said, “I found something even better.” She had actually found Joette first. Kate: So, she’s the one that got you pointed in the direction of homeopathy. Had you ever heard of homeopathy before that?   Rose: No, I just thought it was a generic term for home remedies. Right? So, no, I had not heard of it. Of all the digging I’ve been doing over almost 20 years, I couldn’t believe that I never stumbled upon it before. Kate: I know! This is such a common story that I hear over and over again … that they’ve tried all different things, healing with food, with oils and herbs. Why is it that we have to find homeopathy last?   Rose: I don’t know. I just wish that … and believe I had to be on the journey I was to appreciate where we’re at now. But I would have certainly taken the help 20 years ago! Kate: Right. I know. Oh well, we’re going to teach our kids.   Rose: That’s right. Well, it’s great because I’ve got little ones yet, and they are learning very quickly on what to take. So, that’s fun. Kate: Yes. So, why don’t you give us a little bit of information about the courses that you’ve taken, or how have you come to learn more about homeopathy?   Rose: Sure. So, this friend of mine said, “I want you to take a look at this.” She was doing the cell salts at that time, but we started together with about three other ladies meeting every other week over that summer in the first Gateway I course. And I was hooked.   By that fall — I remember starting September 1st — I was going to fix my thyroid. I was going to fix every single person in my house and get better and be done with the way we were living. So, I started with that class. And then the very next one I took — because I knew we had gut issues — I went right into Good Gut, Bad Gut.   As soon as that one was taken care of (Renee and I chomped at the bit), and I went that next spring and took Allergic — because the boy that homeopathy helped the most took the Allergic class with me. He took the cell salt class with me. I did the Antibiotic class on my own. Then I’ve also … I’ve just found other things to just continue overall learning … just I think it’s supportive. Kate: I think some of the listeners may want to know, how did you get your son to take the class with you?   Rose: This was the trick. We homeschool, and he wasn’t doing very well in Advanced Biology at home with me. I didn’t like it either. I said, “Tell you what. We did one semester of the book.” And I said, “If you listen to these courses with me on

          IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 02:00 The sewing incident and St. John’s Wort 10:35 Eye injury 12:48 Combination remedies 14:55 Botanicals 19:53 Why not just use herbs then 23:48 Buster and Crataegus LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Hypericum 200 Arsenicum 200: Banerji protocol to ward off infection in puncture wounds Ledum 200: for puncture wounds Silica in a 6X: debris embedded in the eye Optique®: eye allergies Trusted homeopathic pharmacies: Boiron Hyland’s Washington OHM Hahnemann Pharmacy A Materia Medica: Practical Homeopathy® for Busy Families Dr. James Tyler Kent’s Materia Medica (free online) Chamomilla 200C: teething, fractiousness Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy Podcast Episode Number 65 with Joette Calabrese. Joette: This is Joette Calabrese, and I’d like to welcome you to the Practical Homeopathy Podcast. Women and men worldwide are taking back control of their families’ health and learning how to heal their bodies naturally, safely and effectively. So, if you’re hungry to learn more, you’ve come to the right place. Stay tuned as we give you the tools — and the inspiration you need — as I share my decades of experience and knowledge using this powerful medicine we call homeopathy.   Kate and I love hearing from you. So, consider taking a moment to share your thoughts about this podcast. For example, Ophelia wrote this comment about another podcast. She said, “I search every possible issue that comes up with my little ones and my family to find the remedy that will help. Let me tell you, Joette has everything you need in her articles, podcasts and helpful remedy cards. Thanks, Joette for helping me get on the homeopathy path.”   Thank you, Ophelia, for mentioning it.   Kate: Hi Joette. It’s good to be with you today doing another podcast.   Joette: Hi Kate. It’s always good to be with you, too. Kate: I’m excited to hear what you have to share with us today. You always have great stories, Joette.   Joette: Well, you told me, “Okay, we got some ideas. Why don’t you see if you can come up with something?” I was thinking, my husband and I, and I have my mother with me (she lives with us now), and our dog, Buster, have all moved to Florida. We did it quite a while ago, but now we’re totally settled in. We’ve got a little townhouse and things are moving along. We’re not too far away from where my in-laws used to live in Florida. So, it got me thinking about spending time with mother-in-law.   The sewing incident and St. John’s wort   There was a time, I’m going to say it was probably about 25 years ago, and we were visiting. We were staying with my in-laws. We had, I think … I think we only had one son. So maybe, it was longer ago … maybe it was 28 years ago. My mother-in-law did a lot of sewing, and I loved sewing too. So, we got out her sewing machine, and I started to sew. I was not accustomed to working on her sewing machine. But years ago, I used to actually sell sewing machines in Chicago at a fabric store. Kate: You did?!   Joette: I did. It was called the Fabric Barn. I just loved learning about things like sewing machines because it was a big part of my life. I also did alterations and dressmaking for people back then, too. We’re talking long time; we’re talking 1973, folks. So, it was a long time ago. Kate: Joette, you have a lot of hidden talents.   Joette: Oh, well, I don’t know how talented I was. I was willing, let’s put it that way. So, I’ve done a lot of sewing, actually. (I don’t know if we want to go into this.) So, I’ll just tell a little bit more about sewing because it was a passion of mine. When I first learned how to sew in about seventh or eighth grade, it was part of our curriculum in public school back in Buffalo, New York. Once I learned, I just couldn’t stop. I wanted to make all my clothes. It was just too much fun, and I started to make all my clothes. In high school, I made everything except — we used to call them “shells” — except the knit shell. But I would make my miniskirts and my jackets and my pants. I even covered belts. I even covered shoes with fabric. It was just too much fun! I loved doing that. Kate: Oh, my gosh, Joette!   Joette: I used to actually go to the fabric store. I don’t know if people really want to hear this story. But I used to go to the fabric store and buy three or four fabrics — all prints. In those days — back in the 60s — it was the Piccadilly look. Kate: What’s a Piccadilly look?   Joette: Piccadilly Circus, it was an area in London, England, that was putting out these kinds of fabrics that were tiny prints, very vibrant … red with yellow flowers … and kind of “flower power” was the look.   So, I would buy three or four fabrics and press them all, lay them all out. And I would use one thread for all three of them, so, I made sure it was unifying color. So, if I had red with yellow, blue with yellow, and orange with yellow, I

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 04:02 The wasp, the jellyfish, and the chipped tooth 08:22 Chemical sensitivity 10:09 Kyle’s stories 13:10 Appendicitis 26:21 Septic tonsils 36:32 Tiffany’s words of wisdom     LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:   Calc carb for chronic allergies: Is Homeopathy Enough? Arnica for the Eyes: Podcast 33: New (and Not So New) to Homeopathy Part II Surgery: Answering Your Questions Study Groups: Gateway to Homeopathy: A Guided Study Group Curriculum     You are listening to a podcast from practicalhomeopathy.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy Podcast Episode Number 64. Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe, and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines, and your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful, and I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini-podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview “Dads with Audacity.” See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them, have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Kate: Hi. I’m Kate. I’m here with Tiffany. Tiffany, welcome to the podcast today.   Tiffany: Thank you. I am excited to be here. Kate: Yes, I’m excited to have you because you have some really great things to share with our listeners today. Why don’t we start up by getting to know you a little bit, Tiffany? Tell us a little bit about you and where you live and your family.   Tiffany: Sure. I am outside of Houston, Texas. I’ve been married to John for about twelve years now, and we have three kids. My oldest daughter is 9, and my middle son is almost 6, and then my youngest is 3 ½. Kate: So, tell us now a little bit about how you came to learn about homeopathy, Tiffany.   Tiffany: Sure. I absolutely knew nothing about it before two years ago. We had been seeing some functional doctors and holistic doctors trying to get some answers to some questions that we had with some chronic conditions in the family. I enjoyed going to the functional doctors because I learned a lot, but I did not enjoy spending that much money. In the long run, we didn’t ever solve any of the issues. Then I also used essential oils for many years. I still do from time to time for certain things, but I got tired of smelling like the oils all the time.   Then it wasn’t until two years ago in September, I had been praying for a way to help my daughter with some issues that she had — without a functional doctor. A friend of mine was in the room right next to where she was. It was an old house, and so you couldn’t hear between the two rooms. She heard me asking the nurse about different options and things.   So, when the nurse left, she said, “Hey, I’m starting a class in homeopathy next week. Do you want to join?” I said, “Sure!” (even though I had zero clue what it was). I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But I recruited another friend, and then we did the first Gateway to Homeopathy class two years ago. Kate: Wow! That was the first time that you’d ever heard of homeopathy?   Tiffany: I thought, “Well, why not? Maybe she knows something I don’t know.” Kate: I bet you’re glad that you did.   Tiffany: Yes, it has been an amazing two years. It has literally been life-changing. It has become a very huge passion of mine. I honestly cannot imagine going through what we have been through the last two years without having homeopathy. So, I know it was exactly at the right time that we needed this medicine. Kate: Yeah. I feel the same way, so exciting — so exciting and life changing. Tiffany, tell us a little bit about some of the ways in which you’ve used homeopathy over these last two years, and how it has helped your family.   The wasp, the jellyfish, and the chipped tooth   Tiffany: My middle son, we like to say he’s big in everything he does … and that includes him getting hurt. It seems to be a “10” no matter what happens to him. We have treated so many things. He likes to experiment: Like, “Will my head fit through the slats of my bunkbed?” Or, “Will my knee fit through the wrought iron gate outside?” Or, “What happens if I do this?” (And it usually involves him getting hurt.) Kate: Oh, no.   Tiffany: Yeah. With Kyle, we get lots of opportunities to use this medicine. One that happened pretty recently was at school. He got bit by a wasp, walking outside. The nurse called me, and I immediately came and gave him the Ledum. Within a couple of minutes, it had gone down. He

IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 04:28 Posology 09:10 Start collecting remedies 13:48 How often to administer 18:40 One remedy at a time for acutes 24:06 Fever 27:25 Some cold and cough remedies 31:19 Learning with study groups LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:   Join our Community: Get on our mailing list for updates on upcoming, new courses Gateway to Homeopathy: A Guided Study Group Curriculum Gateway to Homeopathy II: Only available for purchase through your resource page, after having taken the prerequisite Gateway to Homeopathy I (referenced above) Get Your Kids High: blog post on fevers How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor: Robert Mendelsohn, M.D. Aconitum 200 with Bryonia 30: general cough Spongia 200: croupy cough specifically with the sound of a saw sawing through wood Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy Podcast Episode Number 63 with Joette Calabrese. Joette: This is Joette Calabrese, and I’d like to welcome you to the Practical Homeopathy Podcast. Women and men worldwide are taking back control of their families’ health and learning how to heal their bodies naturally, safely and effectively. So, if you’re hungry to learn more, you’ve come to the right place. Stay tuned as we give you the tools — and the inspiration you need — as I share my decades of experience and knowledge using this powerful medicine we call homeopathy. Kate: Hi Joette! Joette: Hi Kate! Nice to see you. Kate: Nice to see you. It looks like you’re in Florida. And you know how I can tell that? Joette: How can you tell? By my dress that’s all flowers and pinks and blues? Kate: That’s right. That’s right. Joette: Most folks probably don’t realize that we see each other. We’re remote. You’re up North. I’m in the South. But we see each other, and everyone else just hears us. But we watch each other and do this on a podcast that’s video. It’s fun. Kate: Yeah. So Joette, before we get started with the meat of this podcast today, I know that there’s something that you have in the works. Why don’t you just share a little bit about what’s going on? Joette: Well, we’re starting a course soon. It’s on the subject of toxins and homeopathy. How to address toxins; how to remove toxins; how to not fear toxins; how to live in a world that might have toxins in it. So, just watch out for that. If you happen to be a student, be sure to go to the student page because it will all be written up there. If you’re not a student, become a student! Learn how to do all of this. Watch for it, we’ll be giving information out about it on the blog, et cetera. Be sure to get on our email list because that’s where you’re going to get the information. Kate: Yes. People will be notified when you have new courses that come out. All right, well, here we go with another podcast today. I have a subject that comes up quite a bit. We just finished actually a study group for the Gateway to Homeopathy II study guide. I had a lovely group of women. It was super fun. I’m sad actually to be finished with that because — you know how it is — when you can connect with like-minded women every week. It’s just, it’s awesome! So, I already miss it. Joette: Yeah, it is awesome because it’s like, you know, like a pajama party. Kate: Right. Joette: Probably I’m showing my age now, but we used to set each other’s hair, put music on and talk about boys. Now, this is the mature type of pajama party. Kate: Exactly. It’s a mentally stimulating pajama party. Joette: Right. I can guarantee that the ones that we had in high school were not mentally stimulating. Kate: So, these women, when we get together, there are certain number of questions that seem to come up time and time again, or we just always want to dig deeper into them. One of the questions is: when we figure out the right remedy, how do we determine what potency to use and how often to give that particular remedy? I know you’ve talked a little bit about this before, but I was wondering if we could dig a little bit deeper into that today. Joette: Actually, I’m going to correct you, Kate. I talk about it all the time. You have not apparently been paying attention. No, I know you know that. I do mention it frequently. But people who are new to homeopathy may not have gotten that opportunity to hear me say it 500,000 times before. So, I’ll say it 500,001 times, and we’ll make it an odd number today. Let’s do it again because this is an important subject. The subject actually is called posology, P-O-S-O-L-O-G-Y. I’m going to read this directly from my Gateway to Homeopathy II book — the curriculum that you’ve just been talking about that you use with your group, and that folks would use if they started or joined a study group. The title of this is Posology, and I’ll just read from it. Posology “The word posology comes from the Greek words: posos (how much) and logos (meaning study). Indeed posology — the frequency and potency of a determined homeopathic medicine — is a deep study unto itself. Even today,

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 01:51 Kevin and the materia medica 09:35 Tyler and his daughter’s concussion 14:36 Daniel and the inventory of remedies 17:53 Neil, the study group, Trent’s condition 27:05 Building a homeopathic community 40:56 Calling the doctor 43:17 Some tips on starting a men’s study group LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Gateway to Homeopathy study group curriculum Gateway to Homeopathy II: Only available for purchase through your resource page, after having taken the prerequisite Gateway to Homeopathy I (referenced above)   Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy Podcast Episode Number 62. Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe, and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines, and your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful, and I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini-podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview “Dads with Audacity.” See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them, have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Kate: Hi, I’m Kate, and we are in for a treat today! We’re going to hear from four men who are studying homeopathy together using Joette’s Gateway to Homeopathy curriculum. I’m super-excited for you all to get to meet them, hear about how this guys’ study group came to be and find out how they are using homeopathy. So, welcome guys! Neil: Hey, thanks for having us. Tyler: Thank you, super-excited to be here. Kate: Yeah! I’m excited, too. I want to welcome to the podcast Kevin, Tyler, Daniel and Neil. So, Kevin, you and I have been talking over the phone, organizing this podcast. You’ve been telling me about this group of men studying homeopathy together. So, give us a little bit of information about yourself, and how that came to be. Kevin and the materia medica Kevin: Great! Well, first thanks for having us, Kate. I’ve been listening to the podcast for a while now. Actually, this podcast was my first introduction to homeopathy maybe only four or five months ago. Other guys in this group … our wives have all done the Gateway I class. Some of them are doing the Gateway II class right now. The group kind of originally got together seeing our wives doing what they’re doing, saving our kids’ lives on a daily basis. We eventually started to get behind it more and more. Seeing their passion for homeopathy encouraged us, gave us something to support and something to connect with them on another level. Kate: Kevin, when we were talking last time, you were telling me how you and your wife are opposites in a lot of ways. So, tell me how homeopathy has brought you together. Kevin: Sure. I approach things from a very intellectual mindset. When I first heard about homeopathy, I, of course, was skeptical and was asking a lot of questions that my wife didn’t know how to answer or sometimes would brush off altogether. So, I remember one time, I was laying on the couch feeling sick, called into work, and my wife, on the way to taking the kids to the bath, popped some little sugar pills into my mouth. I don’t even know what they were to this day. But, you the story — you’ve heard it before — within minutes, I was feeling better, called back into work to tell them I was going to make it, and ended up feeling just fine within maybe half an hour. So, I started asking her questions about what was going on, what happened, “How did you do this?” She pointed me to her Gateway I book. I started reading and ended up in front of my computer with Wikipedia researching Samuel Hahnemann and these laws of cures — and had no clue what I was doing or what I was reading. My questions just weren’t getting answered because I didn’t really know where to look. Kate: Well, first of all, I think Wikipedia … was it a positive spin on homeopathy? I’ve heard that Wikipedia can be pretty hard on homeopathy because everything that’s positive is taken off of there right away. That’s not true? Did you find good information? Kevin: I would say I found both. That’s sort of the problem I have with approaching an intellectual topic like this is that I get confused because I am very willing to read both sides of an argument. Homeopathy is so vast I wasn’t really sure how to approach it. It was too complex for me. My wife’s approach was very practical, which is obviously what Joette is an expert in … is breaking it down to make it easy to understand for families. So, she is great at that. She gets the emotional aspect. She gets this mothering, nurturing way of approaching homeopathy that I don’t necessarily get. But, that has brought us to a point where if we have a problem that we come across, and maybe she doesn’t remember a remedy and something t

    IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 01:02 Treatment delay, allopathy and homeopathics 05:12 Joette’s health 06:48 How long before homeopathy acts 11:24 Provings are horrible 16:40 What Joette has to say about myths LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:   Aconitum 200 with Bryonia 30: Banerji Protocol for sudden onset colds Oscillococcinum® for flu Camphora 200 to antidote Learn more about homeopathy with my Quick Start Guide Help determine which course is right for you with my Course Selector Americans for Homeopathy Choice’s Citizen Petition (please read my P.S. at the end of this podcast)     Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy Podcast Episode Number 61 with Joette Calabrese. Joette: This is Joette Calabrese, and I’d like to welcome you to the Practical Homeopathy Podcast. Women and men worldwide are taking back control of their families’ health and learning how to heal their bodies naturally, safely and effectively. So, if you’re hungry to learn more, you’ve come to the right place. Stay tuned as we give you the tools — and the inspiration you need — as I share my decades of experience and knowledge using this powerful medicine we call homeopathy. Kate: I’m excited to be with Joette again today. We are going to be talking about those myths again. We’re going to bust open some more homeopathic myths. So Joette, let’s get to it. Joette: Sure, let’s go. Treatment delay, allopathy and homeopathics Kate: The first one is that homeopathy may delay people from getting the medical treatment that they need. So Joette, let’s talk about that for a bit. Is that really true, do you think? Joette: No. I don’t believe it’s true. In fact, I encourage folks to get a diagnosis. So, I want them to work with their doctor or naturopath, I think it’s important — chiropractor — because it’s important that they have a team. How do we know what’s going on if we don’t have a diagnosis? So, I never tell people, “Get off of your drugs.” I never tell people, “Don’t go to a doctor.” That’s not in my vocabulary. Instead, I encourage them to get a good diagnosis. I even tell people what kind of doctor to look for because I think it’s important that people choose someone who has lots and lots of clinical experience. I believe that people should choose a doctor who’s older. And I think that’s very important — to have someone who has lots of experience. So, it would not delay treatment because we’re always looking for a diagnosis, particularly with the method that I teach which is Practical Homeopathy®. We want to know what the conventional diagnosis is — not the reason for the condition — but rather what the conventional diagnosis is. Additionally, I guess another aspect of this is that homeopathy works beautifully alongside conventional medicine. What I mean by that is we’re always looking to correct the problem so that the drugs are no longer necessary. But, I would be really remiss if I thought I would live in a world where people would come to me who are not taking drugs or would be willing to stop their drugs. That could be dangerous, number one. Number two: most people are not willing to do that or not interested in doing that. I do not encourage anyone ever getting off of their drugs without the supervision of their doctor or pharmacist. Kate: Okay, yes. So, that brings us to myth number two that allopathic medicines cannot be taken with homeopathy. Joette: The idea that allopathic medicines cannot be taken in combination with homeopathy is erroneous. In fact, I urge people to stay on their medications and to work with their doctors as they improve. That’s the goal. They go back to the doctor and say, “Look Doc, I think I’m improving. Can we back off?” If the doctor feels, “No, no, no. We’re still not there yet.” You just stay on that medication. The goal here is to uproot the condition. Now, not all conditions can be uprooted. Not all people who have specific conditions can see 100% improvement. In fact, let me say parenthetically that we’re not looking for perfect health. So, if that’s what folks are looking for, forget it! There is no such thing. We have to know that there’s “relatively” good health. I’ve never met anyone who has perfect health. I’ve looked! I’ve sought them out, but I’ve never seen that. Everyone has a cross to bear. So, what we’re looking for is that that condition, whatever it might be, is reduced enough so that perhaps the person can go back to their doctor and say, “I’m feeling well enough that maybe I don’t need as much, or I don’t need it as frequently, or perhaps I don’t need it at all.” But that’s up to the doctor and the patient! Kate: You know, Joette, that’s really helped me a lot to hear you say that in the past that no one has perfect health because I think — whether we care to admit that to ourselves or not — each of us is thinking that at some point, we’re going to arrive — like, “Ta-da! Now, we have perfect health.” And it just has helped me to have realistic exp

