Joette Calabrese Podcast

In this podcast, we cover: 01:00   Introduction: Meet 7 Unique, Accomplished, Inspiring Women from the Practical Homeopathy® Mastermind Group 01:52   What’s a Mastermind group?             The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® 02:33   Meet Heather, a health coach 06:39   Meet Cindi, from treating her own allergies to opening a homeopathy business 09:46   Meet Sandra, adoptive mom of two who wants to help other adoptive parents             Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum             Mindful Homeopathy: Practical Protocols for Mental and Emotional Conditions             FindAPracticalHomeopath.com 20:05   Meet Stephanie, who wants to know everything she can about homeopathy                 Allergic?! Escape Allergies, Chemical Sensitivities, Food Intolerances, and More with Homeopathy: Practical Protocols to Get Your Life Back             Good Gut, Bad Gut: A Homeopathic Strategy to Uproot Seemingly Unrelated Illness in Body and Mind 22:38   Meet Elizabeth, from hopeless and helpless to an abundant life helping others 28:23   Meet Michelle, a nurse who brought homeopathy into her husband’s medical practice             Podcast 160 — Practical Professionals: Real-World Integration of Practical Homeopathy® and Conventional Care 33:11   Meet Aarika, an ophthalmologist turned homesteader using homeopathy Additional resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives) Joette’s Learning Center 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 164, 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: Meet 7 Unique, Accomplished, Inspiring Women from the Practical Homeopathy® Mastermind Group Kate: (01:00) Welcome to the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast. I’m Kate, and I’m thrilled you’re joining us today. Homeopathy isn’t just a gentle, time-tested system of medicine. It’s a powerful tool that empowers families to take charge of their health naturally, safely and effectively. Joette has spent decades teaching others how to employ Practical Homeopathy® with their family, friends and beyond. So, on this podcast, you’re going to hear from some passionate students of Practical Homeopathy®, who are now helping others experience what’s truly possible with Practical Homeopathy®. Joette, we’ve just spent three wonderfully intense days together with your Mastermind students. Some of them are joining in on this podcast today. So, I’d love it if you could start by explaining to those listening what your Mastermind group is all about. What’s a Mastermind group? Joette: (01:52) Okay. So, a Mastermind group is a dedicated group of graduates of The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® and Mastery — so, that’s been two full years — who have taken their knowledge to the next level. These women — brilliant women, I have to say — have seen remarkable results in their own lives and families. And now they’ve moved beyond that, and they want to join with a small group of other like-minded students who all want to push each other to fulfill their goals, and their clients experience the life-changing power of homeopathy. So, let’s get started. Meet Heather, a health coach Joette: (02:33) Hi, Heather. Heather: Hello, Joette. Joette: I’m so glad you’re with me today … well, also that you’ve been with me this weekend, too. Heather: Yes, it’s been amazing. Joette: It’s amazing to be amongst these women, hasn’t it? Heather: Absolutely, yes. Joette: Tell us a little bit about your story. What is a little bit of your background; what brought you here? Heather: I have been a health coach for about 10 years and have been working with clients for that long, helping people recover their health and just to support them in any way that I could. But I always felt a little bit of a limitation. I couldn’t always quite get to the end of that process. And so, when I found homeopathy, one of the first things that I did for myself was to work on getting rid of my chronic headaches that were debilitating and took up way too many days of the month that I couldn’t really function or do things. And so, when I was able to do that with homeopathy, I knew that I had found that missing piece. And the fact that I can now help clients and family members alike with not just acute things that pop up in everyone’s life, but to be able to help them with some very serious chronic illnesses, chronic conditions, things like that, has been not only so life-changing for me, but for them, of course. I’m so thankful for the group that you have put together, for all of the people here this weekend and really all of the students that we have been able to impact with this — like you said — life-changing medicine. Joette: So, you’ve released yourself of those headaches … Heather: Yes. Joette: … by using the homeopathic medicine? Heather: Yeah, I have a date in my phone. Joette: Have you? Heather: It says “headache,” and that was last February. It was February of 2024 … was the last headache that I had. Joette: Wow. Oh, that’s excellent, after having suffered them for years. Heather: I was also a Great Lakes headacher. Those Great Lakes — the shifts in the atmosphere, pressure and stuff — and I would get. But they weren’t a classic migraine, but they basically should have been. Joette: Because the pain was so grand. Heather: Yes, very bad. Joette: Right, exactly. Heather: Just in bed. Joette: You were a health coach. Heather: Yes. Joette: You did that for years. You have a practice, and then you learned about homeopathy in order to help your own situation. And then you said, “Okay, this is the missing piece. Let’s go further.” And then you decided to join The Academy? Heather: Yes, I did The Academy, and then this past year, we just finished up Mastery (that second year), and now so blessed to be in this Mastermind with all of these excellent, excellent women. Joette: Yeah, and that’s a big part of this because The Academy is a large number of students, and the Mastery is a little bit smaller, but this is only 13 people. And that makes it really tight. And we actually meet in person, and that’s what we’re doing right now. Everybody’s about to say goodbye after a really great weekend, and we’ve gotten to know each other very well. Yeah, it’s a tight group of people and that’s wonderful. We ask everyone in these Mastermind groups to give us their “ask:” what they want help from these other 12 other women. (It could be men, but it’s always been women so far.) Then, we ask them to give something back to the group. So, you can imagine with the caliber of people who’ve gone through The Academy and Mastery. Many of them are in practice. Some of them are doctors; some of them are homesteaders; some of them are grandmas. It’s the whole gamut of all different kinds of people that you’re going to get answers to the questions that you have regarding your life, your goals, your … Heather: Yeah, just to have access to the diversity that we have in all of us and all of our life experiences. We’re all at different places. Some still have little, some — our grandmas like you said — but just everyone has so much to offer, and it’s all a little bit different. There’s overlap, but there’s also so much that everyone just brings to the table. And to have all of … the name “Mastermind” is such a fitting name because it is like a meeting of the minds. We’re all putting our brains together to help build each other up to solve any issues or problems or struggles that people are dealing with. It’s beautiful. Joette: And then we get to meet for the next year. Heather: Yes. This is just the beginning. Joette: This is just the kickoff that we’ve actually met in person in Florida, but now we’re going to be meeting every couple of weeks, which is really great. We really get to know each other well. I so enjoyed having you in the group. Heather: I love being here, and I can’t wait for the rest of this year. Joette: Yeah, me too, Heather. Thanks a lot. Thank, thanks for sharing. Heather: Absolutely. Joette: Alright, bye now. Meet Cindi, from treating her own allergies to opening a homeopathy business Joette: (06:39) So, I am here with Cindi, and Cindi’s part of our group this weekend in Mastermind. And I love to be able to talk to people who have come a long way in homeopathy. So, Cindi, tell me your story. What was going on in your life that brought you to homeopathy? Cindi: My health. Joette: That’s a good place to start. Cindi: Yes. I had severe allergies, and I went looking for a homeopath, and I found you. So, I started with you, and I began to heal. You encouraged me — very lovingly — to start teaching and start going into APH [The Academy of Practical Homeopathy®]. And so, I decided to go ahead and join APH and then onto Mastery. And now I teach, and I have a few clients, and now, I’m starting my own homeopathy business so that I can help people the way in which you helped me and how homeopathy helped me. Because there are a lot of other people out there who are going through what I’ve gone through. Joette: Which is … just tell us a little bit about … You had allergies, but can you just describe a little bit about that? Cindi: As I’ve always been sick as a child and a young adult. So, as I went into menopause, things got worse. I got to the point where all I could eat was meat, two kinds of vegetables and drink water

In this podcast, we cover: 00:58   Introduction: When Health Fears Fade: Ordinary Mom, Extraordinary Results             The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® 02:34   It all started with tooth pain             Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® I: A Guided Study Group Curriculum             Gateway to Homeopathy II 04:39   Piqued curiosity: What else can homeopathy do?             Joette’s blogs 07:22   Success Story: Hives 11:02   Success Story: Food allergies             Good Gut, Bad Gut: A Homeopathic Strategy to Uproot Seemingly Unrelated Illness in Body and Mind 12:33   Success Story: Exhaustion 14:57   Success Story: A dog swallowed a bee 16:48   Success Story: A dog with tummy troubles 17:48   Success Story: Ducky, the chicken, was sick 18:45   Success Story: Plants 20:15   Success Story: Mom’s stroke 22:36   Success Story: Sepsis from an infected toe             Holy Cow! Blood Poisoning!             JoetteCalabrese.com 25:10   Success Stories: Chronic food intolerances and allergies, seasonal allergies, skin conditions, migraines, menopause backaches, sciatica             Blogs             Podcasts             Courses 28:51   Closing advice Additional resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives) Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends Joette’s Mighty Members FindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 163. 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: When health fears fade: Ordinary mom, extraordinary results Kate: (00:58) Welcome back to the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast. I’m Kate, and I’m so excited today because we’re diving into the heart of why so many of us love homeopathic medicine. We’re going to hear real stories from real people living busy, full lives, who have seen homeopathy work wonders. So, today our guest is Tina. She’s a wife, a homeschooling mom of three, a student of Practical Homeopathy®. Actually, she’s going through The Academy of Practical Homeopathy®. And she’s a leader of the Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® study groups and also the protocol study courses. So, Tina, thank you so much for joining us. I’m excited to hear your stories. Tina: Oh, I’m so thankful to be here, Kate. It’s an honor. I’m just a mom, an observer. I’ve seen this medicine change things, and in the most ordinary, everyday moments Kate: And extraordinary from what you’ve told me, too. Very exciting. So, that’s why we love hearing these stories, Tina, and especially what you’re going to bring to the podcast today. You have such a rich background, and I think people would want to know because it’s so interesting. Microbiology, business, homeschooling, church music ministry, volleyball coaching, graphic design, short-term rentals and more, as we talked earlier. Yet, homeopathy has woven into all of it. So, I want to ask you, Tina, what first drew you to Practical Homeopathy®, and how did those early experiences hook you into using homeopathy as your medicine? It all started with tooth pain Tina: (02:34) I am so thankful to live a varied life and, within all of those moments, get to use homeopathy and see homeopathy shine. But it all started with my youngest daughter during the time when we were all sitting at home, and we weren’t able to get into many practices or dental practices or doctors. And her tooth started turning pretty decayed, in which we were told before that it was just a little stain on her tooth. So, I had a sister-in-law who had just taken Gateway I and Gateway II, and she had tried to convince me to get in the class. And I kick myself now because that was when I could have started. But it was in the middle of a move, and we just didn’t have time. And so, I remember getting on the phone, calling her up and saying, “Is there anything homeopathy could do? Because we need help.” At that point, my poor little youngest was in pain and waking up in the middle of the night. And we were doing all we could allopathically, and it just was not good enough. And your mom-heart just breaks to see them in pain and crying. And so, I was introduced to a protocol for infection. And it was my first real introduction, and it was a beautiful start because not only did things change within the hour, but homeopathy just gently and ever so intelligently came and not only took the pain away — my daughter was able to sleep — but when we were able to get into a dentist, the abscess was gone that they had seen before. And we were able to do what we needed to do — pull the tooth. Everyone was healthy and happy, and we were able to go forward. Kate: And from there, things just kept unfolding as far as you helping more things with your family and friends and animals and even plants. Piqued curiosity: What else can homeopathy do? Tina: (04:39) And so, when something shows itself that dramatic in your life, when it shines the way homeopathy did for us, it was just a matter of “Hmmm, I wonder what homeopathy could do for this?” and “I wonder how it could help this?” And I still didn’t, at that point, take a course, but I delved into Joette’s blogs. I delved into just voraciously feeding on all of the free information that she put out. And so, for every moment that came up, whether it be friends that would ask, “What are you doing?” and “What can I do for this?” and I would send blog posts. Or my children, who suffered from whatever it was daily, or my husband, snoring or whatever it was, we would pull the blog post and just see what homeopathy could do. It began to pique people’s interest around us, you know? And homeopathy just in every moment showed itself so gracious and intelligent, and the amount of healing that I began seeing around me just kind of blew me away. Kate: So, tell me what happened next? When did you really start studying homeopathy? Tina: Around me, as I started to really practice homeopathy, apply it — not just to my family, but like I said, friends that started asking, “What are you doing?” I was approached by one friend, and she said, “Tina, you know enough. Could you just lead the group, and then you can study with us?” I accepted, and my first Gateway that I led ended up with nine people sitting in my living room. And not only did we enjoy the course, but we enjoyed the stories, and we enjoyed the camaraderie that came with it. Kate: That’s one of the things I love most about the Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® study groups is hearing, week-to-week, study group members share their stories of how homeopathy has helped them and their families and those around them. I think it is so powerful. And that’s why I love these podcasts, because I love that the listeners get to hear from so many people, and how you’ve used it. And it gives them ideas about how homeopathy can help them. Many things they didn’t even realize that homeopathy could touch. So, let’s dig into some of the many success stories that you’ve had using homeopathy. So, let’s start with your children’s acute issues and bumps and bruises and flus and all of that. Tell us some things that you’ve used homeopathy for. Success Story: Hives Tina: (07:22) I joke around often with my study group students — that when I say I have a story for this, I joke with them — because I say, “I’m pretty sure that God allows all this stuff to happen to me just for the stories.” We have used homeopathy in many acutes. And we recently moved about five years ago from the desert of Arizona to the marshlands — and I’m sure they’re not marshlands, but whatever they are —- in Michigan. With that came lots of bugs, lots of bites, lots of playing outside, lots of just new health issues, allergies and different things that we had never really been presented with. So, homeopathy … I was so grateful to be introduced to it about the time of that move because not only were we able to take care of bug bites with Apis, after we got hives, or Ledum, but we were also able to heal to the point where now these issues don’t affect us. My daughter: I remember we went to the fair, which was such a new and great thing for us moving out here. She had been walking down by the animal stalls and picking up straw and just throwing it everywhere. It wasn’t probably about 10 or 15 minutes later, her entire body was covered in hives. And so, it was frightening, and it was frustrating. But by then, I was so grateful to have been using homeopathy. And there’s something beautiful that happened at some point. I can’t tell you exactly when, but a lot of the fear of dreadful occurrences in our life — health issues that come — that fear is kind of taken away because I knew what to do when hives came. And I knew what to do when bites came. Or I knew what to do when my daughter comes in the room crying at two in the morning with a stomachache. So, that fear was removed, and I was so grateful to just use the correct remedies for the hives: Urtica urens and Nat mur (or Natrum muriaticum) and all of these things in Joette’s blog that I could just go into and find the potency, find the frequency, and just administer to my children and watch it work … watch the hives go from all over the body to within five minutes the redness going down. And then within an hour, disappearing from the trunk of the body. And then within two hours, disappearing from the arms and legs, and just a little bit resting on the neck. And then eventually, within four, everything gone. But the best is, within 10 minutes, the itc

In this podcast, we cover: 01:00   Introduction: Never Forget Remedies With Stories: A Closer Look at Arnica 01:55   The way most people remember their remedies 02:55   The story of the injured bird 04:46   Arnica for longevity, vascular issues and trauma             Joe De Livera (Joepathy) 05:52   More applications for Arnica 09:17   Remembering the homeopathic medicines through impactful stories 11:30   Closing Advice Additional resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives) Joette’s Learning Center The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® PracticalHomeopathy.com Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends Joette’s Mighty Members FindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 162, 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: Never Forget Remedies With Stories: A Closer Look at Arnica Kate: (01:00) Welcome back to the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast with Joette Calabrese. I’m your co-host, Kate. If you are looking for ways to remember which homeopathic medicines address specific conditions, today’s podcast is for you. Joette, our Practical Homeopathy® founder and trusted expert, will share her insights to do just that. But before we jump in, I want to welcome you. You, our listeners. You’re in the right place today if your goal is to become a confident, capable healer in your own family. Or maybe you’re just learning about homeopathy, and you wonder if this could help you or maybe someone that you know. This is the place for you, too. And this podcast is just one of the many resources Joette offers to help you — wherever you are on your journey. But let’s get started with today’s podcast. Joette, give us an overview of the topic of our discussion today. It’s a good one. The way most people remember their remedies Joette: (01:55) Okay. So, let’s start with homeopathy being an academic pursuit, but it’s much more than that. And I’m going to give you some insight into that today. The way most people remember remedies — learning the materia medica — is by taking cases and observing their successes by using homeopathy. I guarantee — pretty much — you’ll likely never forget when you helped that little girl down the street with hives by using, say, Urtica urens and seeing a big shift. You’ll never forget the remedy you used when it helped your husband with that horrible pain after that fall. You might forget the medicine that helped you with your cough. But when it’s touching you on an emotional level — like when you’re helping a family member or a friend or a pet or even an animal from the wild — it’s more likely you’ll not forget it. So, let me give you an example. The story of the injured bird Joette: (02:55) Let’s say a bird flew into your window. And this has happened to me a couple of times, and I’ll never forget the combination of the medicines that I used. The first one I thought of, of course, was Arnica because the bird — being that it flew into the window — hit its head. Arnica is one of our best medicines for a head injury. Now, I did not know whether or not the bird was in pain, and you might not know this either, but we do know that there was a head injury. And one time, when we had a bird that flew into our window, I gave it Symphytum with Calc phos as a combination. And I did that because the bird’s head was cocked to one side. And I assumed that there may have been an injury to the spine or to the neck or et cetera. So, I made that connection. Not sure of it, of course, but certainly, we knew Arnica, and then I added Symphytum plus Calc phos. Arnica: a sweeping medicine But did you know that Arnica has so many other uses? It is one of our most sweeping homeopathic medicines. And there are many medicines like this in our materia medica, but Arnica, because it is such a well-known medicine, ought to strongly be considered for many other conditions as well. For example, Arnica’s a great remedy for insomnia, for sleeplessness. I learned that from my own mother, who started to use it. She knew only the name of the medicine, Arnica, when I first started learning homeopathy myself. And she just remembered the name, and a couple of nights she had some insomnia and took Arnica, and it worked! And that was news to me. (This was back in the 80s.) But it can also be used for jet lag. Kate: Joette, that’s very interesting. I know that you have talked about some of the surprising uses of Arnica. It is a very sweeping homeopathic medicine. But give us some examples of those surprising uses that people may not think about. Arnica for longevity, vascular issues and trauma Joette: (04:46) Yeah. Arnica’s been used for Joepathy’s case (Joe De Livera). He believed it brought him longevity. Well into his 90s, he lived, and he took Arnica daily. Now, he has a specific way of doing it. He put it in water, et cetera, et cetera. And there’s a whole method in the way that he used it. And he took a dose of it daily. He believed it was the longevity remedy. But it’s also used for vascular issues, which perhaps could be what contributed to his longevity. Because that is an issue — vascular issues and cardiological issues. But it is one of our best medicines for vascular issues, such as spider veins and even varicose veins that are more prominent. And of course, do I need to go into trauma? We already did that. That is very important, not only just head injuries, but also soft tissue injuries, such as an injury to the thigh or to the arms or a broken bone. It’s one of our best medicines for that, either recent or remote. And it can also be useful including tumors formed in an area after trauma. Kate: I find that so fascinating, isn’t it? More applications for Arnica Joette: (05:52) Isn’t it? Yes. So, in Robin Murphy’s “Nature’s Materia Medica” and his tome on the use of homeopathic medicines for so many conditions, this is a quote. He says, “Tumors in many parts following injury have been cured by Arnica, including serous tumors of the breast.” So, it can be used as a medicine, for example, after a mammogram that caused an injury to the breast. So, how do we know there’s an injury to the breast? Because there’s pain, or there’s swelling, or something like that that leads us to believe that there’s been injury to the breast. Arnica’s also a great remedy for hemorrhoids. It’s also a great remedy during labor and postpartum, and before and after an athletic event. I know skiers — professional skiers — who have used Arnica montana. And when I’ve worked with professional hockey players, we’ve used Arnica montana after their injuries from their athletic pursuits. And we’ve used it for football players, and those who are injured, even if it’s only a minor injury. And instead, all that remains is — after a rigorous game — is just the feeling of being beaten up because essentially that’s what athletic events often include. But how about for just someone who’s overusing their muscles or joints? Someone maybe who is elderly and has overused their muscles by going to the gym with too much zeal their first week. And they’re feeling achy and overuse of their muscles and joints and bones, et cetera, and feeling that sense of being beat up. How about for gout? It’s one of our great remedies for gout. But let’s not forget Arnica montana for bed sores or even whooping cough. This keeps going. I’m going to name some more because this is so extensive. This medicine is so valuable on so many different levels, that’s also used for blood sugar issues. Joe De Livera, Joepathy, often used Arnica montana in his very special Joepathy way (in water) for diabetes. And then, we’ve also considered it for ailments from stroke or during a stroke. And then there are also taste disorders. And these are some more interesting, unusual issues that could come up that could verify the use of — or shore up the argument for the use of — Arnica. And also, Joe De Livera, Joepathy, used Arnica for hair growth. Ussher, who by the way, was a referenced homeopathic practitioner of the 19th and early 20th century. He actually contributed to the clinical information on certain homeopathic remedies in his practice. He noted that “the local use of Arnica [meaning local directly on the skin, on the scalp, produced an extraordinary growth of hair on the area that’s in question] produced an extraordinary growth of hair on a limb.” And this suggested the use of perhaps “an oil mixed with Arnica 1X in a case of baldness, which was followed with marked success.” Rather interesting. And so, let’s also consider Joepathy’s method of using Arnica locally on the scalp in liquid form. Now, I’m not giving the exact formula, but I want to give you these ideas of how Arnica can be used in so many different ways. Remembering the homeopathic medicines through impactful stories Kate: (09:17) Great. Those are very interesting and things that you wouldn’t normally think of, but maybe it’s something you want to look into as you have time. I want to get back, Joette, to learning how to use homeopathic medicines and how we can remember what conditions might be addressed by what medicines. Joette: Yeah. Learning about homeopathic medicines is great. But this is more than just studying them and committing them to memory, such as the symptoms for this particular, that particular condition. It’s different. It’s making t

