When the Heat Takes Its Toll

When the Heat Takes Its Toll

This has been an unusually hot summer. We’ve had one period of intense heat after another, with warm nights offering little relief. Even when we welcome the sunshine, living with sustained heat can affect us in ways we don’t always notice immediately. Sleep can become...
Why does my homeopath ask so many strange questions?

Why does my homeopath ask so many strange questions?

If you have ever had a homeopathic consultation, you may have been struck by the range and depth of the questions asked. Sometimes they can seem quite strange or very detailed: not only about the complaint that brought you in, but about your sleep, appetite,...
Homeopathy for Anxiety: When the Nervous System Cannot Settle

Homeopathy for Anxiety: When the Nervous System Cannot Settle

Anxiety is not always “too much emotion.” Sometimes it is the organism struggling to feel safe. Sometimes it is exhaustion. Sometimes vigilance that has become chronic. Sometimes a system that no longer knows how to settle. When we understand anxiety this...
The Arcanum — What We Really Mean by Energy Medicine

The Arcanum — What We Really Mean by Energy Medicine

PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE  ·  HOMEOPATHY On the liberation of spirit from matter, and why homeopathy goes to the very heart of what it means to heal ✦   ✦   ✦   There is a word that has animated the imagination of healers for centuries. It comes from the Latin...
The Art of Accompaniment at the End of Life

The Art of Accompaniment at the End of Life

There is a kind of vigil that begins before someone passes over. Not the sharp, sudden shock of unexpected loss — that is its own terrain, its own recalibration. I am thinking of something different. The long watching. The slow witnessing of a life that is beginning...