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Hope in the Darkest of Times

“Life has been a series of some very unusual circumstances this past week. I know I am not alone. Although the carol says, ” ’tis the season to be jolly”! It should maybe be sung instead to the words “ ’tis the season to be human’. I was scanning through to see what I wrote … Read more

Too Much Ho Ho Ho Merry Merry!

Can holidays be too much of a good thing? Within the last three months of the calendar years, those of us living in North America, have three ‘big’ holidays – Thanksgiving, Halloween and then Christmas. During my parenting years, we added two birthdays in that same three months! Despite the frigid temperatures, I looked forward … Read more

Stinky Cheese Toots

With the third issue of Homeopathy First Magazine soon to be published (watch for announcements in the next couple of weeks), there is a lot going on in my life. So I am digging around in the archives looking for something to repost. I was originally going to write about Fecal Microbial Transplants (that is … Read more

Depression Part 2: The Common Cold of Mental Disorders

Today our guest blogger is Jeri Lynne Erickson, a psychotherapist and most importantly, a very dear friend. We have raised our kids together…boys who are now young men with families and careers. We have shared all the ups and downs that go with being a mom and now we have the gift of friendship as … Read more

Yule Blues Part 1 – Darkness into Light and Lessons from Nature

Hello Everyone! A couple of weeks post time change and setting the clocks back an hour, we find ourselves talking about the shorter daylight hours – heading to work in the dark and returning home in the dark. Add to that the anticipation of the first big snow fall in our northern hemisphere, we could … Read more

Vaccine Free? Now What?

Maybe like me, you vaccinated your kids in the 1980’s. It was what a good parent did to make sure that your child had life-long immunity (yes…that was the promise – immunity) to infectious illnesses like diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis), measles, mumps, rubella and haemophilus influenza. There were no questions asked. You were told … Read more

Insomnia

“Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask ‘Where have I gone wrong?’ Then a voice says to me, ‘this is going to take more than one night.” (insert sigh) Charlie Brown Most of us would agree, having a good night’s sleep is necessary to health and healing. For some folks though, a short … Read more

Homeopathy and Dreams

If you have had the opportunity to see a homeopath for a consult, you will likely have been asked at some point about your nighttime dreams. Dreams can be a way to enter into your symptoms at a deeper level. Dreams have a way of taking us beyond our physical reality and putting us in … Read more