In this podcast, we cover: 01:00   Introduction: The ‘C’ Remedy for Colic, Cramps and Cysts 01:59   What is Mighties Plus?             Mighties Plus 02:49   What are homeopathic medicine keynotes? 03:30   Keynotes of homeopathic Colocynthis             A Materia Medica: Practical Homeopathy® for Busy Families by Joette Calabrese 08:02   Colocynthis for Colic 10:39   A clinical case study in Colocynthis for abdominal pain             Colocynthis 15:29   Can Colocynthis also be used for GI pain related to anxiety? 16:07   Closing thoughts             A Materia Medica: Practical Homeopathy® for Busy Families by Joette Calabrese             Free online materia medica Additional resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives) Joette’s Learning Center The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® PracticalHomeopathy.com Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends Joette’s Mighties Members FindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 161, 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: The ‘C’ Remedy for Colic, Cramps and Cysts Kate: (01:00) Welcome back to the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast with Joette. I’m your co-host, Kate, and I’m looking forward to today’s topic because we’re diving into a homeopathic medicine that I believe every household should keep close at hand. And in just a moment, Joette, our Practical Homeopathy® founder and trusted expert, will explain exactly why. But before we jump in, I want to welcome all of you. You are in the right place today. If your goal is to become a confident, capable healer in your own family, this podcast is just one of the many resources Joette offers to do just that. So, let’s get started. Hi, Joette. Joette: Hi, Kate. This is so great. This is a very interesting topic today. Kate: It is! What sparked our topic of discussion today is a question from one of your Mighties Plus members. So, some of our listeners might be asking, what is Mighties Plus? And do you want to explain it to them just a bit, Joette? What is Mighties Plus? Joette: (01:59) Mighties Plus is a virtual group. We meet each month, where I’ll get your questions answered. And there’s much more because there’s also that community. And so, we also have a special lesson in Mighties Plus for each month, so that members can study. We have those who have been in Mighties Plus for a little while. We have them give us exciting success stories. And then, we have Remedy Riddles and all kinds of fun things that keep it alive and interesting. So, it’s not just me answering questions. Kate: So, one of those things in your Mighties Plus membership site is the flashcards that give keynotes for various homeopathic medicines. And it’s a great way — for whether it’s adults or even children — to learn the keynotes of the medicines. For those people who may not know what a keynote is, can you explain that, Joette? What are homeopathic medicine keynotes? Joette: (02:49) Well, each of our homeopathic medicines have sweeping, grand ability. They can touch on so many aspects of human suffering and human health. But there are specific aspects of each of them that rise to the top — certain abilities of these medicines — and we call them keynotes. It’s an appropriate name because these are the key aspects of this particular medicine. So, for those who only know a little bit about Arnica montana, you would understand that — Arnica montana — one of the keynotes, is elements from an injury. So, soft tissue or hard tissue injury would be met with Arnica. That’s a keynote of Arnica montana. Keynotes of homeopathic Colocynthis Kate: (3:30) So, in our last Mighties Plus live, one of the students — which is what sparked this episode, actually —asked you, “Does the homeopathic medicine Colocynthis work for just GI pain (because that’s what you were talking about) related to bullying? Or would it also help with GI pain related to anxiety?” So, can you take us through how to think about this question, and why it was a good question. Joette: Well, I discussed that moment in Mighties Plus. I was describing a case that I had taken years ago about an adolescent boy who had been bullied and had tremendous GI pain. He was practically unable to go to school most days because of this pain, and it was related to having been bullied. And those are two keynotes that are related to Colocynthis: being bullied or, actually, maybe indignation. And then, following that indignation, the person has stomach pain. And so, the person wanted to know — that Mighties Plus member wanted to know — so is it only for bullying or would it also help with a stomach pain that’s related to anxiety? Now, I could actually say, “Sure.” But what I want to do is get my followers — and especially my students — to learn how to fish. I don’t want to give her the fish. I want her to learn how to fish. And so, the next step I encouraged her to do — and I’m going to encourage you listeners today to do — that is to find that answer out not by asking me (so that I can give a yes or no answer), but rather to go to our beloved materia medicas. Now, materia medica is a book that has the homeopathic medicines listed, and each medicine is described, the keynotes are included, and it gives a very good description. Sometimes, depending on which materia medica one chooses to read and then study, it can be three pages long of information on one particular medicine. Or you can go to, for example, my materia medica that simplifies it, makes it much easier for the beginner or for someone who needs kind of a quick reference. So, I want that person who’s asking can it be from another cause, such as anxiety … Can stomach pain, that is a result of anxiety that fits the picture of the remedy Colocynthis, be associated? And I say, “Please go to your materia medica and read up on it. Because indeed Colocynthis is ailments, such as stomach pain from anger, from indignation, from excitement. And anxiety could be certainly excitement, and the person can be also irritable. So, if I explain this to someone — and I am happy to do so — they will not know enough to go digging deeper. They will not know enough to go into a materia medica and start reading up on this medicine and all of its capabilities and how it’s related to many different kinds of emotional issues. Kate: Let’s widen our lens just a bit. Joette, for those who may not know much about the remedy Colocynthis, and it’s spelled C-O-L-O-C-Y-N-T-H-I-S. For those who don’t know much about this, can you give us a broader picture of what conditions or symptoms might be addressed with Colocynthis? Joette: Well, it’s for pain, but a certain kind of pain. It’s usually abdominal pain, or it can be ovarian pain — a cyst that’s in the ovary. It can be from dysmenorrhea from menstrual pain. But we were talking about how this was affecting a young teenage boy with gastrointestinal colic, basically. So, did we need to know whether it was the pancreas or the gallbladder or the stomach or the intestines? It would be useful, but, boy, I’ll tell you, the whole abdominal area is often difficult to fine-tune and determine exactly where it’s coming from … which organ it’s coming from. Sometimes we can, but many times we can’t. So, it is specific for a colicky pain, a pain that can be very severe. It forces the person to double over, to bend double, or to put their hands against their abdomen and then double over. It’s for muscles that are cramping. It’s for neuralgias — even sciatica with cramping or shooting pains. These are the gastrointestinal or the abdominal that include also (besides sciatica), it’s all in the abdominal region. For women, it can be in the ovaries or the uterus as well. Colocynthis for Colic Kate: (08:02) One of the things I think of with Colocynthis is when a baby has colic. Do we use it for that? Joette: It’s a wonderful remedy for colic. And the way that we notice that the colic is related to Colocynthis is that when I say that someone doubles over and presses against their abdomen, babies don’t do that. Maybe children who are a little older, but a baby … You might find that you can calm the baby down a little bit. It might not resolve the condition, but you can calm the baby down by putting pressure on the belly. And how would that occur? Well, you might be holding the baby up so that the baby’s facing behind you, and the baby’s belly is pressed against your shoulder. And that calms the baby down. Or if it’s much younger, if you put the baby on your arm and it hangs the way with arms and legs on one side and arm and leg on the other side — like a lion hanging from a branch of a tree over your arm, draped over — because there’s pressure that’s being put on the abdomen, that that’s somewhat comforting. That tells us that it’s not curing it, but we’re looking at what are the symptoms and how are they presenting? And what makes it a little better, what makes it a little worse? What makes it much better, much worse? And that gives us a clue that this baby is more comforted when there is pressure placed against the abdomen. Now, the first thing we think of would be Colocynthis. But we would not know that unless we went to a materia medica and read up on this medicine because someone would say, “Well, is it worse from anxiety?” Well, maybe. Perhaps the baby was anxious the nig

In this podcast, we cover: 00:58   Introduction: Real-World Integration of Practical Homeopathy® and Conventional Care 01:56   Health care professionals seeking to incorporate both allopathy and homeopathy             Boiron 04:40   Is homeopathy the same as “home remedies?”             The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® 06:07   A day in the life of a “combination” practice 11:28   Attention, health care workers: Stay at your post! 13:24   Homeopathy and/or pharmaceuticals 17:02   Success Story: Osteoporosis             Watch Out for Dem’ Bones 18:07   Success Story: Depression             Homeopathy Can Spoil a Girl             JoetteCalabrese.com Additional resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives) Joette’s Learning Center Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends Joette’s Mighty Members FindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 160. 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®. Real-World Integration of Practical Homeopathy® and Conventional Care Kate: (00:58) Welcome back to the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast. I’m Kate, and today’s guest is going to talk about how she integrates homeopathy into her existing health practice without abandoning the credentials, training and experience as a medical professional. I’m thrilled to be joined by someone who embodies this balance beautifully. Michelle is a nurse and a homeopath who works alongside her physician-husband. She’s also gone through The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® and is now finishing the second year, which is the Mastery program. So today, she’s here to talk about how to introduce homeopathy to people steeped in the allopathic world. Michelle, welcome to the podcast. Michelle: Thank you, Kate. It’s good to be with you today. Kate: I’m so glad you’re here. You have a very unique and exciting perspective, and I’m thrilled for you to be able to share with the listeners. Michelle: Thank you. I’m glad to be here as well. Health care professionals seeking to incorporate both allopathy and homeopathy Kate: (01:56) So, tell me about what you’ve noticed. When we talked earlier, you said some things about nurses who are giving up their positions and their licenses because they’re wanting to go into homeopathy, and they’re not really sure how to incorporate both of those paradigms. Can you talk to us about that? Michelle: Yeah, especially through the last several months and getting to meet everyone, and there’s so many RNs. And I would say other health care professionals, too, that I’ve met along the way in my study groups, as well as the broader sense of the school, that so many of them seem to feel like they have to give up their nursing license or their doctor or physical therapy license in order to practice homeopathy because of the scope of practice. And I don’t know the laws in every state. However, I’m in Florida. Florida’s pretty friendly with combining those. And I just find that for us in our private practice, I find it very beneficial to have one foot in the allopathic world, as I call it, and one foot in the homeopathic world — in the sense that there’s so many things, especially that you can teach patients or clients, that they can take something homeopathically and not have side effects. Oftentimes, when they’ll come into our office, I have lots of remedies right in our office. And they can see those, and they will ask me questions about them. And we usually start with simple things like heartburn, or if they’re having issues with sleep, or as a woman with menopausal symptoms. And Boiron does a beautiful job of making remedies sort of “shelf attractive” to people that are used to more Big Pharma over-the-counter type things. And so, I educate them on some of their choices so that they don’t have to be on more Big Pharma medicines. And the reason not to be is that there’s so many side effects with the synthetic drugs in our world today. So, I feel like I can win more people over to homeopathy, and ultimately, it’s better for the person. A lot of people just don’t know. They’ve never heard of homeopathy, or that they misunderstand it. They think that it is natural or herbal, and they aren’t sure. Functional medicine, I think, has come into play and confused waters even more. So, it does take some explaining. Once they see that something works for them and we have a small win, they’re ready to hear more. Is homeopathy the same as “home remedies?” Kate: (04:40) When you said earlier, they think it’s natural. I want to just clear that up for a bit. It is natural. However, I think what you were trying to say was they just think it’s a broad category of natural medicine, like herbs, and essential oils and all of that. Michelle: Home remedy. Kate: Yeah, home remedy. That’s what they think. Michelle: Right. Yeah. That’s what I meant by “natural” is, like, they think home remedy and homeopathy are the same thing. Kate: I think most people don’t really know that homeopathic medicines are regulated by the FDA. There’s the homeopathic pharmacopoeia that the pharmacies go by. So, these medicines are manufactured in pharmacies, according to strict standards. It’s very regulated. So, I just think that’s a fact that people don’t usually know. Michelle: And through The Academy, we’ve had the opportunity to see many interviews with the different pharmaceutical companies. In The Academy, I was blown away by the homeopathic pharmacies that Joette actually interviewed, but we listened. And the regulations that they have to go through was unbelievable scrutiny. I’ve never interviewed another pharmacy, but it just seemed to me like it was over the top — how much that they go through and how particular they are, and making certain that the medicines that we use homeopathically are exactly what they say they are. A day in the life of a “combination” practice Kate: (06:07) Michelle, can you explain to me what happens in your private practice? So, a patient is scheduled; they come into your office. How does that usually work as far as the balance between your husband and yourself, and the allopathic world and homeopathic? Michelle: Of course. We’ve been in practice for 30 years-plus now, and a lot of our patients are very well known to us. We still do have new patients, but most of them have been with us for quite some time. And my husband has always been a minimalist as far as drugs and things. But as a physician in this world, his tools have always been pharmaceuticals from drug companies. And since learning homeopathy, we now feel so blessed because we have more tools to use. And so, a patient comes into our office, they first come to my station — which is the nursing station — and I do the typical intake of what is currently going on with them, along with their vital signs and what they currently are taking for vitamin supplements and medications, et cetera. They sit in the chair and right in front of them, up on my wall, I have several homeopathic remedies, specifically combination remedies for acute illnesses and things like that that we can use. And so that oftentimes brings up lots of questions from them of something like, for example, the Acidil®, if they’re having heartburn. “Oh, is that what that’s for?” And then we have a conversation and then go through some things, and it just puts some ideas into their mind of some things that they can take that don’t have side effects. So, that starts a discussion. They go back to see Dr. D. He and I have an exchange of what’s going on with the patient. He goes in, sits down with the patient. He always says the patient will tell you what exactly is wrong with them if you listen. I think this is an important lesson — as simple as it may seem to anyone working in health care, whether you’re a homeopath, a nurse or a doctor — that the symptoms that the person is describing leads us to the right remedies. So, he will make his assessment. And as I said before, he’s a minimalist as far as drugs are concerned and tries to take people off of things that they don’t need to be on. He will come out to me and discuss if there’s something that he thinks that we can do for them homeopathically. If so, many of those that are common that he has become very familiar with, he will go ahead and send them back to me for a homeopathic consult. And at that point, then we continue with that. It’s not to say that we don’t believe there is not a place for allopathic medicine, especially in the diagnostics. That is especially where my husband shines, and he is very much a diagnostician, and we need him for those skills that he was well-trained and has great experience in … as well as Western medicine. We believe it’s great for a trauma situation. Clearly, we need hospitals, and we need emergency trauma care. But other than that — and surgery — we believe that real health comes from diet and exercise, discipline, sunshine, homeopathy. So, there is a place for both. And I think that that’s where we’re a little bit unique in that we don’t want to abandon where we came from. I think that it can add to where we’re going with a practice that is both somewhat in Western medicine as well as our tools — as much as we possibly can — have switched to homeopathy. Kate: I have a question. When the patients come in, and they are maybe needing a homeopathic remedy — it would be great for this situati

