Season 2 Episode 1 RERUN

We’re continuing our trip down memory lane with another highlight episode, the Season 2 premiere.

 

Our special guest is Naomi Zeskind.

 

Naomi Zeskind, a classic homeopathic educator, brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the podcast. With a background in child therapy and counseling, Naomi's journey into homeopathy was sparked by her own personal experience with her son's health. Her extensive 15 years of study and education in homeopathy, combined with her passion for teaching, has positioned her as a respected figure in the field. Naomi's approachable demeanor and deep understanding of individual needs in homeopathic treatment make her a valuable resource for parents seeking holistic options for managing ADHD and other related issues.

 

When you're asking questions to a doctor, no matter if it's a homeopath, no matter if it's a physician, whatever it is, you love yourself enough to ask those questions. And that's really very correct. - Juliet Hahn

 

In this episode, you will be able to:

Discover the holistic benefits of homeopathy for managing ADHD symptoms and promoting overall well-being.

Uncover the differences between homeopathic remedies and traditional medicine for treating ADHD, empowering you to make informed choices for your child's health.

Learn how to identify your child's individual needs in homeopathy, leading to personalized and effective treatment strategies.

Explore the process of transitioning from pharmaceuticals to homeopathy for ADHD management, gaining insights into a holistic approach to treatment.

Harness the power of homeopathy for managing allergies and sensitivities, enhancing your child's well-being and quality of life.

 

Transcript:

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Alright.

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Welcome back to Word Blindness. This is Juliet Hahn. I'm here with my co host, Brent Sopel. How are you? I'm fine, Juliet, and fine.

00:00:15
Nice to meet you. Brent too. Yes. And we have a special guest, Naomi Zeskind. She is a classic homeopathic educator.

00:00:23
And everyone knows, I mean, Brent, we, you know, he, he's heard my whole side of this world because this is a world for Brent that we're really excited about this. I mean, Brent, do you want to add a little, little, little thing in the beginning here? Well, you know, I'm the, I'm all about the, the drugs and the alcohol and, you know, really want to use that, that to, to escape as we talk about. But, you know, all kidding aside, you know, this has been. Been something that I'm against.

00:00:53
You obviously have adhd and, and the judge has always made fun of drugs and alcohol. But, you know, I've always wanted to find other ways. I always convince. I shouldn't say convince. Try and tell people, keep their kids off of it.

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And you've always talked about, Juliet, you know, what you've gone through and what your path with your adhd and you found different things. So I'm very intrigued. You might not hear me talk as much as I normally blab, because, Naomi, I'm very excited to hear what you've got to say. Obviously you're a doctor, so you're smarty pants and you know, on this panel, but I'm interested in so many different levels of what you have to say today. Yeah, well, I was really thrown into this field without intention.

00:01:40
My background is actually being a child therapist and counselor. And I used to do. I'm from the Netherlands, but in Germany, where my master degree is from, I used to do actually all the testing of children with ADHD and other things, autism, anything or emotional complaints. And I would also do the therapy and the parent counseling in the past. And so that's where I came from.

00:02:05
And I came to the US And I was thrown into this field through the experience with my son, who went through a lot of illnesses in a very realm, short realm of time at a very young age without really effective help at all. And I was relying on the medical profession after going in and out of emergency rooms and everything else, and no medications really working for him, having very disruptive nights for year, a year at a time. I thought, well, I grew up in Europe. Homeopathy was much more used and popular there. Even my GP used homeopathic remedies in the past.

00:02:45
If I had a Sore throat or shingles or whatever. Let me just contact somebody in California and find out what going to happen. And I did. And my little son was very sick overnight. Had had no more illness at all.

00:03:01
In the meantime, it's 35, me as healthy as can be. And I thought, that's really weird. No. And you know what? And Naomi, I want to just jump in because I want.

00:03:09
You can continue. But like, the listeners know that I was on meds for many years and that I turned to homeopathy because of my middle son. He was having some issues after a vaccine. And so I was. And I was learning about this world.

00:03:23
And I was like, I just want to know more about it because I don't know. I only know traditional medicine. My sister was going through the kind of the same time. And I happen to have stopped taking Adderall because, you know, I had kids and kind of whatever hormones were in my body, they were. My attention deficit wasn't off the wall.