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 03:44 Brain surgery 13:02 Some animal stories 22:20 Some human stories 25:33 Skin conditions 30:42 Some useful information LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:   Pre-surgery protocol Post-surgery protocol Weston A. Price Foundation A Mother’s Journey Cell Salts: The Easy Homeopathy Baby Grande™ Remedy Kits How to Raise a Drug-Free Family Facebook post: Quail eyes: before and after photos* *The Facebook group referred to in this podcast is a closed group specifically formed as an added benefit for those who have taken my courses. Those who have not yet taken courses are encouraged to follow my Facebook page “Joette Calabrese.”   Good Gut, Bad Gut Skin, the Ugly Truth Gateway to Homeopathy: A Guided Study Group Curriculum     Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy Podcast Episode Number 60. Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe, and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines, and your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful, and I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini-podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview “Dads with Audacity.” See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them, have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Kate: Hi! I’m Kate. I’m super excited to be here today with another Mom with Moxie, and her name is Lisa. Welcome, Lisa. Lisa: Thank you, Kate. I’m so happy to be here. Kate: We’re glad to have you and excited for what you have to share with us. So, Lisa, tell us a little bit about yourself and your family. Lisa: Well, I am a mom. I am a hobby farmer. I am a student of homeopathy. I am currently attending a homeopathic college in Ontario because this is what I want to be. You know what? I have Joette to thank for that actually. So, I have two children. I have cats, dogs, horses, ducks, and quails — and a husband Kate: Oh quails! And a husband, I like how you say that last, “And a husband.” That’s funny. So, I think many of the people listening to this podcast might be super-interested, and their ears might have perked up when they heard that you were actually attending college for homeopathy. So, tell us a little bit about that. Are you loving it? Lisa: Oh, definitely. Absolutely, I am. I am picking away at it slowly at night because I have my days quite preoccupied and full with all these children and animals. You know, it’s just such a lovely thing to do at the end of the day. It’s like kind of my reward. I get to study. But, during the day, I can listen to Joette’s webinars, and it helps so much with my school. I’m able to go so much faster through it because I have got all of this foundation, first, from Joette. So, it makes it such a pleasure. You know, you’ve found something that you love, and you’re doing it. I’m able to apply all of this knowledge to everything on the farm and my kids. I use nothing conventional — and not that I have anything against conventional medicine. My son had to go through a couple of brain surgeries, and I’m very thankful for modern medicine. But for 99% of what we have to deal with in our lives, I can do it myself which is so empowering and so wonderful. So, thanks, Joette … love ya! Kate: Wow! Your son had to have surgery? That is really difficult and hard. Tell us the situation if you don’t mind sharing. Brain Surgery Lisa: No, of course! He had hydrocephalus. Which is when … I mean if you look on the internet, the pictures are quite freaky, especially for a mother. So thankfully, we were able to get a brilliant surgeon. Who — and I won’t go into all the details — but who managed to correct it. It had to happen twice. So, the first time, we did the pre-surgery protocol. It was great. He came out of it amazing, like flying colors, no infections, nothing. But, the one thing that I will never forget … because Ignatia was so amazing for me at that time. When you’re preparing for your son to go into brain surgery, and you’re told by the physician that he could die or there could be something that you touch in the brain where you wish your child had died — because they’re a vegetable now. So, you hear those things and, you know, it’s a little traumatic. Kate: Of course! Yeah. I can’t imagine. Lisa: No, and nobody should have to. But, we did a lot of prayer, and I remember being in the hotel room (because we had to go to a different city to get the operation). I remember thinking, “Just take some Ignatia.” And so, I took … like, one dose is all I really needed. And I was able to … immediately just a peace came over me. It was amazing! And we were able to go forward. And then for the second surgery, the same thing. So, we did the pre-surgery proto

    IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 01:19 Dilution Misconception 03:51 Storage, X-rays, and heat 12:47 More pellets, higher dose 20:00 One medicine only 27:16 Dosage 33:01 Antidoting LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: How homeopathy pellets are made Gateway to Homeopathy: A Guided Study Group Curriculum   Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy Podcast, Episode Number 59 with Joette Calabrese. Joette: This is Joette Calabrese, and I’d like to welcome you to the Practical Homeopathy Podcast. Women and men worldwide are taking back control of their families’ health and learning how to heal their bodies naturally, safely and effectively. So, if you’re hungry to learn more, you’ve come to the right place. Stay tuned as we give you the tools — and the inspiration you need — as I share my decades of experience and knowledge using this powerful medicine we call homeopathy. Kate: Today, we have a fun podcast for you. We’re going to do something a little bit different. Right, Joette? Joette: Myth Busters!!!! Kate: Myth … Myth … Myth Busters! So hopefully, you guys got it (that are listening). We’re doing a podcast entitled, “Myth Busters.” And we’re going to bust those myths wide open. Joette: All those myths around homeopathy, of course. Kate: Yes! Joette: So those urban legends, those … that information that’s outdated that needs to be updated, and how homeopathy is used in today’s world. So yeah, let’s go for it. This is going to be fun. Dilution Misconception Kate: Yeah! Okay, so right off the top of my head, one of the biggest misconceptions, I think, is that people think the higher the dilution, the weaker that it must be. So, what do you have to say about that? Joette: Well, it’s the opposite in homeopathy. Often, the higher the dilution (if we go from a 6C to a 30C to a 200C), it is diluted more greatly. But it’s going in the opposite direction, and it actually becomes a more powerful medicine. But, when we compare the way I teach homeopathy — which is based on protocols (mostly the Banerji Protocols and other protocols, for that matter) — we don’t have to worry too much about that, which is called posology: P-O-S-O-L-O-G-Y, which means the study of (or the science of) concentration of a medicine and frequency of a medicine. So, we don’t need to be as concerned about it as you would if you were using classical homeopathy when you don’t have a specific potency to use, and you have to determine, “Should I use a 6; should I use a 30; should I use a 200?” With the protocols that I teach — especially those that are all free on the website, on the blog — it’s very clear. If it says Bryonia 30, it means Bryonia 30! Don’t bother using it in another potency — unless you have no choice; you have nothing else at the moment. But, you don’t need to think about it to such a degree. So, even though that is the truth — that the more it is diluted at a certain point, it becomes more intense in its medical ability as a medicine — it’s kind of irrelevant when we use protocols. Kate: Yeah, I think of it like it comes into greater focus. Someone described it to me once — or I must have read it somewhere — that think of it like a projector. That when you have a projector up close and then you back it up, and you’re getting further and further away, you’re actually getting a clearer, focused picture than when you’re up close with that projector to the screen. So, you back it up. You’re farther away but now it’s coming into focus, and you can see the picture clearly. I don’t know if that’s helpful for anyone. But … Joette: Well, we could get into the science of it all. But to be honest, I find that it’s not as interesting as the fact is that you will notice that if you use a higher potency, you’ll get a different reaction than if you use a lower potency — in many situations. Storage, X-rays, and heat Kate: Okay, so one of the myths that I think about is when we’re traveling. A lot of people are concerned about storing their remedies in their purse with their cell phone or going through the X-ray as they go through the airports. What do you think about all that? Joette: Well, there was a time, before there was such a thing as X-rays at airports, when there was a concern that homeopathy — homeopathic medicines — could be ruined having gone through an X-ray machine. So, people were getting their homeopathic medicines and putting them in little carry-on bags that were made of lead … as though we don’t have enough to carry. Kate: That makes your purse really heavy. Joette: Yeah, let’s just put lead in our purses with the remedies inside. And I was very cautious for a long time myself. When I’ve traveled, I’ve asked that my homeopathic medicines not go through the X-rays. I explained that this is homeopathy, and it can’t go through. I suppose sometimes I’m still a little bit cautious about it. But to be honest, I’ve had so many of my medicines inadvertently go through because, “Oh, I forgot I put in that Rhus tox. It

  Don’t take this lightly. Homeopathy is being targeted by the FDA, and it is up to each and every one of us to ensure we retain the freedom to practice our chosen form of medicine continues in this country. This is about choice. This is about freedom. Paola Brown certainly has had my full support as her organization, Americans for Homeopathy Choice, has fought on Capitol Hill to prevent the FDA from acting against the current availability of homeopathic medicines. In fact, Paola recently did a seven-day Facebook summit in which she interviewed seven different influencers related to the field. Naturally, I agreed to contribute my time to be one of those interviewed. In addition, as an enticement for listeners to financially support her organization, I contributed —free of charge — a digital copy of my two-CD set, Cells Salts: The Easy Homeopathy, to everyone who donated that day. I was humbled to learn my interviewed garnered an incredible amount of monetary donation for Americans for Homeopathy Choice, and I emailed 297 contributors a personal link to download the CD set. (I appreciate so much the “thank you” emails I have received from those of you who downloaded the CDs.) I will continue to do all I can to make sure Paola has the support she needs, but right now she needs more than just me. She needs YOU! She needs each and every one of my readers to sign her Citizen Petition to stop the FDA from acting against homeopathy without accountability. If anyone can do this, it’s Paola — together with you. You are all Moms with Moxie and Dads with Audacity. There is nothing we can’t accomplish together. So, please listen to this very special podcast and follow the critical steps Paola details. As she says, it will probably only take 25 minutes of your time yet could mean all the difference in this fight. Join me in protecting our right to freedom of choice and access to homeopathy.   IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 02:47 Paola Brown 04:19 Citizen Petition 16:25 How can we show support 20:48 Send those letters in   LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Podcast 44: Americans for Homeopathy Choice (Paola interviewed by Joette) HomeopathyChoice.org: Citizen’s Petition to the FDA — please participate Americans for Homeopathy Choice Facebook page Donate: http://homeopathychoice.org/recurring-donations/ Volunteer: https://homeopathychoice.org/volunteer/ Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 58 with Joette Calabrese at PracticalHomeopathy.com. We have a special podcast episode for you today. Paola with Americans for Homeopathy Choice joins us again and will share how key it is to act now in support of their Citizen’s Petition and write your representatives. Thanks for joining us today for a special podcast. I’m Kate, and I’d like to welcome Paola Brown with Americans for Homeopathy Choice to give us an update on the work that she and so many other volunteers have been doing to retain our rights to homeopathy. So, Paola, welcome! Paola: Thank you! I’m so happy to be here. This is like coming home in many ways. So, I love being on Joette’s show, and I love being here with you. So, thanks for having us. Kate: Oh! Of course! Paola, you are the President for Americans for Homeopathy Choice. Paola: Yup, that’s right. That’s why I said, “us,” because I feel like it’s never me. It’s this giant, incredible movement of mothers and others through Americans for Homeopathy Choice … so, yeah. Kate: Yeah, you have gathered a lot of great people to rally together and support homeopathy. Paola, you and I go back a ways, and I consider you a friend. I’m just … I’m so thrilled for what you’re doing. It’s such an important thing — that we as mothers need to be able to take care of our children, right? And that’s why you’re fighting for this. Paola: Absolutely. That’s exactly right. I keep using this word, “birthright.” And, I really believe that in many ways when you become a mother, you’re inheriting this birthright to protect your children, to care for their health — their spiritual, their temporal (with your husband or whatever your situation is) and their physical health. In many ways, we see today our health freedom is being taken away from us. In many ways, I see that as our birthright being taken away from us. We have a birthright to health. We, as mothers, have a birthright to care for our children. You know, I just feel like too many things lined up for me not to walk this path. I really see what Joette has done as a huge part of this movement because she, in many ways I think, primed the pump full of these mothers who are now passionate about homeopathy, passionate about regaining their health — regaining that ground. So, I just said, “You know, I will walk the path that has been laid before me.” And so many mothers are doing the same and joining and supporting us. Paola Brown Kate: Yeah, I see a lot of things in your life lined up to bring you to this point. So, you are the perfect person to lead this cha

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 01:50 Dirty little secret 08:08 Protecting our family 11:51 Fibromyalgia 15:45 Not to take no for an answer   LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:   How I Cured my Fibromyalgia with One Simple Medicine Rhus Tox 30 or 200 (Symphytum 200 mixed with the Rhus Tox is the Banerji Protocol that I teach now — see Remedy Card below) Sepia 200 – for motherhood fatigue Joette: I have to tell everyone what my dirty secret is?! Okay, well, I think everyone has a little bit of this, but maybe mine is worse. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 57 with Joette Calabrese at practicalhomeopathy.com. Thank you for joining us on today’s podcast as Joette shares her experiences and insights into healing our families with homeopathy. As you just heard in the intro to this podcast, Joette is going to let us in on a little secret. Those of you who know Joette or follow her posts or podcasts might be a little surprised at what she has to share with us today. If you enjoy these podcasts, we’d love to hear from you. Drop us a note on our Facebook page or post a screenshot of this podcast on your social media platform using the hashtag #JoetteCalabresePodcast. Your encouragement and willingness to help spread the message of homeopathy is central to our mission. And, we may just feature your review on one of the upcoming podcasts. Kate: So, Joette, you and I are here together today, and we’ve been hashing through some ideas for the podcasts, and what people might want to hear. As we’ve talked, I always have a lot of questions for you, Joette. I could go on and on. But, the thing that intrigued me was — as we were talking — you told me that you have a dirty little secret. Joette: Are you going to bring that up today? I have to tell everyone what my dirty secret is? Kate: Yes, Joette, you have to tell the world. Dirty little secret Joette: Okay, well, I think everyone has a little bit of this, but maybe mine is worse. I have to admit — I have a temper. Maybe it’s because I’m Sicilian. Sometimes it’s good, but sometimes it’s bad. But I will tell you, it really drives me. Kate: I have to interrupt you for a second Joette because I have known you for five years now. (Can you believe that? We’ve known each other for five years.) I have never seen you get upset in the least. I mean I know you’re spunky, but I’ve never seen that side of you. So, this is interesting to me. You know, you got to share more. Joette: Well, it’s really all related around my family. You’ve never hurt my family. When it comes to them, I become super protective. I have anger skeletons in my closet. In fact, I have so many of them that they talk to each other and party at night! Kate: I’m imagining them dancing around. Joette: Yeah, they’re dancing, and the problem is they’re all Sicilian. I think that’s the problem is that this anger comes from this deep-seated desire to take care of the family. I mean, you know all about families in Sicily. But, it has been a problem from time to time. But that’s what’s driven me! It has driven me to such resentment and anger when someone makes a medical mistake or declares something medically regarding one of my family members, and it really gets to my core. Kate: That’s understandable. Everyone has that component to their being. Joette: Well, yeah, but I’ve actually attacked doctors. Kate: Well, what do you mean “attacked,” Joette? Joette: Well, not physically. But, I could tell by the look on my father’s face — when I’ve had to practically attack them when my father was around — that he was worried that I might just lunge at them. Kate: He was giving you that look like, “Joette …” Joette: “Joette, calm down, Honey. Calm down.” I remember one time when my father was in the hospital, and I always stayed with him when he went in. The doctor came, and he said, “We’re going to give you the flu vaccine.” And I said, “No, no, no. My father is not going to get the flu vaccine.” He said, “No, no, it’s our policy to do that.” I said, “No, no, no. You don’t understand. We have a policy. We have a family policy. My father does not get flu vaccines. End of discussion. Now, if you have a problem with that, I’ll get a cousin who’s an attorney to make it clear to you.” Because they’ve always got these policies and as soon as someone hears policy, they think, “Oh well, maybe I should back off.” No, no, no. You come back — or I’ve always come back — with, “No, I’ve got my own policy. My policy is bigger than your policy.” Kate: Yeah, I was going to say … Joette: “I hired you pal.” Kate: … my policy supersedes your policy. Joette: That’s right, that’s right. There was another one. Another doctor came in once and told us about this study that my father could become a part of. He was just trying to get himself published. I know what he was trying to do. He turned to my father. (I could tell that he was a little worried about me. Maybe I had said something before that I didn’t remember, or he co

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 02:33 Journey to homeopathy 06:55 Accepting homeopathy 12:24 Setting up for success 16:14 Treating diarrhea 21:54 Success stories 24:42 Kidney stones LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Wise Traditions journal Good Gut, Bad Gut course Joette’s Quick Start Guide Gateway to Homeopathy: A Guided Study Group Curriculum   Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe, and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines, and your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful, and I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini-podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview “Dads with Audacity.” See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them, have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 56 at PracticalHomeopathy.com. Hi everyone. I’m excited to be here today with another fabulous Mom with Moxie. I’m Kate, and today, I’m here with Sheena. She has a great story to tell and some amazing tips for us. So, get ready to take some notes. And if you have a husband or another family member that’s not onboard with homeopathy, you’ll want to stay tuned because Sheena has some great insight for you. So, Sheena, welcome! Sheena: Thank you. Kate: As we begin, I like to ask our moms to share with us a little bit about their lives. So, I want to ask you to do that as well. Tell us about your family and yourself. Sheena: So, we live in Jupiter, Florida. I have two daughters, 14 and 10. My older daughter is a gymnast and my younger daughter is a dancer. So, they’re athletes. My husband is a doctor. I pretty much spend my time geeking out on food and homeopathy — which are my passions. Kate: Those are great passions to have. But I tell you, when you said you live in Jupiter, Florida, I’m still trying to get over that. Because when someone asks you, “Where do you live,” I imagine if you say, “Jupiter,” they look at you like you’re crazy, right? Sheena: Yes, it was really fun when we moved. We sent out a cute note that says, “We’re moving to Jupiter!” Kate: I have never heard of Jupiter, Florida. So, I guess we’re all learning something today. Journey to homeopathy So, tell us, Sheena, a little bit about your journey to learning about homeopathy. Sheena: So, I have been into traditional foods based on the work of Weston A. Price (which is a foundation) for about 14 years since my first child was born — and I realized that I had to learn how to cook, and I had to feed this child. That was great for many years. But in the last — I would say — five years, I realized that as a chapter leader for the Weston A. Price foundation, that people were too sick for food to be their medicine. In addition, people really don’t want to be restrictive with their food. They don’t want to not go to dinner. That they want to go hang out at coffee shops, and they want to let their children indulge in the foods at school and such. So, it became very difficult to help people with food. I would read the Wise Traditions journal which Joette authors a column in. To be honest, I was a skeptic. I kind of glanced at them like, “Huh, that’s interesting.” But I never really dug into it. Then my younger daughter crushed her fingers in the door, and I had nothing. I didn’t know what to do. I did manage to keep her out of the ER, but I really was scared. I was like, “What do I do? This child who has never had antibiotics or drugs before, I’m going to have to take her in, and stuff is going to happen.” Kate: Because you can’t give her bone broth for a crushed finger, right? Sheena: Right. It’s not going to do it. I really had no tools in my mommy-tool-chest for that. And then the same child — I think maybe a year later — got some sort of bug bite on her eye, and it swelled up huge. And for a week, I was trying everything. It was getting to a point where my husband was like, “It’s time for her to go to the hospital.” Fortunately, I actually did resolve that, but it was tense. So, I realized I did not have the tools I needed, especially for these acutes. So, I really was looking for something for acutes. So, then I thought maybe this essential oil thing is the thing for me. So, I tried that. I learned about it, spent a ton of money and realized that, “Hmm, there are some benefits, but it’s not what I need.” So, then I told my husband, I said, “You know, I’m going to dig into this homeopathy.” He was like, “Yeah, whatever.” He’s a scientist, and so he did not believe that it would do anything. But, he also didn’t feel that it would do any harm, so he was like, “Fine. Check it out.” So, I remembered seeing Joette’s articles in the Wise Traditions magazine and wen

  04:00 Laying out a case 12:48 Starting with chronic conditions 21:17 You can’t mess up homeopathy 27:21 Remedy has to be repeated 28:02 Writing down the most important issues only 36:33 Figuring homeopathy as our focus LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Ooh! Ooh! Cardoons! Ignatia for anxiety You are listening to a podcast from practicalhomeopathy.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Joette: So, the satellite conditions that you hadn’t necessarily thought of as important could be critical in determining whether or not the remedy acted in the first place, and secondarily, if it should be repeated and started up again. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 55 at practicalhomeopathy.com. On today’s podcast, Joette describes how to write out an acute case. And she will share with us some great tips on how to know when it’s time to stop taking a remedy. So, let’s get started. Hi. I’m Kate, and I’m here today again with Joette. We’re excited to bring you another great podcast packed with information. So Joette, welcome, nice to see you again. Joette: You see, we see each other, but people who listen in or read don’t know that we’re looking at each other. So, we can make funny faces at each other. It’s really fun. Kate: So, Joette, it’s summertime there, and I see lots of things blooming. Are you doing anything fun with the garden … or what’s going on outside? Joette: Well, this is the first spring that I’ve lived in this little cottage that my husband and I just got, and we’re really enjoying it. So, I’m totally into my garden. I’ve planted a couple of rhubarb plants and some asparagus so that sometime in the future, I’ll be able to harvest those. But, I’ve planted a lot of ground cover because I am not making a commitment to weeding every day — although I’m actually out there doing it every day. I go out for about an hour, and I water, and I weed, and I pull up this, and I move that. It really is fun. And then in the evening, I do the same thing. So, it’s a blast. But one of the things that I’m sad about in my garden is that I’ve moved from my property — that had 15 acres — to a little plot, and I can’t find cardoons. Do you know what cardoons are? Kate: It sounds familiar, but I don’t know. Joette: Well, cardoons are burdock, and they are eaten by Italians and French. You can buy them at some upscale grocery stores, but they never taste the same. And so, I’m accustomed to harvesting my own cardoons every spring just as the lilacs blossom, just a little later, just as they’re kind of dying off then the cardoons come up, and they’re at their prime. And I go with my kids every year … we’ve just gone and gone to the back end of our property and dug them up and washed them and cooked them up and fried them, and they’re absolutely delicious. I actually have a blog on it … I wrote a long time ago about cardoons. So, I don’t have any here. So, as I drive through the countryside in Canada, I drive very slowly looking to see if I can find a wild patch somewhere, and I say, “Where are the Canadian cardoons?” I don’t get it. I don’t understand where they are. But I’m sure to find … one of these days, if I keep my eyes peeled … I’ll find them somewhere. Kate: I imagine you going to your neighbor’s property and digging around. Joette: Well, I’ve asked people. We’ve got a fellow who comes and helps me do some of the heavy lifting here in the garden, and I said, “Okay, do you see this plant? Do you ever see this anywhere?” He said, “What is that?” I said, “It’s a burdock. It’s the burrs that get in your dog’s fur … that’s what this is.” He said, “No, I can’t say I really noticed them.” So, he’s not looking, in the same way, I’m looking. I’ve got my eyes directly on the ground looking under disturbed soil and places like that. Maybe next year when we do another podcast, I will be able to say, “I found them, yay!” Kate: Or maybe they just don’t grow there like they grow in … Joette: No, they do. I did find one on my property, and I told my husband. Under penalty of the law, he will not weed-whack that cardoon. You leave that cardoon. It’s one sole, little, struggling cardoon that I’m hoping is going to invite others to join it. Laying out a case Kate: Let’s talk about some homeopathy. We thought that it would be helpful to our listeners to talk about laying out a case. How can we make this practical for our families? So, grab some paper, grab a pen and get ready to take some notes as we talk about laying out a case and making this practical for your family: How to get started. How to know when to stop. So, Joette, walk us through as we determine how to use homeopathy with our families. Joette: Sure. So, when you have a family of … let’s say you have two boys and two girls. You get a file folder for each of them. So, the two boys get blue folders —