In this podcast, we cover: 01:00   Introduction: “But my doctor said …” 02:25   There is a price for convenience 06:40   Doctors Joette follows             Dr. Ken Berry             Dr. Shawn Baker             Dr. Robert Kiltz             Dr. Anthony Chaffee             Dr. Ben Bikman             Dr. Annette Bosworth             The Weston A. Price Foundation® 09:31   Finding a local, open-minded doctor is possible 13:06   Put on that mask (no, not the one you’re thinking of) 15:34   “But my doctor said …” 18:44   Questions for the doctor 21:06   The specialist referral 23:27   Closing advice             Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum 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 FindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 159, 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: “But my doctor said …” Kate: (01:00) Welcome to the Practical Homeopathy® podcast with Joette, where we empower you to take charge of your family’s health with Practical Homeopathy®. I’m your host, Kate, and I’m here today with Joette, your teacher and mentor and the founder of Practical Homeopathy®. Today’s episode is for everyone who has ever walked out of a doctor’s office feeling perhaps dismissed or maybe confused — not sure you’ve been given an effective solution. Well, Joette is here today to pull back the curtain on the phrase we’ve all heard, “But my doctor said …” So, get ready because this podcast is going to give you courage and clarity. Joette will share why even the best doctors can be wrong (or maybe their knowledge limited), why the hidden costs of blind trust in titles and white coat can be deceiving. How to find those rare doctors who actually do think outside the box, and the life-changing moment when you finally put the mask on and see what homeopathy can really do. Joette will explain that a little more later; it’s not what you think. Hi, Joette. Joette: Hi, Kate. We’re talking about a different kind of mask, but we’ll get into it. Kate: Yes, exactly. It’s a really great analogy that you have. So, Joette, as we get started today, what were you referring to when you said, “But my doctor said …” There is a price for convenience Joette: (02:25) Let’s start with this idea. We have to step back a little bit. The idea that I want to get across today is that there is a price for convenience. We all know that convenience foods, convenience drugs — conveniences — we pay for them on one level or another. It’s easy to go along with conveniences because … there it is. That also is the same for it’s easy to go along with what the doctor said because it’s convenient! It can represent work if we must figure this out ourselves or dig about and find another doctor, maybe not even in our area. We may even have to travel, drive a distance, maybe even fly a distance, depending on the degree of the condition or the degree of commitment, or … you know, it depends on the situation, of course. So, we have to be very careful, too, because it’s easy also to get the wrong information. And what I mean by that is that if you ask a friend who their cardiologist is, it’s likely a cardiologist that’s well-known in your area. And the reason I say that is because I know that many doctors — not all — but many doctors are master marketers, and they’ve been labeled “the best cardiologist in the county” or “the best allergist” in that hospital. And maybe the doctor is the best cardiologist or the best allergist. But you want to be sure that the information you’re getting is not because the doctor is a great marketer. And so, we may have to travel to find truly the best. That can take some time that may require you to do some research. And it depends on what you mean — and what the doctor means — by “the best.” Now, for my money, I want to know that a doctor thinks out of the box. I don’t want someone who is told what to do by the pharmaceutical rep that trots up to his office and keeps his training up to snuff with the drugs that she brings in. I want a doctor who eschews drugs, will do everything he or she possibly can to help a patient get off of drugs or to not get on them in the first place. I want someone who’s aware of the importance of diet and lifestyle. That really matters an enormous amount to me, and that doctor may not be what they call “the best doctor” in the county or “the best doctor” in the city. A lot of times, the best doctor is the one who has the best procedure — say, surgical procedure — and is articulate in describing what he or she’s doing; or has great, steady hands as a surgeon; or has a wonderful surgical technique but is wanting in other areas. And so, you have to weigh that out. So, it’s a hidden trade-off — that convenience, that prestige — that doctor comes with. And you also have to be concerned about insurance coverage. A lot of times, the doctors that are the best ones are not even covered by insurance, and you may have to think that through as well. So, one of the ways that I’d like to tell people to find a good doctor is find a book that you agree with. Let’s say there’s a book that … let’s say, it’s a cardiologist. And the cardiologist has authored a book on the hoax of cholesterol. (In fact, that actually is the title of a book. It’s called “The Cholesterol Hoax,” and I think it is written by a cardiologist. I don’t remember right now.) But if the book resonates with me — if it makes sense to me — then the first thing that I would do is contact that doctor. And so, let’s say he’s in Minnesota, and you’re in New York. Doesn’t it make sense, perhaps, to at least talk to this person, particularly because there’s a lot of medical work that’s done online these days? So, step outside of that, “It must be someone local. It must be someone that I’m told is the hot guy in the neighborhood.” And also, we must think outside of the box in terms of whether or not our insurance covers that work with him. Doctors whom Joette follows Kate: (06:40) So, Joette, can you expound upon that a little bit and share maybe some of the doctors that you follow? I know there are people that you like to listen to online. It takes a little bit of research, as you said, to find someone perhaps in your area, the expanded area. But who are some of the people that you like to listen to that are doctors? Joette: Well, what’s interesting is that when you find someone online that’s quite devoted to his craft, a lot of times you’ll find that they make their information available — and themselves available — to more than just their local constituency. For example, Dr. Ken Berry. He’s on YouTube. I’ve been following him for a very long time. He discusses diet in great detail, but he especially spends a lot of time on diabetes and insulin resistance. He believes that the Diabetic Association in the U.S. has been bought out. So, instead of telling people, “And if you’re going to an endocrinologist, you’re stuck with someone who is probably following the concepts that are being put out by that organization.” Instead, he’s decided to start his own diabetes association. And there are doctors that will be associated with that. I think it’s already up and running now, including, I believe, himself, where you can meet up with them online. And that is for, of course, diabetes. But diabetes is behind the cardiological problems. Diabetes is behind the obesity problem and the cognitive problems, et cetera, et cetera. So, it’s not a bad place to start. But then I also like Dr. Shawn Baker. He’s an athlete and an orthopedic surgeon. He’s on YouTube. I like Dr. Robert Kiltz. He is a fertility doctor. I think that just being able to schedule an appointment with someone like that — to meet with him — could be very useful. Then there’s Dr. Anthony Chaffee. He’s a neurosurgeon. So, you see, all of these doctors are very involved in diet as well as their specialties. There’s also Dr. Ben Bikman. Now, he’s not a medical doctor; he’s a PhD, but also quite informative, teaching people about insulin resistance. And also Dr. Annette Bosworth, or “Dr. Boz,” she’s called. And she’s an internist … in internal medicine. I’m pretty sure that’s what she covers. Then also, a great resource for finding a good doctor is to check out Dr. Weston A. Price Foundation (or the Weston Price Foundation). And going to their conferences is valuable, joining their organization and getting their quarterly journals. These are the ways that we could get some very good resources under our belts. Finding a local, open-minded doctor is possible Kate: (09:31) You might think that these doctors are all online, and they’re nowhere near me. But once you start digging, you can often see that these doctors will have information or organizations like you were saying earlier, where you can find doctors who are like-minded and maybe closer to you than these people. But this will get you a start on your research. But Joette, I wanted to share a story about a local doctor, if I might. Joette: Sure, please. Kate: When I was helping my mom and I was taking her to a doctor after she had a stroke — I think I’ve talked about this on a podcast before — but we had a doctor that was very open-minded. She s

In this podcast, we cover: 01:00   Introduction: How To Direct Our Teens To Step Into Adulthood With Responsibility: What Is Our Role? 02:06   My parents were very strict. 05:02   Fast-forward to raising my own children 10:11   The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® is attracting young people as a college alternative 11:44   A new role: parents of adult children 14:28   Knowledge of homeopathy provides relevance for parents even after the children become adults 16:23   Closing advice Additional resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives) Joette’s Learning Center PracticalHomeopathy.com Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends Joette’s Mighty Members FindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 158, 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: How To Direct Our Teens To Step Into Adulthood With Responsibility: What Is Our Role? Kate: (01:00) Welcome to another episode of the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast with Joette. I’m Kate, and I’m here today with Joette. Joette: Hi, Kate. Kate: Hi. Today, we’re going to talk about parenting. And you’re going to share your thoughts on a topic that’s close to many parents’ hearts, and that is guiding our children into responsible adulthood and understanding our role in that journey. Joette, you’re going to share your personal experiences today, including the advice that you give your own children — or I should say “gave,” as they graduated high school — and how your relationship with your father shaped the way you guided your teen children. Joette, let’s begin with you sharing about your father’s influence in your life, and why do you advocate for, let’s call them, I guess, “guardrails.” I like that image of when you go bowling, and they put down those guardrails for the people that are just brand new bowlers, and it guides that bowling ball to the pins. I like that image, and it helps you to hit the mark … or hit the pins. So, talk about that for a bit. My parents were very strict Joette: (02:06) Well, let me start by saying that when I was growing up, my parents were anything but laissez-faire parents. And I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with that because if it works for a family, then that’s just fine. My parents were very strict. They were not helicopter parents at all. We were outside playing all day long. Sometimes, I didn’t see them for many hours. There were a lot of kids on the street. But once I got to puberty — high school — my parents became very strict. I was the only one that had to be in hours before their friends. My father was adamant about curfews, and my mother was adamant about what I wore. I felt hemmed in. And ˆI can call them guardrails, but then, I was resentful. I’ll be honest, I really hated it. I hated that my parents were so strict. My parents were certainly American, but they were first-generation Sicilian American, and so a lot of the older ways they brought into their parenting. I grew up in a neighborhood where everyone was Irish American, and it was their grandparents and great-grandparents who would come over, and so we were closer to the original European thinking, especially southern European thinking, and I resented it. In fact, I hated it. But I have to say, I did (in the back of my mind) — as much as I felt hemmed in — I knew that the reason that I was hemmed in was because they cared so much. I knew that I was very loved. I always felt very loved by both of them. And my brother and I talk about it, even to this day, that we never felt anything but love and care towards us, even though they were strict. Now, I look back, and I can see that they were putting in the extra effort — which was not easy for them because they were fighting against society at that time, too — to keep us in line. Now, I’m not going to tell you that it worked — constantly worked. There were plenty of times where I was able to sneak around here and get away with this or that, but I always knew that I would be in trouble. So, it hemmed me into a certain degree if I did anything that was really outside of those guardrails. Now, my parents encouraged me also. And they encouraged me to go to college, and, of course, my brother, too. My parents assumed that I would become a piano teacher because we had been playing piano; my brother and I had been playing piano all our lives. My father was a professional musician, and that’s the way he saw it. They both saw that I would work at a school, perhaps for a while, or I’d take private students. That just wasn’t for me. I wasn’t even thinking about that far in advance. So, their advice was to go to college in music and perhaps even only go two years and become a piano or a theory teacher. Fast-forward to raising my own children Joette: (05:02) And so that brings me to where my husband and I went with our children. Now, we homeschooled our children up until high school. Then one of them went to a private high school, and the other two went to a Catholic high school, and we actually discouraged them from going to college. Now, had they said anything about going into STEM, any of the sciences, then we would’ve said, “Well, of course, you go to college for that.” But without really knowing what they wanted to do, we felt as though it was a waste of time and a waste of money. And so, our oldest son needed to go to college in order to get into his profession today. That made sense. But the other two weren’t exactly sure what they were going to be doing, and my husband and I discouraged them and encouraged them instead to consider other possibilities, such as a trade school or starting a business or joining our business. My husband had a construction business, and he was also in the boating business … and get them involved in something like, as well. But the pressure was on. There was so much pressure in society, they felt as though they wouldn’t be up to par if they didn’t go to college. So, what my husband and I decided to do was to tell them we just weren’t going to pay for college. So, if they wanted to go to college, then it had better be something that they really want to do, and they had to pay for it themselves. So, this, then, put in place a couple of situations. One is that, then, they were pretty much not going to go to a very expensive college, nor were they going to go away. We raised our kids outside of Buffalo, and there are a number of — two universities and many colleges. It’s a college town. And so, they could choose something that was local. Well, that kind of kept them local, which we very much wanted to do. And now some people might say, “Well, don’t you want your children to expand and grow out and go out into the world?” Yes, I did want that, and I didn’t want them under our wing. I liked that they did go to college — they paid for it themselves — and they left the home. They did not stay home during those college years. They actually lived together and with, I think, another roommate at one point to keep their costs down. But I did want them to explore the world. And that’s exactly why I didn’t want them to go to college, because I think it’s a one-track way of thinking in universities and colleges. Now, there are exceptions, but there are only barely a handful of those. And so, I felt as though if we wanted our children to be independent thinkers, they had to stay out of the arena that would be most likely to indoctrinate them with certain kinds of thinking. And so, I think we were somewhat successful. Because they paid for their education themselves, they were more apt to make use of every class. In fact, at one point, we figured out that let’s say they were taking an English literature class, the cost of the tuition for that particular course was X amount of dollars, and then how many classes would they actually be attending during that school year? And we figured out it was about $40 per class. So, every time they walked into the classroom on that Monday, Tuesday and Thursday — let’s say it was three days a week — they would actually be handing the professor $40. And because they paid their own tuition and they worked during the summers, it would sting if they didn’t like the course or if they weren’t getting good information out of it, or if it was one of those courses that were so problematic and they weren’t going to get any value out of it. So that helped them become more autonomous and choosing courses that would be useful, not fluff, because I tend to believe that the reason that students end up in these fluffy courses that are questionable is because someone else is paying for it. But if they have to pay for it themselves, that’ll keep it tight. So anyway, we had a friend also who has a school called ATI, it’s called Accelerated Training Institute, and we talked to him about that. It is a hands-on — even though it’s online — but there’s also a lot of hands-on work for trades. My children were not interested in that, but we did discuss that at one point. And I wish that there was a place that they could have gone to learn how to go into homeopathy as a practice, as a business. Now, they were observing me doing that, but it would’ve been nice if they could have gone to a formal setting. And so that’s where we want to go with this today, because it’s interesting that we’re finding that students are com

In this podcast, we cover: 01:00   Introduction: Practical Homeopathy® Success Stories: From the Family to the Farm 02:57   How do you give homeopathy to cows? 03:33   An interest in natural healing and helping people led to Joette             Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum             Joette’s Learning Center (Protocol Courses)             The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® 05:45   Success Story: Correcting anemia homeopathically without an iron supplement             Gateway to Homeopathy II 06:57   Success Story: Behavioral issues in childhood (temper tantrums) 08:21   Success Story: Chronic conditions (such as this case of eczema) often take longer to resolve 10:23   Success Story: Newborn with blood sugar issues 11:20   Success Stories: Chronic Pain 14:58   Being a Practical Homeopath™ is “the best job ever” 15:53   Success Stories: Animals 18:47   Tick prevention on the dairy farm 20:52   Closing Advice: Stay immersed in peaceful, yet powerful, homeopathy            FindAPracticalHomeopath.com Additional resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives) 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 157. 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: Practical Homeopathy® Success Stories: From the Family to the Farm Kate: (01:00) Welcome to the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, where we dive into the world of Practical Homeopathy with real stories and how homeopathy has transformed lives. I’m Kate, and I’m joined today by Melissa. She’s a Practical Homeopath™ who lives on a small farm in Nebraska and is passionate about helping her family, friends, clients, and even her Guernsey cows using homeopathy. She’s going to share, today, her journey and experiences. Melissa learned the art of homeopathy through Joette’s Academy and Mastery programs. She has some amazing stories to share with us about how this gentle medicine has made a difference in her life and those around her. So, let’s get started. Welcome, Melissa. Melissa: Hi, Kate. I’m so honored and excited to be here. I think I’ve listened to every single previous podcast, and I’ve learned so much from everyone’s stories. Kate: Oh, it is great to hear about people’s success stories with homeopathy. I find it so inspiring, and I, too, am honored to be able to talk with people about how they’re using homeopathy. So, I’m excited about what you’re going to share today, Melissa. You have some pretty amazing things to share with us. So, let’s get started. Can you tell us about your life on your small farm in Nebraska with your cows? I know they mean the world to you. Melissa: Yeah, I love my life on my small farm in Nebraska. It’s so beautiful and peaceful here, and I get to connect with a lot of people. I even end up writing remedy suggestions on paper towels in the milk room. People come in with their ailments, and I’m able to give them some suggestions. So, that’s fun. And giving the remedies to the cows is a lot of fun … to see them turn around with a homeopathic remedies and just to watch them. They come up, and they want their remedies. They’ve taken them since they were little calves. How do you give homeopathy to cows? Kate: (02:57) So, do you just put them — the pellets — into their mouths, or how do you do it? Melissa: I actually dissolve the remedies in syringes of water and then squirt them in their mouth. It’s hard to keep a big cow’s mouth closed while the pellets dissolve. Kate: I know because I’ve done it with horses. And I’ll actually kind of just put my hand gently under their mouth as they’re chewing to keep them from putting their head down and everything just falling out. Melissa: Yeah, for sure. Kate: Yeah, there’s a lot of ways I think that you can give homeopathy to animals, and so thanks for sharing that. So, tell me, what sparked your interest in homeopathy? An interest in natural healing and helping people led to Joette Melissa: (03:33) I have always had an interest in just more natural healing and just a heart for helping people with that. It’s about 13 or 14 years ago, my mom actually came across Joette’s blog and showed it to me. I just kind of took that and ran with it. I devoured everything that Joette wrote. I read through all of her blogs. Anything I could find during that time. One of the first remedies I saw success with was Cantharis. My mom had chronic UTIs. She was on a standing prescription of antibiotics. She tried herbs and diet; nothing was working. After taking Cantharis, her UTIs were completely gone, and they never came back. So, of course, that got me even more excited to learn this. I then joined the Gateway classes. I went through those several times. At least one of them was with Kate. Kate: Yes! Yes! Melissa: Then I took a deep dive into the protocol courses. I went through each of those. I then patiently — or rather impatiently — waited for Joette to start her Academy. I joined The Academy and spent an amazing year in that first year of The Academy. I graduated in 2022, and then I went on to Mastery and graduated in 2023. I’ve been in Mastermind for the last two years, and I’ve been seeing clients for the past three years. It’s been such a joy to walk with people through their suffering and give them hope with homeopathy. Kate: Yeah, it’s been really fascinating to watch you and your journey and how your life has really changed since you started learning about homeopathy. Right? It’s completely different in the fact that you used to have a lot more cows, and you were doing farming. Full-time, was it? Melissa: I mean, it really has shifted. God has just opened doors for me, and I’ve just kept walking through them. And it has turned into this almost full-time business, so that’s very exciting. Kate: Yeah, that’s great. Well, speaking of that, I know you have a lot of stories to share with us, so let’s get started because I know the listeners want to hear. Success Story: Correcting anemia homeopathically without an iron supplement Melissa: (05:45) Yes. I have so many stories I’m excited to share. The first one I want to share is about a child who has chronic kidney disease. Because of the chronic kidney disease, she had extremely low iron levels. So, they reached out to me to see what could be done to help. They were not able to find a supplement — an iron supplement — that she could tolerate. So, it was really an issue. And so, I taught them how to use the anemia protocol, which we learned in the Gateway courses. [Editor’s note: Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® II] After just a few weeks on that protocol, she had another blood draw. The test results showed that for the first time, her levels were out of critical. It was so exciting. And I think this is such a cool story because a lot of people question whether homeopathy can correct nutrient levels without providing a supplement, and this story really just proves that that’s possible. Kate: Yeah, I’ve heard that many times about the protocol for anemia … that it works, and usually it works fairly quickly, like you were just sharing. Melissa: I have seen that protocol work many times. Success Story: Behavioral issues in childhood (temper tantrums) Kate: (06:57) Yeah. I know you have another story about a boy that had a frightening episode and temper tantrums. Melissa: Yeah, so this little boy went to a sporting goods store with his family. This store had very real-looking talking statues. He was extremely frightened when he saw this. He was screaming and just very frightened. They calmed him down and left the store. A few days later, he started to have raging temper tantrums. I knew that this was a perfect picture of Stramonium with the fright and then turning into anger and rage. I suggested that Stramonium might be a good remedy to try. After just a few doses, he was back to his good-natured, sweet self. Kate: Well, Melissa, how did you figure out that the Friday episode was part of this picture? Did you ask some questions, like “When did this start?” or how did that happen? Melissa: Yeah. They told me the story about what happened. I think we were talking about the temper tantrums, and then I kind of asked them had anything happened previously, and so that led to the knowledge that he had been very frightened a few days earlier. Kate: Good. Alright. Tell us some more. Success Story: Chronic conditions (such as this case of eczema) often take longer to resolve Melissa: (08:21) Okay, so this next case is more of a chronic case. It took about two years, which I think is really good to tell these stories, because we often like to tell the quick, fast, amazing stories. But chronic conditions often take a couple years to unravel. And really in the big scheme of things, if you can take care of something in two years that would’ve lasted a lifetime, that’s still a pretty good turnaround. Kate: Right! And they might’ve had this condition for 10, 15, 20 years, even. So, I think you’re right, two years to see a complete resolution isn’t bad. Melissa: So, this was a child that had eczema really covering a lot of her body. She was so itchy. She was miserable. She also had food intolerances and environmental allergies. So, if she got food that she was allergic to or played outside at the park when they had just sprayed chemicals, her skin would flare up terribly. Her parents

