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