Podcast 138 — Peek Inside Joette’s Passionate Mastermind Group: 7 Women, 7 Homeopathic Success Stories

IN THIS PODCAST, WE COVER:

01:00   Introduction: Peek Inside Joette’s Passionate Mastermind Group: 7 Women, 7 Homeopathic Success Stories

01:32   Meet Some of My Mastermind Students

03:20   Success Story: Blood Clots, Infection, Heart Failure, Pain From a Possible Brown Recluse Bite

09:00   Success Stories: Pneumonia and a Nonverbal, Autistic Child

            About Sheena

18:15   From Student to Teacher

            Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum

            About Noreen

23:30   Success Story: Depression

            About Ingrid

26:11   Success Story: Avoiding Hip Replacement Surgery

29:30   Canine Success Story: Dog With Conjunctivitis, Body Odor and Back Cyst

34:00   Success Story: Diverticulitis and Orthopedic Pain

            About Kirsten

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives)

Joette’s Learning Center

The Academy of Practical Homeopathy®

PracticalHomeopathy.com

Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends

Joette’s Mighty Members

 

Kate:

This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 138, with Joette Calabrese.

Joette:

Hi, I’m Joette Calabrese, and I welcome you to our health care movement — yours, mine and the countless men and women across the globe who have retaken control of their families’ health with Practical Homeopathy®.

So, for the next few minutes, let’s link our arms as I demystify homeopathy — what was once considered an esoteric paradigm — into an understandable, reproducible, safe and effective health care solution available to all.

This is the medicine you’ve been searching for — my unique brand of homeopathy, PRACTICAL Homeopathy®.

INTRODUCTION: PEEK INSIDE JOETTE’S PASSIONATE MASTERMIND GROUP: 7 WOMEN, 7 HOMEOPATHIC SUCCESS STORIES 

Kate: (01:00)

Hi, this is Kate, and I’m so glad that you’re here with us again today. We love it that you are learning about homeopathy — that you are excited and want to know more. And today, we have a very special treat for you. Joette, we’re here together!

Joette:

Hi, Kate.

Kate:

Yes, in person.

Joette:

I know. It’s usually not in person.

Kate:

I know!

Joette:

We meet often, but it’s on Zoom.

Kate:

It’s great!

Joette:

Yeah, it’s really great.

Kate:

So. Exciting thing, that we’re just finishing up a big weekend for us. We have some amazing students gathered together. Can you tell us a little bit about what we’ve done this weekend and what the listeners are going to hear?

MEET SOME OF MY MASTERMIND STUDENTS

Joette: (01:32)

Well, what we’ve finished — and I’m pretty excited about it because it’s been such a spectacular weekend — we have 12 people, and it’s called Mastermind. And it’s our second year of doing this. And in order to be in Mastermind, you have to go through The Academy (which is a year long) and then Mastery (which is 11 months long). And then this just happens to be the second year of working together in Mastermind with a really tight group of ladies.

And it’s always exciting because we get to know each other really well, and we help each other. That’s a big part of this. And the goal is to move people along in their lives as quickly as we possibly can so they can achieve their goals: whether they’re for teaching, whether the goals are to help their family, or the goals are to become a better practitioner, or wherever they are in their lives. We want to move it along faster.

So, today, you’re going to be listening to a number of the students who are willing to share some ideas and some information about how homeopathy — especially Practical Homeopathy® — has touched their lives.

Kate:

And I think one of the things that’s exciting, Joette, is that this isn’t someone who is a doctor or a nurse or a professional, necessarily. These are people from all different walks of life, from all over the country, really. And some of them are stay-at-home moms, as you’ll hear. Some are professionals working in the medical field, some are …

Joette:

… physical therapists, nurses. That’s right. Educators. Yes.

Kate:

Real estate. Yeah.

So, you’re going to hear from a number of different people, and I want this to be encouraging to you because you don’t have to fit into a certain mold in order to learn homeopathy or even, for that matter, go through these steps and into the Mastermind program. You, too, can do it.

Joette:

That’s true. That’s true. Yes.

Kate:

Let’s get started. Let’s take a minute and hear from some of the students who are in Mastermind.

Joette:

Let’s go.

SUCCESS STORY: BLOOD CLOTS, INFECTION, HEART FAILURE, PAIN FROM A POSSIBLE BROWN RECLUSE BITE

Joette: (03:20)

I’m Joette Calabrese, and we’ve just had our first meeting of our second year of Mastermind. And I’m here with one of my students who I’ve gotten to know quite well through the years because she’s been through The Academy and Mastery and Mastermind last year, and now we’re starting Mastermind this year. And her name is Lorraine.