In This Podcast, We Cover: 01:00   Introduction: Why Did You Stop Taking the Remedies? 03:28   Falling Back Into the Status Quo 05:04   When the Symptoms Return 06:36   “Maybe I’ll Try Another Modality.” (Shiny Object Syndrome) 08:58   Staying on Track With Homeopathy             Joette’s Learning Center (Protocol courses)             Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum             The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® 13:20   It’s All About Keeping Notes 15:47   What Is Our Goal? 17:15   Closing Advice Additional Resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives) PracticalHomeopathy.com Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends Joette’s Mighty Members FindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 156, 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: Why Did You Stop Taking the Remedies? Kate: (01:00) Hello and welcome back to the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast with Joette. I’m Kate, and whether you are a longtime listener or joining us for the first time, we’re so glad that you’re here. Today’s episode is one I think many of us can relate to, especially those of us who’ve been using homeopathy and have seen results either for ourselves or our loved ones. So, today we’re asking the question: Why do people stop taking the homeopathic medicines that are helping them, and what’s going on when something is clearly working, and yet we drop it? So, Joette is going to help us shed some light on this mystery in today’s episode. Whether it’s forgetfulness, skepticism, or just falling back into old habits, we’ll be talking about what’s behind this and, more importantly, how to stay on track with homeopathy. Hi, Joette. Joette: Hi, Kate. I think this is a compelling subject. It’s super-common that people kind of lose track of what they’re doing. Working with clients for all of these years, I find that many of them are really tight to their schedule, and they stay true to it — the schedule of remedies, two remedies or maybe, sometimes, even three remedies. And others, when I meet with them, they’re not doing so well. And the first question I have to ask is, “Well, have you been taking the remedies since the last time we met?” And I get a variety of answers to that question, but one of the most common is that “No, I stopped taking that because I just wasn’t sure,” or “I ran out,” or “I forgot.” This is so common. I think it’s just part of human nature. Most people don’t even like to take pills at all — even though these are not the usual pills. They’re not the big fat purple pill, and they’re certainly palatable. But when you’re feeling better, you’re not thinking about, “I need to do something about not feeling better,” because you’ve improved. Kate: Right? And you can stop taking the remedies when you are feeling better. I think the question is — the reason we brought this up, Joette — is because I have a friend that I’ve noticed that when they stop taking the homeopathic medicine, then they fall into the same … symptoms start reappearing, and they don’t even notice it. And then I ask the question, “Well, are you taking the homeopathic medicine?” And they say, “Oh, no, I forgot,” because they were better for a period of time. But now it’s creeped in a little bit again, and so they need to start taking it again. But they didn’t realize it. And so, that’s what we were talking about when this question came up, and … Falling Back Into the Status Quo Joette: (03:28) Well, what happens is they fall back into the status quo, and they say, “Well,” when you say … So, if you were to ask them, “How long have you had those joint pains?” And they might say, “Oh, my goodness, for 25 years.” But what we really are asking is the comparison from the last time we met with that person (and we try to keep up with meeting with them every couple of months, if we’re talking about clients). But even if we’re talking about friends, what we want to know is “You were doing well” “Yes.” (You have to put together a timeline of essence.) “Yes.” “You were doing well while you were taking the medicine?” “Yes, that’s correct.” “And then you felt well enough that you could back off.” “That’s correct.” All good stuff. This is exactly where we want to go. But then it came back again. And what returns to their thinking often … and I’ve had this. I shouldn’t say “they” because I’m included in this, too. We’re all … Kate: Right, me too. Joette: This is just human behavior. But what folks are thinking is that “Oh yeah. Well, that’s back again, and that’s what I’ve always had for … I’ve had it for 20 years.” And it’s easy to forget that you had such improvement while taking the medicine, and even after having taken it for a while and having stopped. The goal is … I’m sure one of the questions is going to be, “So, does this mean we have to take these homeopathic medicines forever for the rest of our lives?” No, that’s not what we’re looking for. We really are looking for it to start softening, minimizing, becoming less intense, showing up only occasionally. But it does take some awareness — self-awareness — which is sometimes hard to do, especially when it comes to our own health. Some self-awareness that it was better, and now it’s not doing so well. And what changed? “Well, I stopped using the medicine.” When the Symptoms Return Kate: (05:04) Right. And it could also be that now the person is thinking, “Oh, I’m going to try X, Y, Z therapy, or I’m going to try something else. Joette: Yeah, start taking supplements now. “I think I’ll take supplements, or I’ll go for acupuncture.” I think acupuncture can be very valuable. And chiropractic. Valuable. Supplements? I’m … generally speaking, I am not a supporter of supplements. But of course, it depends on what people mean by supplements. I don’t like vitamins because supplements can often be synthetic. But if we’re going to use supplements, then I’d like to think of something like, okay, apple cider vinegar. Could you call that a supplement? Could cod liver be considered a supplement? I suppose I think of those more as foods, but I digress a little bit too much there because what I really want to say is that what you brought up, and that is that people say, “Well, you know, I’ll try this for a while,” and then they forget about using homeopathy. So, when it comes to chronic conditions and depending on what they are, it may take a while —quite a while — before things really shift. And so, when there’s improvement — a great improvement, let’s start with that … There’s great improvement. Then, we do want to stop using the medicine. This is not something we want to use the rest of our lives. We want to assume that the medicine has acted. But if it returns — that condition returns — then that is our indicator. That is our red flag that tells us, “Okay, back to the medicine again.” Maybe for as long a period of time, but maybe not. Maybe as frequently, but maybe not. The only way to know is to start it up again and see how it goes. “Maybe I’ll Try Another Modality.” (Shiny Object Syndrome) Kate: (06:36) So, Joette, getting back to what you were saying just a bit ago about different modalities, which again, they can be useful. But sometimes, we think of that as what you often call the “shiny object syndrome,” right? We’re seeing the new thing, or someone’s telling us about something new that might help. So, explain that a little bit. Joette: Particularly given the vastness of the internet, if what you’ve been looking at are subjects around health, automatically, it’s going to set up your feed to be talking about health. And it could be bringing up, as I said, vitamins, podcasts on physical therapy, et cetera. I mean, it’s going to cover the whole gamut, which is interesting. And I’m not saying that we shouldn’t be watching all of that, but if you’ve had a success with a modality, then I would say don’t tinker with it. Stick with it. Whether that’s homeopathy or it’s chiropractic or it’s botanical or it’s diet, I would stick with it. And by “sticking with it” doesn’t mean that you’re going to be taking this medicine, as I said, forevermore. It means stick with the paradigm. And then note when you could back off because you’re feeling so much better, and when to take it up again because the condition is starting to return. And then back off again as you find that the improvement has been realized again. Kate: Or at a minimum, don’t introduce new paradigms while you’re just starting to see if a medicine is acting, especially in a chronic condition. Because then, how do you know what it is that’s helping? Joette: And we do need to know that. People think, “Well, whatever it takes, I just have to get rid of this.” And I understand when somebody’s in a real bind and the suffering is grand. But to stay with one paradigm gives a lot better information. And someone might be thinking, “I don’t care about information; I just want a resolution to this problem.” If that is the course that the person is taking, we want to try to minimize those other modalities as much as possible because we do need to know where we’re going in the future. We do need to understand that this medicine was acting, or it was not acting. What do we do in a month from now, two months from now, six months from now, a year from now? We have to have our pathway cleared, and the best way to do that is to not add

In This Podcast, We Cover: 01:00   Introduction: Quashing the Pain of Fibromyalgia With Homeopathy: Rhus tox 02:00   Personal Experience Dealing With Fibromyalgia             How I Cured My Fibromyalgia With One Simple Medicine 03:43   Symptoms of Fibromyalgia 07:50   The Most Valuable Homeopathic Medicine for Fibromyalgia 10:17   Do We Change Our Use of Homeopathy Depending on the Specific Sufferer? 11:30   Where To Buy Homeopathic Medicines 12:16   Causes of Fibromyalgia 14:48   What if Fibromyalgia Returns? 16:20   Homeopathy vs. Conventional Medicine 19:14   Closing Advice             Joette’s blog             Joette’s podcasts             Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives)            Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum Additional Resources: 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 FindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 155, 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: Quashing the Pain of Fibromyalgia With Homeopathy: Rhus tox Kate: (01:00) Hello and welcome back to the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast with Joette. I’m Kate, and as always, we are thrilled to have you joining us today. If you are new here, welcome. This is the place where we dive deep into the power of homeopathy and how it can offer real, practical solutions for you and your family. Today, we’re exploring the topic of fibromyalgia. It’s a condition that’s often misunderstood and notoriously difficult to manage using conventional approaches. But what if there was another way, a gentler yet powerful system of healing that addresses this chronic condition? Well, that’s exactly what we’re diving into today with Joette: how homeopathy can offer and help those suffering from fibromyalgia. We’ll be talking about some real cases, practical remedies, and what makes the homeopathic approach so unique and effective. So, let’s get started. Hi, Joette. Personal Experience Dealing With Fibromyalgia Joette: (02:00) Hi, Kate. This is one of my favorite subjects, you know. I used to have fibromyalgia, and I’ve actually written about it. I think it might even be on my blog, but I think it’s time to go over it again because it’s such a common condition, particularly for women. And it’s something that seems like all we can do is take an analgesic, and it simply is not so. In fact, analgesics only cause more trouble. Some of them cause liver disease and cause gut problems, and we can keep going on all the problems that are related to taking drugs just to soften some pain. And all that does is it drives the condition to a deeper state and causes more conditions that we call side effects. And side effects, my friends — I have to just add this one little aspect to this — doesn’t mean that it just happens right away, and you know what it is and okay, and you’re calculating it into your determination or a decision as to whether or not you want to stay with the drug. No, no. Side effects can be very subversive without us ever really realizing. They can cause liver damage that you’ll never know, or you may not know for many years. They may cause side effects that seem like, “Oh, no, that’s not a side effect, that’s just aging.” No, my friends, we don’t want any “effects” from a drug. We want to use a medicine that’s relatively safe — as long as it’s used properly — is relatively safe, is efficacious, and is very inexpensive and often resolves the condition once and for all. And that’s why I say that I really appreciate this particular condition or subject we’re talking about today, because this topic is dear to my heart. As a result of having used homeopathy, I no longer have fibromyalgia. Symptoms of Fibromyalgia Kate: (03:43) Joette, can you talk about the symptoms of fibromyalgia? Because I think everyone has heard the word fibromyalgia, but they may not know what it actually is or what the symptoms might be. Joette: Well, “myalgia” means pain, and “fibro” means fibrous tissue, such as muscles — mostly muscles — but it can also be tendons. And there’s a tendency for there to be a kind of tenderness. And so, the muscles are inflamed; they’re in pain. So, there’s a tenderness, but it’s also accompanied by a couple of other symptoms, such as fatigue, sometimes sleep difficulties. Because sleep, of course, if you’re laying on a place that hurts, such as your shoulder or your arm or your knees, your back, your neck, that can cause pain because it’s so tender. So, it affects sleep, but it also can affect cognitive abilities — to be able to reason and think through your day-to-day activities. So, it depends on how severe it is. Now, there are certain areas where we find fibromyalgia to be most commonly positioned in the body, and it’s often in the shoulders, as I said, in the upper back, near the neck, the sternum, the knees, the hips, sometimes even the hands. And it’s also a condition that afflicts women more than it does men. Now I have a theory: Why does it affect women more often than men? It’s only a theory, my friends, but I have to mention that I think it’s often women suffer from a lot more conditions than men because women are more often tinkered with, yet women start going to a doctor at a very early age. Once they finish with the pediatrician, then if they get their menses, or they’re going through menarche, and there’s a little problem here or a little problem there, or they get acne. The thought of acne: “Oh my gosh, we’ve got to get to the doctor right away!” And instead of considering the possibility that it could be diet, BAM! In come the birth control pills, in spite of the fact that she’s only 13 years old. Or BAM! Antibiotics. And so, we see a lot more tinkering. And because of those kinds of conditions that are treated, synthetic drugs of commerce, I believe that it causes an inflammation. I don’t have proof of this. It’s my theory based on thousands — and I mean many thousands — of cases that I have taken. Now, I’ve also noticed that fibromyalgia often comes a little bit later in life. Could that be because there’ve been more and more antibiotics, more and more birth control pills, years and years of all of these steroids and all of the drugs that women automatically take? And I have to say parenthetically that you don’t realize how many drugs you’ve taken because we don’t care to remember, to be honest. It’s only human nature. What we need to do is even look at: “I had pneumonia two years ago. Let’s see, and ever since then, I’ve had pain, and after that, I had a urinary tract infection, and then I was getting headaches. Oh my gosh, remember? Oh, and I also had that otitis media. And then, oh my, oh yeah, I had that sty.” For every one of those conditions, I guarantee most people have had drugs that have accompanied them. So, that’s something that has to be considered. Now, let’s put that all aside and get back to fibromyalgia. I’m happy that you thought of this topic, Kate, for today, for us to discuss, because we’re heading into autumn in the north. Autumn is cold and damp and wet, and that often exacerbates the myalgia. It brings things more to the fore, and it’s something that we find ourselves when we have something like this. And let me also say, it can be very mild version of fibromyalgia. It can be a moderate version of fibromyalgia; it can be an extreme version. And I found myself, when I had it, I found myself rubbing my neck, rubbing my shoulder, rubbing my wrists. That sleep was disturbed, indeed, because I’d be sleeping on my shoulder, and it would cause sensitivity and pain, making it much worse. The Most Valuable Homeopathic Medicine for Fibromyalgia Kate: (07:50) So, Joette, that leads me to the question, what do we do about fibromyalgia? Especially, is there a homeopathic solution? Joette: I find that the most valuable homeopathic medicine for fibromyalgia is Rhus tox, Rhus toxicodendron, and it’s usually used in a 30th potency, sometimes in a 200 potency. I like people who are new to homeopathy — that means within the last couple of years to consider starting with Rhus tox 30, instead of going directly to the 200, and using it twice daily. I find that medicine to be, excuse my repetitive use of the word, “gobsmacking,” but it can be. Now, when I had fibromyalgia — by the time I had that, I had a good understanding of homeopathy and what to watch for and how to assess — what occurred, once I started using the medicine, I started using it in a 200C. So, I used Rhus tox 200C, and I used it twice daily. And within a few days, for me — I’m not going to tell you that this is so for everyone — within a few days, I had complete relief, so I stopped. That’s a big part of homeopathy. When the condition is resolved, we halt it. This is not a supplement or a vitamin in which we would say, “Oh, well. Just take vitamin C for the rest of your life.” Or “Here, let’s take some vitamin D.” No, no, this is medicine. So, that means that when the condition is aborted, so is the medicine. We stop. Now, for me and for many others, we find that once it’s stopped, there’s a really wonderful, beautiful grace period. And it can go on for days, weeks, months. And then it might show up again. And when it shows up again, what do we do? We don’t say, “Oh, no! It’s back again.” We say, “Oh,