00:03:39
Not thinking about my older son, who this is before he was diagnosed with anything. Dyslexia, adhd, any of that. But when I started working in that with a homeopathic world and seeing the difference, I was floored. So I was like, wait, I need to keep like my, my, my mind open here. And my oldest never went on meds.

00:04:00
I never went back on meds. I mean, there's even. It's funny because doctors would always say, or the teachers, he, I don't think he's adhd. And I'd be like, we have the diagnosis. But I even said to the doctor, when we got the neuropsych and all that, I was like, are you sure he's adhd?

00:04:14
Because he's so. He's not me. How I remember myself before I used homeopathy, you know, I was definitely that kid that was the active, spazzy kind of kid all over the place. And it really centers you. So I would love.

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I want you to finish the story of your son. And then I want to go into kind of the difference of this, you. Know, Western, Eastern medicine, where I'm exactly ending. We're almost there. Basically, he was helped overnight.

00:04:38
And I was curious why. And that's what we're going to talk about. How could it be? Not only was he not sick anymore, he was sleeping through the night. He was an easier child.

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His whole demeanor as a whole was just. There was so much balance. And I thought, that's interesting. So I took many courses on homeopathy. I became an educator.

00:04:58
I taught a lot of Homeopathy. And I can keep my history short, but I did eight years of education for actual professionals as well as was a study group leader did. Then another. I mean, I have been studying for probably a total of 15 years homeopathy, teaching it, teaching it to pharmacists, to medical staff, to nurses and also lay people, how to use it in your home and how to use it wider. Because there has been a lot of interest over the years.

00:05:29
When I started 32 years ago, I was called that I could be associated with a witch doctor. How could I teach something that was unknown in the U.S. however, a lot of people in grassroots movements have just gone your route and many routes that way. What I found intriguing, and that's what keeps for me homeopathy as a wonderful tool and a wonderful way for adhd for also other issues, is that in the first place, we see an imbalance, right? With adhd, we see a child that has attention issues. It can be a child with hyperactivity and being very hyper and being very overstimulated, very easily overstimulated.

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It can also be a very quiet child that just is daydreaming and goes into other places and just misses half of it, or is disorganized or is busy with one thing and can just not multitask with another thing and so on.

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Every individual that has what we call ADHD or has attention issues is different. There is no one size fits all. And that's what homeopathy expresses in its deepest core. That is what intrigues me about homeopathy. It is that you look at the individual very precisely.

00:06:57
So if somebody comes in like a child to a homeopathic, you sit down at the first meeting for two hours and in those two hours you elaborate. Really, what is it? Where do you see the attention issues? Has there been a diagnostic workup done by psychologists? Of course.

00:07:14
A homeopath will look at that. How does it express itself? Oh, he forgets his homework or he comes home and he forgot his coat at school, or he forgot to eat his lunch, or this child is just doing great in school and normal intelligence. Intelligence has nothing to do with ADHD at all. If anything, mostly very bright people, but they just focus and hone in on other areas much more.

00:07:44
And some things fall to the wayside, right? And it has its plus and minus. It's not only minus, they can be very creative and very productive people with adhd. And besides that, everybody has adhd, in my opinion. Everybody has some with some attention issues, particularly nowadays.

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And when we see A child or an adult with adhd, we look at the individual, we look at where does it show, where does it cause issues? Does it cause issues in school? Does it cause issues with homework? Does the mother have to say, hey, focus back in here, or do they read a chapter and then have to reread it because they were thinking of something totally different while they were reading? So we want to get all these symptoms and they're very different for every person and there is definitely overlap, but that would not explain the whole person.

00:08:36
If you look at the person and individual, then a homeopath will ask many seemingly non related questions like what position does this child sleep in? Or this person, what does he like to eat? What's his favorite food? One will say, I love burgers and fries and pizza. And the other will say, I hate cauliflower and vegetables and I like, you know, I love fruit and yogurt.

00:09:02
And everybody will give you a different part. Some people will say, I have headaches. Okay, the headaches. He has adhd, but it also has a headache. Well, this child with ADHD has a headache and this one doesn't.