Hi, Lorraine.

Lorraine:

Hi, Joette. It’s really a pleasure to have been able to study with you all these years, and what you’ve taught me has been, I would say, invaluable.

Joette:

I want to hear your story.

Lorraine:

My husband became really critically ill the middle of last year, and he had to be hospitalized for two weeks. There was some heart failure involved.

Joette:

He’s not an elderly man.

Lorraine:

No.

Joette:

He’s in his forties.

Lorraine:

Yep. Late forties. And he had blood clots, and he had had a serious infection. And we believe that led to all these events.

Well, throughout the hospital stay, we were able to minimize a lot of the medications. He emerged from the hospital on three drugs. Over the course of the next six months. We were able to get him off of all the drugs.

Joette:

Slowly, carefully with the guidance of the doctors, but you were really leading the charge on many levels.

Lorraine:

Yes. We saw that they were creating negative side effects. We also saw that he seemed to be recovering beautifully, and that was born out with some of the diagnostic testing that we did at the end of the sixth-month period.

He is basically restored to full health at this point. He does not need the drugs. He doesn’t need a lot of homeopathy, either, at this point.

Joette:

And the prognosis was that he was going to have to stay on these drugs for the rest of his life.

Lorraine:

Yes, that is definitely what the cardiologist believed.

Joette:

Now, may I say what you believe the cause was? There’s the potential that this was a brown recluse spider bite.

Lorraine:

That’s what we think. We never saw the spider. We …

Joette:

That’s why they’re called “recluses.”

Lorraine:

But it was some kind of — it appeared to be some kind of — bite. And our best guess was it was a brown recluse.

Joette:

And that turned into an infection, which then created clotting and cardiac …

Lorraine:

He was actually in heart failure.

Joette:

Oh, in heart failure.

Lorraine:

And he did have a rapid heartbeat, but more seriously than the rapid heartbeat, he was in heart failure.

Joette:

Yes. Do you mind telling folks just a few of the medicines that you ended up using from the beginning and then the pain remedies, et cetera?

I want to recall … I think it’s important for folks to understand that your husband, Lorraine, was under the care of a doctor at all time — a cardiologist, an infectious disease. He was in critical care for a short period of time in the hospital. You never left the care of a doctor.

And then you also hired another doctor who was a student in our class with you, who also supported you a great deal. And it was her work as well that helped you get through all of this. And so much of this was under her tutelage, as well as your studying.

Lorraine:

So, for the heart failure, in his particular case — well, really, in any heart failure case, I would think, you would always want hawthorne tincture (mother tincture), Crataegus as a baseline.

We also used Lachesis.

Lachesis was additionally useful because we had some severe wounds. We had the infection, and we had some issues with the lungs. So, it was a very good choice.

Obviously, his heart rate was very elevated, and with the heart failure, Digitalis was very logical as well.

Joette:

And then he had pain.

Lorraine:

Yes.

Joette:

A lot of pain at the site that was shooting down and up and down that leg.

Lorraine:

So, because of the clots, we had the development of venous ulcers. (As far as we can tell, that was the cause of them.)

We surprisingly found he was already taking Calendula 200 internally to aid with the healing and to help with the pain. And even for infection, Calendula internally was indicated in the materia medica.

When the pain was not managed by some of the other remedies (Hypericum, and I used Chamomilla.

Joette:

Coffea? Did you use Coffea?

Lorraine:

I used Coffea.

Anyway, we were having some trouble managing it, and we found that Staphysagria was helpful, even though this was not a surgical, clean-cut wound. It was actually very helpful. We used that, and it was incredibly helpful.

Joette:

So, now after all these months, you were the bedside prescriber, essentially with the help of the doctor who was also a homeopath and part of our group, and also the doctors in the hospital.

And so now he’s doing pretty well. He’s working. There’s still a little residual problem at the site of the ulcer, but now the pain is more than managed. It’s gone.

And he’s no longer on any conventional drugs and with, actually, the blessings of the doctors because he doesn’t need them. In spite of what the original prognosis was, he doesn’t need them.

And you’ve also backed off of many of the homeopathics.

Lorraine:

Yes.

Joette:

All I can say, Lorraine, is nice job.

Lorraine:

Well, thank you, Joette. And really and truly, your system of education and the protocols you’ve given us and just the general understanding of homeopathy and how it works from a high level as well as a very baseline level — just covering the whole gamut. I think that has been incredibly helpful to being able to wrestle a case like this to the ground, so to speak.