In This Podcast, We Cover: 00:58   Introduction: From Hopeless to Hopeful, Homeopathy Addresses Serious Conditions. 03:27   It All Began With a Diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis            04:45   A Slightly Overwhelming Introduction to Classical Homeopathy 07:06   Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®             Gateway I and Gateway II courses 08:56   The Brain Surgeries             Surgical Protocols 12:48   A Horrible Accident 15:32   Aconitum for Shock 16:30   The Academy of Practical Homeopathy®             Good Gut, Bad Gut: A Homeopathic Strategy to Uproot Seemingly Unrelated Illness in Body and Mind             The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® 18:24   Success Story: Epstein-Barr, Chronic Lyme and Mold Toxicity             Rethinking Detox with Practical Homeopathy®: How to Stop Stressing About Toxins and Fearlessly Achieve Health the Simple Way             What To Expect When Using Homeopathy: Part 1 21:00   Success Story: Elevated PSA 22:30   Closing Thoughts Additional Resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives)Joette’s Learning CenterPracticalHomeopathy.comJoette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group FriendsJoette’s Mighty MembersFindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 154. 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: From Hopeless to Hopeful, Homeopathy Addresses Serious Conditions. Kate: (00:58) Welcome to the Practical Homeopathy® podcast, where we dive into the transformative world of Practical Homeopathy® and how it empowers families to take charge of their health. I’m your host, Kate. And today I’m thrilled to introduce our guest, Shannon, a remarkable woman whose journey with homeopathy is nothing short of inspiring. Shannon is a dedicated stay-at-home homeschooling mom of three on a small farm near the Amish community in southeastern Pennsylvania. Shannon and her family embrace a holistic lifestyle, where they raise chickens, goats, and even pigs to ensure they know exactly what’s in their food. Her passion for natural living began 20 years ago when she started exploring the impact of food and lifestyle on health, leading her to embrace organic eating, fermented foods, and traditional practices, inspired by the Weston A. Price Foundation. From crafting bone broth to sourdough bread with freshly milled flour, Shannon’s commitment to a chemical-free life is truly inspiring, but it’s her journey with homeopathy that we’re here to talk about today. Shannon’s introduction to homeopathy began with her son’s diagnosis and a classical homeopath’s suggestion to explore homeopathy. This eventually led her to Joette’s teachings. Homeopathy was also instrumental to help her husband who suffered a devastating accident. We’ll hear more about these incredible stories in just a few minutes, and you won’t believe what this family has been through. Now, on a lighter note, Shannon is a soon-to-be graduate of Joette’s Mastery program. She’s taken her knowledge to new heights, helping others with complex health issues, from supporting a woman with chronic Lyme, Epstein-Barr, and mold toxicity to helping a man lower his PSA levels naturally. Shannon’s success stories highlight the power of homeopathy. Her message is clear. There is another way, and there is hope. So, let’s get started. Shannon, welcome to the podcast. Shannon: Thank you, Kate. It’s wonderful to see you again. Kate: It’s great to see you. We’ve known each other for a little while now. It’s been about four years, I think you said, since you joined our Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® study group. And so, that was fun getting to know you then. And since that time, you’ve really taken your knowledge of homeopathy to a new level. And I would love to just hear a little bit more about the story of what happened, how you got into homeopathy and where it’s led you. It All Began With a Diagnosis of Neurofibromatosis Shannon: (03:27) Sure, Kate, thank you. I love sharing my story. So, it began with my oldest son, who is 16. (We do have three children. So, I have another son who’s 14, and our daughter is 12.) And he was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type 1. Kate: What is neurofibromatosis? Did I say that right? Shannon: You did. What that is … it’s a rare genetic disease, and it causes tumors to grow on the outside jacket of your nerve, and they can grow anywhere in your body. Now, 20% of these cases have what’s called a plexi neurofibromas. And what that is is you have a cluster of these tumors that are somewhere in your body close together, and my son happens to have that as well. It is rare, and I didn’t really know much about it because my husband and I do not have it. No one in our past has it either. It’s kind of like a snip in his gene that he has. We went to a doctor — we have some hospitals around here, conventional doctors that specialize in children that have NF1 — and we went to them. And we decided to get some imaging done — MRIs. He would get them every year just to kind of keep an eye on things to make sure that nothing is growing and that things are okay. A Slightly Overwhelming Introduction to Classical Homeopathy Shannon: (04:45) We ended up going, Kate, to his doctor around here in the past — we don’t go there anymore — was a classical homeopath; he was also an M.D. And we went there to have him check on Aidan just for wellness checkups. And he was the first person to obviously introduce me to homeopathy. I really didn’t know much about it, and he actually said, “I think there’s something that we could do to help him.” And of course I was ecstatic, Kate, because I did the one thing a lot of people do. I googled what this was, and it was really scary. Kate: There was nothing that you could do medically that you hadn’t tried. Shannon: Correct, as of right now, because his tumors weren’t causing an issue at this point. And there really wasn’t anything even in the conventional world at this time, and that was 10 years ago. It was still so rare that there really wasn’t any other options. So, that was exciting for us to hear. And he was a wonderful doctor. He did not teach homeopathy, obviously, the way I’m learning now. He would give him the remedies, and then I kind of would ask what they were. And he was very vague about it, which probably was a good thing at the time, Kate, because I was so overwhelmed with information on things that I probably honestly wouldn’t have really understood what was going on. And he also encouraged me to buy a kit — homeopathy kit — and I bought the 50-remedy kit from Washington at the time with the 30th potencies. And I was like, “Okay, this is great!” But I had no idea how to use it. So, he encouraged me to purchase Dana Ullman’s book of “Everybody’s Guide to Homeopathic Medicines.” So, Kate, I’m going to be honest with you, I bought the kit; I bought the book; and honestly, I didn’t use it. I was like, I have no idea how to really do this. I was intimidated. So, what happened moving forward … my son was getting the checkups, and we had an MRI checkup (a standard routine), and the doctor told us that one of the tumors that was near his trachea — it’s on the nerve by his trachea — has grown larger than what it should be growing. At that time, they didn’t have any options but surgery, and surgery was extremely risky. It was also near his carotid artery. We didn’t really know what to do. Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® Shannon: (07:06) And we decided God has been wonderful with a lot of prayer. God intervened. And at that time, they decided that they were experimenting with a chemotherapy drug. We decided to try that for Aiden. And there was no radiation in this chemotherapy drug, but they found in studies of children with NF1 that this drug would help reduce benign tumors. So, since we didn’t really have any other options, we decided to go down this path. And the drug worked for a little bit, but then over time it stopped working. And what we did is … I always continued, Kate, in my journey to explore other options — any alternative way that maybe we didn’t have to go down this road with him. In between all of this, I started learning about Gateway I and Gateway II courses through Joette, which I took with you and Michelle. I started learning about Joette’s blog and a different way to use homeopathy, and I was really intrigued. And during — it was Gateway II — I actually finished that course in the hospital because in the interim with all of this, my son got a rare brain infection, and he was really sick. And it was actually four years ago, around this time, that he went to the emergency room. I had thought he had the flu, and he was just really sick. Very sick, very sick. I honestly, Kate, I do not run to the doctors unless I feel it’s absolutely necessary. I try a lot of things at home, and this warranted an emergency room visit. And I was even doing homeopathy at the time, Kate, trying something. Again, all I had was the — which I’m thankful for — I had the kit of 30th potencies. I wish I had more, but I didn’t at the time. And we went to the emergency room, and I’ll never forget when … here I’m thinking my son’s going to get … maybe he’s dehydrated or what was going on. And I’ll never forget them telling me they did an MRI, and they came back and they said, “Well, the good part is it’s not any of the neurofibromas in his head because he does have tumors throughout his body, so it’s not that causing an i

In This Podcast, We Cover: 01:00   Introduction: Homeopathic Stramonium for Violent Tendencies 04:18   Arnica for Head Injuries 04:45   Stramonium for Violent Tendencies             Monday Night Live: Rage 07:18   Homeopathy Works!             Stramonium 200C 08:36   Employing Homeopathic Medicine Until It’s No Longer Needed (Very Much Better) 10:32   How Often to Consider Utilizing Stramonium 11:51   Homeopathy Addresses Physical, Psychological, AND Emotional Conditions Additional Resources:  Joette’s video reel regarding Stramonium on YouTube or Facebook Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives)Joette’s Learning CenterThe Academy of Practical Homeopathy®PracticalHomeopathy.comGateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group CurriculumJoette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group FriendsJoette’s Mighty MembersFindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 153, 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: Homeopathic Stramonium for Violent Tendencies Kate: (01:00) Hi, and welcome to the Practical Homeopathy® podcast. I’m Kate, and I’m thrilled to be here with you today as we explore the wisdom and real-life applications of Practical Homeopathy® with Joette, where homeopathy is distilled down to be practical and accessible to moms, dads, grandparents, and even busy college students and skeptical uncles who just want results. Joette has spent her decades teaching families how to take the reins of their health using time-tested homeopathic protocols that are simple, effective, and most importantly, doable. Hi, Joette. Joette: Hi, Kate. We’ve got an interesting case to go over today, haven’t we? Kate: Yes, we do. So, we’re going to talk about how to find the right medicine. So, turning the tables a little bit. I think you are going to ask me some questions about a case that I’ve encountered recently. So, let’s get started. The Emotional Case of a Young Man Joette: (01:57) Yes. As I recall, this was a case of a young man, right? Kate: Right. Yes. Joette: And he had some behavioral problems. Kate, why don’t you explain what behavioral and plaguing thoughts and then an interesting history. Kate: Right. So, we’re going to focus on some of the emotional components of this case. There are some other things that came into play, but as you say, Joette, “Look at what symptoms are the most prominent.” And it’s clear in this case that the emotional component was definitely the most serious — the most dire — of the symptoms. So, I’ll talk a little bit about it. There was some violent thoughts, like wanting to kick people — so, almost rage. And the person was embarrassed by the fact that they’re thinking this. They don’t know where it’s come from, but it was really plaguing thoughts of just wanting to reach out in anger. And I don’t know if this person actually kicked the door at one point or not, but it was pretty severe as far as the almost depression and the rage. Joette: And he was about how he wanted to do that. He wanted to hurt someone. Kate: Yes. Joette: He wanted to kick someone or harm someone, and it turned out that he kicked the door. But that’s as far as he went, at least as far as we know. Kate: Right. Yeah. I don’t think it was action as much as just those plaguing thoughts. Joette: Plaguing thoughts. Right. So, how has this case opened, Kate? Kate: The person is someone that has used homeopathy on and off for years. So, they did, at one point, take Camphor. Joette: So, this is a person whose mother has been using homeopathy on and off for years. Kate: Yeah. Correct. Joette: Right. It’s in his blood of sorts. He knows enough to start thinking this through and asking for some help homeopathically. Kate: Right. And when the mother started thinking about it, she realized that at one point her son had a head injury, and so that played into it. But even though it was a pretty prominent head injury, where there was actually some broken bones in the back … Joette: And so, do we know how long ago that injury occurred before the case was taken regarding these? Kate: I think it was about a year or so. Joette: Okay. My guess is, if the mom knew — I’m just going to take a guess on this, and correct me if I’m wrong — she knows enough homeopathy, she probably treated that injury. Kate: Yes. Joette: At the time, correct? Kate: Correct. Joette: With Arnica first and then Natrum sulphuricum next, and that kind of thing, right? Arnica for Head Injuries Kate: (04:18) Correct. Yes. So just if people are wondering, Arnica is so good for so many things, but head injuries is one of them. Is that what you normally go to first? Joette: Yes. It’s the first thing we think of for hematomas and the shock of it. Pain, of course, but especially hematomas. That’s the concern that we most have. Yes. Kate: Okay. So yes, that was a long time ago, and now there are these emotional components that are coming to the fore. Stramonium for Violent Tendencies Joette: (04:45) So, when the mom was taking the case — essentially, she was taking the case, and she was relaying to you — that she looked at violent tendency. Now we don’t know whether or not he was actually violent (but for the kicking of the door). Right? But he talked about how he wanted to punch someone or kick someone and harm to someone. Kate: Right. Joette: Yes. Kate: Right. And so, she looked up in the repertory under “Mind-Emotions and VIOLENT.” And I know you talk about how the remedy Stramonium is pretty prominent when there are violent behaviors. Joette: It certainly fits. It fits that, for sure. But now let’s look at what Stramonium also represents. It represents a shock to the system. Buster, when he got that injection from the vet, went into a Stramonium state. (I’ve talked about this before. I’ve written about it. Actually, it was a Monday Night Live that I talked about it.) That injection was a shock to the system, and that’s the way I saw it. Shortly after that, within weeks or so, he became a very violent dog. He’d never been violent. He was really passive and sweet, but he became aggressive towards me. Wouldn’t let me in the bedroom; wouldn’t let me near my husband; snarled at me; showed me his teeth and actually snapped at me several times. My husband had to grab him by the scruff of the neck a number of times. And so, I knew that the cause of that was likely the neurological shock to the system. I used both medicines specifically for that injury to the system, as well as how he was behaving. I gave him, Stramonium … Kate: Turned him right around, as I recall. Joette: It did. Immediately within a day or two. It was really fast. And then it came back again a couple weeks or a month or something later, but not as severe. He didn’t snap this time. He showed his teeth, and he wouldn’t let me near my husband or let me in the bedroom. My husband had to grab him again, and then I knew it was time to give him the Stramonium again. So, it was a neurological shock to the system, and we could say the same, perhaps, for this young man … that there was a neurological shock. And that can happen after an accident, after an injury (especially a head injury), something that is extreme to the body can often show up later in this kind of behavior, anger, desire to do harm, violent thoughts, et cetera. So, Stramonium fits both the fact that this behavior is presenting, but it also fits because of the etiology — the potential cause of the condition in the first place — which, indeed, could have been the head injury. Homeopathy Works! Kate: (07:15) Yes. And so, interestingly enough, the mother reports that the Stramonium acted, and it acted so quickly and so beautifully that within one dose, this boy stopped having those (the thoughts of rage), and he calmed right down and was doing really well. Now, when he stopped taking it — and I believe, he was taking it … at first, it was twice a day, and then gradually going to every other day — but when he didn’t remember to take it, those things crept back in. Right? And so, when he took it again, they went right away. It’s so incredible. I mean, every time we talk, Joette, we talk about these medicines and how amazing they are. Joette: God’s medicine. There’s no doubt about it. No side effects, et cetera. It was probably 200? Kate: Yes. Joette: In a 200C. So, Stramonium 200C. And so, used it a couple times a day for what? Probably a week or so? Kate: I would say yes. They tried to go to the Stramonium every other day, but it didn’t seem like enough. So, they went back to the twice a day. And I didn’t follow the case, so, I don’t know what they’re doing now, but I know that this boy is doing really well. And whenever he starts to get those thoughts again, he just takes the Stramonium. Or if he’s taking it regularly, then those thoughts don’t even creep in. Employing Homeopathic Medicine Until It’s No Longer Needed (Very Much Better) Joette: (08:36) So, the upshot of this is that you use it until it’s no longer needed, and then you test it out. We’re not using it for years; we’re using it for days. And then when it’s clear that the condition is much improved, then we back off. When we see that it’s not time to back off because the symptoms return, then it’s time to return to the original schedule or a schedule that’s perhaps not as tight as twice a day. Maybe they just use it once a day, see how it goes. So, we’re always looking for that tip

In This Podcast, We Cover: 01:00   Introduction: I Can Predict Your Future 02:21   The Art of Observation: What Are We Looking For? 05:34   Just Observation, Not Assumptions 06:30   Real-Life Examples of Observation 08:29   Prediction by Looking at Clues 12:12   We Have to Fight for Our Own Health, Yet Not Everyone Is Ready 18:07   How Can We Change?             Aurum metallicum 200C 21:20   One Step at a Time 23:58   Closing Advice             Joette’s Learning Center             Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum             Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends Additional Resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives)PracticalHomeopathy.comJoette’s Mighty MembersFindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 152, 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: I Can Predict Your Future Kate: (01:00) Welcome back to the Practical Homeopathy® podcast with Joette Calabrese. I am your co-host, Kate. And I’m thrilled to be here with Joette, our homeopathy expert, who always shares her wisdom and practical insights and experiences so that you can become a confident healer in your family. Today, we’re diving into a fascinating topic: the art and power of observation and homeopathy, or what we’re calling “I Can Predict Your Future.” I know you’ve got some insights, Joette,  to share about how observing people — and even pets — can reveal so much about their health and guide us to the right remedies. So, let’s get started, right? Joette: Yes. Hi, Kate. Kate: Today, you’re going to tell us how we can predict our future or the future of someone else. Joette: That’s right. As you know — I have to say this — that one of the most powerful tools in homeopathy isn’t a remedy bottle necessarily, or repertory, or even a materia medica. It’s our ability to observe. So, within a few minutes of meeting someone, I can often get a sense of whether they’re headed toward a robust, vibrant life or if they’re veering towards illness. And it’s not about judgment. It’s about noticing patterns and priorities that tell a story about their health and their thinking. The Art of Observation: What Are We Looking For? Kate: (02:21) That’s so interesting. Tell us more about that. What kinds of things are you looking for when you observe someone? Joette: Well, sometimes it starts with the little details. For example, what are they drinking? Are they sipping sparkling water, or is it a martini? (And maybe the second or third one.) What they choose gives a window … What they choose to drink gives us a window into their priorities. Are they reading a book on self-improvement? You can find that out by talking to them and asking them what they do in their spare time. Are they consumed — you can see this immediately — by gossip or about complaints. And are there conversations focused on problems like an upcoming … an event? Caring for a loved one? And it depends on how they care for that loved one. Is it done with joy? Is it done with humor? Is it done with a burdened attitude? Or raising their children. Raising their children with intention or saying, “Well, I don’t know how to do that, so I just go to the doctor and get a medication for the child. I don’t have any interest in learning how to take care of this or that. That’s the doctor’s job.” But I also notice physical cues, and those are the ones we see right away. I mean — these others that I’ve just discussed — are, really, once you get into a conversation with someone. But physical cues: Where is their weight distributed? For example, if the weight is all in the belly, then we start thinking about insulin resistance. How they carry themselves: Are their shoulders back or their shoulders leaning forward? And how they speak: If they look you in the eye, and they speak to you with intention. These things aren’t just random. They’re clues to their overall, I don’t know, shall we say, vitality and their overall attitude towards life. Now, I don’t want to be unfair. I have to say this, that there are times when we all have downsides in our lives. To catch a vignette of someone’s life could be unfair. They might’ve just gotten really bad news. And they’re normally buoyant, but right now they’re thinking differently, and it feels as though the weight of the world is on their shoulders. And so, we do have to take that into consideration. But generally speaking, observation is our cornerstone. It’s like being a detective. When you’re taking a case and working on someone to help them with using homeopathy, it’s actually even more important to observe the person or the animal or the baby than it is to ask questions because the baby, the animal, the sleeping person can’t give you an answer. So, we must spend a lot of time concentrating on observing people or animals: what they do when they give us information about themselves. And it doesn’t have to be verbal, as I’m saying, it’s just observational. They’re really handing us their pearls, their unique symptoms and behaviors. And as long as we’re there to observe on it, we’re not going to interpret. We’re just observing. We’re not thinking, “Well, that person must be toxic,” or “That person must have parasites,” or “That person must have, et cetera, et cetera.” We’re only going by what we observe. Just Observation, Not Assumptions Kate: (05:34) So, we’re not making assumptions. Joette: That’s right. We’re not making assumptions. If we were taking it as a case, we’re just jotting down what is noticed, not what we think it is that’s causing it. Now those details guide us to the right remedy. And what I’m talking about is when someone walks into my office or when I meet someone on Zoom the first time taking a case, but I’m also talking about meeting someone at a party. You can get a lot of this information just by meeting someone, talking to someone after church over a cup of coffee. You can get a lot of where this person is headed, where they are, where they’ve been, and where they’re headed by just observing and listening. Kate: That makes so much sense. Joette, I love how practical this is. It’s about paying attention to what’s right in front of us, from what you’re saying. So, I’d love to hear an example of how this can play out in real life. Real-Life Examples of Observation Joette: (06:30) Well, yes. I was taking the case of a woman not too long ago, who I noticed her eyes were kind of half-masked. They were not open all the way. She pointed it out to me, but I had just noticed it not too long before she said it. It wasn’t because she was tired necessarily, although she does complain of fatigue from time to time. But it really has to do with what medicine we’re going to choose for this. So, it might look to others as though maybe she’s on a drug or something. I know she’s not, but what I’m looking at is … I don’t know exactly the reason why, but I do know that eyes that are half-closed while speaking is a specific medicine, and it’s often Gelsemium, for example. And Gelsemium is also wonderful medicine for fatigue that she also complains about. Now, let me also go back and say her eyes were not half-closed because she was fatigued. Even when she wasn’t fatigued … even when she isn’t fatigued, her eyes are half closed. So, we might also chalk it up (if we were not homeopaths) to saying, “Well, that’s just the way she is. Her eyes have always been like that. Perhaps her father’s eyes were like that, et cetera.” What we’re looking for is noting characteristics, idiosyncrasies, little issues that can be useful to us. Someone, for example, who’s always licking their lips might be because they have excessive saliva, and then we think of something like Mercurius sol. Or they might be licking their lips because their lips are dry. So, once they start licking their lips, the next thing that should be noted by the homeopath is to see if the lips do look dry. Is it because it’s dryness and the person is trying to relieve that discomfort? Or is it when they speak that they kind of suck in saliva or that it collects around the corners of the mouth, and they’re compensating by licking their lips? All of this is very useful information for us as homeopaths. Prediction by Looking at Clues Kate: (08:29) Okay. Joette, let’s expound more on the prediction part of our message. And how can you predict, looking at these clues, what is going to happen in someone’s life? Joette: Well, one of the greatest predictors is what people are interested in and how they spend their time during the day … and the night, for that matter. So, what they’re reading, what their interests are. If we are talking to someone who doesn’t seem to have any interests, then that’s a clue that we have somebody who may not have the wherewithal. Maybe they’re not well enough to reach out and look for an interest or a hobby. And then again, in juxtaposition to that, when we talk to someone and they can expound on history, and we note that they read a lot about history, you don’t even have to ask that question. You simply note their level of understanding of history. And so that tells me that the person — generally speaking — has a more robust intellect. Now, it doesn’t mean that for the person who doesn’t have a robust intellect that we are casting dispersions. What we’re saying is that, as I said, it might be they don’t have the wherewithal. They