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER:   03:59 Homeopathy started with the cat 05:55 Knowing Joette 07:06 Back pain 08:18 Using homeopathy with animals 09:20 Bleeding remedies 11:53 Pregnancy cell salts, tick bites, and scared dogs 14:47 Homeopathy with people 20:40 We are all aging LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Joette’s pregnancy cell salts program Joette’s “Gatorade” alternative Gina: It had its fallouts, and I wasn’t happy with what I was seeing in my own pets and then also in pets that we were caring for. Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe, and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines, and your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful, and I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini-podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview “Dads with Audacity.” See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them, have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 54 at practicalhomeopathy.com. Hi! This is Kate. I’m here with Gina. I’m excited to have Gina on the podcast today because Gina brings a different perspective to homeopathy. She’s going to share with us today some interesting information that she has about using homeopathy with animals. So, Gina, welcome to the podcast. Gina: Thank you so much, Kate. Kate: It’s great to have you, and I look forward to hearing all of your wisdom because I see your name quite a bit on Joette’s Student Facebook page. I see how you jump in, and you’re always willing to help other people out and give suggestions. I so appreciate that about you, Gina. Thank you so much for your willingness to take that time out of your busy schedule and to help so many people. Gina: Oh! No problem. It seems like I’ve always wanted to do things like that. So, Facebook actually is good for that. It’s a good hobby. Kate: It could be worse, right? Gina: That’s right. My addiction is a healthy one. Kate: Exactly! That’s what I always tell my family. I collect remedies. It could be other things that aren’t as useful that I could collect. Gina: Yes! That’s so true, so true. Kate: So, why don’t you tell us a bit about yourself? Gina: Well, I am a licensed vet tech. So, I graduated college in 1989 from the University of Maine. From there, I moved right into a local practice in my hometown. I absolutely loved everybody I worked with. The practice was super busy. So, I worked there for the first 15 years of my career. I did mostly anesthesia and surgery and care. We were a full-service clinic. So, we did everything from neutering to emergencies to any type of surgery, so super busy. But, I could see where the regular conventional medicine was falling through. It has its fallouts, and I wasn’t happy with what I was seeing in my own pets and then also in pets that we were caring for. So, I decided that I had to probably move on. At that point, I move to a holistic clinic that I work for now — which has been about 16 years. Kate: Wow! That’s great that you found a holistic clinic. I don’t hear of too many holistic vet clinics. Gina: No. No. There aren’t. So yeah, that was a lucky find. I happened to go to a conference and the veterinarian from there was speaking. My sister nudged me and said, “Hey! You should work for this person.” I said, “Oh! I doubt they need anybody.” And she said, “Hey, you got to go up and ask.” She had me ask, and she hired me basically almost on the spot. Kate: Wow! Gina: Yes, it was fate. Kate: Yeah. So, tell me how you got into homeopathy. Homeopathy started with the cat Gina: How I got into homeopathy is kind of why I became less enamored with the medicine I was doing. So, what happened is I had my own personal cat, who I loved and adored, and he just happened to be not feeling really great. He was a young cat. He’s six years old. So, I did some lab work on him. I was quite surprised to find kidney failure. Kidney failure can be pretty common in cats, but certainly, even today, it’s not common in a six-year-old. So, I kind of went head-spinning and crazy — because at that point, again, I was just working conventional medicine. I was trying to figure out, “Why is this happening?” So, I went to a specialty clinic, and they ended up doing a bunch of tests and basically gave me the prognosis that he had two weeks to two months to live. Kate: Oh, wow! Gina: Yes. So obviously, just like any pet owner (or any mom or dad), you find this out, and your head is spinning. You just don’t know what to do and can’t believe it. But, I put my nose down and said, “No, he’s not going to die in two weeks!” So, I just started doing a whole bunch of homework. This is back in the late 90s. So, we didn’t have

  01:00 Traveling with remedies 03:54 Do X-rays affect homeopathic remedies 07:37 Traveling by car 11:48 Having the information at hand 15:04 Books to carry 18:21 Remedies to bring when traveling LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Homeopathy Kits available through Joette Calabrese A Materia medica: Practical Homeopathy® for Busy Families   The top three single remedies you should travel with: Arsenicum album 6 or 30 (or Veratrum album 6 or 30) for dysentery, for Montezuma’s Revenge, Delhi Belly (gut issues from food or water) Hepar sulph 30 or 200 for infections (ear infections, throat infections, eye infections) or plugged-up ears Nux vomica 30 or 200 (perhaps both) for jet lag, restaurant foods, not getting enough sleep, “over the top” feeling (see transcript for frequency appropriate to specific issue)   Related travel blog posts: “Flying: A Pain in the … Ear” “Holiday Travel? Call AAA!” “No Jet Lag on My Trip to India” Joette: Before you travel to a country that has diseases that are much different than your own, you might want to get this book. It’s super easy to carry around … Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 53 with Joette Calabrese at practicalhomeopathy.com. On today’s podcast, Joette shares her homeopathy travel tips and some of the most important remedies to have on hand while away from home. Now, let’s hear from Joette. Hi! I’m Kate. I’m here with Joette today, and we are talking about travel. Travel is fun, right? Joette: Yeah. It’s fun, but it can also be cumbersome. So, let’s try to make it as easy as we possibly can. Kate: Exactly. So, let’s talk about how you travel with your remedies, and what remedies you might consider bringing and things like that. Traveling with remedies Joette: Sure. Well, there are lots of different kinds of remedy kits. The manufacturing pharmacies — these homeopathic pharmacies that produce these kits — have a very good handle on what you will need. Besides remedies that are obvious to you or to most people such as Arnica, and Arsenicum, and Nux vomica, they know that in a household, most people will need “this, this, and this,” as well. So, they do the thinking in advance which is one of the reasons why I love kits. By a kit, I mean, usually it’s a plastic box. Sometimes they come in pretty hardened cardboard boxes, but more often, they’re plastic boxes. They usually have 50 remedies. My first kit had 29 remedies, and they were larger bottles. But they have 50 remedies or 100 remedies, and they’re the top, most frequently used for most households. So, what I love about them is that you’ve got exactly what you need, pretty much. I mean it’s not going to be perfect. You can’t have 6,000 homeopathic medicines, but you’ll have 100 — the top 100. Those are the remedies that you need to know how to use once you really start learning homeopathy. But you needn’t know how to use every single one of them while you’re just traveling. That’s just the goal that you should have for the eventuality of learning more. So, at any rate, what I like about them is the bottles are small. Some people complain, and they say, “Those bottles are too small.” I say, “No, no, no. You don’t understand.” If you get sick, and you’re traveling — or if you’re home, and you get sick or someone in your family falls ill — you need to have the choices of the medicines. Then once you know that Arsenicum album, for example, is acting for this terrible, relentless diarrhea and vomiting, then you get out, and you buy a bigger bottle. But at least it carries you until you can get to a place, or you can have it sent to you directly from OHM or Amazon or Boiron or something like that. So, you’ve got them on hand. So, for travel, you don’t know where you’ll be in terms of finding a homeopathic pharmacy. Now, throughout the world, they’re very plentiful. In South America and Europe, you’ll find homeopathic pharmacies on many corners of big cities and even smaller villages, but you don’t know that for sure. So, it’s nice to be able to carry that with you. We carry some of the kits in our office so that folks have that available to them, and we have special packaging for them. If you buy two different kits — then one is a 200 potency, the other is the 30th potency — then you get a special break. We also have produced a lot of information so that you don’t have to count on your memory or even my blog necessarily. But, there’s a lot of information that accompanies it. That makes it a little bit more valuable. So, that’s a great way to travel. Do X-rays affect homeopathic remedies Let me mention that there is the belief that homeopathic medicines will be ruined by going through X-rays and electromagnetic fields. I’ve not put together a scientific study on this, but in my experience — and I’ve done a lot of traveling — I don’t find that that is a problem. I still — when I travel — I get my kit, and when I’m in the checkout area of the airport, I tell them that these ar

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 06:12 Studying Classical Homeopathy 09:25 Fixing the dog 10:48 Curing the chickens; fixing the husband’s migraine 12:46 Allergy and the children’s take on homeopathy 16:15 Eczema 16:47 Sinus tooth pain 19:16 Homeopathy is life changing LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:   Belladonna and Similasan ear drops: for ear infection pain Mercurius solubilis 200C: for yeast infection See blog post: Vaginal Yeast Gone with Homeopathy Good Gut, Bad Gut course Antimonium crud: for dog’s skin condition Ignatia: for dog’s PTSD Arsenicum album: for chickens’ diarrhea (mixed with rice and bone broth) Symphytum: for chicken’s bad leg Coldcalm®: for colds Symphytum/Rhus: mixed together for aching joints SymphytumandArnica: an alternative mixed together for aching joints Camphor: to antidote Antimonium crud and some Arsenicum album: for eczema Calc carb: for sinus pain and issues Hypericum: for numbing, tingling nerve pain   Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe, and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview “Dads with Audacity.” See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 52 at practicalhomeopathy.com. Welcome to another Moms with Moxie podcast. I’m Kate and I have a lovely guest with me here today who is passionate about learning homeopathy. Welcome, Julia. Julia: Hi! Kate: I know we have other moms who are listening today to this podcast who are similar to you, Julia, in that they can’t get enough of learning about homeopathy. I know that you’ve immersed yourself in learning homeopathy, and you’ve been studying it with Joette for quite a while, I think. So, I look forward to hearing all about your experience. But first Julia, tell us a little bit about yourself and your family. Julia: I’m a mom of three boys, and I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. My youngest, who is 12, wanted me to be certain to mention him. Kate: That’s great. Let’s start with how you first heard about homeopathy or got into learning about it. Can you give us a little bit of a background? Julia: I had a couple experiences with it—good experiences with it. My MD is also a homeopath. So, he helped me tremendously with some migraines many, many, many years ago. Then—what was it, seven years ago—I woke up one day with a terrible earache, ear infection. It was a Sunday afternoon. The only phone number I had for some reason was my Doctor of Oriental Medicine. I don’t know why I had it, but I’m glad I did. She said to send somebody to Whole Foods and get me some Belladonna and some Similasan ear drops. Within a few minutes, I could lift my head up off the pillow after being stuck there all day. It came back again, so I repeated again. I think it was just two doses and I was done. That was like mind-blowing. It was shocking! That was the first time that I was like, “There’s something here!” That was amazing. You know I could have chalked up the migraines to any sort of change of diet or hormones or anything that helped the migraines, but the ear infection was such a direct cause-and-effect. There was no denying it. Kate: Yeah! So even though your MD was also a homeopath, you hadn’t had that much experience with homeopathy, or you worked with him in the classical way? Julia: No. I worked with him classically for the migraines, and then when I would see him beyond that, he was very open to anything. Whichever route I wanted to go was how he would do it. But, he’s big into supplements and that sort of thing. I think maybe he asked me once if I wanted to go the allopathic route or the homeopathic route. And I chose allopathic, and maybe he just wrote it down the chart and never asked again. I don’t know why we didn’t do any more. I went in one time. I had cellulitis on my ear. I don’t know how I got it. It hurt like the bejesus and he said, “Do you want to treat this homeopathically or allopathically?” I said, “Give me the antibiotics!” I regret that now. But, I didn’t know about Joette and all the beautiful things. Kate: Yeah! Well, we’ve all been there. We all had to start some place…so. After that point then what? Julia: Then I would buy some Boiron tubes and not know what to do with them. I even bought a couple of books, and I still wouldn’t know what to do with them. It all seemed really scary and overwhelming. Then one day, despite as near a perfect a diet as you could get, I had a yeast infection that would not go away. I had so littl

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 06:16 Unnecessary medicines 08:04 ER Episode 09:34 Choosing your doctor 12:38 The strategy of imposing fear 17:00 Taking care of the elderly 24:45 Top aging remedies 30:25 Modern medicine 40:25 New course: Mindful Homeopathy 41:13 Joette’s goal LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:   Ignatia 200 — for anxiety Coffea 200 — for insomnia Arthritis blogs Darvocet banned Hypericum or Arnica (or both) or Bryonia — for pain Weston A. Price Foundation — nutrition and health Practical Homeopathy® course page Gateway to Homeopathy: A Guided Study Group Curriculum Free resources from Joette Calabrese: Podcasts Blogs Most important remedies to own (remember to use the code “Joette” to receive 20% off your Boiron purchase): Arnica montana 200C Aconitum Rhus tox Kali phos Symphytum Hepar sulph   Joette: You don’t live a charmed life in this world. Nobody gets away scot-free. There’s no such thing! The fate of your family is in your hands. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 51 with Joette Calabrese at practicalhomeopathy.com. On today’s podcast, Joette shares her strategies for staying healthy now and as we age. We will learn about the top homeopathic medicines for anxiety and insomnia. And, stay tuned at the end of this podcast for an exciting announcement! Hi, I’m Kate. I’m here with Joette. Today, we’re going to talk about growing old. As I think of growing old, all these negative images come to mind like wrinkles and gray hair and forgetting things. So, tell me Joette, what do we have to look forward to besides that? Not that you’re old, but you work with a lot … Joette: Yeah, because I have experience now that I’m as old as I am. You know, what’s really funny? I just had a birthday. I thought I was turning 67. I was certain I was turning 67. My son said, “Mom, you’re turning 66.” So, I added a year! Kate: Oh, my gosh! Joette: I’ve been adding a year for a long time. I’ve been thinking I was going to be 67 soon. It turned out that I was 65, and I just turned 66! Kate: Oh! Joette: So, I just lost a whole year. So, I have much less confidence in what I can offer today now. Kate: But, you’re much younger. Because you have your mother living with you, and so, you are very familiar with the aging process. Joette: Yes! Kate: You’ve walked through this with your parents. Joette: I do think that. As they say, “Stuff happens.” I suppose there are ways to slow it down. In fact, I think it’s almost empirically verifiable that you could slow things down. I think that a lot of it has to do with looking around you and looking at those who are not in good health — and then doing the opposite. Kate: Yeah, right? Joette: I actually told my kids that when they were little. Whatever everyone else is doing around you, do the opposite, and then you’ll be pretty safe — in general. I wrote an article quite a while ago called, “My Dad and the Dead Cardiologists.” My father remarked how was it that he was doing so well. I mean he had his problems. There’s no doubt about it. But, why is it that all of his cardiologists were dying? They were like falling like flies on a windowsill? It was amazing! I think in the article, my father and I had accounted for seven, and then after the article was published, we counted two more that had died. None of these doctors was older than my father. They were all his age or younger. He outlived them, sometimes by as much as 25 years and in many cases, 10 years. So, why is it? Did my father have fabulous genes? No. He had a lot of brothers, and they all died quite young. His parents died young. His mother died in her sixties. His father died in his … I’m going to say it was also in his sixties. He had brothers that died in their sixties. He had sisters that died in their sixties. One sister — now, my father was one of 14 — one sister lived to 99. But, she was the only one who had longevity — and my father, who lived to 90 (just over 90). So, you wonder what’s the difference? I think that the difference has to do with how often you go to the doctor. I think the more we go to the doctor — the more drugs and procedures we submit ourselves to — the sicker we become. Then more drugs on top of that to deal with the side effects of the first drug, the second drug, the third, the fourth. I mean, I have folks who come to me who have a page-long of drugs. Kate: Oh, my goodness! Joette: It takes that many drugs. I do the best I can to help them, but it is a sad state of affairs. You know, my grandparents on both sides of my family were very poor — especially my father’s side — very, very poor when they came to this country. They were Sicilians. They were laborers. My mother’s side of the family also came with no money. They were also Sicilian on both sides. Then my husband’s side of the family was very well-to-do. They did very well in the 1930s, which was unusual. They weren’t hurt by the depression. My husband and I have often marveled at how often his grandpar

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 01:53 Advocate for one’s health 04:02 The true parameters 11:00 Treating rashes through homeopathy 16:35 Learning about Joette 22:33 Pregnancy journey 40:45 Using remedies during and after surgery 42:38 Dealing with pain 44:48 Newborn remedies and some success stories 49:17 Annie and the Aconite; some diagnostic tools   LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:   abbyloopers.org – Support group for transabdominal cerclage Sepia — for “Monster Mom” moodiness and fertility Mag phos — for post-surgical heartburn Nux vomica — for post-surgical nausea Argentum nitricum — for post-surgical anxiety Joette’s blogs on Surgery Prep — “Answering Your Questions: Surgery” “Anticipating Surgery? Homeopathy Can Help” Aconite 200 — for newborn entry after C-section and for shock after accidents Chelidonium 6X — for newborn’s jaundice Arnica — for injury (in pets as well as humans)   You are listening to a podcast from practicalhomeopathy.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe, and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview Dads with Audacity. See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them, have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 50 at practicalhomeopathy.com. Hi, this is Kate. I am here with Kathryn today. Kathryn is a brave, strong woman. You will be amazed at the stories she has to tell. I know that you will learn something today from her. So, Kathryn, welcome to the podcast. Kathryn: Thank you. I’m excited to be here. Kate: I’m excited to learn from you, Kathryn, because I’ve heard some pretty amazing stories about the things that you’ve gone through, and how you’ve used homeopathy in amazing ways. So, why don’t we get started by learning a little bit more about you. Give us some information about where you live and your family. Kathryn: Sure. I’m from Texas. I’ve been married to my husband, Nam, for 14 years. We have twin, five-year-old daughters, Charlotte and Esther, and a newborn daughter, Rosemary Advocate for one’s health Kate: As Kathryn and I have been talking, preparing for this podcast, I think that Kathryn is brave. That’s the word that comes to my mind when I think about Kathryn because she is one tough cookie. Let’s just put it that way. So, Kathryn, you say that you are a proponent of people advocating for themselves and that’s what you do. You are an advocate for yourself, for your children, for your family. So just give us a little bit of a background in how you came to be such a strong advocate for your health. Kathryn: So, my background … I really didn’t have a particular interest in anything medical or advocacy for myself until 2010. Then I was pregnant with twin boys and sadly, I delivered them very early during my second trimester. Isaac and Samuel both passed away very shortly after birth. That was horrible, and all the doctors that I met with — yeah — they all said, “Well that was a fluke. Well, that was a twin thing.” And I had lots of frozen embryos because we had done IVF. I assumed correctly that I would have twins again, and I couldn’t go with just a “fluke” or a “twin thing.” So, I really had to dig in and research and find out what had happened and what I could do to prevent it again. That put me in contact with lots of other women who were courageous and brave and had gone through similar things and had a better outcome. It took me out of state and definitely out of my comfort zone. But, as my husband and I explored and researched that area, we really learned about advocacy. We had learned about understanding the true parameters of a situation. Just because somebody tells you what something is, that doesn’t mean that’s actually true. Sometimes it might be. But, we really learned how to identify correct parameters with our sons’ (Isaac and Samuel) passing. So, that’s where advocacy started. Kate: Kathryn, I can’t even imagine what you went through. I’m so sorry that that happened. The true parameters Kate: So, Kathryn, can you give us a little bit more of an understanding what you mean when you say, “find out what the true parameters are.” Kathryn: Sure. So, when something happens, you go to the doctor that you have a relationship with or who has been with you through something. And, you ask for his expertise, a

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 01:37 What’s new with practicalhomeopathy.com 04:46 Joette’s pet peeves 09:39 Melanie’s story and aggravations 18:04 Proving and antidotes 22:23 For the highly sensitive people 28:58 Know your medicines 38:10 To summarize LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:   Gateway to Homeopathy Guided Study Group Joette Calabrese Facebook page Petroleum 200C for dry skin Cantharis and Medorrhinum for bladder issues Gelsemium 6C for anxiety and nervousness about upcoming event Lycopodium 200 for bloating Camphor 200 one dose, one day to antidote (see blog post: “Stop It! How to Antidote a Bad Drug Reaction” Ignatia or Aconitum for anxiety Gelsemium 6X for chronic anxiety Ignatia for nightmares Facebook Live: Provings and Aggravations Facebook Live: Provings and Aggravations: Take 2 (better video quality than previous) Podcast 33 — New (and Not So New) to Homeopathy Part II (section on proving) Looking for Proof That Homeopathy is Effective? We’ve Got It! (blog post containing brief history of Dr. Hahnemann’s usage of provings)   You are listening to a podcast from practicalhomeopathy.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Joette: Everyone is very frightened of provings, and I am here to say, “I’m not worried about provings!” I don’t know where the idea has come from that proving is a very, very dangerous thing. It is not. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 49 at practicalhomeopathy.com with Joette Calabrese. In today’s podcast, Joette will address the topic of provings and aggravations. Listen in as Joette answers some of your questions about this subject.   Joette and I are here together again today to bring you another podcast from practicalhomeopathy.com. Joette, I’m having a hard time keeping a straight face because I’m looking at you and you have this white, huge thing on your microphone. And it looks … I don’t know … it looks like a big sock on your microphone.   Joette: I know. It looks like I have like a dental infection or something, and I’ve got tooth pain, and I’ve got ice in there or something. So, it’s all puffed up around my face. Kate: Oh, my goodness!   Joette: We left our filter back in our other home, and it’s hard to remember to bring everything back and forth. So, you got to look at this funny looking sock on my microphone. Kate: Because you’re in Canada right now, right?   Joette: Right. Kate: Yes. So, you’re back in the cold, yay!   Joette: Yes. Kate: Okay, so let’s talk today, Joette, about … we have a couple of things coming up soon that we’re going to be launching. Why don’t you go ahead and tell us a little bit about what’s coming? What’s new with practicalhomeopathy.com Joette: Well, the first thing that’s coming up that I keep promising folks who ask me that, “It’s going to be coming next week,” — but, I don’t know when it will be finished — is our Gateway II (which is the follow-up to the study groups that had started before). You taught a few of those courses — actually many of those courses — haven’t you, Kate? You’ve gotten to be kind of our expert in running those courses and bringing people in — mostly moms and grandmothers from all over the country, even all over the world — to meet once a week or once a month. So, this is a follow up to Gateway I. So, it’s for those who’ve already taken Gateway I. They can join right into Gateway II. So, just watch for that.   What I love about this Gateway curriculum is that they are … it’s an opportunity for folks to get to know each other and spend time together. I’m told that, in fact, one group has gotten so close that — they are from all over the country — they’re actually all meeting in Florida in a couple of months. They asked me if I would join them and meet them for lunch, and they were going to have a slumber party. I said, “Well, I don’t know about the slumber party part!” But, it does sound like fun. I do want to meet all these people in person. I’ve known them now for quite a while because of our affiliation with these classes that I teach and these study groups that have been organized now for probably over a year.   So, these groups, they’re kindred spirits. These are moms or grandmothers. Some of them have never had children, but they take care of their pets, et cetera, and neighbors and all. They count on each other. They help each other on Facebook, through the studies and the teachings that I’ve given them. And I just love that. And some of them branch out and learn other information as well, and they incorporate that into their relationships with their friends. So, that’s Gateway II.   Then the next thing that we have going after that or sometime around there as well, is we’re now putting together a course called “Mindful Homeopathy.” It’s going to be on the mind and emotions