Joette:

And it’s been done.

Lorraine:

Yes.

Joette:

Thank you for sharing it, Lorraine.

SUCCESS STORIES: PNEUMONIA AND A NONVERBAL, AUTISTIC CHILD

Joette: (09:00)

I’m with one of my students who I love, and her name is Sheena. Some of you may already know her. She’s gone through The Academy (year one), and Mastery™ (that’s the second year), and Mastermind first year, and now, Mastermind second year.

So, welcome, Sheena.

Sheena:

Thank you. It’s great to be back in Mastermind again.

Joette:

Well, we’re here because people like to hear stories of success, even if it’s only partial success. We don’t expect perfection in homeopathy. We expect some shift.

And so, tell us a story that … perhaps, a case that you’ve been working with or someone that you’ve helped.

Sheena:

So recently, a lot of people are getting pneumonia, and it’s really sticking in there. It’s lasting a long time, and they’re trying different remedies. But I’ve had some really good success with that recently with a couple of clients.

Joette:

Now, pneumonia is one of those things that can last for weeks, even months. So, what are you seeing?

Do you see that homeopathy … you give the first medicine, and bam, it’s gone? Or do you see that you have to move it along, and you are pivoting at certain points? And then you get to another point, and now the person’s a little better, et cetera, et cetera.

Tell us what the process is.

Sheena:

Yeah, it definitely takes some time, especially because they have been generally struggling with this for a while before they come get homeopathy.

Joette:

Before they come to you, they’ve already been suffering.

Sheena:

They’ve maybe had antibiotics, maybe even steroids, and none of those things seem to be working for the pneumonia that I’m seeing.

And so, I have to kind of hit it at a couple levels. And I do keep in contact with these clients pretty closely. Their rib cage is generally tight and tense.

Joette:

Painful.

Sheena:

Painful.

Joette:

Sometimes, even a fracture.

Sheena:

Maybe cracked a rib. Yep. That’s pretty much everyone so far has had a cracked rib by the time they get to me. So, we have to do remedies for that and loosen that up.

And then, oftentimes, it’s coming from the sinuses. And we forget about that because the lungs are so scary, and they can’t breathe. But we have to address the mucus that’s …

Joette:

Draining.

Sheena:

… draining down the back of the sinuses. So, I generally will give them remedies for that.

And then, of course, hit the cough straight on, based on how it’s presenting for that person.

Joette:

Particularly when the cough is racking or painful or causes breathlessness that’s frightening, that’s when we really have to hit hard with the remedies for tha.

Sheena:

And give them an emotional remedy because they’ve been sick for a long time. They’re desperate. They’re afraid they’re not going to get better. They’re afraid they’re not going to breathe. So, there’s a lot of fear involved, especially when it’s been going on for months.

Joette:

Well, breathlessness can be a very frightening experience … and especially, when you’re coughing, and you need to get that breath in, and you can’t get it in enough to be able to push out again and clear the chest. So yeah, it’s a big deal.

What are you seeing with these? You’re getting the case after it’s already commenced for say, a couple of weeks?

Sheena:

A couple months.

Joette:

A couple months, first? Okay. Then you get the case.

Sheena:

Then I get the case.

Joette:

Okay.

Sheena:

It would be easier …

Joette:

Wouldn’t it be nice in the very beginning? But I think most people don’t seek help necessarily right away because they feel as though they can handle it. And that’s what we all want to be able to do. “It’s just a little cough. I’ll take some Aconite and Bryonia, maybe ColdCalm® or something like that.

But sometimes, it does progress, and that’s when people need help. They need help from a professional such as you.

Sheena:

And sometimes it wax and wanes, so they’re like, “Oh, I am getting better. Oh, wait. Nope, I’m not. Oh wait, I am getting better.” And then finally, they’re like, “Yeah, I’m definitely not getting better.”

Joette:

And then at the end, usually you find people who are left with a certain set of symptoms after pretty much the pneumonia has cleared. What do you see is left in the end?

Sheena:

The rib pain.

Joette:

Yep.

Sheena:

That takes a while because you’re healing bone at that point. If they’ve got a cracked rib and the congestion seems to linger, so it takes a while to fully get that congestion out … especially because they no longer can cough very well because it hurts because they have a cracked rib.

So, we have to sort of process each thing and keep going back with the pain, with the pneumonia, with the emotions.

Joette:

And then there’s that fatigue.

Sheena:

And the fatigue. Yes. The extraordinary fatigue.