00:09:13
This, this person with ADHD has a headache on the right side. This other person has adhd, very similar symptoms all over, but the headache is on the left side and it only appears at night and the other one appears only in the morning where there's already differentiation. So when you look at the person as a whole, you look at all components. The homeopath covers every body part. When they speak to you, they say, okay, tell me more about yourself.

00:09:38
Do you have any trouble with your nails? Do you bite nails? Do you have any skin issues? How are your eyes? Do you get frequent upper respiratory infections?

00:09:48
I mean, how many people will you see, say, oh, I also have allergies, by the way, very often common for people who have adhd. That strange. They also have allergies, food allergies, environmental allergies. Isn't that interesting? So we don't leave that out.

00:10:05
A homeopath looks at all these components and based on these components they make a decision on the treatment. Now what is the treatment? Treatment is giving in the end, one single homeopathic remedy. This is according to the laws of similars and homeopathy. The loss of that were created by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann.

00:10:28
Precisely. So I have like a whole drawer. This is actually hilarious because I have like probably 10,000 in the drawer behind me. But that, this is what it looks like. So is that a liquid?

00:10:40
Is that. It is sugar pellet. So when you when you look at it, homeopathic remedies are suppressed into sugar palates, they are made from liquids. They're strictly, they're over the counter medicines regulated by the FDA is OTC with also always the symptom written and shelf life written on it and how to dose it. Homeopathy may give you different instructions.

00:11:09
There are about 1,200 different ones. Which means when somebody comes to you, he gets only one of the 1200 different ones. Right. So if you were ADHD, you were ADHD and this one and this one, ADHD, you may wind up with 10 different remedies, everybody one that fits the totality of their symptoms. You know how many pills come in that.

00:11:32
Is that something that is it a once a day kind of thing? You know, just to, in terms of listeners obviously you know, coming to what, you know, the quasi American, you know, term doctors, you know, it's take it once a day or twice a day with food. Is that same type of, type of thing or how does that. Yeah, similar. Good question, Brent.

00:11:54
It is basically mostly it's once a day depending on the dosing. So the high dosages and low dosages and children we often give it just once a month and it's a high dosage. Homeopathy is non toxic, has no side effects, does not interfere with other medication, works maybe similarly the best I can explain it to acupuncture. It works on the entire flow of what we call an acupuncture chi of the energy. It is energy medicine.

00:12:22
And so it's not absorbed by the stomach. It doesn't go into your bloodstream, it's absorbed by entire system. To simplify it, most people, adults will take it though once a day in a lower dose. Every morning upon awakening they'll take two pellets. Is the most common way of taking it.

00:12:42
Can I, can I jump in real quick? So, and I'm gonna laugh because so for instance, like all my kids have different schedules. So I always tell Brent about like the notes feature in the phone and he's always like God, do you in the notes feature. And I'm like no, I have to live in my notes feature. So every one of my kids and myself and Hahn has, has gone in and out.

00:13:02
Hahn at times uses it, at times he doesn't. It's you know, we, we he get jumps on board and jumps off jumps on board. But the kids all have and they have since. I mean Penelope's done it. She was in utero because I started using my remedy when I was pregnant with her.

00:13:17
And so then the boys were, you know, like 4 and 2 or something like that. So, like, for instance, with Montgomery, he takes his every 30 days, and his is a 200C. There are, like, things that you can't do. And Naomi can talk more on this. Like, you really shouldn't have mint.

00:13:32
So they, you know, in the beginning, my kids didn't care. As they got older, they're like, we want mint. So that's been like a fight. Like, I always laugh. I'm like, okay, well, can you just try this toothpaste?

00:13:40
Because that can kill the remedy. It, like, actually kills it. It lessens the strength of it. But then. So why is that?

00:13:46
Is that the same aspect of. And when you take Adderall, if you take. You take orange juice, the acid just burns right through it and eliminates it, and it doesn't affect it. So does that mean that same thing to that? So in homeopathy, Dr. Samahaneman and other homeopaths later on, 200 years ago, found that certain substances, intake of certain substances may interfere and do in most cases.

00:14:08
And just to be on the conservative side, homophobes don't do this, this, and this. And the list of things is, doesn't it. If you've already taken the remedy, it doesn't interfere the remedy. It interferes the good effects from the remedy. Yeah.