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 04:05 Jessica’s homeopathic journey 10:40 When you think it doesn’t work? 15:24 Strep throat 19:14 Skin issues 20:45 “Charlie stories” 28:52 Joette’s materia medica LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:   Skin, the Ugly Truth: Safe, Effective Treatment of Skin Ailments, Chronic or Acute, with Homeopathy Aconitum napellus (Aconite) for croup and for stressed moms ColdCalm® Gateway to Homeopathy Guided Study Group Antimonium crudum for canker sores Hepar sulph for strep throat Protocol for impetigo: “Impetigo Treated with Homeopathy Puts Out The Fire” Arnica for injury, trauma Ledum Phytolacca for mastitis Remedy kits from Joette Joette’s materia medica You are listening to a podcast from practicalhomeopathy.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Jessica: I no longer fear illness. I no longer get anxiety. I mean, of course, there’s the general feeling of you just don’t want people to be sick. I almost, in a sense, have this feeling of, “Bring it on! I can handle that.” Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini-podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview “Dads with Audacity.” See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 48 at practicalhomeopathy.com. I’m Kate and I would like to introduce you to a mom who has gone from freaking to fearless with homeopathy. Jessica has a contagious enthusiasm for homeopathy, and I’m so excited to have her share with us today. Jessica has some great stories for us today about how she’s been using homeopathy. And she’s even started leading study groups, and so she’s pretty connected with her community — getting to know people and teach this. And so, Jessica, I want to welcome you here today. Jessica: Hi! Thank you so much for having me. Kate: Yes, we’re excited to get to know you, Jessica. So, why don’t you start by telling us a little bit about yourself, and then we’ll get to hear your homeopathy stories. Jessica: Sure. Well, I’m a mom of three boys who are ages seven, just-turned-six yesterday, and an almost two-year-old, and married to my husband. And, we are out on the North Fork of Long Island, enjoying our lives here on beaches, and the vineyards, and the farms. I also teach yoga. I am very excited because I recently discovered Joette, and it’s totally changed my life. I am more than excited to be here sharing all this with other people because all I want to do is shout it from the rooftops. Kate: I think once you start learning about homeopathy, you want to tell everyone, “This can change your life!” Right? Jessica: Yes, absolutely. It really has changed my life. I mean, I’ve been using natural means of medicine for a long time from herbal medicine, and just trying to not use antibiotics and things like that, eat healthy diets, and stay away from lots of sugar — all that general stuff. But, I was still always so fearful of illness. And I had that conflict of, “Should I bring them to the doctor because then they’re going to tell me I need antibiotics. If I don’t do antibiotics, I don’t really have another option. And what if I don’t do them?” Ever since I’ve encountered these protocols, and Joette, and all her magical wisdom (I feel like it’s magical), that has changed for me. I no longer fear illness. I no longer get anxiety. I mean, of course, there’s the general feeling of you just don’t want people to be sick. But I almost, in a sense, have this feeling of, “Bring it on! I can handle that.” Kate: Yes, it’s empowered you and helped you feel equipped, right? Jessica: Yes, and in so many ways — not just with my kids but with everything. Even just little things, like I had this sun allergy my entire life. The first few times I go in the sun, even it’s on vacation or just the beginning of the spring, I get this horrible, itchy rash on my chest and my hands. And it’s to the point, I scratch it in my sleep until I bleed. I just recently started taking the skin course and found that there’s a remedy for that! There’s a protocol that I can use. And I used it when I went down to Charleston for a quick vacation. I had the allergy probably a day, and I usually have it almost two weeks after being in the sun. Kate: Wow! Jessica: So, empowering in terms of I’m not worried about my kids anymore. It’s th

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 01:23 Everything we do has meaning 04:22 Stop spending your good health 15:24 Classical background, stocking up on remedies, and organizing notes 20:08 Homeopathy for all conditions 22:08 Make your bed 23:37 Combination remedies   LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Coffea cruda Nux vomica Washington Homeopathics Hahnemann Pharmacy Boiron Hyland’s OHM Helios You are listening to a podcast from practicalhomeopathy.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Joette: We always think when we’re young, “Oh, that will never happen to me,” the proverbial, “I’ll just flit through life almost like a magpie, ‘Oh, something shiny. I think I’ll chase after that for a while.’” That’s why I felt, when I looked back, it feels as though my life was like a magpie. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 47 at practicalhomeopathy.com with Joette Calabrese. In today’s podcast, Joette takes a look back at her life as a mother and homeopath. She will share with us the wisdom that she has gained from her many years of experience. If you’re like me, you love to learn and would love to sit with Joette for just 30 minutes and pick her brain. Well, we will do just that. So, grab a pen and some paper and let’s hear from Joette. Hi. I’m Kate and I’m here with Joette today. I was thinking to myself, what would I ask Joette if I had the opportunity to sit down and just chat with her for say, half an hour or an hour. What pressing question … or how would I narrow it down to one burning question? Joette, this is what I came up with: Looking back now with all of your experience with homeopathy in your family, your life’s experience, what would you tell your younger self? Everything we do has meaning Joette: I think I would say, “Stop it! Just stop that! Stop acting like that way, like that, stop thinking that way.” Really, if I could — oh — if I could just undo my mistakes. I made so many stupid mistakes. So, if I could get myself, I would shake her. I would tell her to … I would slap her across the face and say, “Get a grip, girl. It’s not about this or that. It’s about this.” So, what is “this?” “This” is that everything we do is meaningful. I don’t want to put a guilt trip on everyone but, you know, we’ve all made mistakes. But, everything we do has meaning. And not only does it have meaning for us, but it has meaning and rippling effects into the world around us. Our parents are affected by our behavior. Our children are affected by our decisions, our grandchildren, even our great-grandchildren. I mean, my grandparents came to this country from Sicily. That decision — both sides — that decision that they both made has rippled through hundreds of people’s lives, hundreds (because they had large families on both sides, and now their children — who are my parents — and their grandchildren, and now great-grandchildren). So, think about that one decision to leave a horrible place, such as Sicily. It was horrible for them: grinding poverty, heavy government hand on them in addition to the grinding — well, that’s the reason there was grinding poverty, as far as I’m concerned. And, they decided to come as young adults and make a whole new life. My goodness! What a difference it made in so many people’s lives. So, we think that every day when we think of doing this or that, we think it has no consequence. Everything we do has a consequence. Everything goes out there, good or bad, whether it’s called a consequence or an advantage. So, I wish I had been more mindful of that. I wish I had had more wisdom. Of course, wisdom doesn’t come with youth, it comes with age. We always think when we’re young, “Oh, that will never happen to me,” the proverbial, “I’ll just flit through life almost like a magpie, ‘Oh, something shiny. I think I’ll chase after that for a while.’” That’s why I felt, when I looked back, it feels as though my life was like a magpie. I was too influenced by shiny objects. I don’t mean literally, although, I like jewelry, too. But I mean, I was too influenced by the first thing that came to my mind or the first thing that came before me. So, that’s what youth is. It’s a misguided understanding of what’s important. The hierarchies of importance are not there. Parents tell the children, but we don’t listen. I didn’t. I didn’t listen. I made a lot of really stupid mistakes. So, that’s one thing. Stop spending your good health I guess I would say stop spending. Stop spending money. Stop spending your good health because it may not always be there. We want to save for that rainy day because it’s inevitable. Life has its twists and turns. Kate: So, what does that mean exactly to you, Joette, when you say, “Stop spending your good health?” What does that mean? Joette: Well, when I was a young woman, everyone smoked cigarettes. So, that

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 05:29 Advice to beginners 07:30 Puncture wound, Ledum and Arnica 10:01 Toenail injury 11:24 Bladder exstrophy and Cantharis 17:49 Saving through homeopathy 21:30 Gateway curriculum LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Gateway to Homeopathy: A Guided Study Group Curriculum Good Gut, Bad Gut Ledum – for puncture wounds Arnica – for puncture wounds Aconite – for puncture wounds Cantharis – for bladder infections Pulsatilla – for soothing child’s clinginess Chamomilla – for relaxing a child before bed Joette’s Facebook Page Arsenicum – for food sensitivities and allergies A Materia medica: Practical Homeopathy® for Busy Families Remedy Kits Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview dads with audacity. See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Kate: You’re listening to Podcast Number 46 here at practicalhomeopathy.com. I’m Kate. On today’s podcast, we have a sweet, young mom who joins us to share her experiences with homeopathy. Suzanne will tell us how she’s helped her whole family with some pretty scary and serious incidents. I think you’ll want to listen to her story and share this podcast with others you know that might be interested in homeopathy and how to get started. I’m also going to share with you information about the new Gateway to Homeopathy study guide. But first, I want to welcome Suzanne to the podcast. Suzanne, it’s great to be with you here today. I’m excited to get to know you. Welcome! Suzanne: Oh, thank you, Kate. I’m very excited to be here. Kate: So, you are from Indiana, right? Suzanne: Yes. We’re from Indiana. I’m married to Danny. We’ve been married 10 years now. We have three kids. Ian is seven, Jace is five, and Elise is one. We have our dog, Max, too. Kate: Another family member. Suzanne: Yes. He’s three. He is our teenager in our house, that’s pretty much … Kate: That’s funny. Tell me a little bit about your background. Suzanne: We have always kind of been conscientious about our health and things like that. Sometimes we slip up, but we wouldn’t consider ourselves “crunchy” in any sense. But yet, we like to have more of a healthy approach to things. So, my sister has been looking into homeopathy for — it’s been about a year now. She approached me with it. I thought here’s another “one thing” that maybe we could contribute to our family and try to help support us in our health. She started a study group, Joette’s Gateway to Homeopathy. She invited me and a few of my friends. It was a group of six of us. We sat around and went through the book, and we all decided that this is something that we were very interested in. I’m really new to this. So, just been kind of experiencing things through what my family ends up doing. Kate: What ends up happening to you guys, right? Suzanne: Yes. So, well, with two boys, it’s been kind of crazy. Kate: I can imagine. Okay, so you went through the Gateway to Homeopathy curriculum. Suzanne: Correct. Kate: What did you think of that? Suzanne: It was very informative. At first, all we wanted to know was … we wanted to know what to do. It was very refreshing to be at the end of the lessons to get some of that from Joette and understand that we’re in a process. It’s not something that we just figure out the protocol, and we do this. There’s so much work to it. We have to understand the whole aspect of what homeopathy is. So, there’s a little bit of frustration at first. We finally, at the end, we’re like, “Okay, we get this.” Now, we want to do the next study group and we want to move on. My sister has actually moved on to Good Gut, Bad Gut. She’s been really excited about that. Kate: I think that’s super common. When people first start out with homeopathy and they take the Gateway or however they’re learning about it, they want to get to, “hat are the protocols? What do I take for xyz?” I think many people don’t understand that there is more to know than just what’s the protocol for a cough. It’s good to have that depth of understanding to know a little bit about the history, and some information about how the remedies are made. So, I think that Gateway curriculum is really great to give a good foundation so that someone then can branch off and study more in-depth. Suzanne: Yes, that’s been really helpful to understand that, to just kind of delve into just the thought process behind homeopathy. It’s a total mind-switch. Kate: Yes, it is. It’

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 01:25 The name change 03:11 Getting to know Joette better 10:44 From classical to protocols 16:51 Why are classical homeopaths hesitant to share this 23:05 Efficacy and simplicity of the protocols 31:07 How to teach families how to treat themselves 34:15 The Prasanta Banerji Homeopathic Research Foundation 43:31 Homeopathic protocols work   LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:   Fatty liver: Chelidonium or Lycopodium Tired new moms: Sepia Prostatitis: Thuja “Why I Go to India Every Year: Drs. Banerji” Injury: Arnica Allergic reaction: Apis Head injury: Cuprum metallicum You are listening to a podcast from practicalhomeopathy.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Joette: Medicine, modern medicine to consider homeopathy viable, you have to be reproducible. That’s got to be scientific here. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 45 with Joette Calabrese at PracticalHomeopathy.com. On this podcast, Joette shares her wisdom on how to use homeopathy utilizing proven practical protocols. On today’s podcast, Joette and I will have a conversation about her background in classical homeopathy and why she has moved to using the efficacious practical protocols. This is a great podcast to share with others who would like to know more about Joette and the practical protocols. Now let’s get started. Hi and welcome to the Practical Homeopathy® podcast. I am Kate. I am here with Joette today to bring you another exciting podcast. So, grab a cup of tea, sit back, relax, and let’s learn together from Joette. Joette, I wanted to start off today by talking a little bit about that name, Practical Homeopathy®. Some of your listeners may be wondering why the name change? Why move from joettecalabrese.com to practicalhomeopathy.com? So, tell us a little bit about that. The name change Joette: Well, Joette Calabrese doesn’t have any real meaning to it other than it’s just me. But, what’s valuable about Practical Homeopathy® is that it tells people exactly what we’re doing, what I’m doing. That I’ve made something very complex — homeopathy — and brought it down to a usable, fine-tuned level of medicine that folks can use themselves that makes it super-practical. By practical, I mean I want someone to learn about it during the day and use it that night. Classical homeopathy is much, much more complex. So, I have moved from classical homeopathy and have gone towards something that would make it easier for me to teach. It was very frustrating for me, not only while in practice as a classical homeopath, but I would teach homeopathy — I taught homeopathy for years at a local college at first, credit-bearing course in New York State on the subject of classical homeopathy. I taught it in a local college in Amherst, New York, outside of Buffalo, New York. I taught classical a great deal. But, one of my messages was, one of the main messages that I think most people came away with after taking these courses from me was that, “Well, kind of interesting, but I guess it’s not for me because who’s got 10 years to study all this and a lot of money studying and learning medicine from scratch — a homeopathic medicine from scratch.” So, it was frustrating to me because I knew I was losing a lot of people who would otherwise be interested and be able to perhaps treat their families. So, I decided to figure out how I could make this most practical for myself and my family, and for my students and clients. Getting to know Joette better Kate: Joette, let’s talk for just a minute about your background in homeopathy because I’d like your listeners to get to know you a little better. Now, you didn’t ask me to say this. But, I think it’s important that your listeners know that you’re an accredited homeopath with several degrees in homeopathy and have studied with many homeopaths from around the world. You’re an author and a speaker. You’ve taught homeopathy to medical professionals. You’ve been on staff at several well-known, reputable international homeopathic schools. And, you have been on radio and TV. I’m probably missing some things, but if you go to practicalhomeopathy.com which is Joette’s website, you can click on the “About” tab and you can find out more information about Joette if you’d like to know more. Joette: Well, probably most importantly of all the things that you didn’t mention is that I was a mom. That’s where it all started for me. I had been sick, myself for many years. In fact, most of my life I had severe allergies that came and went, came and went. I suffered from them in many different forms, eczema as a child, and lots of bronchial conditions, and then later, gastrointestinal condition, and then later, asthma. So, even from the time I was a little girl, my mother was always searching for alternatives. That was back when

    IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 03:28 The latest FDA draft guidance for homeopathy 08:24 Americans for Homeopathy Choice, CPG 12:08 Combination Remedies and Nosodes 15:57 Withdrawing the compliance guide 21:33 The probable reasons for doing this 29:23 Copy, paste, and send LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: HomeopathyChoice.org You are listening to a podcast from practicalhomeopathy.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition.   Joette: We don’t know how far this would go. But, we don’t want our choices — that’s the keyword, that’s the keyword — we don’t want our choices taken away from us. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 44 with Joette Calabrese at practicalhomeopathy.com. On today’s podcast, Joette will be conducting an interview with someone who will unpack the recent FDA action on homeopathy. Learn more about what the FDA is proposing, and how you can help ensure homeopathic medicines remain accessible now and in the future. Joette: Hi folks! Tonight, we’re reversing the tables, and I will be doing the interviewing. So tonight, we are discussing something that’s rather important about the laws around homeopathy. We’re going to be meeting with Paola Brown. Now, some of you may know Paola; some of you may not. So, I’m going to tell you a little bit more about her. Paola used to work for me for a few years. We miss her, but she started homesteading. She has three kids and she homeschools. She lives in Texas, of course! She is a member of the Texas Society of Homeopathy. She is an activist for homeopathy. Paola is the President of Americans for Homeopathy Choice. I miss having her on my personal team, but every once in a while, Paola comes back to me and says, “Okay, can I do this with you?”   Paola: It’s really fun to be here with you, Joette. I feel a little weird because I am so used to interviewing you for your podcast back when we used to do it together, and we had so much fun. Joette: Well, I know Paola when we started these study groups of, you know, Gateway to Homeopathy, you kind of took that study group and ran with it (is putting it mildly). You used to pack them in. I think you’re still doing it. Paola: I love teaching that study group with your curriculum. I loved it. In many ways, it’s put me in position to do what I’m doing right now for Americans for Homeopathy Choice. I have to say, Joette, I see you as my mentor — of course, as my friend. But, it all started with you — that very first class you taught, Good Gut, Bad Gut. It means a lot to me that you have mentored me and coached me and helped me learn homeopathy and given me personal advice and professional advice. I just really appreciate that. But really, I think one of the biggest things you’ve given me, Joette — that nobody else could do, it was just you that could do it — is you gave me the permission to step up and be the mom that I always wanted to be as far as taking care of my family, and caring for them, and giving me the courage I needed. Joette: I love it! I love it! Paola: I didn’t need that permission, but you gave me that permission that I needed. Joette: I love it! That’s my shtick. That’s truly what I’m all about — giving mothers and grandmothers the right and the permission to get back to being the kind of parents and grandparents they want to be. Paola: That’s right. Joette: It’s a beautiful thing. So, Paola, tell me what’s going on with the FDA. I mean, I have a good idea. And I’ve been in this arena for so long, I’ve seen changes around the FDA and all of that. But give us as briefly, my friend, as you can. Paola: I will try. I actually wrote these points out because I do want to get it real briefly. Right before Christmas … Joette: This was Christmas 2017. The latest FDA draft guidance for homeopathy Paola: Yes, 2017, that’s right. The FDA, they issued … there’s something called a draft guidance. That means it’s a rough draft. It’s not a final document. They’re saying it’s a rough draft. Together with a group of moms, we did not like what we saw in this draft guidance. So, we formed this organization, Americans for Homeopathy Choice. You can see our website at HomeopathyChoice.org. When you download the FDA’s December press release, right from the beginning you know where they’re going. They say that the FDA has developed — this is a quote, “A risk-based approach to create actions on homeopathics that potentially post higher risks to the public health.” In the press release, they used the word “risk” 17 times. I have to say that this is a very suspicious press release, Joette because, by the FDA’s own definition, homeopathy is completely non-toxic. Joette: Yes, ma’am! Yes, ma’am. In fact, that is the argument against homeopathy is that it can’t be of any value because there’s nothing there. It’s just sugar pills. It’s all plac

  IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 01:24 Joette shares some advice for the New Year 07:03 Pulsatilla 16:34 Goals or tips for the more experienced 20:06 Listen and observe 27:42 Choosing between Aconitum and Ignatia 37:04 Know the homeopathics that your family needs LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Gateway Guided Study Group Pulsatilla Hepar sulph Arnica Cuprum Aconitum Homeopathy kits Thanksgiving in Stitches (blog) Joette’s Facebook Page Mercurius viv Arsenicum Rhus tox Antimonium crud Hypericum Allergic?! course Ignatia Aconitum Hypericum–Arsenicum You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Joette: One of your commitments to the New Year is to learn how to crack the code for your family’s illnesses. Take it on, really make this your focus. Because it’s inevitable that if you make it into a focus, it will turn into reality. Kate: It’s Podcast Number 43 at joettecalabrese.com. In this podcast, Joette gives us some of her secrets to setting goals and strategies to become unstoppable using homeopathy. We will learn more about homeopathy for ear infections, cold sores, deep sorrow, and how to determine when to use Aconite and Ignatia. Now, let’s get started. Welcome, Joette. It’s a new year, 2018. I know you’re very excited about the things that you have planned for the coming year. I’m excited as well. Today, let’s spend a little bit of time just talking about goals and how to achieve those goals, and how we want to help our families. Joette: Yes, that sounds like a great topic. Kate: Joette, looking forward, be our visionary. Guide us as we go into the New Year in how to help our families using homeopathy. Joette shares some advice for the New Year Joette: Well, let me start by saying that homeopathy, classical homeopathy, and homeopathy in general is a very vast, in-depth subject. It can seem overwhelming. In fact, it is overwhelming. What my goal always is — my personal goal and my professional goal — is to make it as easy as I possibly can for my students, my clients, my readers and listeners to try to get the complex and bring it down to something really simple. There’s actually a word in Italian. The word is sprezzatura. It means getting the complex or the lofty and huge and bringing it down to a level that makes it look like it’s effortless, even though there’s a lot of complexity behind it. So, I love that word because it kind of touches on the fact that we’re getting something — human health and a medicine that approaches it so elegantly — and making it simple and doable and breaking it down and parsing it into pieces. That’s always my professional goal — not just for myself for years in the past but also now for my students and readers and listeners. I believe that it’s very doable. We can get something that’s complex and make it simple by approaching it, not by saying, “Gee, I want to cure cancer.” You know what I mean? No, no. You want to start from small. You want to start with your own family members. I always encourage folks to number one: try to work with others, if you possibly can. Join a group. Join a study group. Start a study group. I mean, I always talk about the study groups that are available, our Gateway classes that are available through the website and then meeting with people from all over the world, for that matter, or all over the country or just those in your neighborhood, your church group. It’s not the only way to do this. There are many ways to do this. But, once you join a group or start a group, you’ll be surprised at how quickly you will accomplish what seems like the impossible. Kate: So Joette, I want to interrupt you really quickly here because I think a lot of people are intimidated, or some people are anyway, by starting a study group. They think, “Oh, I have to be at a certain level to start a study group.” That’s really not true, right? Joette: No. It has nothing to do with level at all. You don’t have to have any understanding of homeopathy whatsoever. All you have to have is a will to want to learn. That’s always at the core of everything is to want to improve yourself. Once you have that ability to find that in yourself and pull it out from deep inside and say, “I want to learn this. I don’t anything about it, but let’s all learn together.” Even if you bring in people who know more than you, that’s great. All you have to do is be the organizer — or join in and not be an organizer at all and just be a neophyte or whatever level that you’re already at. My teachers always said when I was first starting to study homeopathy, they said, “The only way you’re going to learn — really, really learn — is if you step outside of your little world. Either go into practice or start treating people around you.” What he meant — it was Jeremy Sherr act

IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 03:54 How Gina started with homeopathy 08:50 Allergy: Apis and Carbolicum acidum 14:42 Dislocations and cell salts 16:09 Gout 18:53 Tools/Resources to use 25:15 Migraines LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Feminopathy course Survivalist course Apis mellifica Gateway to Homeopathy study group class Pulsatilla Teen Hormones and the Gut Nat phos Joette’s Free Resources page Phytolacca Students of Joette Facebook group (students only) Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends Allergic?! class Sanguinaria 30 Natrum muriaticum You are listening to a podcast from Joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Gina: One of my daughters had tonsils that were really puffy and swollen and they looked really bad. A couple of hours later, I got out my flashlight and looked at the back of her throat and like, the white patches are gone! The tonsils are about half the size they were before. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 42 at joettecalabrese.com. Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini-podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview “Dads with Audacity.” See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Kate: Today, I’m here with someone that many of you already know and may have actually communicated with on Joette’s Facebook page. My friend, Gina Conrad, joins us today from her home in Iowa. Gina has such a sweet and giving heart. She is so generous with her time and her knowledge of homeopathy. Gina, I want to welcome you to the podcast. I’m excited to be here with you today and to have a conversation with you. Gina: Thanks a lot, Kate. I’m happy to be here. Kate: Gina, tell us a little bit about yourself and what your background is and maybe a little bit about your family. Help us to get to know you a little. Gina: Sure. I was born and raised in Iowa. I have four children. I’m a homeschooling mom. I actually went into homeschooling kicking and screaming. I didn’t think it was a good idea. And, here I am in my 13th year of homeschooling. So yes, and I’m still learning as we go through it. My reasons for starting homeschooling have changed. I think everybody homeschools for different reasons. I went into it thinking, “Oh, we’ll just do this for one year then put the kids back in school.” It didn’t turn out that way. It’s actually been a very good experience. I keep learning. Every year, I learn something new. Kate: We are always learning, aren’t we? Especially when it comes to homeopathy. So, you are a nurse. You consider yourself forever a student, right, a researcher, a student? You love to research and to help other people. When they write about a condition that they have, you love to look it up and to share what you learned with other people. Gina, that’s what I appreciate about you. You are just always so willing to give of your time. Gina: I actually went into nursing because I was curious about health and how to maintain health. Once I got into working as a nurse, I realized that the medicine wasn’t always bringing people to health. I actually found that the fewer medicines people took, the healthier they were. I thought that was really odd because I always thought the way to get to health was to go to the doctor and take the medicines they always told you to take. I guess my experience with medicine evolved over time because I would see people take the medicines. Oftentimes, they would get very sick from them. Sometimes they got very much better. I mean, there is absolutely a time and a place for medicine. I’m thankful that we have the hospitals and the doctors that we do. I guess I see a blending between the two worlds, between the medicines and the hospital and the things we can do with homeopathy. Kate: Tell me Gina about when you found Joette and sort of your journey into using homeopathy. How Gina started with homeopathy Gina: I originally heard about Joette through the Wise Traditions newsletter. In 2003, my son had his 15-month shots and he became very ill after that. He had chronic diarrhea. He had eczema from head to toe. He lost almost nine pounds between 15 months and two years. Kate: Wow, that’s a lot. Gina: It was a lot. It was really hard to parent him because he would lay on the floor and spin and scream. I took him to five different doctors to try an

In this podcast, we cover: 01:16 Joette talks about Christmas traditions 12:09 Little tips from Joette 20:14 Being relevant in your kids’ life 26:24 To take or not to take remedies LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST:   My Solution for Colds and Coughs: Homeopathically, of Course! Joette’s Bone Stock Recipe Aconitum 200 mixed with Bryonia 30 Coldcalm by Boiron     You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Joette: One thing that I hear frequently and I think it’s human nature to a certain degree is that whenever someone is sick, particularly when it’s a chronic illness but a lot of times when people are sick, they think they’re the only ones who get sick like that. They feel as though they’re very unusual.   Kate: It’s Podcast Number 41 at joettecalabrese.com. Today, we get to listen in as Joette shares with us some of her family’s holiday traditions. In addition, we get to hear how our suffering may not be so different after all! Finally, Joette shares a recent experience she had helping her son with a cold virus, and how to know when it might be pertinent to employ homeopathy and when to let a virus take its course. Now, let’s get started.   It’s Kate. I’m here today with Joette. We’re excited to bring you another podcast. Joette, welcome.   Joette: Thanks for doing this, Kate, as always.   Kate: It’s the holiday season, and I’d like to know from you Joette, what are some of your family traditions?   Joette talks about Christmas traditions   Joette: You told me you were going to ask me this question, and I had to really think about it because I don’t think there’s anything really that unusual about our family traditions. We just all get together — my sons and my parents. My father, unfortunately, just passed away a couple of months ago. But, it would have been with my parents, and my brother and an occasional stray cousin. Now, it’s everyone the same — minus my beloved father.   I might add, it just so happens the day we’re recording this (it’s not when this is going to be running), but today happens to be the first day of Hanukkah. So, shalom to those who are celebrating the Hanukkah holiday. But, for you and me, it’s Christmas.   My holidays … my Christmas is not that much different, but I do remember when Christmas was different. My father came from a very large family. There were 14 children. My father was the second youngest. When I was growing up, we used to get together on Christmas Eve, all of us. When I mean all of us, there were probably close to 100 people. All it was was food, and fun, and playing, and staying up until really late. We got to stay up until we fell. We went to midnight mass. Then we’d come back to my aunt and uncle’s house. They had five kids. There must have been — oh, I don’t know — maybe 50 kids. They were all my cousins. Some of them were first cousins. Some of them were second cousins. It didn’t matter after a while. You kind of lose track. It was an absolute blast. We did this every year, my entire growing up years.   For me, especially having just lost my father — and he was the last one in the 14 children including all of their spouses — it’s a different kind of a Christmas. It’s a reflective Christmas. I will be spending time with some of my cousins who I’m still very close to. Most of them, of course, have their own families. So, it’s not like they’re going to be coming to visit us necessarily, but I will see them during the season. So, they’ll stop by, and we’ll eat, and we’ll hug. We’ll all cry, because we’ve had a couple of deaths besides my father in our family this year. It’s always hard to say goodbye to those that we loved so much.   So, that’s my Christmas this year. It’s still going to be a good one. I have my beautiful sons, and my wonderful husband, and my mother, and brother. That will all work together. I think it will still be a pretty nice tapestry of a celebration.   Kate: That sounds really nice. I know it’s probably a sad holiday this year, maybe more than others for you, but it is so nice to still have family get together. I think that’s one of the things that brings us comfort is having family together during those times.   Joette: We couldn’t do it without them. I couldn’t do it without them. Just being with my cousins over the last couple of months, not only the wake and funeral, but we hang out together. We go to dinner together. They come over and stopover. We’re always calling each other. I have so many cousins I can actually get to pick and choose.   Kate: Wow! That’s great that they all live so close to you!   Joette: Oh yes, it’s great.   Kate: I don’t think that happens very much in families these days.   Joette: No, it doesn’t. And

    IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER: 03:51 Courtney’s story: being an herbalist, using remedies for breech birth, and being a doula 11:40 Bursitis, arthritis, food allergies and their remedies 22:19 Nola’s story with the vole: Ledum and HyperArs for an animal bite 27:30 Reacting versus responding: Don’t panic LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: Birthing Series Part One: Turning a Breech Baby Ditch the Gatorade and Make My Son’s Homeopathic Electrolyte Drink Surviving Infections on the farm with Homeopathy Podcast 34 – Dads with Audacity: These Fathers Know Best! The Secret Life of a Colicky Baby You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Courtney: The moment you start panicking, you’re freaking out and thinking of all the things you have to do and making that mental list. You know, take a deep breath and just realize that the best thing to do is nothing. Just wait. Just wait until you can make that choice rationally. Kate: You are listening to Podcast Number 40 at joettecalabrese.com. Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe and I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” Sometimes we even interview dads with audacity. See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Kate: Today, we have a very special guest joining us. I’m excited to welcome Courtney here with me today. We’re going to be talking about how homeopathy has really changed her life and her family’s life. She’s going to share with us a lot of stories that she has about how she uses homeopathy with her family, everything from animal bites to bursitis, arthritis, and birthing those babies. Courtney, thanks for joining us today. Courtney: Thanks. It’s great to be here, Kate. Kate: We’re excited to hear about your story and get to know you a little bit. Because it’s always, I think, fun for people to get to know some of the people that work with Joette behind the scenes. I’m excited for people to get to meet you and to hear about your story. So, Courtney, where are you from? Courtney: I’m from New York. I live probably about an hour and a half south of Buffalo. Kate: So, you live sort of near Joette? Courtney: Yes, I don’t live far from Joette. Joette lives just outside of Buffalo as well. Kate: You’ve gotten to know Joette by working with her. How many years have you worked with Joette now? Courtney: I’ve worked with Joette for about six years now. I assist in marketing. So, I’ve done Joette’s social media. So, a lot of people who have taken Joette’s classes and are on her student forum page — because Joette, if you’ve taken her class, you can join the online student forum which is hosted off Facebook. I moderate that group along with another girl. So, a lot of her students will probably recognize who I am because I’m often posting on there or commenting on posts or answering questions, that kind of a thing. Also, anytime Joette has a new course that we’re launching, I help launch it, and I take out advertising for it and that sort of thing. Kate: A lot of people probably hear from you but they don’t know that they’re hearing from you. Courtney: Yes. Now, they get to hear my voice. They see my picture. They’ve heard of me that way but now they get to know a little more about Courtney. Kate: Exactly, exactly. I think that’s really fun. It’s interesting. When we were talking, you told me a little bit about yourself as far as your background in natural medicine. You have some pretty interesting things. You’re pretty wise, I think. I look forward to learning from you, because you are a certified herbalist, right? Courtney’s story: being an herbalist, using remedies for breech birth, and being a doula Courtney: Yes, that’s right. Before I came to homeopathy, I was actually really interested in herbs and did a lot of wildcrafting. We live out in the country. So, I would find herbs and make tinctures out of them, and use that as medicine for myself. That was probably right before I had kids. So, I wasn’t really using herbs a lot with my kids. Now, we mostly use homeopathy and have been. Homeopathy is our family’s main source of medicine. It has been for a good five or six years. I found it right before I started working with Joette. We’ve had some really good results — especially with little kids. I have three little kids. I don’t feel like

In this podcast, we cover: 01:08 Introducing Michèle and Christophe 08:34 Homeopathy in France and the US 14:54 Boiron’s role in the growth of homeopathy 20:50 Boiron in India You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Joette: Hi Folks! Today’s podcast is going to be a complete turnaround for me. Normally, I’m interviewed, but this time, I’ll be the one interviewing my two special guests. The reason I’ve decided to do this is multifold. Once you understand who these folks are, it will become clear to you why I wanted to do this so much. So, whether you’re new to homeopathy or an old pro, you’ll appreciate what you’ll learn today because we’re going to be interviewing two key people in the world of global homeopathy. So, let me start with this: You know those little blue bottles of homeopathic medicines that you see at your local supermarket, or health food store, or at your local conventional pharmacy and online? Well, they’re made by Boiron. There is a fascinating and, perhaps to you, an untold story that needs to be revealed here in the US. That is my goal today. I want to start with two super important people, as I said, at Boiron. Introducing Michèle and Christophe First, we have Michèle Boiron. In case you haven’t made the connection yet, she carries the family name of Boiron which makes her super important in the story that she and we are about to tell. So, Michèle Boiron is a pharmacist since 1969. She practiced her profession with passion behind the counter until 2005 — in both homeopathic and allopathic pharmacies. That makes her a little special, folks, especially in the US. Since then, Michèle has traveled the world sharing her experiences with fellow pharmacists in countries such as Brazil, Russia, Tunisia, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Polynesia. Now, of course, she’s in North America. She’s probably done this many times. But, this is a really fascinating thing is that she was made knight of the Legion of Honour by the French Minister of Health in 2008. Now, before we start talking to her, let me also introduce to you, Christophe Merville. Christophe, who is a Doctor of Pharmacology, is the Director of Education and Pharmacy Development at Boiron. In his position, he creates training programs both online and in print for pharmacists and retailers on homeopathic medicines used to treat common health conditions. Before his 20-year career with Boiron, Christophe was a university hospital pharmacist in France, Loire Valley where he obtained three years of clinical experience. He was, of course, born in France. He completed his pharmacy doctorate in Nantes in 1985. He also co-authored several published works and has presented homeopathic topics at scientific meetings. So, I welcome you both. This is really exciting for me and I hope for our listeners as well. If you don’t mind, let’s start with you Michèle. I just have to ask you this question if you don’t mind. I’ve heard you have a reputation for being a troublemaker. I love troublemakers. Michèle: That’s right. Joette: I tell people, they need to have guts, spunk, and moxie. I want to know what the reason is for this reputation. I heard you speak on it recently. So, I’d love to have you share that with us. Why are you such a troublemaker? Michèle: Yes, I am really. I was a troublemaker because I was never satisfied with what I had. I began my story in the family pharmacy in Lyon. In that pharmacy, there were only homeopathic medicines. So, I was not so well with that because as a young pharmacist, I felt there were many other medicines very effective and important. So, I stayed there 10 years and I said, “No, I have to go on my own.” I went and I bought a small pharmacy in this suburb of Lyon, only allopathic drugs and not a single pellet tube. I was happy to say, “I’m going to do what I want.” Joette: I love it. That’s the goal for all of us. Can you tell me a little bit of the legacy of your parents as pharmacists and how that all fit into your life and what Boiron is today? Michèle: You know? I wanted to be an English teacher. You can’t imagine that today, huh? But we had family values. My father was pharmacist. My mother was pharmacist. So, I became a pharmacist. Then I began with my mother in her pharmacy. Afterwards, I had my own pharmacy. I introduced homeopathy in the allopathic pharmacy. Then I came back to the family pharmacy, and there I put conventional medicine in the homeopathic pharmacy. That’s why I am a troublemaker, you know, because I need to get all the medicines and not only a part of that. They always teach me to do what I really wanted to do. So, that’s very important. My father was so much passionate by homeopathy. So, I lived with that. He transmitted that to us, I think. Us three, my two brothers and I are still wo

  In this podcast, we cover: 02:09 Study group and its importance 08:37 Joette talks about poison, toxicity, and curative aspect 14:14 When would we see results 26:10 When it’s not acting as quickly 34:05 Homeopathic resources available You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Kate: It’s Podcast Number 38 at joettecalabrese.com. Here’s what we have coming up: I’m Kate. Today, I’m excited to share with you a discussion I recently had with Joette and Lara. On this podcast, we discussed the benefits of joining a study group and how a study group can bring about a change in thinking for those people in your life who may be skeptical of homeopathy. We also answered a question that is often asked by many of you. If I’m allergic to a substance, can I take a homeopathic medicine that is made from that substance? Finally, we talked about what to expect when using homeopathy for colds and flus and how to be prepared for when an illness occurs. Now, let’s get started. Hey Joette! It’s great to be with you here today. I’m in Wisconsin and you are in Canada, right? Joette: Ontario! Yes, I’m in Ontario, and … Kate: And Lara, she’s joining us today as a special guest. Welcome, Lara. Lara is Joette’s course manager. So, Lara, where are you at? Lara: I’m in New York. Thank you, Kate. Kate: We’re glad that you could be with us today. We’re excited to be able to talk homeopathy together. There is so much good stuff that we have for you guys today. We’re excited to share it with you. So, welcome you guys. Thanks for being here. Joette: Oh, this is fun. Lara: Thank you. Kate: Today, we’re going to be talking about study groups and some of the common questions that you guys ask when you’re taking the study group. Some of the questions that come up over and over again in the courses and just in general, right Joette? People write to you with questions? Joette: On the blog, they come in to the office, absolutely, yes. Kate: So, let’s get started and let’s talk a little bit about study groups in general. I know that we covered this in Podcast Number 18. So, if you guys want some more information on that, you can go ahead and refer to that podcast and review Joette’s history about how she started her study group and then how the Gateway to Homeopathy course developed. Study group and its importance Joette: Yes, let’s talk about it, because I’ll just tell briefly that the way that I started in homeopathy was to start my own study group back in the 80’s. I gathered a group of friends and we met every Thursday night for four years. It was our ladies’ night out essentially, although we didn’t really go anywhere. We went into each other’s living rooms. At one point, we brought a teacher in and she helped us learn. But other times, the teacher wasn’t available, so we went on — on our own. What it did was a number of things. It built a community. That’s really important. If you’ve got someone you can count on to ask questions who may be a little ahead of you or even if that person’s a little behind you in understanding, the value of having other people around you who are of like mind is paramount. Because when you’re stuck at 8 o’clock at night and somebody in your family is really sick with the flu or a cold and you can’t think straight because you’re coming down with it as well — isn’t it nice to have someone you can contact and say, “Oh my gosh, So-and-So, can you tell me what did you use that time that helped your family so much?” So, there is that. There is also your increasing your understanding of cases. Homeopathy is not just understanding the basics of homeopathy, the fundamentals, and then the materia medica, (understanding some of the medicines that are used and also the potencies and frequencies). But, it’s also understanding case-taking, and how soon you give the next dose. How frequently you give it. When you stop, et cetera. And when you hear case after case after case — which is exactly what would be happening by listening to other people’s rendition of their own condition and their family’s conditions — that’s when you learn. So, I remember when I was in homeopathy school, one of our teachers said, “You will never become a homeopath — truly become a homeopath — until you go into practice. The reason that was so clearly stated — and I couldn’t agree more — was that it’s because you got to see different cases than what you’re accustomed to in your own family. You want to see what people who have one child suffer. We want to see what people who have three dogs and what their dogs suffer. Therefore, what we want to do is get all of those incongruent aspects of homeopathy and pull them altogether. That’s what makes homeopathy much more unified, so that it starts making sense. So, you have those aha moments: “Oh, my g