In This Podcast, We Cover: 01:00   Introduction: Chronic Fatigue Through the Lens of Practical Homeopathy® 01:31   “Syndrome” Sounds Scary 02:23   Challenging the “One Size Fits All” Definition of Chronic Fatigue 04:55   Practical Homeopathy® Offers Medicines to Consider 07:15   Is a Conventional Diagnosis Necessary or Even Helpful in This Situation? 09:19   When Might We Use the Protocol for Chronic Fatigue? 10:25   Closing Advice             Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum             Joette’s Learning Center             The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® Additional Resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives) PracticalHomeopathy.com Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends Joette’s Mighty Members FindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 151, 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: Chronic Fatigue Through the Lens of Practical Homeopathy® Kate: (01:00) Hi Joette. Joette: Hi, Kate. Kate: Today, we have a subject that I think a lot of people encounter, and that is chronic fatigue. We just had a long conversation about it, and you have some amazing insights of how people can think about chronic fatigue, because that diagnosis can sound scary. But it can also be a little misleading and not help us to get to what we should use homeopathically. So, can you let us know how we should think about it if we hear the words “chronic fatigue?” “Syndrome” Sounds Scary Joette: (01:31) Well, often, it’s called “chronic fatigue syndrome, which means that there are other aspects to the condition other than just the fatigue. Kate: Well, and it makes it sound scary too, right? “Syndrome.” Joette: Yeah, syndrome, I know. But syndrome doesn’t necessarily mean that. It means that there are a couple of additional conditions that are associated with the main condition — kind of like satellite conditions. In the world of Practical Homeopathy®, knowing the name of a condition or a diagnosis can be useful. After all, there are well-established protocols for many ailments. But sometimes those labels can be misleading, especially when they come from a medical, a conventional or a functional medicine approach. And they might sound super-precise, but they often fail to give us the true nature of what’s going on so that we can make a good decision on choosing a homeopathic medicine. Challenging the “One Size Fits All” Definition of Chronic Fatigue Kate: (02:23) Well, today we’re going to challenge some of that thinking and those intimidating diagnoses, Joette. So, help us to reframe our thinking when we hear chronic fatigue or chronic fatigue syndrome, and how do we zero in on the symptoms that really matter? So, help us to know how do we think about it? How do we frame our thinking so that we can dial in on and find a correct homeopathic medicine? Joette: Sure. Well, chronic fatigue. There is a protocol — and there is a Banerji protocol — for chronic fatigue, and you’ll find other protocols as well for chronic fatigue, in general. But what’s probably more important in this particular situation is what’s happening in that person’s life? Is this a person … let’s say a woman who just had her third baby, and the baby was born, say, five months ago. And she still feels fatigued after the birth. We’re really not even supposed to feel fatigue after a birth. We should feel exhilarated, but she’s feeling fatigue after the birth. We can call that chronic fatigue, but there’s an underlying hormonal issue here. How about people who eat a lot of carbohydrates? They have Kix for breakfast with skim milk, and then for lunch they have a peanut butter sandwich, and then for dinner they might have a little protein with rice or pasta on the side. And they have chronic fatigue, thinking nothing of those kinds of meals that could be potentially causing a fatigue that’s related to what they’re eating. And then what about someone who has just come out of surgery — say, a month ago — and ever since then they’ve been fatigued? Well, first of all, surgery is like World War II on your body. That’s a big deal. You’re being generally anesthesed. You are being cut open! You are being given an antibiotic. You are given an anti-inflammatory, steroids afterwards, et cetera, et cetera. There’s so many drugs: tranquilizer to fall asleep because you’re restless after. And many times, people are normal. They have a normal amount of energy until they have surgery. So, it could be the shock of the surgery. But it could also — and this is super common — be a result of the number of medications that they were given. And it may not even be the sheer number (although that would be certainly a priority to consider), but it could have been one particular drug that did it. We don’t know which one it was. Maybe it was just the general anesthesia. And ever since then, the person is fatigued in hindsight. Practical Homeopathy® Offers Medicines to Consider Joette: (04:55) Now, I’m going to attach some medicines to this. Because in that situation, we might consider Phosphoric acid, where with a mom who had her baby months ago and who still has fatigue, we might consider Sepia. For someone who’s had a lot of pasta and breads and carbohydrates during the day, you might want to consider Helonias. But then, let’s go to another condition. How about anemia? What if the chronic fatigue is low-level anemia, and that simply wasn’t tested? How about someone with chronic insomnia? Now, that would make sense of course, that you’re going to be fatigued if you’re not sleeping properly. But sometimes the person is getting eight hours, but they’re broken up because they go to bed; they fall asleep; then they wake up; then they fall asleep again; then they wake up; now, they’re up for two hours; then they go back. So, the sleep is broken up, so their rhythm is off. That can cause a concern. And then in that case, we’re talking about perhaps something like Coffea. And then how about if it’s chronic fatigue resulting from depression? Sometimes people don’t even recognize that they’re depressed. They feel low, loss of interest in life, loss of interest in their work. They have no desire to strive, and they’re fatigued, and they just feel, “I don’t know, I just don’t feel up to it.” That could be something like, for example, Aurum metallicum. Or how about this? How about just dehydration, living in a hot climate where they’ve perspired a lot. And they’re drinking, but they’re not drinking enough. Or they’re drinking, but they’re drinking only water. They’re not drinking anything with electrolytes or any salt added, and so they’re losing minerals as well. So, they’re dehydrated. In that case, we might consider China. And how about overstudy? Let’s talk about that one. A lot of times people get fatigued — students get fatigued — from over-studying, staying up too late, thinking and thinking and thinking and memorizing and trying to put to memory many, many concepts into one brain in a short amount of time … say, cramming for exams. In that case, we’re going to consider something like Kali phos. So, chronic fatigue is really an umbrella for what could be many conditions, and I’m sure there are others here that we could think of — that if you thought about it, what could be causing chronic fatigue? Is a Conventional Diagnosis Necessary or Even Helpful in This Situation? Joette: (07:15) And so, it’s nice to know what it is, I guess. But if you’ve gone in to see your medical provider, and you are going in with a complaint, and the complaint is, “I’m tired all the time,” … I’m tired all the time means chronic fatigue. Means you really didn’t even need to go in to get that diagnosis because all that’s happened is that a label has been placed on top of what you already knew was happening. You walked in knowing you were always tired, you walked out knowing you have chronic fatigue. Same thing. So, if we understand that there are many ways to — I used to say “skin a cat,” but I don’t say that anymore because I’ve been chastised by people who love cats, and I mean, I like cats, too. So, I’m calling it baking a biscuit. There’s more than one way to bake a biscuit. So, that’s why I want you to look at this from a couple of different angles. Make sure that you’re considering the circumstances. And not always do we consider circumstances in choosing homeopathic medicine. But certainly, in chronic fatigue, we do want to consider what’s happened before, what led up to this and what the person is suffering from even now as they’re suffering. So, oftentimes, I do tell people they should know the name of the diagnosis, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you need to know it in every single case. So, in this situation, it’s valuable to know the name that you would’ve given it. “I am fatigued.” You already know that. Now we need to look deeper and see what else needs to be considered. Kate: Right. So, although we could use the protocol for chronic fatigue, it’s beneficial to look deeper. Joette: Particularly in this kind of a condition. Yes. Kate: Yeah. Other times, it might be the reverse, where we get too specific of a diagnosis that can lead us down a rabbit hole. But in this case, with chronic fatigue, you are saying, Joette, that it’s important to look at the circumstances surrounding that, and that can be useful as well. Joette: Yes, that’s so. Whe

In This Podcast, We Cover: 01:00   Introduction: Silicea Helps the Body Successfully Push Out Painful, Embedded Foreign Objects and Much More 01:30   What Is Silicea?             Silicea 30 and 200 — https://www.boironusa.com/product/silicea/             Silicea 6X — https://hylands.com/products/hylands-silicea 02:10   Silicea: Bunions (and Pushing Out Glass From an Old Car Accident)             Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum 05:13   Silicea: Straightening Bowed Legs 08:21   Silicea for Pushing Out an Inch-Long Splinter             The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® 11:30   Silicea for Pushing Out Cactus Barbs 15:38   Silicea for Pushing Out Recently Embedded Glass (and for Fear of Pins and Needles) 19:09   Silicea for Pushing Out Hair Splinters             Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® II 21:25   Silicea for a Dog Riddled With Porcupine Quills 24:55   Joette’s Closing Thoughts on Silicea             Free online materia medica — https://www.materiamedica.info/en/free-materia-medica-books.php             A Materia Medica: Practical Homeopathy® for Busy Families by Joette Calabrese Additional Resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives)Joette’s Learning CenterPracticalHomeopathy.comJoette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group FriendsJoette’s Mighty MembersFindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 150, 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: Silicea Helps the Body Successfully Push Out Painful, Embedded Foreign Objects and Much More Kate: (01:00) Welcome to the Practical Homeopathy® podcast. I’m Kate, and I’m here with Joette. Hi, Joette. Joette: Hi Kate, and actually, hi to many, but we’re going to find out more about that in a minute, right? Kate: Yes. Today, we have a very special gathering of some of your inspiring students who are going to share their real stories, their successes, surprises and heartfelt moments. And they’ve been using a homeopathic medicine called Silicea, along with many others. So, we are going to welcome them here to share their stories. What Is Silicea? Joette: (01:30) Hi, ladies. So, we’re going to talk about Silicea, and there are the top 100 homeopathic medicines we can use. There are the top 300, if we want to go a little bit deeper. There are the top thousand. Silicea is just one of them. But it was so fascinating when we started to talk about this in one of the classes. Everyone just came up with fascinating stories of their use of Silicea, which is made from flint. And for those of you who know anything about homeopathy, it is a cell salt. Doesn’t mean it’s any different than any other medicine. It just is in its own special little category. I’m dying to hear the stories. I’ve kind of heard little bits and pieces, but I haven’t heard the full picture, the full measure of everyone. So, I’m looking forward to getting to know what these stories are. Silicea for Bunions (and Pushing Out Glass From an Old Car Accident) Kate: (02:10): All right, so let’s start with Christy. Welcome to the podcast, Christy. Christy: Hi, Kate. It’s so fun to be here today. See everyone and meet some new faces. Joette: Christy, you have a story about your mom. Christy: Yes, I do. Joette: And glass, please relay that. I remember that story. It’s pretty interesting. Christy: Yeah, it’s pretty crazy. Yeah. My mother and I were going through the Gateway courses, and we were studying the cell salts. And she’s a nurse, so, she’s pretty self-reliant and used to practicing things on herself. So, she wasn’t shy about diving right in, and she noticed all the things that Silicea was appropriate for. So, she began to take Silicea, especially for her bunions. After about two weeks, the strangest thing started to happen. She had tiny shards of glass coming out of her face. So, at first, she didn’t know what it was, and then she realized it was glass from a car accident she had been in over 25 years ago. So … Joette: She was working on bunions on one end and on the other end … So, did it frighten her? Christy: No, it didn’t frighten her. She kept taking the Silicea, and more and more glass started coming out of her face and her head. But after a while, she was kind of getting tired of it, so she decided maybe she’d try some higher potencies to see if it moved things along. But what she noticed was that larger pieces were coming out, but that became a little bit uncomfortable. And she just stuck with the 6X because it was working. Joette: That’s an amazing story, but it’s not unusual. It’s amazing to anyone who doesn’t know anything about Silicea, but this is what Silicea is known to often produce. Christy: Exactly, exactly. So, yeah. Joette: She was using 6X. Was she using it once, twice a day? How did she … Christy: She was using it a couple times a day for a long time. This has been over a year now. She still has glass coming out. She even stopped taking the Silicea for a while, and it’s still coming out. So, we don’t know how much more glass is going to come out, but I’m sure you’re wondering: Yes, it did help with the bunions. Joette: Yeah, that is the question, isn’t it? Christy: Yeah, it did. In her face, her skin looks amazing. She has less wrinkles than most people her age. She looks great, but she’s ready for the Silicea to finish. Joette: To finish. Yeah. All right, “We’re finished now. Can we stop this job now?” Yeah. What a fabulous story, Christy. So, now she’s hooked. Christy: Oh, absolutely. Joette: Yeah. That’s what happens when you realize that. And Silicea, then, is known for pushing, causing a superation around a shard, such as a branch, a piece of wood, a sliver, an old needle, a pin, glass. That’s the most common. I love to hear these glass stories. Thank you, Christy. This was really fascinating. Christy: That’s fun. Thank you. Silicea for Straightening Bowed Legs Kate: (05:13) All right, next we have Franicia. Welcome, Franicia. Franicia: Hi. It’s so exciting to be here with all of you. I got to do the interview with Kate, and I get to see everybody. So, this is one of my favorite stories to share. I’m married, and I’m a mom of 10 children with age ranges of a young adult in her early twenties down to the baby who’s almost three. So, around three and a half years ago, I had most of my children and noticed that one of my little boys had a different kind of walk. He was barely a year and a half, and my son had an unusual way of walking that seemed different than what I was used to as a parent. And when he would walk, his feet were turned inward and his hips would sort of twist, and he almost looked like he was about to fall. So, not only were my son’s feet pointed inward, but his feet came together, and the rest of his legs were far apart and were bowing. Almost looked like parentheses. I had been taking Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® classes and was slowly buying remedies and also got a cell salt kit. And when I first bought it, I had many health challenges and found relief by taking some of the cell salts. So, homeopathy was helping me so much that I always wanted to learn more. So, one day I was reading the handout that came with my cell salt kit, which were all in 6X potency. And I was reading the keynotes and symptoms for each cell salt and noticed it says something like “rickets” under a cell salt called Silica (or Silicea). And I knew it was helpful for teeth, bones, growing children, among many other things in age ranges (and, you know, if it matches). And I decided to try it for my son. I gave him about two doses in two days, and his legs straightened. And they looked like parallel lines when he would walk, and his hips weren’t swaying like they used to. His feet? They weren’t turned inward anymore. They were turned forward, and he didn’t look like he was going to fall anymore. And our neighbors even noticed and said something to us. You wouldn’t have known he had a problem walking before, and he hasn’t needed that remedy again for his legs since then. As a mom, I’m so thankful to learn these things. Joette: Franicia, repeat that. In two days? Franicia: Two days, two doses. This was three and a half years ago, and I have the videos to prove it. I have videos if you ever want me to share that — privately. It is amazing. Joette: That is amazing. Have you noticed anything else with his walking now? You said his legs are parallel. How about your other children? Anything with them? Franicia: One of them does have a slight twist, and she’s a fast runner. She’s taking the cavity protocol, which has helped her, but she’s the only other one. And a lot of my children are fast runners, and they love to run. But this boy, he loves to run, and he runs straight. Everything’s straight and parallel. Joette: Well, we expect miracles with homeopathy, but each time we hear one, it’s still just as exciting as though we wouldn’t expect it. It’s really fabulous. Thank you so much for sharing that, Franicia. That’s a beautiful story. Franicia: My pleasure. Silicea for Pushing Out an Inch-Long Splinter Kate: (08:21) Alright, next we have Tia. Welcome, Tia. Tia: Thank you, Joette. Thank you, Kate. My story starts while I was in Academy. I had been in karate with my youngest daughter, and one of the little girls was selling Girl Scout cookies. A few weeks later, the mother was dropping them off to me, and I hadn’t been there in a while because

