I’m a big fan of Caroline Myss. One of the things that she says is that life is a journey of empowerment. This really resonates with me, as every year that passes, with every birthday (which happens to be in January), I feel better than I did the year before. I feel and embody the growth that I have made. There was only one birthday I remember feeling low and that was my fortieth.
At forty, I was in an unhappy relationship and something about turning forty really hit home to me. It was two years later that we finally parted and I started to get a sense of ‘myself’ back again. I got back on my yoga mat and meditated every day that I could. It also happened to be the year and the exact time that Covid and the lockdown hit, March 2020.
I can’t say how grateful I am for that time. It was tough for sure, but the timing was perfect. I made a whole load of new friends, people who I had so much in common with, other people who also had a spiritual path. I was one of the few who were able to go out to work, as I was working as a carer. This enabled me to earn money as only a month before my ex left, the figures didn’t add up. I actually didn’t have the money to live without his income, as I had reduced my working hours to weekends so that I could home educate our child. With him being furloughed and me being able to work, it got me through that first month.
Another great thing about that era is that I gave up being a family photographer. I had been working on trying to build a business from it for 5 years, but it was a struggle with working part-time and raising a young child. After one final shoot in the middle of all the lock downs, I decided that I’d had enough. It felt such a relief. I love photography and I love working with people, but I wasn’t really a photographer. I could take good pictures and I knew what I was doing, but it wasn’t me.
About six months later, I literally woke up one morning to a voice that said “you have to be a homeopath”. I was still in bed and I don’t think I’d even opened my eyes. It was that inner voice that we often ignore. That fleeting feeling. The one that says “are you sure you really want to say that?” or the voice or feeling that just knows something isn’t right, but you ignore it and then realise after that you were right and should have listened. That morning, I listened. I knew it was a calling.
I literally got out of bed and emailed my homeopath to see if she knew of good places to study. Again, with no money in the bank, I emailed the college, asked about their book list and assignments and I applied. It took six months before I knew how I was going to pay for the course. Fortunately, my mum had inherited money from my grandmother and she had offered to pay for camper van hire for the weekend for me. I turned the conversation round and asked if she’d pay for my course instead. She had to check with my step-dad and thankfully he said yes. I am forever grateful to them.
I love my work so much. Homeopathy is truly mind blowing and never fails to amaze me. OK, it can’t bring people back from the dead or defy the inevitable, but there is something truly magical about it in my eyes. You just never know how much it can do or what it will do. It is a combination of finding the right remedy or series of remedies, with that of the person’s life force and Will and great healing can be achieved.
This brings me on to the miracle of life itself and the body’s ability to heal. While I talk of homeopathy being so amazing, and it is, it really is just a stimulus. To quote Marcus Fernandez, homeopathy is “the key to a lock”. It unlocks potential that is already there. The potential in you! Isn’t that amazing?! We are all beings full of potential, full of ‘potential energy’, not just the potential to heal a physical wound, but an emotional one too and the potential to achieve great things.
The subtle side effect of homeopathic treatment is that you become empowered. It helps you find your inner strength without looking for it. I believe that it help’s to put you in touch with your intuition, as does meditation, and I believe that we all need to listen closely to our intuition. It is a guide that has your back. It’s there to keep you safe and guide you on your path. Listening to your intuition is also what empowers you. As you start to listen to your intuition, you become to trust yourself and you’re able to make positive life decisions. When you do this there is a positive feedback loop where trusting your intuition has a good outcome, this builds your self-esteem and so you trust it and yourself some more.