Joette:

Yes. And that other level that you mentioned, and that is the anxiety that remains. The fear of, “Oh my gosh. What if this happens again?” Or “What if I’m not done? What if this goes on forever?” What we all think as humans, we automatically go there.

Sheena:

The fear of never getting better is big. And then, it may trigger an exacerbation of an underlying condition because they’ve been sick for so long. As soon as pneumonia or whatever starts to dissipate, I think it’s aphorism 35. Right? Then, the conditions that they had before come back, full strength may be even worse.

Joette:

Sheena’s referring to aphorism 35 is referring to Samuel Hahnemann’s “Organon.” He is the founder — or the discoverer and developer — of homeopathy back in the 1700s. So, he has these aphorisms.

I think you’re right … I think it’s aphorism 35. I’m impressed. You studied well in The Academy, Sheena.

Sheena:

I studied. Well, I found that aphorism so interesting because it says if there’s two — and I’m paraphrasing — two distinct diseases, the stronger one will be the only one really presenting symptoms. Doesn’t mean the other one’s gone. As soon as the stronger one is gone, the other one just comes back.

And that really tells us that these things are symptoms. And then it’s the body communicating with us — and it’s not the illness — because otherwise, one wouldn’t go away and then come back.

So, it’s the body’s like, “Pay attention to this for right now; I’m going to set this aside.” As soon as that’s taken care of, then the body’s like, “Hey, now, you need to get back to this.”

Joette:

Well, what I love about these acutes — which could also, by the way, represent a chronic condition, which is what you’re saying — is that on the other side of it, we often see a shift that is an emotional or even a developmental shift that leads the person to feel, “Okay, I have just gotten through this. Now I’m done. I’m really done.”

It can take weeks, months, perhaps, depending on the person, but “I’m really finished with this.” And now they see things differently in their lives. I have it reported to me all the time, “Oh my gosh. I feel like a different person. Not in my fears but rather in my leap forward.

And we see this in children when they have fevers. And just before they mount a fever, they can’t accomplish something. For example, they say, “I can’t tie my shoe” (and that’s not a good one because no one has tie-shoes anymore.)

“I can’t Velcro my shoe.” (It’s not quite the same.)

So, I guess we have to go to “I can’t ride a bike like all the other children in the neighborhood. I can’t do it. I can’t get on it. I keep falling.”

Then, they get sick, and they get a fever. And on the other side of the fever — if it is not suppressed by antibiotics, steroids, et cetera — what we often find is once that fever has mounted and completed itself with the use of homeopathy — or perhaps not even homeopathy … just letting it be and letting the child sleep and get well on his own — on the other side of it, now the child, when they get outside and they’re back into their normal lives again, they can get on the bike and start riding the bike. So, there’s that developmental leap. And I believe, and I’ve seen it happen in adults as well.

Sheena:

I’ve seen it all the time with adults. They may make a really huge shift in their relationships or something that is not right emotionally. For some reason, after these illnesses, it’s like a wake-up call, and they move into a much better place. Generally.

Joette:

Maybe they can make a decision differently. Something that’s been plaguing them for a while now, they can actually lean into it and make the decision. Yeah.

Sheena:

Yeah. It seems to be.

Joette:

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Sheena:

So, I had another case that’s pretty cool. I was working with — or still I’m working with — a young boy who’s four and a half nonverbal autistic and worked with him. On the third month, I get on Zoom, and he says, “Hi, Sheena.” And honestly, for a minute …

Joette:

Goose bumps!

Sheena:

Well, I was like, “Wait, I’m pretty sure he is nonverbal!” So, I’m trying to play it cool. Looking at my notes …

Joette:

“Wait a minute. Did I get it right last time? Is he nonverbal?”

Sheena:

I was like, “Wait. Am I confused? What’s happening?”

But he had just started talking a week before the appointment, and of course, parents were thrilled. He has continued. He’s talking; he’s reading; he’s writing; he’s spelling.

A hundred percent to the homeopathy.

Joette:

And the parents would agree with that.

Sheena:

Oh, a hundred percent. No doubt.

Joette:

Yes, yes, yes. Well, when you see a case like that, and you’ve just changed the trajectory of a little boy into manhood someday, you know this medicine can’t be beat.

Sheena:

It was incredible. I mean, I was surprised. I almost fell off my chair, but I was trying to keep it cool.

Joette:

I know. Great story. Well, thank you, Sheena.

Sheena:

You’re welcome.

Joette:

They just got aphorism 35 and a whole lesson.

Sheena:

That’s right.

Joette:

Thank you.

Sheena:

And thank you.