00:14:20
And so on the top is often coffee. That is not such a problem, I find anymore. And most homeopaths work around that. It's not an issue. So you can drink.

00:14:34
But I tell you something, because Red Bull isn't the healthiest drink. If you run a homeopathic treatment, you wouldn't need it anymore. You would naturally have good energy and just not need it. I drink no caffeine, for example. I don't need it.

00:14:50
Right. I haven't eaten. I'm here, go, go day. But before that, I needed a ton of caffeine. So I would never tell you don't drink it.

00:14:57
I would tell you, you might not need it. Well, you know, and the funny is, you know, obviously, you know, I've been sober, so I was addicted to drugs. You know, I've done lots, almost diet. I don't get anything from this caffeine wise. Like, I take it to bed because the caffeine obviously kind of brings you down.

00:15:14
It's the taste for me, you know, it's kind of like an addict going from one to the other. So I didn't go to smoking. You go to an AA meeting, they're all standing outside drinking coffee and smoking. I don't drink coff. I just smoke.

00:15:25
I just drink. Lots of. You get to have one vice and it's okay. We all have a vice and it's fine. It's fine.

00:15:31
Yes. And you could. And this will probably not interfere with homeopathy. And if it did, because of the way you are basically wired, you know, your parasympathetic nervous system can drink this at night and go to sleep and somebody else will take one sip and be up for 20 years. You know, I'm just exaggerating, but I'm just saying that is not an issue for you.

00:15:52
So therefore homeopathy, you wouldn't need so many rules. But it's not coffee. Mint, odd mint, peppermint, spearmint, wintergreen, eucalyptus, menthol. Typically, a homeopath will tell their patients not to have it for six weeks. And if they're absolutely.

00:16:09
There's some people that will say, well, I need my mint, I need this, I need that, and I will not do this if I can't have mint. I said try it after six weeks and see if you still have the same results. Doing mint versus not mint. And then camphor is another one. Camphor, which you find in Sea Breeze, Ben Gay, Vicks vapor wraps and so on.

00:16:29
Can't do any of that. Yeah, I used that. Use. Actually, I, I was talking to Elizabeth yesterday. I said I dropped Visine gum Vicks vapor rub over your nose.

00:16:41
You never get caught. Hungover at practice.

00:16:45
That was what you used to do. Jesus.

00:16:50
So now I got a question for you. You know, I'm Canadian, grew up in farm, you know, dirt, dust. I never had analogy until I moved here to Chicago. Spring allergies, it is. It's the worst time of my life.

00:17:03
I would rather sit in a classroom and take a degree, you know, and that's how much I hate school and how my allergies are. So how often does your body change where that you might have to change your oxygen or whatever the right terminology is that. Does your body change monthly or is it yearly or how does that go? Because I've got seasonalities and I'm dreading, dreading the next couple months. So how often does your body change and how often would you have to change this concoction?

00:17:37
So that's a very, very wise question. And some people never. They are core the same. And some people are through experience of life through trauma, multi layered. Okay.

00:17:48
So for you, your allergies are part of the core makeup, even though you never had allergies, you're not a different person. It's just that the pathology of your, of you has now gone to a different area. Different. Are you trying to tell me I'm getting old? No.

00:18:08
And you might even get healthier because some people go, let's say. I'll give you just a very simple example. In homeopathy, we look at the hierarchy of symptoms. So somebody who comes in with heart disease or cancer obviously is worse than somebody who has a few pimples in their face. Okay?

00:18:23
So when they're healing with homeopathy and let's say they have cancer and the tumor shrinks, or they have heart disease and they're getting better and they might come back, said, I'm more irritable. I wasn't irritable before. Now I have seasonal allergies and I'm also breaking out. I'm saying, wonderful, that is good to hear. Any homeopath will say that because you are healthier, your vital organ, the most vital organ, is healthy, your heart is doing better, but now you're getting normal, quote, things, you know, like allergies.

00:18:53
And those will go away too, as you heal over time. So for you to have allergies, maybe in the realm of everything else, very unpleasant, but not necessarily a sign of deep pathology. And in homeopathy, you see that allergies are fairly easy. And there's a lot of research on that. Easy to treat, by the way.