In this podcast, we cover: 02:18 How often to use homeopathy 04:32 Planning ahead 12:23 Appreciating classical homeopathy 16:33 To follow or not to follow a diet You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: It’s podcast number 37 at joettecalabrese.com. Here’s what we have coming up. So, today’s podcast is what we’re calling Part 3 of our Newbies Series. I’m your host today, Paola Brown. Part 1 of this series can be found on Joette’s website under Podcast Number 17. Part 2 was Podcast Number 33. So, today’s podcast is a follow up to those first two. If you have someone who’s interested in starting homeopathy and they’re not sure where to go, maybe you could send them these three podcasts. Also, another great place is to send them to Joette’s quick start guide, which you can find on her homepage under the heading “New to Homeopathy.” So, today we’re going to talk about what makes you prepared with homeopathy, as far as remedies go. Joette talks about how you can be minimally prepared. If you are already minimally prepared, she talks about how you can advance to being super prepared. We also look at how homeopathy should be used. Do you use it for every little fear and sniffle that comes by or not? So, let’s take it from the top with Joette. I’m so happy to be here with you, Joette. Hi. How are you? Joette: Hi. I’m well. This is always great. Paola: This is Part 3 of the little podcast series that we’re doing. We’re focusing on newbies to homeopathy, newcomers. The very first podcast for newbies is Podcast Number 17. That’s one that you recorded back with Jendi. It talks about what is homeopathy, the very foundational questions. Then we had a second podcast, Part 2, and this is Part 3. So, we have a few more questions that we received from some of your listeners and your newcomers to homeopathy. I was hoping you would answer them with me today. Joette: Yes, let’s go. Paola: Some new moms to homeopathy are wondering do we treat every little runny nose or cold symptoms or do we sometimes let it run its course. So, they’re trying to know how often to use homeopathy and when to let the illness do its thing. Like sometimes mucous is okay. It’s getting rid of foreign bodies and germs that are in the bodies. So, can you use homeopathy too much or too little? How often to use homeopathy Joette: I love that question. I’m glad someone asked that because I believe that when someone is enthusiastic about homeopathy, they see results and more results and more results. They can’t wait to get at the next illness in the family. They sometimes get too excited and over-treat. I agree. I think it can be used too often. I think it’s important to let a lot of illnesses just fall to the wayside. Let the colds just be unless they’re really debilitating. Let the child get a fever unless it’s really debilitating. In fact, I have an article. If you Google it: Get Your Kids High. It’s all about allowing a child to get a fever. It is part of their education. I am concerned with the education of the immune system. It’s important that children get illnesses. If it becomes trying, or they’re in a lot of pain, let’s say it’s otitis media; or their eyes are quite swollen, they have conjunctivitis; or the throat that’s a little painful is clearly becoming more like strep because you can smell it and see it, etc.; okay now, it’s time to treat. I don’t treat every little thing. It’s hard to keep yourself from doing that when you’re fresh at this because it’s so much fun because suddenly you have all these power in your hands. But I think it’s best to keep it to a purr instead of a roar. Paola: Both of our friend, Tricia (she’s one of the gals that helps us edit these podcasts), I remember when she got her first homeopathy kit, she said, “I just kind of sit around waiting for one of my kids to get sick.” Joette: Right, for the shoe to fall, yes, that’s right. Paola: Like, “Oh good, let me go get my kit.” Sage advice. Joette: Yes. I also think that you learn faster and better when you’re treating many, so the larger your family, the better. The more livestock you have, the more house pets you have, the more wildlife you treat, you’ll learn a lot faster. You’ll be able to discern what is worthy of treatment, what is worthy of not treatment, and also, what is worthy of getting to the hospital or doctor for. Paola: Right. We have a great podcast on discernment that you can look up and listen to. I think that falls under this too, very good. So, here’s another question. A lot of newbies that are sold and they want to come … and they want to plan ahead. They want to know what is your advice on what it means to plan ahead as far as homeopathy goes. Right away own a kit, the Top 100 Remedy Kit. Planning ahead Joette: At least one kit, at least

In this podcast, we cover: 05:22 The Secret Spoonfuls: Confessions of a Sneaky Mom Story 10:02 Herbalism and Natural Medicine 19:40 Note-taking 21:14 Homeopathic treatment of strep throat, food poisoning, coughs, and canker sores 32:03 Disney World miracle story You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: It’s podcast number 36 at joettecalabrese.com. Today, we’ve got a new episode for the Moms with Moxie miniseries. Joette: All the way from my desk in New York, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me and they’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep your successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporter, Paola, we bring you this mini podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” It’s actually grandmoms, too but it’s Moms with Moxie. See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Paola: I am so excited to be doing another Moms with Moxie interview. This time, I actually have a friend of mine. Now, I have to say that all of the other Moms with Moxie I’ve interviewed have not been personal people that I’ve known before, but Mindy is a gal that I met. She was actually in one of the earlier pilot study groups that we were doing before we released study groups. So, that was fun to get to know her. Mindy is a mom of four. She got her undergraduate in Elementary Ed. She taught a little bit before she got married and started having kids and stayed at home with them. What I really like about Mindy though is that she came from a background where she actually studied a lot of herbalism and wildcrafting — kind of reminds me of Joette who did a lot of that before she found homeopathy. So, let’s just talk about your journey Mindy and how you started and how you ended up with homeopathy. So, welcome. Mindy: Great. Thanks so much. I’m so excited to be here and talking with you. Paola: Okay Mindy. So, you told me earlier that you were not born or raised with alternative medicine. Mindy: Yes, not at all. I went to the doctor just like anybody else for well-checkups, for vaccinations, for all the good stuff. There was never any, “Hey, maybe we could deal with these ourselves.” So, it was trust the system, trust what the mainstream is doing. I didn’t really think much more of it than that. Then I had a certain specific event that happened to my life that changed. When I left home and I went to college, I had the greatest privilege and honor to meet a lady who I called Mumsie. She kind of became my adopted grandma. She just blew me away with her knowledge of natural medicine. I think maybe I had always wondered before, but I never really have done anything about it. She was a student herself at the age of 70 learning about herbal remedies. She would just be throwing stuff at my husband and me, “Oh, you’re sick. Here, take this. I made this special concoction just for you.” Paola: Cute. Mindy: I remember the first time I smelled this remedy that she gave, this herbal salt that she gave to us (that now I use it all the time) but I remember thinking, “This stuff stinks. What is this witch doctor stuff?” Paola: That is so funny, especially being like an older lady. She kind of has that little quirky profile. Mindy: She truly was like a witch doctor in my mind. But I really admired her, the way she walked to the beat of a round drum kind of a thing. She was so passionate about it and just instilled in me a lot of new ideas such as anti-vaccination. She didn’t eat certain foods and especially… there’s just a funny story about my brother who was over there with me. We were eating some of these healthy cookies because every meal was beautifully healthy. He goes to say, “Hey, do you have any …?” And he was going to say milk but he turns and looks at her bookcase. There is this book front and center that says “Milk, The Deadly Poison.” Then we were just like, it’s like, “I guess you don’t have any of that.” Paola: Until recently with the advent of Weston A. Price, the healthy diet was kind of that more vegan, vegetarian. Mindy: Yes. She did eat meat but the idea that milk was not created for us. A lot of times, it would just make people so stuffy and full of crud in their sinuses. That was the answer to that, to just stay away from that cloggy, mucous stuff. So, that made sense to me. I’m like, “Okay, well.” I stopped drinking milk. I started eating a lot better, looking at health better, looking at alternative stuff. Paola: I remember when we were in study groups. We were talking about homeopathy so much. We didn’t talk

In this podcast, we cover: 04:45 Life before Joette and homeopathy 14:03 The Survivalist Guide: carbon monoxide poisoning 23:42 Apis for wound puncture 28:03 Hip issues and Rhus tox You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: It’s another podcast at JoetteCalabrese.com. Today, we’ve got a new episode for the Moms with Moxie miniseries. Joette: All the way from my desk in New York, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep your successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporter, Paola, we bring you this mini podcast series that I call Moms with Moxie. It’s actually grandmoms, too. But it’s Moms with Moxie. See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Paola: I am here with Shannon Gunther. I am so excited to be with you today, Shannon. We’ve gotten to know each other a little bit on the phone and through email. We have a really great podcast for Joette’s listeners. Shannon: I am so excited to be here. Thank you. Paola: Shannon, tell me where you’re from, where you’re living, what state or whatever. Shannon: I am in Northern California. We’re up in the mountains. I am a homeschooling mama with seven kids and of course, a husband. Just getting ready to graduate my third child, so pretty exciting. Paola: Awesome, graduate your third child. So, you’re a little bit ahead of me. I have to say you look just as young as you sound. That is so fun that you can just be so young to enjoy your family. Shannon: Yes, thank you. Paola: Do you have grandkids or anything yet? Are any of your kids …? Shannon: No grandkids, yes. My oldest is going to be 20 and he’s like, “Mom, not yet, stop.” Paola: So, your oldest is 20. Shannon: Well, it’s pretty cute. Paola: Shannon, the first question I like to ask Moms with Moxie like you is why do you love homeopathy. Shannon: Well honestly, when I found it, it completely gave me my life back. I was suffering from some chronic illness and I was at the end of my rope. I’ve tried everything and homeopathy was it. It completely gave me my life back. Paola: Do you feel like you have perfect health now? Shannon: I don’t have perfect health but improvement in my life, just I can function again. It’s going to be a longer journey. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and adrenal fatigue. But I’d tell you, within that first month of starting remedies, I felt like a new person. Paola: So you mean, you’ve been diagnosed with adrenal fatigue by a traditional doctor? Shannon: A naturopath. Paola: A naturopath, okay. Shannon: Of course, there were lots of tests involved and can we for sure be sure. Paola: Right, right. Shannon: But it all was pointing to that with extreme exhaustion and what not. Paola: I’m trying to remember where I read this. It was a homeopathic practitioner (who might have been Joette, I don’t know). They say that your hormones are a three-legged stool. Shannon: Yes. Paola: Your adrenals, your thyroid, and then the other stuff — the progesterone and all that pituitary stuff — and when one of them goes out, the other two were close behind. Shannon: Exactly. It’s just so linked and one will try to help the other and then of course get weakened. So, it’s just like this complex stuff. But I found homeopathy, so it simplified it completely. Paola: You feel like you’re living a robust life and that’s the thing. That’s the key. Joette says it. You’re not going to have perfect health. That doesn’t exist. Shannon: Exactly. Yes, I have my bad days. I have days where I’m definitely more tired. But I can get out of bed. I can feel not as overtaxed. I emotionally am stable. That was just a huge blessing. Paola: That is huge. You’re right. I know. I feel like I also don’t have perfect health, but when I look at what I can accomplish in a week, it’s okay. I’m working on it. We got it. It’s okay. Shannon: Exactly. Paola: Well, let’s talk about … what was your life like before Joette? Let’s go into some more details. Life before Joette and homeopathy Shannon: I had my first child in my 20s and really got into herbs, really loved herbs. They helped with colds that little toddlers get. So, I was just a huge fan. I was into eating really healthy. Then we discovered Weston A. Price, loved that. So, I fell into herbs and the clean eating. That definitely assisted with health. That was great. But fast forward to right after I had my 7th baby. I was right around 30. That’s when all the chronic stuff popped up. So, I found, I went to a naturopath

In this podcast, we cover: 03:35 Casey’s journey with homeopathy 16:10 Broken shoulder, colds, poison ivy, headaches, and food issues 27:06 Mark’s belief in homeopathy and self-healing 32:48 What is bursitis 43:06 Life without homeopathy for Levi and his family 52:36 Iris ver and Mag phos for acid reflux 57:20 Who is Levi Click here to skip ahead and get your Remedy Card. You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: It’s podcast number 34 at JoetteCalabrese.com. We’ve got another “Dads with Audacity” interview for you.   Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe. I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini podcast series that I call Moms with Moxie. Sometimes we even interview dads with audacity. See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy.   Paola: For today’s podcast, we are actually shifting gears a little bit. I’m your host today, Paola Brown. This is going to be our longest podcast. So, you for sure need to save it in a queue the next time you’re going to be on a long drive or you’re folding laundry or definitely if you’re near your husband and you guys have some downtime together. But in today’s podcast, I am interviewing three dads with audacity. The first guy is Casey. I quite enjoyed Casey. An interesting thing about him is he snuck into the background of one of the study group classes I taught. I usually teach it online. So, he was sitting off camera enjoying my class. When I found out about that, I was really excited. I begged him to please be on the podcast. So, you’ll really enjoy Casey’s interview. Next, we have Mark from New York. Mark is an avid sports guy. He talks a lot about how homeopathy fits into his life with his sports and with his family. The final interview we have today is a top-secret interview. His name is Levi. I don’t reveal who Levi is until the very end of the podcast. So, until then, I’ll let you try and guess why I think this dad with audacity is so awesome. Here we go from the top with Casey.   I’m excited to have a “Dads with Audacity” podcast today. I’m here with Casey. He’s from Texas. He is a father of how many kids, Casey?   Casey: We have three kids.   Paola: Three kids. I know your wife actually took the homeopathy study group class that Joette offers. She purchased the curriculum and participated in that. So that’s great. So, tell us about that class. Your wife was taking it and where were you during that time?   Casey: I was looking over her shoulder for a lot of it. I was listening in when I could, to see what I could learn. We were making notes. Yes, it was very informative and we learned quite a bit. To be honest, it was kind of like hitting a fast-forward button and kind of soaked a lot in quickly. So, it was incredibly helpful.   Paola: Good. That’s awesome. I was actually teaching the class for your wife. I remember we ran into you guys and she introduced herself to me, “Oh, I’m Carly. I’m in your class.” Then I realized, and she says, “My husband’s been sitting off camera listening to your class, too.” I think, Casey, you were my first official male that has ever taken my study group class with me. So, I think that was pretty cool.   Casey: I don’t know if that’s good or bad.   Paola: It is a good thing.   Casey: I guess I’m honored.   Paola: Tell us. Why do you think that is the case that so many dads aren’t as interested in homeopathy?   Casey’s journey with homeopathy   Casey: Yes. I’d have to go back a little further to even explain how we arrived at homeopathy and how we even learned about it. It probably started for me well over seven or eight years ago. It was more about a journey to be healthy. My wife and I, for an anniversary trip, flew to San Francisco and drove our way down the coast to LA. When I say drove, what I really should say is we ate our way down the coast. So, it was that typical vacation, anniversary trip where a lot of it was about food.   Paola: Yes, absolutely.   Casey: When we got home, I took a look in the mirror and realized I was into my 30s now and I couldn’t exactly eat and do what I wanted to do. There are going to be consequences for some of my decisions.   Paola: So metabolism is a little different in your 30s.   Casey: It changed, yes. It slowed down a little bit. Couple that with

In this podcast, we cover: 04:15 Differentiating between homeopathy and natural medicine 18:30 All About Dosing 26:20 Aggravation 30:45 Proving 36:50 The Banerji Protocols Editor’s Note: References made within the podcast’s audio to the previous podcast “New to Homeopathy Part I” should refer to Podcast 17 instead of Podcast 7. You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: It’s Podcast Number 33 at joettecalabrese.com and here’s what we have coming up. I’m really looking forward to sharing this podcast with you today. Joette and I got to geek out over why we love homeopathy. So, today’s podcast focuses on subjects that newcomers to homeopathy might appreciate. At the beginning of this podcast, we look at how we can distinguish natural medicine from homeopathy. We also spend some time talking about how some people have a hard time accepting the fact that these homeopathic remedies are so diluted and yet still work. We talk a little bit about how the term nano for nanoparticles are more accepted today. But why wait for society to catch up and accept the terminologies of homeopathy? Instead, just use it right away and just uproot your illness. Then the meat of the podcast comes from you, Joette’s listeners. We get into several questions that are coming from newbies to homeopathy. Alright, so here we go. Hi. I’m happy to be here with Joette recording another podcast. Joette: Hi Paola. Yes, it’s fun. I love doing this, too. We say that every time but they really are fun. It’s just like a natural conversation. Paola: It is fun. I enjoy your mind, Joette but also very much enjoy your friendship. So, this is fun. Joette: It goes both ways. Paola: We’re taking a step back with this podcast, not a step back as in a step down but just like pausing and we’re looking at the big picture in this podcast. I think it’s important to do because every day, Joette, you are getting new listeners, new people that are jumping in the middle of things. So, this podcast takes an opportunity to look at the new person who’s new to homeopathy. For those of you who aren’t new, you need to revisit the old stuff. Joette: Not only that, Paola, but I find that it is useful even if you’re a person who’s been doing this for 25 years. It’s amazing how you will learn something new even if you get one little pearl that can be useful. Interestingly, I found some tapes. I mean tapes, little cassette tapes that I had studied on homeopathy from back in the early 80s. I found them in my closet. I pulled them down. I’ve got an old car that still actually has a tape player in it. So, I thought, “Gee, why don’t I see what’s on here. Let’s see how I think differently now.” So, I’ve been listening to these tapes for the last several days in my car and loving it because even if there’s one little bit on Aconitum that I hadn’t considered before or one little aspect of Bryonia. These are medicines I had to memorize in order to get my degrees. So, it’s not like this is something that I don’t know anything about. But there’s always something more to learn from a slightly different set of words, slightly different language. So yes, there’s always something more to learn. Paola: Absolutely. You said Aconite. One of my favorite things to tell people about Aconite that they don’t always know about, and this is something that I stumbled across, Aconite is the Arnica of the eye. Joette: Yes, ma’am. Paola: That’s really cool information. If you don’t go back to the basics sometimes, you’re going to be stuck with what you know — and then you don’t know what you don’t know. Joette: Right, exactly. Paola: Very good. So, with our newbies in mind especially the structure of this podcast, so I have several questions that a lot of people who are interacting with newbies to homeopathy, these are the kinds of questions they’re getting. The first one is how is homeopathy different from herbs, specifically herbs and then also natural medicine. Differentiating between homeopathy and natural medicine Joette: Well, homeopathy is based on a lot of the botanicals, the botanical world. So, there is a lot of crossover in certain ways. But herbs or botanicals in and of themselves mean that you’re using herbs in their gross form. In homeopathy, we’re getting that herb or mineral or animal venom or something from the periodic table, et cetera and it’s being diluted. Now, we’re not going to go into how it’s diluted and all of that because that is the essence of what homeopathy is about. But it takes it to a different level. You know how when a child is teething? And if you know anything about botanicals, the first herb you might think of would be chamomile or Chamomilla. So, you get it and you make it into a tincture or you make it into a tea, especially a tea because it’s a small

  In this podcast, we cover: 03:20 Starting Homeopathy 09:06 Success stories with Arnica, Ruta, Symphytum, and Nux vomica 15:36 Implementing Joette’s teachings & protocols into the practice of proper nutrition 24:49 Using moderate diet with the remedies You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: It’s podcast number 32 at JoetteCalabrese.com. Today, we’ve got a new episode for the Moms with Moxie miniseries. Joette: All the way from my desk in New York, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep your successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporter, Paola, we bring you this mini podcast series that I call Moms with Moxie. It’s actually grandmoms, too. But it’s Moms with Moxie. See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Paola: I’m very much looking forward to who I’m interviewing today. I have Sheryl Shenefelt with me and she’s an interesting gal. She has been in the holistic alternative health world for quite a while now. I think you were saying, Sheryl, since before you had your own kids, which is every girl’s dream I feel like. Well, every seasoned mom’s dream. I mean, I wish I was down that road before I had kids, too. So, you’re awesome. Sheryl: Oh, thank you. Paola: You’re welcome. So, tell us a little bit about yourself. I know you’re a mom of two. Sheryl: Yes. I have two kids. My daughter is 15 and my son is 11. I’m also an author and a nutritionist. I’ve been working in the nutrition world really since when I was pregnant with my daughter. I’ve also written five nutrition books with a holistic medical doctor, Dr. David Brownstein, mostly on nutrition. We teamed up because I was really into eating real food, more of a holistic lifestyle. I had been studying a lot with the Weston A. Price Foundation. So, we just thought eye to eye as far as how real food could really help people heal along with his holistic treatment. Paola: Now, I know Joette is on the board. She’s an honorary board member of the Weston A. Price Foundation. But you were telling me that you were involved in one of the first chapters of the Weston A. Price Foundation? Sheryl: Yes. Actually, the first chapter was here in Detroit, Michigan. They had only been around for a couple of years and I found them. I actually ended up being on the board of the local chapter and getting really involved, and helping people to find local farmers, and get connected with food. It really just fit right into my practice as a nutritionist. Now, I also use homeopathy. That was the basis of what I do even now. I did a lot more then. Paola: That’s awesome. Yes. We’re going to get into that in how you combined nutrition with homeopathy. But let’s start at the beginning of your journey with homeopathy. I know that you’ve told me you would much rather have homeopathy in your life than not. Tell me about your early experiences with homeopathy and what situations you used at work. Starting Homeopathy Sheryl: I connected with a homeopath while I was pregnant actually. She taught me a little bit about homeopathy. I was already on the page that I wanted to have a natural childbirth but she said that I could do it without any pain meds if I just used homeopathy. So, I ended up using Arnica throughout my whole birth process and it worked. It was amazing. I mean, I can’t say I was pain-free. But I guess I didn’t use any pain meds or do epidural or anything like that. So, I was very happy to have my daughter naturally, the way I had planned. Paola: Oh, that’s awesome. Good old Arnica to the rescue. Sheryl: I know and I still…Arnica is my favorite remedy ever. I use it a lot with my kids, for myself and just for pain or injuries. So, I love it. It’s my go-to. Paola: I know. I always tell people like, “What do you do if you know someone who’s skeptical with homeopathy? I just wait for them to have an accident and use Arnica. Then it’s going to be fine. Then no.” Sheryl: No, no, no. Paola: Yes, then no, no. Arnica – yes, exactly. I mean, if homeopathy were a high school and all the remedies were people, Arnica would be class president, very popular, very successful, easy to use. So that’s awesome. You started working with a homeopath. Did you just pretty much go to your homeopathy appointment every time you got sick or did you ever start trying to transition into using it yourself without the assistance? Sheryl: I did. I really was drawn to homeopathy. Its power gave me a lot of incentive to find ou