In This Podcast, We Cover: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. 01:00   Introduction: Successfully Healing a Toddler’s Cellulitis             Podcast 99 — Moms with Moxie: A Powerful Matriarch             Joette’s Learning Center 02:49   I Thought They Were Bites 04:13   Time to Pivot … but I Needed Support             The Antibiotic Alternative: Balance Your Bugs Without the Drugs 05:18   Thinking Several Steps Ahead 07:44   Trusting My Community             Podcast 130 — Courageous Couples: Now I Feel Ready as a Mom … of 10! 08:53   The Beauty of the Banerji Protocols and Medicines Proven to Act 10:48   How to Develop a Community             Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum 12:28   Expectations and Assessing the Case 14:54   Practical Homeopathy® Is Freeing 19:08   We Need to Learn How to Fish             Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum             Joette’s Learning Center             The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® 20:10   Closing Advice Additional Resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives) PracticalHomeopathy.com Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends Joette’s Mighty Members FindAPracticalHomeopath.com Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 149. 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: Successfully Healing a Toddler’s Cellulitis Kate: (01:00) Hello and welcome to the Practical Homeopathy® podcast, where we explore real-life stories and empowering solutions using the gentle and effective power of Practical Homeopathy®. I’m Kate, and I’m so glad that you’re here with us today. We have a heartfelt and inspiring episode for you. I’m joined by Jordan, a mom whose story is a shining example of what calm confidence and the right knowledge can do, especially when it matters most. She’ll be sharing how her understanding and experience with Practical Homeopathy® helped her to navigate a potentially serious health issue: cellulitis in one of her children. You’ll hear how Jordan stayed grounded through the uncertainty, trusted what she knew, and took action in a way that supported her daughter’s recovery beautifully. So, whether you’re new to homeopathy or a seasoned user, this episode will leave you feeling encouraged and empowered. Welcome to the podcast, Jordan. Jordan: Happy to be back. Thanks for having me again, Kate. Kate: Yes! So, you might have heard Jordan’s story in a previous podcast. It was Podcast 99, where she shared her story. So, you might want to take a listen to that when you have some time. But Jordan is one of the team members at JoetteCalabrese.com. She is actually an amazing writer. In fact, if you’re a Mighties Plus member, you may have experienced her delightful writing. She helps with those Remedy Riddles we all know and love and are posted each month. If you’re not a Mighties Plus member, and you don’t know what we’re talking about, you can find that information at JoettesLearningCenter.com. Check it out. It’s a really great community. Jordan, thank you for being with us, and you’re going to share mostly about a case of cellulitis that you dealt with, with your daughter. So, let’s just dive in. Can you tell us what happened? I Thought They Were Bites Jordan: (02:49) Yeah, so my daughter, Zélie, was just over a year old when this happened. So, she was very little, and it began with what seemed to be a few bites on her legs — very red, hard, swollen, definitely looked painful. The first time I noticed them was when I was changing her diaper right before bedtime. And when I saw the bites, I thought she had been off that day. She woke up early from her nap crying, and she’s normally very cheery and bubbly. But she was just not her normal cheery self that day. So, when I saw the bites, I thought, “Okay, this makes sense.” I gave a few doses of Ledum 200 and put her to bed and then kept a close eye on it through the night. Whenever she woke up to nurse during the night — which is very typical for her, she nurses quite a bit — I would give her a dose of Ledum and feel her legs to see if this swelling was going down. And it was. So, I was feeling very encouraged and thought, “Okay, good. This is going to be gone quickly.” The next morning, looked at her legs, and they definitely looked better initially. They were flatter, and they were fading. But then it took a wrong turn very quickly. So, it would maybe be only an hour or so later that I noticed that the spots were rapidly spreading. It was probably during one of her diaper changes, and they were all over her legs, and they were very inflamed, very angry-looking. Now, Kate, as you know, I have seven kids. I think you joked one time that my house was an urgent care — which it’s true. There’s always something going on here, but I had never seen this before. This was beyond my experience. Time to Pivot … but I Needed Support Jordan: (04:13) I could tell it was probably a systemic reaction of some kind because of how it was spreading. But beyond that, I was not sure. So, I definitely started to feel overwhelmed. I don’t know about you, but when I’m confused and I don’t know what the next step is, I start to feel very overwhelmed. So, I had that feeling of panic setting in. But then, very soon after I was starting to feel my heart racing, I heard Joette’s little voice say in the back of my head, “You need to know what you’re treating. You need to know the name of the condition. Then you can just choose the correct protocol.” So, I thought, “Great. That’s my next step.” So, I called my sister to see if she knew what this was. Nicole is one of Joette’s Academy graduates. So, she’s very knowledgeable, very competent, and has always been a very strong support to me. So, when she saw the pictures of Zélie’s legs, almost immediately she said, “That looks like cellulitis.” And she knew what she was talking about because many years ago, her own daughter had been bitten and had developed cellulitis. So, even before we were off the phone, I began giving Zélie Hyper/Ars 200, which is the Banerji Protocol for cellulitis that I had learned in the Antibiotic Alternative class. Thinking Several Steps Ahead Kate: (05:18) Okay, so let me just clarify, Jordan, that is a combination remedy of Hypericum and Arsenicum album. So, for those who might not know what we’re referring to. Jordan: Right. And I gave her three doses of that — close together — and then laid her down for her nap. And although my sister and I felt pretty confident it was cellulitis, we both thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if a practitioner could just confirm it for us?” But I really did not want to go that route. I really did not want to go to urgent care. I knew that if I stepped into that realm, there’s a good chance I would lose the freedom to treat this the way I wanted to treat it. I kept thinking of Joette’s chess analogy. I can’t remember which class she shared this in, but it really made an impression. And basically, what she was saying is a good chess player not only thinks about the move they’re about to make, they’re thinking two, three, even four steps ahead. So, I don’t play chess, but I’ve watched my husband play my sons and my brothers playing each other, and I can see the wheels turning. And they’re not just thinking about their move. They’re thinking about if I move this piece, how will that change their strategy? And so, in my circumstance, I was thinking, “If my move is to take Zélie to the doctor or urgent care, what will their move be? How will they respond to me? Will I be allowed to simply walk in, get a diagnosis and leave, especially considering that this was a baby with what would be seen as a dangerous infection?” Now, I’m not saying there’s never a time and place, right, Kate? Kate: Right. Right. Jordan: There is a time and a place. My kid breaks their bone? I’m out of my league. I need to go get that set. But that was not the case here. I had what I needed. I had the Banerji Protocol and a community to back me up. Kate: I think what you’re saying, Jordan, is so important to think ahead about the things that we are about to do. I had to do that so many times as I was caring for my mother, just thinking about, “Okay, I really want a diagnosis, but what comes with that?” And so thankfully, I had a team of people who were very willing — including her primary care physician — to give us a diagnosis and then say, “Okay, so now what do you have that can help her?” And if you don’t have a care team like that, whether it’s a physician or maybe a friend who’s a nurse or even a chiropractor for some things, I think it’s beneficial to find those people who can give you the information that you need where you don’t have to worry about “Am I going to be chastised for not taking a medication?” Trusting My Community Jordan: (07:44) Right. So, that’s the route I took. I depended on my community. First, as I mentioned. I went to my sister. Then, to confirm what we were thinking, I reached out to a few more knowledgeable friends — including you, Kate. And they all came back saying, “Yes, this looks like cellulitis.” And one friend in particular not only confirmed that for me, she was such a support. She really stayed by my side, Franicia. Daily, she was checking in on me, sending me texts saying, “How is she doing? What are you noticing?” An

In This Podcast, We Cover: 01:00   Introduction: From Freaking to Fabulous Success Stories 03:02   Homeopathy — and Joette — Were Life-Changing             Practical Homeopathy® Podcasts             Courses in Joette’s Learning Center 03:59   Success Story: Enlarged Lymph Nodes             Joette’s Blog             5 Reasons to Own a Homeopathy Kit (and My Favorite Remedy for Soft Tissue Infections) 04:54   Success Story: Environmental Allergies             Yikes! Peanut Butter and Bee Stings Anaphylaxis             Allergic?! Escape Allergies, Chemical Sensitivities, Food Intolerances, and More with Homeopathy: Practical Protocols to Get Your Life Back 06:17   Success Story: Childhood Asthma 07:40   Success Story: Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) and Hypotension 09:48   Success Story: Acute Stroke Care on the Way to the Hospital 10:53   Success Story: Catheterization Issues             S is for Staphysagria 11:20   Success Story: Toe Infection 12:04   Success Story: Sunburn 13:56   Success Story: Tailbone Injury From a Fall 15:09   Success Story: Sinus Issues Resolved Along With a Chronic Painful Shoulder 16:13   Success Story: Eczema 17:01   Success Story: Runny Nose 18:22   How to Learn This for Yourself             Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives)             Joette Calabrese on Facebook             Joette’s courses in the Learning Center             The Academy of Practical Homeopathy®             Allergic?! Escape Allergies, Chemical Sensitivities, Food Intolerances, and More with Homeopathy: Practical Protocols to Get Your Life Back             Mindful Homeopathy: Practical Protocols for Mental and Emotional Conditions             Good Gut, Bad Gut: A Homeopathic Strategy to Uproot Seemingly Unrelated Illness in Body and Mind             Feminopathy: How You Can Correct Female Ailments Using Safe, Inexpensive and Effective Homeopathy             Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum 21:18   Find a Practical Homeopath™ 21:52   Closing Advice Additional Resources: Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends Joette’s Mighty Members Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 148, 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: From Freaking to Fabulous Success Stories Kate: (01:00) Hi, I am Kate, and I want to welcome you back to the podcast. We love it that you’re here with us. Today, I have a special Mom with Moxie with me, and if you want to know if homeopathy can help you or your family member with allergies, rashes, anxiety, toenail infections, sunburns, eczema, tailbone injuries, chronic shoulder pain, and so much more, you are in the right place. Suzy’s going to share her homeopathy stories with you and how she learned to address these conditions. So welcome, Suzy. Suzy: Thank you, Kate. It’s great to be here. Kate: Yes, it’s great to see you. Normally, we get to see each other in person at least a few times a year, so it’s fun to see you even if it’s on the screen today. Suzy: Yep. It is a joy to meet you and your team. It’s been great. I love it. Kate: So, tell us a little bit about yourself. Suzy: So, I’m a homeschool mom. My family and I live in South Florida. We’re a big boating family. My husband is a mariner; he’s a captain. I have two boys, 18 and 13, and in all these years, homeopathy has blessed my family in many ways. And, yeah! So, I was always into researching things, and when my son started presenting with severe allergies and asthma issues at five years old, I decided that it was time to look into other modalities because the remedies that were being offered to me with allopathic medicines had a lot of negative side effects. And so, I began searching, and people knew that. And people were sending me articles and things that were further along in their study of natural remedies. And I found Joette, and that was a pivotal moment in all of our lives, because that was nine years ago. I can’t even believe it, nine years. Anyway, it was right when Joette was starting to offer courses, and I think I heard about her right before Allergic?! came out. So, it was a godsend, and it was timely. And we will go more into it, but that was basically how I found Joette and what springboarded me into using homeopathy. Homeopathy — and Joette — Were Life-Changing Kate: (03:02) I love something that you said. “I found Joette after a friend sent me a recording of Joette discussing fevers,” and then you wrote, “Sold.” Suzy: Absolutely. It was life-changing. I had never really heard anybody speak about things like I had heard Joette speak about them, and it made so much sense. And I share a Sicilian background, and so many things about Joette I can relate with, and it was a match made in heaven for me. And she’s become my mentor … sort of like a mom/grandmother that I don’t have anymore. And it’s just been such a blessing. Yes. So, it made so much sense. Kate: And then you started listening to podcasts and taking some of the courses and learning more and more and applying those things to the conditions that your family or those you had contact with who had conditions. So, I think it would be great to hear some of those success stories if you wouldn’t mind sharing some with us. Success Story: Enlarged Lymph Nodes Suzy: (03:59) Sure. So, early on, I didn’t have everything memorized. So, I would write down the name of a podcast. If I knew someone in my homeschool community had a child suffering with an ailment, I would refer them back to these podcasts or the blog. There’s a few stories that stick out in my mind. And one was a mom who had been so freaked out because she kept going to her doctor, and she had these enlarged lymph nodes on her neck. And I guess maybe she had some illnesses in her family. So, she was super freaked out. And I had sent her the blog, 5 Reasons to Own a Homeopathy Kit (and My Favorite Remedy for Soft Tissue Infections), which addressed her issues … the enlarged lymph nodes. And she began taking the advice from the blog, and within just a few weeks, everything had disappeared, and another believer made! So, that was cool. Success Story: Environmental Allergies Suzy: (04:54) Another girl, a younger girl in our community, suffered from peanut allergies and anaphylaxis and just environmental allergies in general. So, every time we’d enter the church where we held our homeschool meetings, she would start breaking out, getting hives, and it would really affect her. So, I had read the blog [Editor’s note: a Monday Night Live video], Yikes! Peanut Butter and Bee Stings Anaphylaxis, and I offered for the mother to offer her child Apis and Aconite, alternating them during one of her episodes. And after a few doses, it had really calmed down. And all of these things just added up to make me trust homeopathy more and more, because in the beginning, you’re not really sure what to expect — how much to rely on it. But this has been bolstering my trust in homeopathy big-time from the beginning. And then our good friend, Beth (who you know, too), her husband had developed a severe allergic reaction with a super-red rash on him. And she had tried the normal remedies that you go to, and they weren’t working. But during an Allergic?! class, I remembered Joette mentioning a remedy, Rhus venenata. It was for a deep, deep red rash. And I told her that, and it worked! And we were just like high-fiving. Yay! Kate: Yay! Okay. So, tell us about some of the success stories with your family, because these are some incredible success stories that almost unbelievable. Success Story: Childhood Asthma Suzy: (06:17) My son and my father are two of the ones that it has helped the most because my son, like I said, had developed childhood asthma. Every time the air conditioning would kick on and it would blow past his face, he would start wheezing. And he had severe reactive airway, and he would get really sick several times a year. And we were in the hospital many times, admitted with pneumonia and everything else that comes along with it: so many steroids, so much albuterol and nebulizers. And I took the Allergic?! class and started employing the remedies that I was learning there to uproot these conditions. And there was some steps back and steps forward. But ultimately, I wasn’t afraid because Joette says these medicines are safe — relatively safe — as long as you’re following protocols and knowing what to look for. And I think that’s what was so helpful is knowing what to look for using these remedies. So, probably within about six to eight months, things were improving significantly. No more nightly wheezing, no more albuterol inhalers at midnight. The steroids would make him kind of very irritable. So, all of that combined has just greatly improved his quality of life and has lowered my anxiety. And he’s 18 years old now. This started when he was, like, six. So, I mean, he basically doesn’t even need an inhaler anymore at all. It’s been wonderful. And that wouldn’t have happened without homeopathy. Success Story: Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) and Hypotension Suzy: (07:40) And another good story that I love to tell is my father, who … he’s elderly, he was 80 (I guess he was about 80 years old). He started developing sciatica pains — very, very severe pain throughout his whole body. None of the remedies that the doctors were giving him — the all