00:19:14
There are also three research papers written up about ADHD and how effective homeopathy is versus even just as effective as, for example, Ritalin, or actually more effective than Ritalin without the common side effects. We want to talk about that too. Since homeopathy has no side effects, that makes people favor it over medications. And as you know, Adderall and Ritalin and other medications can have quite some side effects. A person might get a little bit depressed, might lose weight, you know, loss of appetite, insomnia.

00:19:51
There might be a lot of things happening there. And I've spoken to this, you know, many times, obviously being addicted to drugs and alcohol and having adhd. I was in rehab, you know, and I say this to parents, these kind of things, the Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin, Concerta, those are gateway drugs or can be gateway drugs to, to more harder out. You know, I was in rehab, you know, with some kids that's told me straight out, you know, it's. If you're taking it at a young enough age and a high enough dose, your body, you know, your body, I think you know, correct me if I'm wrong, I think your body, your brain's still developing as a guide.

00:20:33
So you're like 24, 25. So if you're taking this at a none, your body is developing in a drug induced state. So you try and get sober in your later life. Sober is abnormal. So this is, you know, so obviously I'm huge on not taking that.

00:20:52
I was there. I'm a lot, you know, I'm sober today and I watched, you know. I know, I know, I know. You know, thank you. I know one of the kids that I was with has passed away.

00:21:03
I haven't lost contact with the other one, you know, and I've heard rumblings that he is too. So I've been there, I've done this. So I, I speak to this on a very, very passionate level that it is a gateway drug. So these are all amazing things. And it's just intriguing hearing, you know, some of the things that, that you're saying.

00:21:28
It's. It's just so different from what I grew up on, you know, in God's country. Now I know that's Saskatchewan and Canada. If you haven't been. No, but you know what, Brent and I so appreciate you saying this and I want to jump in really quick because one of the reasons why I was so against.

00:21:44
And again, you know, there's people. And I always say to people, whatever you choose, whatever works, but you should be educated. So, you know, a bunch of sides. Like, we're not saying that if someone goes on meds that it's, that it's incorrect and they should beat themselves up. Right.

00:21:57
If they have access to homeopia. Daughter doctor, it's smart. But when I went on meds, I actually, in college when it was really scary because I went on Adderall and I didn't have a depression. Like, I didn't have that kind of struggle at that time. And I literally woke up.

00:22:18
And I don't think I've ever shared this. I don't know if, you know, if you guys know this story, but I woke up and I couldn't stop crying. And I was like, in college, I had like roommates, I was my sophomore. And they're like, what's going on? I was like, I don't know.

00:22:31
And I could not stop crying. And I'm like, I feel, I'm like, I feel terrible. I can't get out of bed. You know, I called my mom because of course we had a really. And I was like, mom, I can't stop Crying.

00:22:42
It has to be this meds. And I had tried ridling right before, but I felt it go into my body and I felt it leave. Like, I became a spaz. And then I settled, and then I became a spaz again. And I was like, that's awful.

00:22:52
I don't want to ever have to do this. But it was at a time in college where I was like, I. I need something. It was. I first was diagnosed, I was like, you know, struggling of trying to, like, can I succeed in college? It was all of these things.

00:23:03
And so I had seen a. A doctor talk about it, and I was like, well, I'm going to try this. I. This is before I knew about homeopathy. So then the doctor and I definitely haven't talked about this.

00:23:14
And because I was. It's not same thing. But I hated. I had to then go on an antidepressant. And I was like, but why do I have to go on?

00:23:21
And I'm not depressed. And he's like, we have to even out your Adderall. And I was like, now I have to take two things. And I remember, like, when I first started dating my husband and even dating people in between, like, I would be like, I didn't want them seeing me take meds, and I have to take meds for this. It was like, it was a shame thing.

00:23:37
I was ashamed of it, and it sucked. But I knew it helped. I mean, I then got really good grades. I'm gonna have to say I got on the honor roll. Like, it was like, it was crazy.

00:23:45
It was this whole really crazy world for me. But when my son was, you know, even before, say, if my kids are ever adhd, I know one of the things is I'm not going to have them try meds because I knew what it was for me at 19 years old and the kind of the journey that I had to take, even if it was just two meds, I. A child's not going to know that something's wrong or they're feeling weird. And so it's like, you have to really know yourself. And so, you know, again, I use homeopathy.