    I’m especially excited about this month’s Sunday Podcast. First of all, I’m excited because we’re introducing a new series: Dads with Audacity. We hope that this series can encourage more husbands into the fold, by giving voices to the many men out there who are already supportive of their wives’ use of homeopathy in the family. And, I’m especially excited about this particular Dad with Audacity — because he is my husband, Perry! Maybe your husband will also enjoy meeting him, and getting a glimpse into how important homeopathy has been in our life together. Click here to listen to the podcast or read the transcript of Dads with Audacity: Empowering Wives — and Husbands — with Homeopathy!In this podcast, we cover: 01:14 Presenting Dads with Audacity podcast series 05:25 Let’s all meet Perry Smith 10:52 Perry talks about his background and how he supports Joette and homeopathy 24:23 The bad turkey, the skiing accident, and the bee sting You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: It’s podcast number 31 at JoetteCalabrese.com. We’ve got an exciting new interview series for you called Dads with Audacity.   Joette: Each day from my office, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe. I want to share them with you. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep these successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporters, we bring you a mini podcast series that I call Moms with Moxie. Sometimes we even interview dads with audacity. See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy.   Paola: Alright Joette, we’ve got a pretty special treat for our listeners today. We are launching a new podcast concept. We’re hoping this will inspire listeners to reach out to your podcast team and give us some more content. So, go ahead. Tell us what this new podcast series is going to be about. Presenting Dads with Audacity podcast series Joette: Well, the new series is you know, we have Moms with Moxie and so we thought we ought to have Dads with Audacity. Paola: That’s right. Joette: So with that, we’re looking for and we found several dads who do have audacity and have used homeopathy and/or are using it regularly, and how they support their wives with it, or how they’ve used it independently of them, or how they used it as children, or they’ve used it on the job, et cetera, in their sports events, in the gym, and they share the information. All of that is what we’re looking for from these dads with audacity. Now, just as we use the word, “moms,” we don’t mean necessarily women who have given birth to children, because women have a tendency to be mothers to animals and their neighbors and to livestock, et cetera. So, dads don’t have to be actually a father but they can be men — but we like alliteration. Paola: Actually the D and the D. Joette: Yes, right, right, right. So, it can be men in general. It doesn’t have to be only fathers but most of them turn out to be fathers. So, this is our move forward into embracing a larger extent of the community. Paola: Well, and I also think that when we were developing this concept, Joette, we realized that this is what I see happening, at least in my study groups when I teach it with my students is you’ll get these moms. They will do their homework. They’ll buy the kit and they have the books. They’re all like, “We are ready to go on there,” just crossing their fingers waiting for something to happen. The kid comes out with an ear infection. Then the dad steps in and he ends up sometimes being more of a hindrance than a support. So, we thought maybe it would help these women to help bring their husbands into the fold by giving them voices from other guys, how they navigate the homeopathy waters. Joette: Right, right. Yes, because it is in most families, it turns out to be the woman’s job. So, we’re hoping that the dads if they’re not interested in homeopathy, at least they bow to the understanding that their wives have some expertise in mothering and caring for their children. They’ve taken this task of learning and using and supplying the family with homeopathy to the degree that it would be something that they could respect. Paola: Right, yes. I love that. Joette: A lot of men also tell me … the fathers tell me what they love about is that it cuts their medical bills to a fraction. Veterinary bills can be cut down to a fraction. I think that can make a big difference especially in a world where health insurance may end up being just catastrophic insurance w

In this podcast, we cover: 04:39 Finding Joette’s homeopathy 10:00 Organizing Joette’s blogs 12:25 Success stories and others 18:33 Failures encountered 25:29 Avoiding the ER You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: It’s podcast number 30 at joettecalabrese.com. We’ve got another Moms with Moxie miniseries for you. Joette: All the way from my desk in New York, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me and they’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep your successes a secret any longer. So, with help from my roving reporter, Paola, we bring you this mini podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” It’s actually grandmoms, too but it’s Moms with Moxie. See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Paola: I am so excited to do another Moms with Moxie podcast. Today, we have Heather Stein. Heather is a rock star. She is a homeschooling mom of six. Her oldest is 10 and her youngest is a newborn. I actually tried scheduling this with you, Heather a while ago but you emailed back and said, “Well, I just gave birth like last week or something. So, can we push it out?” So, that was so funny. And you hail from St. Louis, Missouri. Heather: That’s right. Paola: Okay. I have just really enjoyed hearing your story. You seem like a very organized mom that’s on top of it. I think our listeners are going to enjoy hearing about that. So, let’s start. How did you come to find homeopathy? Heather: I came to find homeopathy when I was kind of embarking on natural health in general. My first child was one year old. We found out she had asthma. She had food allergies. She had an ear infection. A mom that I knew recommended just looking into this whole world of natural health which was totally new to me. As I was finding ways to heal my new family more naturally, I kept running into homeopathy. I didn’t understand what it was. It took kind of a learning curve. It wasn’t until a couple of years later, my midwife when I was having my second child was recommending some homeopathic. I said, “I really have to look into this.” So, I started learning more about it mainly just through books that I bought, also through online research. I started using mainly just low potency combination remedies to kind of try to get at some of the acute things that my family was dealing with. Paola: Awesome. That’s a great way to start. So, you knew right from the get-go that homeopathy was different from home remedies, natural remedies, how people lump those together. Heather: Yes, the Latin names really helped to set it apart for me that these things are all grouped together and there’s something different. Paola: Good for you. Yes. I have always had a sense that it was different. Thanks to my mom. But it’s important for anyone who’s listening to know that when you talk about homeopathy, we all get so familiar with it that we forget that other people might think it’s home remedies or whatever. So, you told me that you have a background in psychology and that homeopathy really made sense to you and influenced you to kind of continue pursuing it. So, tell us about that. Heather: Yes. So, I naturally kind of went to psychology as a major in college. I got a Bachelor’s in that. I just kind of had a little bit of a natural gift there and enjoyed figuring out how people check, and looking at the emotions, and how those fit together for people. So, when I was looking at homeopathy, I got really excited to find out that there was something more that I could do besides acute. So, I kind of started delving into classical a little bit because I saw how homeopathy looked at not just what was happening with the body but what was happening with the mind as well. So, that kind of got me involved a little bit further into homeopathy. I started looking at classical remedies. I had some success with it. I think because of my psychology background, it kind of made sense to me. But it was still a little bit hit or miss. I never really had too much confidence that the remedy was going to work. But I had enough confidence and enough successes that I felt like I was going to stick with it and keep trying and keep learning. Paola: Good for you. That’s exactly right. I think that’s wonderful that you kept pursuing it. Joette does talk about how often when you have someone that’s sick, their mental state, their emotional state will shift before the general state shifts. My daughter once was angry. I remember she made eye contact with me and like screamed into my face. I was l

In this podcast, we cover: 03:30 Lyme disease, its origin and remedies 08:31 Joette shares her take on Lyme disease 17:37 Treating the symptoms like fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, leaky gut 22:20 Symphytum and Rhus tox for joint pain 24:13 Coinfections, Lyme testing 29:19 Some more Q&A You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition.   Paola: It’s Podcast 29 at joettecalabrese.com. Today, we’re going to talk about Lyme disease. For today’s podcast, we’ve taken a lot of questions that people have submitted to Joette about Lyme disease. So, before we get into the questions, we’re going to spend a little bit of time defining how Joette views Lyme disease — using her lens of homeopathy. So, we’re going to look at Lyme disease and how it’s affected the news and the media. We’re going to look at chronic Lyme disease versus acute Lyme disease. An interesting tidbit: we’re going to learn about where the word Lyme disease came from. Then we’re going to delve into your questions. I think this is going to be a great episode. So, here we go. Hi! I’m here with Joette. I’m excited to do another podcast with you, Joette. Hi! Joette: Yes. I always look forward to these, Paola. Paola: Thank you, me too. Today’s topic is a really hot button topic especially this summer. Have you heard about kind of the frenzy around Lyme disease this summer? Joette: Oh yes, it’s everywhere. Paola: I think the media is saying that this is going to be one of the worst summers for Lyme disease. Joette: I have heard of that. But the news says Zika is going to kill every child; that SARS is going to make you cough your guts out; that Legionnaires’ is … I mean, they do this every year. Paola: Yes. When I was in high school, it was the bird flu. Joette: Swine flu, bird flu, Asian flu, we’re all doomed. We’re just doomed. So, I never paid much attention to that. I mean, it’s every single year there’s a scare. I think it happens for a couple of different reasons. We won’t go into that in this particular podcast. But I think there are reasons for all of that. Paola: Well, I feel like if anyone here is listening, they might feel like you were right on those other diseases. But they might feel like Lyme disease is a legitimate concern. Joette: All of them are legitimate concerns. Paola: Oh, okay. Joette: Do you know what I mean? When you think about it, SARS, that’s a legitimate concern. People were dying in Toronto, or so they said. We don’t really know. We never really got the end. I don’t mean to say that they’re lying. I’m not attaching myself to a conspiracy theory. But we don’t really know the end numbers to these kinds of things and what really occurred. Paola: Yes. They’re not well-reported. Joette: No matter what it is, it’s a threat. Lyme is generally not life-threatening, so, we can put that aside. It doesn’t kill people. I mean, could you die from Lyme? I suppose it’s possible. But, it doesn’t have a high mortality rate. It’s more a chronic condition. Paola: Yes, more of a life-altering condition. Joette: Yes. Paola: I have here a number of great questions that our social media team has been collecting in regards to Lyme disease. I want to go through some of these. But basically, I want to review your position on Lyme disease so that our listeners who might be new to you, Joette, can understand. What is your position on Lyme disease as far as treating it with homeopathy? Do we treat this broad, chronic Lyme disease? Joette: Here’s the thing: Is it Lyme because someone just got a bull’s-eye rash and they just pulled a tick off of their arm a few days ago? Or are we talking about this chronic Lyme that they’re discussing? Paola: Okay. Well, let’s talk about acute first. Lyme disease, its origin and remedies Joette: Okay, which is the Lyme that I’ve written about on my blog. I knew that there was such a thing as chronic Lyme, but it wasn’t as big as it has been in the news, et cetera, when I wrote that original blog some three years ago. So, the way I looked at Lyme generally (even though I knew it could go chronic — we understand that) is that Lyme is from a bacteria from a deer tick. And, I know that any kind of insect bite, pretty much, you use Ledum palustre. That’s what I wrote in my blog, Ledum palustre 200C. I would urge people to go to that blog because I’ve got the entire protocol laid out there. Now, I live in the country. We have 15 acres. We’re in New York State. The next state over is Connecticut. Lyme, Connecticut is where it got its name because it became so big in Lyme, Connecticut area. Paola: Oh Lyme, Connecticut is actually … Joette: A town in Connecticut. Paola: Interesting. Joette: So, my father-in-law had Lyme. They were in Connecticut when he got it some 30 years ago. I said it on a podcast recent

  Along the way, I learned to not just throw a homeopathic medicine at the condition. Be smart. Keep tight notes. Assess properly. Today’s podcast will give you some of my best tips on how to stay on point when treating allergies. Warmly, P.S. Should you be interested in my course, Allergic?!, click here and be sure to scroll down that page where you’ll find a free infographic plus syllabus. http://allergies.joettecalabrese.com. In this podcast, we cover: 02:32 Joette’s philosophy on allergies and allergy testing 08:21 The two pronged method 16:51 Assessing after eight weeks 27:52 Buster’s milk intolerance and Argentum nitricum You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: It’s podcast 28 at joettecalabrese.com. We’ve got a great episode for you. Joette and I were really burning the midnight oil when we’ve recorded this podcast this week. Joette circles around two important topics tonight. She talks about allergies. The second topic, I’ve noticed from my interactions with her lately that it’s really been on her mind and she is really trying to get this message across to her students. The topic is patience and assessing a case. What Joette is helping me understand more and more is that if you don’t assess a case properly, you might miss out on the whole value and power of homeopathy. So, let’s take it from the top and hear what Joette has to say about this. Alright, so here we go. Hi, Joette. We’ve had a really busy week here on allergies, allergies, allergies. How are you doing? Joette: I’m doing well. This is always great, Paola. Paola: Thank you. Yes, so we’re relaunching your wonderful course, Allergic. That means that the first time you did it, it was live. So, we have the live students. Now, what we’re releasing is the recording of that live course with all the students who had asked questions during that session and all the notes and everything. Joette: Right. We’ve got lots of feedback and that’s helped us a great deal. Paola: In what way do you mean? Joette: Well, it helped us. For one thing, we have time stamped it. I know that that is useful to students. That was a suggestion by one of the students. So, we made it available to those who already have the course but now, that’s how we’re representing it with those kinds of finishing touches to make it easier to reference. Paola: So, time stamping is like the index so you can go to the minute and the second that they talked about a given subject. Joette: Right. Paola: Good. I think that’s actually very great. We’re doing that actually to all the courses now, too but this will be one of the first ones that have it upfront. That is exciting. So, talk about allergies. I feel like this is something that you get a lot. The question of I’m allergic, so I need to find out what I’m allergic to, to then suppress it or avoid it or whatever. You have a very different philosophy when it comes to allergies. Joette’s philosophy on allergies and allergy testing. Joette: Yes, because I think that by and large, most people know what they’re allergic to. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it out. So, I don’t know that testing is always mandatory or even necessary because it’s actually sometimes even unneeded. Let me give you an example. I went for testing. I’ve had allergies or I had allergies since I was six weeks old. So, I had lots of tests. It was pretty clear what I was allergic to back then. We’re talking about the early 50s. I was allergic to chocolate and milk and feathers and dusts, wool, dander, and animals, and fur, the usual milk, orange juice. So, it was pretty clear. My parents did not know at that time because I was so young. So, I suppose it was useful. In one way, it was useful and in another way, it just made my parents nuts because now what? She can’t even have wheat. What can she eat? There’s nothing left. Then I got lots of shots. Because of that information, I was given lots and lots of shots. So, it didn’t help me. It just made me scared and angry and I hated going to the doctors because I knew I was going to get 16 shots. It was always 16 in this tray. It was very scary. I have little, skinny arms. So, I went regularly. It never made any difference. I still had eczema everywhere. So then, as an adult, I went back and got tested again for allergies thinking, “Well, maybe something new has come up.” I mean it has been 30 years. Maybe science has changed and they can help me and give me more information. So, when I was about 29 or 30, I had testing done again. I actually knew what I was allergic to then. I didn’t have problems with wool but I did have problems with dusts. That was around too much. But what I was really allergic to by then was chemicals. I couldn’t be around dryer pads and perfumes and new car sme

If you have allergies, remember that modern medicine has written you off. The CDC itself will tell you: “There is no cure for allergies. Strict avoidance of the allergen is the only way to prevent a reaction.” I lived decades living in a bubble, dealing with my allergies. Things improved when I stopped taking prescription drugs and changed my diet, but I was not cured. So, I kept searching until I found the thing that changed my life forever: homeopathy. Want to learn the same homeopathic steps I took to clear myself of allergies? Learn them today and use them tonight with my newest course: Allergic?!: http://allergies.joettecalabrese.com/allergic/ and download a free infographic, and start learning what remedies could help uproot your allergies. In this podcast, we cover: 01:30 The anaphylaxis reaction 07:15 Meeting with Joette and starting homeopathy 13:38 Elevated liver enzymes 16:58 Chelidonium 6 and Carduus marianus (milk thistle) for damaged liver 21:22 Food allergies and Apis 35:35 Joette’s courses 37:53 Sharing homeopathy with others You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: We have a great “Moms with Moxie” podcast. I’m here with the delightful, Tina Gill who has some wonderful experiences and stories to share with us. Hi, Tina. Tina: Hi. Paola: Alright, so here’s my first question. I like to ask all my Moms with Moxie, what do you love about homeopathy? Tina: Oh good God. What don’t I love is going to be easier to answer. What I love about homeopathy primarily is that it’s giving me my power back. I’ve always been a healthy and a productive, proactive woman and considered fit and healthy. All of a sudden, my body went haywire. I don’t know what to exactly point a finger at. It could have been menopause. But I experienced anaphylaxis that put me in the hospital three times in 90 days. It just threw me in a no man’s land where I thought I had lost my power. Through homeopathy, I’ve been given my power back, my health, and happiness, and joy, and hope. Paola: I remember you telling me that you were so scared because it felt like it came out of nowhere. Tina: Yes. Paola: I mean we know better. We know that everything we did leading up to it, the antibiotics or whatever was kind of setting the foundation for this to come. But you were waiting for death. You were so scared. The anaphylaxis reaction Tina: Oh my goodness, yes, because I lived on almonds and was popping almonds in my mouth one morning like to the tune of 30 or 40 because it was going to hold me over to lunch. I was on a two-hour car ride to my daughter’s house. That was going to be my breakfast. All of a sudden, I started blowing up and itching and then having a hard time breathing. I looked in the mirror and realized I’m in anaphylaxis. The fear of dying alone in my car was overwhelming. So, I dialed 911. I get a gentleman that leads me to the nearest ambulance. I missed the road to the ambulance but I could see it on the other side of a cornfield and just drove my car through a cornfield to get to that ambulance. I jumped out of my car. I handed my keys and say, “I’m having an allergy reaction.” They just looked at me and said, “No kidding.” Paola: Oh my gosh. Tina: Yes, they threw me in the ambulance. They rushed me to the emergency room. Paola: Did they have like Epi stuff, whatever. Tina: Yes. Actually, I was really shocked. We had to have someone meet us halfway to the emergency room with Benadryl to shoot me to get me to the emergency room. It was that close and that scary. Paola: That’s crazy. Tina: Yes. Paola: Don’t ambulance have like Tylenol, Advil, Benadryl? Isn’t that like standard? Tina: I guess not. Paola: Oh my gosh. Tina: Not in my situation, it wasn’t. Paola: Here’s the thing. I have always felt like before homeopathy, yes, I just have my 911. We live in this wonderful country of the United States. 911, I’m just one ambulance ride away and the ambulance will help us. But this goes to show that no, you need to be prepared and have an alternate plan at all times. Tina: That also leads me to my message. I want to convey that I used to live in fear to what if there was a natural, a national catastrophe. All of a sudden, you can’t get your medicine anymore because prior to homeopathy, I was living on synthetic drugs. I went through that path of two shots a week for three years, having to sit in the allergist’s office in case I had a reaction. I lived on Singulair and an inhaler and nose spray and Zyrtec and cortisone cream just to function, to be able to breathe. Before I got back on the care, I used to have to sit up and sleep because if I lay down, I couldn’t breathe. If I would laugh, I sounded like I smoked three packs of cigarettes a day. It was horrible and embarrassing. It affects the quality of your l

In this podcast, we cover: 05:23 Facing fears through education 11:55 Sticking with the chosen remedies and respecting the protocols 20:40 Being organized, consistent, and having distance 25:47 Homeopathy is relatively safe 29:56 Classical training and combination remedies 36:10 A case of suppression You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: It’s podcast number 26 at joettecalabrese.com. Here is what we have coming up. Hi, it’s Paola here. I’m really looking forward to Joette’s podcast today. We’re going to look at two important subjects. The first one looks at selecting a remedy and learning how to commit to that remedy. In other words, we’re trying to avoid running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Then the second subject we’re going to talk about is really important. It looks at whether or not Joette’s practical homeopathy, the Banerji Protocols and other protocols like that, whether or not they are safe when you compare them to classical homeopathy. This is an important subject because you really want to be confident and comfortable when you’re doing Joette’s style of homeopathy. Okay, so here we go. Hi. I’m excited to be here with Joette again. Hi, Joette. How are you? Joette: Hi Paola, very well. How about you? Paola: Good, good, and good. Alright, so we’ve got another podcast today for you guys, another homeopathy nugget that we’re going to learn and discuss today. Today’s subject is running around like a chicken with its head cut off. I think it’s Lara that first coined that term in one of the classes. Lara is the gal that Joette teaches the classes with. So, go ahead and jump into that, Joette. What does Lara mean by that? Joette: Well, I think what she’s talking about, I think this is what we’ve all been subject to especially as mothers and grandmothers is that we try a homeopathic medicine, or we try a certain food, or we try whatever modality we’ve decided we’re going to start with and we don’t see instant relief. Say it’s our child. Because we’re so closely connected to our children and grandchildren, we can’t help but want instant relief. It’s horrible to see our children suffer. So, we want something to happen now. Instead of waiting the prescribed certain amount of time for a homeopathic medicine to act, we say, “Well, maybe it wasn’t that.” We second guess ourselves. “Maybe it really wasn’t Hepar sulph. What if I was wrong? What if it really was Arsenicum album?” So then, we go to Arsenicum album. We never gave Hepar sulph a chance. Let’s talk about it as an acute situation. So, let’s say for sore throat. So, we automatically go to for example, Hepar sulph, which is a very good choice for many kinds of sore throats. If we don’t see a reaction, we think, “Uh-oh, we’re doomed. We got to go to something else.” We say, “Okay, I can’t stand it. The child is crying.” Here’s what I urge mothers, grandmothers, parents to do. Take a chill pill. Calm down. Paola: By chill pill, you mean probably an Ignatia, right? Joette: Probably. I’m giving it to you rhetorically. Take a chill pill. Calm down. If the child is not dying, if they’re not hemorrhaging, you’re not rushing on the way to the hospital, and all it is is a sore throat or an ear pain or teething, or sleeplessness. I realize how horrible these can be on a family when somebody in that family is not well or they’re out of sorts. But you have to learn how to assess what is really dangerous and what is not. I harken back to Dr. Robert Mendelsohn, his book, How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor. He was not a homeopath. He was a pediatrician. He died some couple of decades ago. Buy his book. I repeat this book all the time because this is where you get your guts, spunk and moxie or another way of putting it, of calming down over every little thing the child has. Let me bring it in from my counter perspective. Have more kids because if you only have one, every little thing is a catastrophe. I see it all the time. I know how it was for me when I had one child. The more kids I had, the more it rolled off the back of my back. Because it was something that I’d seen enough times now, croup didn’t scare me anymore. Ear infection didn’t frighten me. Teething didn’t freak me. I got accustomed to it. But if you don’t have the advantages of having more than one child, then by all means, you want to read Robert Mendelsohn’s book. I don’t mean once. Keep it by your bedside. Read it time and time again. Because if you are freaking and you’re acting like a chicken with its head cut off, you’re going to make poor decisions. Your decisions will be made out of fear. You will jump from remedy to remedy, modality to modality. In the end, you’ll have a mishmash. In Italian, it’s called a [0:05:00], a mess. Paola: Right. Well, there’

