1M: a Homeopath's Podcast

This is it- the final, short and sweet episode in the homeopathy and psychedelics series. A few more reflections and what's coming for Season 7. Links for this episode: www.chacruna.net

My guest today is Vanessa Black, homeopath and Phd. student. Vanessa has had a front row seat to what happens when people self-prescribe psychedelics to an extreme degree, and how homeopathy can help right the imbalance. *please not there are swear words in this episode* We discuss the shadow side of the hype of psychedelics. Links for this episode: Vanessa's website: https://www.functionalalchemy.org/ Articles exploring risk, reality, bias, and research: Can magic mushrooms unlock depression? What I've learned in the five years since my TEDx talk The Psychedelic Utopia is a Lie Inside the Dispute over a High Profile Psychedelic Study Confessing Grandiosities

Nancy Herrick, Hahnemann Clinic, is a senior practitioner and international teacher of homeopathy. A few years ago, a client with intractable insomnia led her to try low dose ketamine. She has not looked back. Nancy shares how she now prescribes ketamine to many of her clients, either alone, before or alongside homeopathy treatment. Links for this episode: European Journal of Anesthesiology The New Yorker

Psychedelics and homeopathy have an interesting resonant history: from the first 'trip' of LSD as an accidental proving, its origins in chemical components that are found in Ergot- or the homeopathic remedy, Secale- to Dr. Humphrey Osmond, a London psychiatrist who later mentored a homeopathic doctor of 42 years, it's a strange coincidence. Links to sources used in this episode: Ayahuasca Mescaline MDMA How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, 2018; p. 141, 108, 109, 106, 110, 114, 23, 24, 26,145, 146, 155, 156, Ketamine Psilocybin Child eats mushrooms Life Magazine Doors of Perception Magazine Estrada, Alvaro. Maria Sabina: Her Life and Chants. Santa Barbara, Calif. Ross-Erikson, 1981 New York Times 1970 archives Albert Hofmann "The Accidental Discovery of LSD" The Organon of the Medical Art , Sameul Hahnemann, edited by Wenda Brewster O'Reilly, Birdcage Books, Palo Alto, CA 1996, original 1842 by Samuel Hahnemann ; p146-147, p151 Sue Young Histories Dr. Philip Bonnet obituary The Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol. 2, NO. 1 1987- researchgate.net The Nation

1M Pocast is back with Season 6!! Over the course of the next 6-8 episodes I'm exploring the phenomenon of psychedelics- their history, therpeutic use, current and past research, and their interesting but surprising connections with homeopathy. Sources and links for this episode: MDMA may be legalized for therapeutic use by 2023 "The Challenges of Psychedelic Research" How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan, Penguin Books, 2018; p 42 Homeopathy Research Institute Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Institute Homeopathy Products Market, Projections

A round-table discussion with the practitioners of the Homeopathy Help Now team, a taskforce that was developed in response to a global acute crisis.

This is the first episode back since quarantine hit the globe in March. This episode kicks off a whole new series of regular episodes, and a new theme- Challenges and Opportunities in Homeopathy. My guest, Alastair Gray, is a leader in our field with 30 years on the front lines, especially in education. Find out about Al at Bio and Academy of Homeopathy Education Hopefully you've kept up with my Aphorism Fridays, and Jeremy's coronavirus updates. You can find the webinar online here: https://tqfs.official.academy/#!free-webinar-jeremy-sherrs-latest-update-on-the-coronavirus-genus-epidemicus/1/zgOoM/

At this time of publication, Jeremy Sherr has given three, free Covid-19 Epidemic Updates. Listen to the homeopathic expert in epidemics discuss the philosophy of epidemics, practical advice for taking and analyzing cases, symptoms, remedies emerging, and how to come together as homeopaths to alleviate the suffering. Only one of Jeremy's 8 FREE Covid Updates is featured on 1M. You can view the others for free at The Quest for Simillimum: https://tqfs.official.academy/

I've wanted to interview the spouse of a homeopath for awhile, and it finally dawned on me... I had one in my own home! In this behind the scenes interview, Mr. Kelly Callahan shares his experience of being married to a homeopath (me!). Mr. Callahan and I talk homeopathy and complexity and life and work everyday, which might be unique to us, but maybe not. In anycase, we decamped to our deck on a balmy March Sunday afternoon in Maine and recorded one of our conversations to share with you. Maybe it's what it's like to be married to a homeopath...but maybe it's more about what it's like to be married to THIS homeopath, and THIS consultant, biker, musician, and friend. We had fun... hope you do too.

Tracy Karkut-Law is a long standing practitioner, as well the co-founder of Your Radiant Business. Tracy talked with me about homeopathic journey, as well as tips and strategies for creating a business practice that is a reflection of you and your values, while being savvy and successful! Check out their offerings at https://www.yourradiantbusiness.com/ I also have a review for you of Tom Jansen's new book- Finding your Way Through the Forest of Symptoms' Homeoapathic Insight into Plants and Trees. You can order the book through https://www.nature-reveals.com/ and use code 'PC' at checkout for 10% off. Finally, be sure to subscribe to the podcast to catch my weekly episodes that will be coming out every Friday starting January 3, 2020- 'Aphorism Fridays' where I will reading Wenda Brewster O'Reilly's 6th edition translation from cover to cover. Get your copy here! https://birdcagepress.com/shop/ ** As of July 2022, The Organon is now housed as its own podcast at 1M a Homeopath's Podcast Presents: The Organon

Kathleen Scheible, a California based homeopath, is an example of how we can 10x our impact as homeopaths. Kathleen runs a successful practice, offers bi-weekly free clinics to neighborhood seniors, and pioneered the inclusion of certified homeopaths in the Integrative Healers Action Network. In addition, she's stepped up in a leadership capacity as President of the California Homeopathic Medical Society. Kathleen's work is inspiring, but practical. We've pulled together her top tips and ideas into a dowloadable PDF: Starting to Serve: Taking Homeopathy to the Community Let it be the stepping stone to getting your service project off the ground!

Join me on a walk for this intercurrent episode (literally... I recorded this while on a walk!) as I muse about the four stages of learning: unconscious incompetence conscious incompetence conscious competence unconscious competence Like my previous episodes on case audits, this was sparked by reaching another boundary of my own competence in practice. I find this trajectory of learning to be helpful, as I consider the steps I can take to expand my competence, and ultimately my success with clients.

The National Center for Homeopathy collaborates to host the Joint American Homeopathic Conference every year. It's THE event for practitioners, students, dabblers, teachers, vendors and wanna-be's in the North-American homeopathic world. Join me as I talk to attendees, presenters, committee members and anyone else who I could corner in Baltimore, Maryland. It was an inspiring, fun-filled weekend that reinforces our community on every level. Visit National Center for Homeopathy for more details about what went down at 2019 as well as previous years, plus information to plan for 2020 in Orlando!!