In this podcast, we cover: 01:00   Introduction: Top Summer Homeopathic Remedies to Have on Hand 03:11     Apis mellifica 04:40   Ledum palustre 06:22   Urtica urens 08:26   Cantharis 09:30   Glonoinum, China (Cinchona officinalis) and Bioplasma®             Ditch the Gatorade and Make My Sons’ Homeopathic Electrolyte Drink             JoetteCalabrese.com 11:06   Rhus toxicodendron, Antimonium crudum and Anacardium orientale 11:55   Calendula 12:31   How to learn more             Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® II Additional resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives) Joette’s Learning Center The Academy of Practical Homeopathy® Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum Joette’s Study Group, Find Your New Study Group Friends Joette’s Mighty Members Kate: This is the Practical Homeopathy® Podcast, episode number 147, 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: Top Summer Homeopathic Remedies to Have on Hand Kate: (01:00) Hi everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. I’m Kate, and I’m here with Joette today. Hi, Joette! Joette: Hi Kate. How are you? Kate: Good. I’m excited because we are going to be talking about summer remedies to have on hand for things that you do in the summertime (like go to the beach, go camping). And so, we’re going to give the listeners today some important remedies that they might need for things that occur during being out in the sun or getting bug bites. So, let’s get started. Joette: Let’s. Kate: So, I thought we would start with, Joette, the remedies that you would have on hand for all emergencies. And there are many probably, right? Because I always talk about how I bring too many remedies when I go anywhere. But some of the top remedies you would say to have on hand for any emergency, no matter the season, are what? Joette: So, let me first say that I don’t think you can have too many remedies with you when you’re on a vacation or a trip or a weekend or a picnic. I always say. “She who has the most remedies in the end, wins.” Kate: Right. And I always say, “We buy remedies instead of shoes.” Joette: Right, exactly. Yeah, because they last forever. You never wear out a remedy. Can wear out shoes. So, yeah, this is a great topic because it’s, of course, timely. Summer’s coming up, and we want to know what remedies to have on hand before an accident occurs, before a bug bite, before a sunburn, et cetera, et cetera. So, it’s really one of the main aspects of learning homeopathy is being prepared, right? As a mom, as a grandmother, as a scout leader, as a teacher, you want always to be prepared. So, of course, it’s important to have as many remedies as you feel comfortable carrying around and carrying with you, given the season and given the possibilities. Now that we’re talking about summer, then, we can also add the summer conditions such as burns, sunburn, or even a burn from touching a hot coal at the grill at the picnic site. So, we want to be prepared for all of those eventualities as well. Apis mellifica Kate: (03:11) So, I’m going to mention a few, Joette, and then maybe you could talk about why you would bring that remedy with you. So, let’s start with Apis. Joette: Well, Apis is called Apis mellifica. It’s specifically made from a honeybee; meaning homeopathically, it’s derived from a honeybee. So, hence, it’s great for bee stings. Doesn’t have to be a honeybee; it could be a wasp, could be a hornet, could be anything like that. But really, what’s most important is that it shows … the way we know to use it is that it presents as hot and swollen and maybe even water-filled, you know, kind of edematous. So, it’s a great remedy for extreme pain, burning pain — just like an insect bite would be painful — a stinging burning pain. And it swells up and it can be hot to the touch, or a person is experiencing the area as hot. It can be a great medicine for any of those kinds of bites that are not itchy. These are not itchy bites; these are painful bites. “Stings” is really a better way to put it. Kate: And bonus, is that Apis is a great remedy, also, for an allergic reaction to something. So, you … Joette: Hives. Yeah, can be used for hives. Yes, absolutely. So, let’s say you’ve gone to a picnic. It’s a big family picnic, and you didn’t realize that your child was allergic or would respond to red dye. And Aunt Martha brings a cake with red dye in it, and your child has some. Your child ends up with hives. Apis can be useful for that as well. Ledum palustre Kate: (04:40) And I know, Joette, you mentioned using Ledum as well for bee stings. So, that’s another option to have. And there’s a couple of uses that I can think of and reasons why you would want to have Ledum as well. Can you talk about that? Joette: First of all, let me say that I like to use Ledum in a 200 potency, but if all you’ve got is a 30, you use what you’ve got. But 200 seems to be the most valuable for when there is any kind of puncture and a puncture wound. Now, an insect does make a puncture wound. Essentially, it’s injecting its stinger into your skin. So, it is a puncture wound of sorts. But also, if someone were to step on a rusty nail at the picnic or they were to get a sliver stuck in their finger from climbing a tree, Ledum is one of our best medicines for any time that there is a wound that is more like a puncture than anything else. And it can relieve not only the potential for an infection, if used properly in conjunction with other medicines, as well, but it also will help keep any poisons that might be associated with it at bay. Kate: And also, those nasty tick bites, right? Joette: Oh yes, that’s probably what you were getting at. Those tick bites. Kate: Yes, those tick bites. Joette: Yeah. Yeah, those tick bites. People are very afraid of tick bites. I don’t think we need to be as afraid as the media has led us to believe. Because we have our medicines, because we know what to do. So, if someone gets a tick bite, you take off the tick. Save the tick, my friends. Save it; put it in alcohol when you get home; label it (what day it was, et cetera). But meanwhile, you’re going to be using Ledum palustre 200C four times that day or even more frequently than that. And then, for several days after that as well. Urtica urens Kate: (06:22) We were talking a bit earlier, when we spoke about Apis, about a burning pain. And there’s another remedy that if, say, you’re going to the ocean, and you might encounter a sting there. Urtica urens: that might be useful for if you’re at the beach by the ocean or some other types of stinging pain, right? Joette: Yes. From stepping on Portuguese man o’war, Urtica urens can often be the medicine. So, Apis, you have to kind of differentiate between the two of them, but you want to own both. And Urtica urens also presents in hives … in urticaria … called … That’s why the remedy’s called Urtica urens. It’s for hives as well as Apis. Both of those, they’re very closely related remedies, interestingly. And so, that is a great medicine for hives, regardless of what the cause is. Both of them, regardless of the cause, we don’t necessarily need to know what the cause is. It’s how it’s presenting that gives us the clue as to which medicine to use. Kate: I like how you distinguished one time, Joette, when you were speaking about Apis versus Urtica, that Apis is more in the upper part of the body, the face and the swelling around the neck and the head, and Urtica was usually lower. Am I on the right track there? Joette: I think you are, but let’s put it this way: Apis will present more in an allergic reaction where the lips, the eyes, under the eyes, the mouth, the tongue, the uvula, the throat might swell. When you say it’s the upper part of the body, you’re meaning, yes, around the head, the face, the mouth, inside the mouth. When we see those kinds of reactions — those kind of allergic reactions — we automatically think of Apis. Now, Urtica urens could also potentially be used for that, but we think of Apis first. Now, Urtica urens is when we see hives where it’s not around the mouth, the nose, the eyes, the throat, the tongue. It doesn’t mean it can’t ever be useful, but we always think of Apis first when we think of any anaphylaxis. Kate: Oh, I thought of another one for Urtica urens: jellyfish stings, right? Joette: Oh, yeah. Yeah, that’s true. Yes, yes. Very good for jellyfish stings. Cantharis Kate: (08:26) Okay, let’s move on to heat and burns. And one of the remedies that we want to speak about now is Cantharis. Joette: Yeah, Cantharis is one of our great medicines for the burning and pain of urinary tract infections, but that’s not what we’re talking about here. But I want to make that association so that you can imagine that kind of stinging, burning pain during a urinary tract infection can be presented in another way. If someone picks up a hot stick at the fire pit, and they burn their hand; it’s burning, stinging. It’s Cantharis. We do want to think about that. But I also love Cantharis for sunburn. It can be one of our best medicines for sunburn. In fact, I’ve got a towel in my guest room bathroom that has Cantharis written on it, and then the remedy is right there on the counter. So that, when my guests come in from out of town and they get burned in the sun, they’re in that bathroom; that’s their towel. It’s the Cantharis towel, and there’s the remedy, should they have gotten a su

In this podcast, we cover: 01:00   Introduction: Absolutely anyone can lead a study group             Joette’s Learning Center 02:35   A website complementing The Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® study guide 02:59   Joette’s creative vision for the Gateway study group program             Podcast 17 — Homeopathy Can Help Mothers Care for Their Children – New (and Not So New) to Homeopathy Part l 09:59   A virtual tour of The Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® study guide 11:52   Lesson One: Basic principles and a few medicines 12:52   Lesson Two: The top homeopathic medicines and case-taking             “How to Raise a Healthy Child… In Spite of Your Doctor” 15:04   Lesson Three: First aid situations 17:22   Aconitum napellus 19:41   Own the homeopathic medicines; better yet, own a kit 20:55  Joette’s time with the Banerjis             Arnica montana 200C             Ignatia 200C 30:04   Lesson Four: Protocols, diagnoses and acute conditions 31:28   Lesson Five: Chronic conditions (and a bit more on diagnoses) and case management.             Good Gut, Bad Gut: A Homeopathic Strategy to Uproot Seemingly Unrelated Illness in Body and Mind             Feminopathy: How You Can Correct Female Ailments Using Safe, Inexpensive and Effective Homeopathy 36:37   Closing Thoughts Additional resources: Joette Calabrese on YouTube (Monday Night Lives) 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 146, 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: Absolutely anyone can lead a study group Kate: (01:00) Hi, I am Kate. Welcome to the podcast. Hi, Joette and Michelle. Joette: Hi Kate, Michele. Michele: Hi Kate. Hi Joette. Kate: It’s good to be here together with you guys. Today we’re doing something a little bit different. Today, we are going to share a sneak peek into the contents of Joette’s Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® I. And Joette’s going to share some of her insights along the way. So, you may have listened to podcast number 142, where Michelle and I talked about leading a Gateway study group. And we asked the question, “Can anyone lead a Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® study group?” And Michelle, what was your answer? What did we determine by the end of that? Michele: Absolutely anyone can lead a study group. Kate: Yes, yes. So today, we’re going to go deeper into what exactly is in the Gateway study group. So, if you’ve participated in or led a Gateway study group, you’ll want to share this with other people, who you might know, who might be interested. And you’ll still want to listen in because we’re going to share some insights — well, actually, Joette is. So, this might be some new information to you. And if you’re new, this is a great place for you to start. So, with that, I wanted to explain just a little bit about what the Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® entails … and it’s a physical book. You can purchase that book on Joette’s Learning Center. It’s JoettesLearningCenter.com. And there’s also special access online to some additional information, and we’ll get into that a bit later. But Michelle, do you want to explain a little bit more about what they can find on the website that goes along with the book? A website complementing The Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® study guide Michele: (02:35) Sure. In the Learning Center, you’re going to find that there are great resources in there to go along with your study guide. You’re going to have videos to study, and also, as you go through each lesson, you’ll find the homework in there that you need for each lesson there as well. You’ll also find valuable additional, supplemental blogs and information for each of the lessons for those of you who’d like to study further. Joette’s creative vision for the Gateway study group program Kate: (02:59) Okay, great. As we get started, Joette, I would love to hear your vision. Well, I’ve heard it, but so many people haven’t. What was your vision for the Gateway study guide? Joette: Okay, well, first of all, hi friends! It’s great to know that there are people interested in this because there was a time when I would be talking about this subject, and no one was listening. So, now it’s happening. It’s happening in a very exciting way. Many, many, many people — tens of thousands of people — are now following this information, this Practical Homeopathy® that we’re teaching. So, my vision was based on what I had done when I was first learning homeopathy. And at the time, I had one small child. He’s now 37. And then, I had two subsequent children after that. But that first child … I knew that I didn’t want to depend on a pediatrician. I didn’t want to depend on antibiotics, should he get otitis media or strep throat or conjunctivitis or something. And so, I looked around and asked a few friends to see if there was anyone else who was interested in learning an alternative way to treat these kinds of conditions. And at the time, I had just been introduced to homeopathy. That’s a whole ‘nother story. I won’t go into that story now because it was as a result of taking my son to a well-baby checkup. And I learned my lesson thoroughly. I already knew what the lesson was, but I learned it more thoroughly by him having gotten something that I didn’t want him to get, having taken him into the pediatrician’s office. So, my focus was on — at that moment in time — my baby. And so, I gathered my friends, I said, “Let’s study together.” And so, we got a book, and we started to study. We met in my living room and other people’s living rooms here and there as well. But we studied together every Thursday night for four years. It was an absolute, we would never miss it. If someone had a sick child, they just left the child home with their husband. Or if I had a conflict, it simply wasn’t going to happen. My focus was on meeting with these friends because we studied, and we studied rigorously. We really challenged ourselves in this study. And so, what occurred from that — even though we were all mothers of young children and even babies at the time — what we learned … what I learned was that this was much bigger than just treating colds and flus and ear infections and strep throats. We realized that there was more to be had here, that homeopathy had an ability to deal with even chronic conditions and conditions of our parents, our husbands, our pets, our dog, our cat, livestock, even wildlife. We had no idea the depth and breadth of the medicine until we started to learn more. And so, not only did we have that realization together, but we also were then able to treat those everyday conditions that children have without depending on synthetic drugs of commerce or a pediatrician, who seemed almost always in the ready to push some kind of product. But we also learned that we could deal with chronic conditions, too, occasionally. We were not very poised to do that, and that’s how this came about. But the other aspect of this that was absolutely huge was that that was 36 years ago, and I’m still in touch with those friends. They became lifelong friends. And that camaraderie, that sense of mother-to-mother … Later on, a couple of other people joined in, and they were grandmothers. Mother-to-grandmother, grandmother-to-grandmother was something that was unexpected. We helped each other in all of our situations. When one person had problems, the other two were there when the third person had a condition that she didn’t know how to handle, we were always in the ready. Now, at those days, there was no internet; there were no cell phones. So, we would just pick up the phone and dial and help each other. And we also happened to live in a somewhat proximitous neighborhood, but those friends were really my pediatrician. Those friends were my go-tos. Those friends were my father’s cardiologist. I mean, that’s how it happened. That’s how I learned much of what I learned. And so, the thought of that just dying away and not sharing that with other like-minded people seemed like a travesty. So, I said, “I’ve got to get a book out and encourage folks to join a study group or start a study group and see if they can get going in the same fashion that I did.” And what I’ve found is that not only could they, but they are. Tens of thousands of students using this book that I have authored and meeting with each other have come together. Not all in one 10,000 group of people, but each group. Sometimes, the group has five people, sometimes it has 15, some groups have had as many as 50 or even 80 in a study group. And what we’ve learned from this is that once these folks get to know each other — and it’s usually done on Zoom, if it’s not in your own living room or your church basement or the school cafeteria or wherever you decide to do it in a brick-and-mortar setting — what we’ve learned is that it takes a little while to get to know each other and to start trusting each other and then being open with each other. And then after a while, the bonds are very powerful. It’s probably not only because we’re sharing — you are sharing; everyone is sharing their sufferings, their family’s sufferings, asking for help from each other — but it’s also you’ve shared yours; you’re now vulnerable. They share theirs; they’re now vulnerable. And that vulnerability really creates an incredi

In This Podcast, We Cover: 01:00   Introduction: “How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor” 01:51   Dr. Robert Mendelsohn            Gateway to Practical Homeopathy®: A Guided Study Group Curriculum             “How to Raise a Healthy Child… in Spite of Your Doctor”             “Confessions of a Medical Heretic”             “Male Practice” 04:30   Childhood illnesses: We just have to take them with a grain of salt and not worry. 06:01   It’s just common sense. 12:40   Fevers             Get Your Kids High: Fever Is Good 18:21   The takeaway? Relax. 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 145, 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: “How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor” Kate: (01:00) Hi, this is Kate and Joette here today. Hi, Joette. Joette: Hi Kate. Kate: Hi. It’s always great to be with you. And when we were talking just a minute ago about the topic that you’re going to cover in today’s podcast, I was kind of giggling to myself because every time we meet, you have so many ideas and topics that you want to share with everyone. And so, it’s just great. We’re overflowing with information to share! Joette: Oh, it never ends because this topic of taking control of your family’s health — yourself — and homeopathy and even foods and meals and philosophy about family, as never ending. Those are some pretty heavy-duty topics that we could go on for decades with. Yeah. Kate: Yeah. But also, you are a very avid reader. You continually go through books and have new ideas. So, you have one of those here. But it’s not necessarily new, is it, Joette? Dr. Robert Mendelsohn Joette: (01:51) No, it’s not. It’s actually an old book, but it’s one of my favorites, and I encourage everyone to own this book. The last printing … last copyright was in 1984. And so, the title of the book is “How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor.” Now, this was authored by Dr. Robert Mendelsohn, who was a pediatrician. And I actually remember when he was on television back in the eighties — the early eighties, before I even had my children. I remember him going on Phil Donahue and some other programs like that, those talk shows. Yes, he was on talk shows. So, if you look him up, if you go to YouTube, you’ll find him. You’ll find snippets of him — maybe the entire … Actually, I think one of the entire interviews of him is still up there with Phil Donahue. And he did more than one. He was celebrated partly because of this book and because he was questioning the status quo. And you know how we feel about questioning the status quo. Kate: Now, for those people who have done Gateway to Practical Homeopathy® I, you’re familiar already with this book. You might have read it. That’s part of the curriculum, at least a section of the book. So … Joette: Yeah, so this book, “How to Raise a Healthy Child… in Spite of Your Doctor” is on Amazon, and I’ve bought it for as little as $2, and then it goes up, and then it goes since $8. And I must have, I don’t know, five copies? I’ve given them to my daughter-in-law, and I have a copy in the car and one in the office because this man was an eloquent writer … and prolific, also. He’s written some other great books, too. I have to say that “Confessions of a Medical Heretic” and “Male Practice,” MAL-E Practice … It’s the practice of OBGYN practices, and how they have gone too far — even back in the seventies and eighties —with how women are treated in these specific practices. So, I like everything he’s written. But this one particularly because it’s so useful for mothers. A And what I love about him is that he’s very practical; he’s easily read. He’s got a bit of a caustic edge, which I love. He’s sarcastic, and he’s fun. And if you watch him on YouTube, you’ll see what I’m talking about. He’s got a great personality — or had, he’s no longer with us. Childhood illnesses: We just have to take them with a grain of salt and not worry. Joette: (04:30) So, what’s particularly interesting about this book, there’s not even a whisper of the word homeopathy. Never does he say anything about it. And it’s fascinating because here’s a man who’s teaching mothers and encouraging grandmothers for their daughters and daughter-in-laws to follow this way of thinking. And his line of thinking is that you can do this without a doctor. You can do 90% — I think that’s the number he chose of the conditions that afflict children — on your own, without a doctor involved, without a pediatrician involved. Such as childhood illnesses: We just have to take them with a grain of salt and not worry. We don’t have to see the doctor every time. And that’s basically his message. And he goes through the book by telling us what do you do for eczema? What do you do for sleeplessness? What do you do for food intolerance? As he’s covered the main conditions, chicken pox, measles — and now, of course, we’re living in a world that has frightened the bloomers off of moms about measles. And I will tell you, I’m here in my seventies, and I’m a measles epidemic survivor. As was my brother. So were all my cousins. So were all my classmates. So were all my churchmates. Everybody in the neighborhood survived measles, and it was not a big deal. No one even gave it any thought at all. Kate: I just saw a posting recently where they compared on a TV show and the Brady Bunch. Do you remember the Brady Bunch? Joette: Yes, I do. And I remember that that came up a while ago. Yes. Kate: Yeah. So, the Brady Bunch … the kids came home, and they had measles, and they celebrate like a party. “Oh, we’re having a fun day off of school,” and it was no big deal. And then they compared it with today and media, social media about today, and how it’s just very deep and scary … Joette: Dark. It’s a dark disease. It’s a very dark disease. Kate: Right? It was funny. It’s just common sense. Joette: (06:01) So, back to the idea that Dr. Robert Mendelssohn had no understanding of homeopathy — or at least it doesn’t show up in any of his books. But I’m going to read to you the back cover of this book because it’s so fascinating. And so, my point that I’m making here by reading this and presenting these ideas today is that he had nothing but common sense. We have common sense PLUS homeopathy. So, we actually have a medicine that he didn’t even have access to. Yet, he still felt as though mothers could handle 90% of the conditions that befall their children on their own with just simple common sense and the release of the angst that is promulgated on parents these days. So, this is what he says: “Mothers, grandmothers and Mother Nature are the best doctors around.” That’s the title of the back cover. And then it says, “Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has dedicated his life to demystifying the medical profession …” [“Demystifying “is a very kind word. That’s a real euphemism. He does more than demystify it.]“ … both as a renowned pediatrician for nearly 30 years and as the widely read author of ‘Confessions of a Medical Heretic’ and other books.” “In this practical and informative guide, he turns his expertise to his own specialty, maintaining that parents tend to rely too heavily on their pediatricians and that they can take a more active role in determining which ailments require an office visit and which can be dealt with at home.” Now, I have to say, since the eighties, this has ramped up because of social media. And even before that, with all of the television commercials when people were watching television — what is it, 15 years ago? 20 years ago? They have scared people into running to the doctor because then they insist on “Doctor, give this child — my child — an antibiotic.” Then the antibiotic sales increase dramatically so we all know where it’s all coming from. Now he says — still on the back cover — “Learn how to treat and diagnose at home.” [That’s italicized: “at home.”] “Everyday colds and flus, childhood illnesses, strep throat …” Yes, my friends, strep throat. But what if it’s “type B” strep throat? My friends, it is still strep throat. And when I was growing up, it wasn’t called strep throat, it was called “sore throat.” As soon as you attach a Latin-sounding name to it, it all of a sudden sounds more threatening. “Vision and hearing problems.” Vision! Are you listening? “Vision and hearing problems.” Must we run to the doctor if there’s a vision or hearing problem? Let’s think this through, my friends. “Allergies.” Yes, allergies, yes. Should we run to the allergist? Hmmm. He says no, and he doesn’t even have homeopathy. “Emotional problems, skin ailments and everything else you’ll need to know about major symptoms and illnesses.” So, then it says “Plus” — plus/bullet point — “A complete section on picking the right doctor for your child.” And that’s paramount. You want someone, if you’re even going to use a doctor — and I will say, parenthetically, my friends, I didn’t. I went to a pediatrician one time when my oldest child, my first child, was six weeks old, and I learned my lesson. Now, you may not feel as gutsy as I did or confident, but I didn’t have … I knew nothing about homeopathy. I employed it after that first visit. If yo