As parents there are so many decisions to make for the health care of our children. Do we use traditional medicine prescribed by our doctor? Do we take a more natural approach? Many families come to a homeopath already knowing that a more natural way of treating their kids’ ailments, is their preference. Some visit out of curiosity and are a little skeptical, but they heard of a friend who had success and are disappointed with results from more traditional methods.

The use of conventional medicine for depression may temporarily inhibit or suppress a symptom relating to the depression, but does it help in getting to the root of why someone is feeling down, sad, frustrated or down right depressed?

The healthiest way to prevent and tackle acne, eczema, and psoriasis, is with a proper holistic treatment. The skin is the first place conditions show up. Many factors negatively influence our mind and body balance that we are exposed to, and our internal organs are affected so are the external organs.

Chronic Fatigue affects thousands of people every year. the main symptom is severe debilitating fatigue that can come and go or last several months. Physical symptoms include painful muscles, joint pain, sore throat, headache, dizziness, flu-like symptoms, difficult regulating body temperature. Mental symptoms include poor short term memory and concentration, and depression is often common.

Food sensitivity is an abnormal immune reaction to certain foods, with symptoms generally limited to the intestine (“the gut”). This distinguishes it from food “allergy”, which may cause a multitude of body responses.

Meghan uses Rocky Mountain Labs® for food sensitivity testing.

You may think that allergies are triggered during the spring and fall months, however, allergies can be found everywhere during the warm weather months as well.

Allergies can be imprisoning for many sufferers, making it difficult to take a nature walk, or even go outside. Many people cannot enjoy their favourite foods, own pets, or visit friends that have pets because of what is floating around in the air on on the furniture.

Menopause is a naturally occurring phase of your life, this does not mean that you have to suffer while it lasts. Symptoms are an indication of an imbalance in your energy and occur as a result of the body’s effort to rebalance itself. You will experience menopause in your own way. Because you are a unique being, your menopausal symptoms will be particular to you.

You might think the reason you are feeling anxious and exhausted all the time is that you are overworked, feel lazier than usual, or need a 24-hour restart. What if we told you the problem is health-related, and can’t be solved with “I’ll just make another cup of coffee?”

One of the most important reason people seek homeopathic treatment is to aid them in becoming pregnant and sustaining a health pregnancy and birth. For those couples having difficulty conceiving, homeopathy can be a huge help.

Homeopathy offers an effective, safe, and painless alternative to more invasive fertility treatments. Homeopathy looks at the whole person and considers the cause of conception difficulties and treats that cause – often removing the blocks to conception and leading the way to a healthy, natural pregnancy.

Did you know digestive disorders can be connected to our emotional state and can have a huge impact on our digestive health? Homeopathic medicine can be very instrumental in the healing of our emotions which can be at the root of digestive concerns. Anxiety and panic attacks may cause food getting stuck in the esophagus. Worry and stress may lead to stomach ulcers.

Hormone imbalance can play havoc on a womans' life starting from youth right into the aging years, from starting your period to menopause and in between, and the effect can be much deeper and extensive than we realize.

Why I think Homeopathy is so amazing this time of year for all your acute symptoms.

In conjunction with Homeopathy, Reiki provides a reinforcing effect by rendering the treatment more effective. Reiki can help avoid strain, improve the removal of toxins and increase the body's sensitivity. After treatment, whole-body Reiki will help recovery..

Self-love and self-care aren’t about being self-centered and selfish. They’re not about a “me, me, me” mentality. They’re not about fighting against the world to express ourselves or to get what we want. Self-love and self-care are about acceptance, loving ourselves for who we are and taking the time to care for ourselves.

Homeopathy is energetic healing on all planes of the human form (spiritual/emotional/physical) and matches dis-ease at its root form (it's energetic state that causes a mis-alignment in the body). Symptoms are the outward expression that there is something wrong within the vessel that cannot be seen with the naked eye. The homeopathic medicine is energetically stronger than the dis-ease therefore over-riding it and igniting the body’s ability to heal.

To become a fully qualified professional homeopath takes three to four years of training. Homeopath applies to physicians, or sometimes non-physicians, who practice Homeopathic Medicine. It is a school of thought or treatment, which, in many cases rests on natural remedies.

Homeopathic Medicine is the practice of medicine that embraces a holistic, natural approach to the treatment of the sick. Homeopathy is holistic because it treats the person as a whole, rather than focusing on a diseased part or a labeled sickness.

Homeopathy and Naturopathy are commonly confused, but they are actually completely different practices with different natural treatments plans. Homeopathy is a single medical discipline focusing exclusively on homeopathic remedies as their treatment source. It treats a wide variety of health concerns. The philosophy is to treat 'like' with 'like' assuming the body knows what to do and symptoms are the bodies way of taking action to heal itself.

Homeopathy is the treatment of a disease with tiny doses of various natural substances that have been very highly diluted. Many of the substances that are used in homeopathic treatment would cause disease or illness if they were used at full strength in a healthy person. Homeopathy is based on the principle that the substance which is capable of causing a disease in the healthy will treat the disease in the sick, if it is used at the correct dilution. This idea of “like cures like” was developed by Samuel Hahnemann in 1796.