In this podcast, we cover: 04:33 Barb’s introduction to homeopathy and the Arnica basket 14:10 Joette’s influence with Kali carb for asthma 21:09 More Arnica experience: uterine fibroid 24:51 Using remedies on horses and tips on how to administer them 31:51 Childbirth and labor You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: It’s another podcast at joettecalabrese.com. Today, we’ve got a new episode for the Moms with Moxie miniseries. Joette: All the way from my desk in New York, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me and they’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep your successes a secret any longer. So with help from my roving reporter, Paola, we bring you this mini podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” It’s actually grandmoms, too but it’s moms with Moxie. See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Paola: Hi. I’m excited to have another “Moms with Moxie” interview. Today, we have Barb Rigelhof, hailing from the state of Washington. Hi, Barb. Barb: Hi. It’s nice to see you, Paola. Paola: I know. I’m so glad to be chatting with you. I love doing these little interviews because I want others to see and Joette wants others to see that normal moms, if you study this, you can become pretty awesome. I’m excited to hear your stories. Tell us about how you came to find natural medicine and homeopathy. Barb: Right. The natural medicines came about because I’m blessed and cursed at the same time that regular medicine doesn’t tend to work on me. I get side effects and no results. At some point, I started looking into natural medicine. I have a science background so I looked at herbs. I looked at sort of everything except homeopathy because homeopathy being energy medicine, so I was kind of woo-woo. And so, being a science snob, I was like, “Oh, that’s just perfect. Whatever.” So I didn’t look at that. It was when a friend of mine who dragged me to a talk by a homeopath back in Montreal where I’m from, she took me to this talk and this homeopath just blew me away. She had been a nurse for 35 years, and also French-Canadian lady, awesome, awesome speaker. Just what she was talking about just blew me away. So, I started thinking, “Okay. Maybe I do need to look into this homeopathy stuff.” It was in my face all the time. I kept putting it aside. So, I did start working with that. When I started trying it out, it was first on my dog. There’s no placebo effect on animals. That’s one of the things they always talk about with homeopathy. Oh, it’s the full effect. Paola: Yes. Barb: Yes. Try telling that to a dog. I don’t think you can convince a dog that what you’re doing is going to help them. They just either get better or they don’t. I had some great results. So then I started using it for myself and this was before I had kids. By the time my kids came along, I was really starting to get much more proficient with it. So, my kids were raised largely with homeopathic remedies. Paola: Oh, I’m so jealous. That is my dream story, that I found homeopathy before I have my kids, practiced on some animal, got comfortable with it. Barb: That’s just because I’m older than you, Paola. I found it and then I had my kids. That’s all. Paola: Well, that’s wonderful, I think. I meet moms even today that have just one tiny baby. I’m like, “Oh, you’re so lucky you met me and I get to share this with you.” So that’s great. I like that you had a science background. It is funny how we just dismiss homeopathy until we realize that maybe we don’t know it all. Barb: Yes, exactly. Yes, it’s that science indoctrination. Really, we’re not even looking at evidence. We’re just going with what we’ve been told. Paola: Right. Barb: We just spoon feed it along and now at some point, you go, “Oh, wait a minute. Well, I actually don’t know anything about this. Maybe there’s something to it. Paola: Right. I think that’s why people do the herbs and the essential oils first because in our heads, it makes more sense. Barb: Most allopathic medicines come from herbs or plants or something. We know that. So, using the herbal form is less of the mind shift. Paola: Right. I think the biggest thing that people need to grasp with homeopathy, just step one is understanding we’re not trying to kill the infection, which a lot of times garlic, herbs, and antibiotics -. I was kind of thinking along those lines. We’re thinking about changing the terrain so that your body can’t host the illness anymore. Barb: Exactly. We’re not suppressing. We’re actually helping the

In this podcast, we cover: 02:58 Getting a conventional diagnosis and some examples 18:11 Hencing/theorizing: stop trying to answer the whys 24:42 Homeopathy and the concept of baking a cake 28:21 Neophytes and the study of classical homeopathy 34:00 The importance of repetition You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: It’s podcast 24 at joettecalabrese.com. Right from the get-go, we want you to know that Joette’s podcasts are now available on Google Play, Blubrry, Stitcher, and Tune-in Radio. We’ve got a great episode for you. Today, we’re going to look at some topics that Joette feels bear repeating. First topic looks at getting a conventional diagnosis and Joette gives us some good examples of what she means. Then the second topic is pretty closely related to the first where Joette is looking at what she calls these ‘hencers’. So I have foggy brain and low vitamin D, hence, I need to supplement with vitamin D. So she looks at that more carefully. Finally, the third topic is the concept of knowing when you can use a protocol and knowing when for a chronic condition or even I guess an acute, you should be seeking professional help from a homeopath. So she wants us to know what our limitations may or may not be. Now, if you’ve heard these topics before, don’t assume that you already understand them. Today’s discussion came about because Joette has been receiving repeated questions in relation to these subjects. So you may think you get them but hopefully today’s episode will prove useful for you as you gain a deeper understanding of them. Okay, so here we go. Hi, I’m here with Joette. How are you, Joette? Joette: I’m well, Paola. Nice to be here with you. Paola: We’ve just been brainstorming and planning today’s podcast and we’ve got a real great one for you guys today. It is going to be on things we’ve said before, topics that bear repeating that Joette has talked about over and over again. We think it is a great time to remind you guys about some important subjects. We have three that we’re thinking of. Joette: Yes, sometimes things need bear repeating. As we learn, we think we understand and then a year later, we didn’t embody it fully. We have to go back and think it through again and commit it to our thinking structure. Paola: Well, homeschooling classical world, we have grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric. The grammar stage is when you’re first understanding the concept and you’re getting the vocabulary down and just the very basics. The dialectic is where you’re starting to ask questions about it and like you said starting to embody it. Then rhetoric is where you can really teach it and talk about it and have an authoritative position. I think the only way you get through those three levels is to repeat it and to hear it again and again. Joette: Well repetition is the mother of knowledge. Really, that’s just what it boils down to. Getting a conventional diagnosis Paola: So here we go. We have three topics we want to cover. The first one is the topic of getting a conventional diagnosis for any condition that you were trying to use homeopathy with. Joette: Yes. This is a hard and fast rule but there are always exceptions to every rule. So, if you get sore throats consistently and you’ve gone to the doctor many times and the doctor reports, “Yes, indeed, it’s strep,” do you need a diagnosis every single time you get a sore throat? Well, after a while, it’s pretty clear. It’s a strep throat. But if you’ve never had a sore throat and wondering if it’s strep, then it might be a good idea to get someone’s opinion who sees this consistently. Now, if you’ve seen it consistently, I would say you’re a pretty good measure. But if you haven’t then go to someone perhaps who has. Paola: Right. We’ve talked about before, getting those rapid strep tests from Amazon. That might be a good try. Joette: Love it, love it. Yes, yes, same thing with urinary tract infections. Those can be dangerous. So if you’ve never had one before, it might be a good idea to find out if indeed it is a urinary tract infection. Sometimes it’s just obvious as can be. So, I’ve gone without seeing conventional doctors for many years. I know what’s happening generally speaking but sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I have no idea what’s going on. So I really do need someone who has more expertise than I do in that particular area. So you have to weigh it out. Paola: I think a good example for me at least is skin conditions. I feel like sometimes red rashy skin looks like a red rashy skin. I don’t know is it rosacea. I mean, hives are pretty obvious, right? But is it rosacea? I mean, I was just helping a friend of mine. We’re doing a protocol for her eczema. Then suddenly, she got this terrible rash all over her. I thought, “Oh my gosh. What

In this podcast, we cover: 02:00 Kate’s Favorite Remedies 08:08 How homeopathy cured her daughter from her illnesses 14:28 Sharing some amazing homeopathic experiences 23:23 Kate’s accident and how Arnica and Hypericum helped a lot You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola: It’s another podcast at joettecalabrese.com. Today we’ve got a new episode for the Moms with Moxie miniseries. Joette: All the way from my desk in New York, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me and they’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep your successes a secret any longer. So with help from my roving reporter, Paola, we bring you this mini podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” It’s actually grandmoms, too but it’s moms with Moxie. See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Paola: Alright. I’m here with Kate Bechard from Wisconsin. I’m very happy to have her. Kate has a lot of knowledge about homeopathy and some pretty extreme experiences with it which probably weren’t fun at the time but they’re fun to talk about now that everything turned out well. She is a mother of two children. One’s a teenager and one’s entering their teenage years. She loves horses. They do a lot of activities with their horses. They love music. Kate says that she is passionate about healing and learning. Welcome, Kate. Kate: Thank you. I’m glad to be here. Paola: Yes. Joette and I both think you’re definitely a mom with moxie. Yes, it’s real good and we love moms with moxie because you guys are willing to do what it takes to learn and take on the challenges. Kate, we’ve been talking a lot about homeopathy leading up to this interview. Share with us. What are your favorite remedies and maybe tell us why. Kate: With homeopathy, I get super excited. I think it’s super hard to have just a few favorite remedies. Don’t you? Paola: Yes. Kate’s Favorite Remedies Kate: This is a challenge. But I will tell you just a couple. Of course, Arnica. Who could live without Arnica, right? You have kids. You have animals. You need Arnica. Paola: Right. Kate: So definitely, I have to have that with me at all times. Paola: A lot of people have Arnica and they don’t even know they’re using homeopathy. That’s how popular Arnica can be. Yes. Kate: It is. That’s why I hate to say it’s a favorite remedy but it’s so important for accidents. We’ll get into that a little bit later. Paola: Yes. Kate: So Arnica is one of my favorites. Arsenicum is another one of my favorites. My kids actually have not had the stomach flu in five years. I attribute it to God and Arsenicum because pretty much every time they tell me they have a tummy ache, I tell them to take some Arsenicum. Paola: Right, great for tummy aches and kind of gastrointestinal issues. Kate: Another favorite remedy that I have is Ledum. That is a remedy that I use quite often as well for bee stings, bug bites, tick infections, things like that. So, it’s definitely one of my go-to remedies. Paola: That’s awesome. I love it. I’m always surprised at how much Ledum helps, sometimes even more than Apis when it comes to bee stings which is kind of counter intuitive because Apis is from bee sting but often Ledum is the one that acts a little bit better. Kate: Right. Yes, I have found that to be true as well. Yes, definitely you consider Ledum if you got any sort of bite and inflammation from the bite. Paola: Okay, so it feels like you’ve been doing homeopathy for a long time, even maybe before you learned about joettecalabrese.com. So, tell us how long you’ve been doing homeopathy. Kate: I have been studying homeopathy for about six to seven years now. At first, when I learned about homeopathy, I learned about classical homeopathy which is where you would take and use one remedy at a time. You look at everything about a person’s psychological, emotional, physical. I remember being frustrated in the beginning because it takes so much time to figure out the right remedy because you have to look at every symptom and there are thousands of remedies to choose from. So, when my kids would have a cough, it would take me about 45 minutes to try and figure out what to give them for the cough. Paola: Wow! Kate: So, Joette has rocked my world. She has changed our lives. This morning, when I was thinking about our interview, I was even emotional because I was so thankful for how she has changed our lives with what she teaches. When I met Joette, I found her on the internet and then I actually had a consult with her for one of my child

In this podcast, we cover: 03:22 Writing down information and fine-tuning them 13:48 Homeopathy transcends other methods of medicine 18:50 Assessing the case 27:05 How long before a remedy acts 34:59 Figuring out the conditions 41:30 The importance of note taking to determine one’s improvement   Paola: It’s podcast number 22 at joettecalabrese.com. Here’s what’s coming up. Joette: Dig around a little bit but if it doesn’t come up, don’t theorize. “Oh well, then it must be mercury. Oh well, you still have amalgams in your teeth. It’s got to be that.” Not really, it could be a gazillion thing and then you listen more. I have joint pain, all of those things you want to actually jot down but at the top of the page, you’re jotting down the ideas of the medicines that come to mind. The message is that homeopathy transcends the other methods of medicine. Paola: The goal of today’s podcast is to walk you through the case taking process for a chronic condition. At the time of this recording, Joette is in the middle of teaching the Allergic?! course and this podcast is turning out to be a homework assignment for the students taking that class. But this podcast really also benefits all of Joette’s listeners. So, the steps we’ll explore begin with listening to the case and taking notes on the person’s ailments. She emphasizes that it’s important to even write some of the exact verbiage that the person uses to describe their ailments. Joette recommends that we write down to what degree the person is suffering like on a scale of 1 to 10. Then as you’re listening to the person express themselves, you may think of protocols that might fit their conditions. So, while you’re hearing them and while you’re taking notes on the case, in the corner of the page, you’re supposed to be writing down what protocols might apply to them. So this is a brainstorming process. Then after you’ve completed taking the case, you take some time to look at those potential protocols and edit them down to the most important ones that you want to prioritize. Finally, once you’ve set around four protocols for that person, you need to commit to them to them for six to eight weeks. So that’s the Reader’s Digest version of what we’re going to discuss in today’s podcast. Joette is going to really take some time to tease apart each of those steps so that we can understand them more deeply. You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. All right, here we go. Hi Joette. How are you? Joette: Hi Paola. I’m doing well. Paola: For those of us who signed up for your Allergic?! Course, we’re well into it, I think past the halfway point. Joette: Yes. Paola: It’s been a fascinating course. I have pages and pages of notes. Joette: Oh good girl, Paola. Paola: Yes, I love it. But you’ve been giving us some homework for that course, the last podcast’s homework and this podcast tonight is some homework for the students. But you were saying that this would apply to just anyone and the Allergic?! students as well. Joette: Yes. This is the fundamental information that’s so useful when dealing with a chronic case. We’re going to touch a little bit on acutes too but particularly chronic. So yes, this is for anyone who wants to go that far in homeopathy in dealing with chronic conditions. Paola: Yes. For those of you who’ve already taken her courses, I think it’s a really important reminder, if you’ve taken Good Gut, Bad Gut or others. The topic of this podcast is what you like to call editing down a case. So I’m an English major. I know what it’s like to edit an essay when you have all the information there. But what do you mean by editing down a case? This is chronic, right? Writing down information and fine-tuning them Joette: Yes, yes. We’re talking about a chronic case. So that means something like for example, for this course that we’re doing right now on Allergic?!, when someone says, “Well, I have joint pains,” and if you know anything about homeopathy, the first thing you’re thinking of is oh my gosh. That must be or it could be Rhus tox. It could be Arnica. So you jot that down as soon as you hear it. Then you listen more. I have joint pains that are worse on first movement. It’s better when I limber up. It’s rare that they say it quite like this but most people don’t give you the answer that clearly. But let’s say that’s what comes of it. Now, you can cross off Arnica because Arnica doesn’t have that. So while you’re taking the case, you’re jotting down not the whole sentence necessarily, although you’re taking the case in a full sentence as the person is giving it to you but you’re also at the top of the page. You’re writing down the names of the medicines that are coming to mind. When you finish taking the case, now you find out that the person has terrible

In this podcast, we cover: 02:28 What is Discernment 11:30 Have The Knowledge 16:40 Own The Remedies 21:15 Know What You’re Looking For 26:17 Diagnosis 31:10 Selecting The Right Doctor 42:03 Finding the Good Doctors   Paola: It’s podcast number 21 at joettecalabrese.com, and here’s some upcoming highlights! Joette: There’s a lot you can take care of on your own with your family. You know, yes, cancer; yes, AIDS; yes, rheumatoid arthritis but you have to know your stuff. You can’t go say, “Oh, I can treat this” and just go by a protocol. You have to be sure you know what it is you’re treating. There does come a point when you may need more expert opinion. There are times when the people who do not know enough homeopathy that they really do need to go to someone and get perhaps conventional care, just in case. It’s nice to have that second opinion. Paola: What I like about this podcast is that it gives you another layer of self-empowerment. Those of you who have been reading Joettes blog for a while have come to know the Banerji Protocols which greatly simplify homeopathy. Basically if you have a diagnosis or a clear pathology, you meet it with a protocol to uproot that disease, but it’s important to remember that just because you have a protocol, doesn’t necessarily mean that you have the skill or the tools that you need to progress through that illness. So in this podcast, Joette gives us four key components to help us determine whether or not we are able to complete the healing at home ourselves, or if we should seek out conventional medical advice. Joette also gives us some great suggestions on how to find a medical doctor, should you need one. So if you’re ever in a situation where you do want that conventional medical advice, how do you go about selecting the right doctor for you. You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition. Paola Brown Joette Calabrese   Alright, here we go. Hi Joette, I’m excited to be talking with you again. Joette: Hi Paola. I love this too. Paola: I love this podcast. It really is like talking to my wise girlfriend. Joette: Friends, yup. Paola: Exactly. So today’s subject that we’re going to talk about is discernment and we’ll go into what we mean by that and also selecting a doctor, an allopathic traditional doctor, right? Joette: Yes, yes. Paola: So let’s get started. Tell us. What do we mean by discernment? What does that mean? What is Discernment? Joette: I think what you and I have tried to, what we want to convey today because you and I have talked about this in the past is that we want people to understand that there’s a lot you can take care of on your own with your family. You can take care of your children, yourself. You can take care of yourself, your husband, your pets, your livestock, et cetera. But there does come a point when you may need more expert opinions and even care. I always talk about how important it is to be self-empowered but let’s not be so foolish either. We have to know what we’re capable of. When we start learning homeopathy, it is a heady experience when you start curing your family. There’s no doubt about it. Paola: What do you mean heavy like stressful? Joette: No, heady, heady. Paola: Heady. Joette: Heady experience. Well, to speak in the 70s terms, it’s a rush. It’s a high. It’s a very exciting experience to be able to cure someone. No doubt about it. But we also have to know our limitations. So homeopathy has the ability to cure all diseases. This is an actual quote that Dr. Prasanta Banerji said to me once. He said, “Homeopathy can cure all diseases but it can’t cure all people. So it means that it can. Yes, cancer; yes AIDS; yes, rheumatoid arthritis but not all people with those conditions will be relieved of them completely. So it means that it also depends on the person. There are a lot of factors involved here. I wish I could say that this medicine is linear and is super simple and it is. We have gotten a very complex medical paradigm, homeopathy and distilled it. By we, I mean the Banerjis have done this. I have some protocols of my own as well as most homeopaths have been in practice for any period of time. But we’ve distilled it down to some real simple protocols. But you have to be sure you know what it is you’re treating. If you’ve got a urinary tract infection and we’re going to talk about that, if you’ve got a urinary tract infection and you’ve got some urgency and some burning and you’ve had this before, even if you haven’t, you can go right to the remedies that are specific for that: Cantharis 30, Medorrhinum 200, that kind of thing and start using them. You should see some improvement within, some people report improvement within a couple of hours of taking the remedy; some people, not until the end of the day; and ot

In this podcast, we cover: 3:19 Why we love homeopathy 5:30 Gaylyn’s story 18:33 It’s a gift 20:15 Teaching it to our kids 23:06 Being homeopathy missionaries 25:16 Success stories We’ve got another podcast for you here at joettecalabrese.com. We’re introducing a new miniseries called “Moms with Moxie.” All the way from my desk in New York, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep your successes a secret any longer. So with help from my roving reporter, Paola, we bring you this mini podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” It’s actually grand moms too but it’s Moms with Moxie. See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Today’s podcast, we meet Gaylyn, a busy mom of seven. What I really like about Gaylyn is that she is very normal. She reminds me of myself before I got sick with chronic health issues. She really just set out to heal her body. I can really relate. She intermittently fell in love with this awesome form of medicine that we call homeopathy. At the end of this podcast, Gaylyn shares some success stories she’s had with homeopathy and protocols she’s learned from my courses. We wanted to share some of the protocols she likely used! Here they are: Sinus Infection: Sanguinaria 200 mixed with Belladonna 6, also consider Kali Bichromium 30. Kidney stones– While there is a protocol for this condition, it may be easier to try this combination remedy first. So, for kidney stones, some people swear by a homeopathic combination remedy called Renelix manufactured by Pekana Homeopathics. Snoring- Sanguinaria 200 Seasonal allergies- consider Bovista 200, taken for many months, and look for progress over a few years (as your ‘allergy season’ returns, assess improvement). Gall Bladder- (Drs. said Gall bladder needs to be removed) Carduus marianus mother tincture—which is like an herbal tincture. Anxiety- Ignatia 200 Fever Seizure- Since Gaylyn’s son’s fever was not high, Gaylyn likely used Cuprum met 6 and then later for Strep Throat: Hepar sulph 200. You are listening to a podcast from joettecalabrese.com where nationally certified American homeopath, public speaker, and author, Joette Calabrese, shares her passion for helping families stay healthy through homeopathy and nutrient-dense nutrition.   Paola: We’ve got another podcast for you here at joettecalabrese.com. We’re introducing a new miniseries called “Moms with Moxie.” Joette: All the way from my desk in New York, I get to see how homeopathy is transforming lives all over the globe. Some of my students have really caught my eye. Some of you have done all you can to learn how to cure those around you using homeopathic medicines. Your successes inspire me. They’re glorious and powerful. I can’t keep your successes a secret any longer. So with help from my roving reporter, Paola, we bring you this mini podcast series that I call “Moms with Moxie.” It’s actually grand moms too but it’s Moms with Moxie. See how regular mothers and others, average people who want to cure those around them have gone from freaking to fabulous with homeopathy. Paola: Today’s podcast, we meet Gaylyn, a busy mom of seven. What I really like about Gaylyn is that she is very normal. She reminds me of myself before I got sick with chronic health issues. She really just set out to heal her body. I can really relate. She intermittently fell in love with this awesome form of medicine that we call homeopathy. Also, towards the end of the podcast, Gaylyn gives a lot of success stories that she’s had in using homeopathy with her friends. If you go to Joette’s website under podcasts, you can find Gaylyn’s podcast and its transcription. So Joette has taken the time to write out some of the homeopathic protocols that Gaylyn likely used when she was helping some of her friends. So be sure to head to Joette’s website and find her reposted Gaylyn’s podcast to view the protocols that Joette added in. Hi there. I’m here with Gaylyn Scholes from Texas. She is our first interviewee for our new series that we’re calling Moms with Moxie. Hi Gaylyn, welcome. Gaylyn: Well thank you. I appreciate you taking the time. Paola: Gaylyn, you’re a girl after my heart. We could chat all day. I love getting to know you and how you do the homeopathy in your life. So let’s just get started here. Tell me, do you love homeopathy? Gaylyn: Oh I do, I really do. As Joette would say, it just simply works and I love it. It’s empowering. It’s the essence of liberty. It’s the knowledge that keeps on giving. I love how I can send kids out to play and just feel confident that they’re going to be able to come back, and they always do with bruises and bumps, and