00:24:15
My kids use it. I have to say, I feel so amazing. Like, I don't have that bouncy ball. Like, I can tell I just recently changed my. My remedy.

00:24:26
Brent, that was like, such a great question because, like, my oldest has to change it sometimes. My middle, he's pretty steady. Eddie. Like, he doesn't have to change it. My daughter has had to change it a number of times.

00:24:35
I Mean, that makes sense, right? A girl with hormones and stuff. I have an. I take mine every day. I have to take a stronger.

00:24:41
I take 12C, but then I have to take a stronger in this new one constitution once a week. And so that's what we're trying to like, even out. And what I found, taking it every day really works because of my anxiety that I get, like, when I wake up for something I got like, whatever. I get anxiety in the morning. I had just started having it again.

00:24:58
The listeners know I was having some anemia stuff, women's stuff, all this annoying stuff. And so I changed my constitution. And the thing that was so crazy is I have not had hot flashes or anything. Like, you know, women going through what where I am in my life at the menopause perimenopause would say, oh, do you have hot flashes? Like, no, it's great.

00:25:16
I did not realize, really, even though I've been on a remedy for as many years, I didn't realize that the remedy was actually helping me with that, with the balance. When we changed, I went through and I started having hot flashes and waking up like four times a night. I was like, this sucks. So I called my practitioner and I said, hey, this is happening. And they said, that's great.

00:25:35
And I was like, it's not great. I was like, I'm pissed. I'm not happy. And they were like, well, no, it's going to. You're working through it.

00:25:42
And I have to say last night was the first night I didn't. But I also don't have my anxiety anymore. So literally in four days. But I know with my husband, and then I'm going to let you guys both talk of it, but I know with my husband, he didn't feel the results right away and he's like, this is not working. Or.

00:25:57
Or he started feeling worse and then was like, I'm not going to give it a try in the beginning. And I was like, can you just stick through it? You have to stick through it. And that's something where people won't stick through it. And then they change.

00:26:08
You feel the case right now with homeopathy, a lot of people get immediate results. Me, totally, yes, they get immediate, wonderful results. But sometimes your system has to work through things. And here's the difference with, and I like what Brent had to say, and that's my experience too, is how many people suffer from these medications and gateway drug to more drugs and to more things and they can't live without it. And there are side Effects.

00:26:36
But what never gets questioned is when you have adhd, isn't there an imbalance or something going on? Something in your wiring is off. Who addresses that? And homeopathy. Look, okay, we want to fix that imbalance so that this person self regulates better.

00:26:54
You're not depending on the homeopathic remedy at some point for ADHD anymore because you self regulate better. And what we want to enable is that if something. It's just like in homeopathy, they say vital force is like an engine that's out of tune. So let's tune it up so that your engine works well and then regulates all the process in your system. And that's the idea of homeopathy versus a band aid, of a medication that leads maybe to other medications like you just described, with needing an antidepressant and so on.

00:27:25
And healing is not a quick fix. And boom, that's what we think. We want that healing is a process, and it goes through ups and downs until things level out. But when they level out, people feel wonderful. And we may not forget that question.

00:27:41
Yo, a couple things, you know, I want to jump back quickly is, yes, y', all, Juliet, you made a great point. It's just information. You know, when I talk about, you know, drugs and being gateway, that's my experience. I'm just telling listeners what my experience is. It could happen.

00:27:57
You make the best decision for, you know, for your kids. So I want to be very clear with that. So thank you. Juliet, the other one, the question. You know, Juliet, we've talked about this.

00:28:06
Naomi, it seems to me that. And you just said it about Hahn. Are women more in tune with their body than men? You know, because Hahn's like, oh, I don't feel anything working. We jump off, right?

00:28:21
We actually, you and I talked about this last week. I don't. I eat whatever. I don't give a. I don't feel anything. I run.

00:28:28
Like, I don't. There's nothing that hits me where I can feel the change. Like, so you just said, you know, you take a sip, you have coffee, you're off here. Or you can feel your body changing. Is there a difference?

00:28:45
Is that more men and women, or is that just. I'm just stubborn? So two things. Women are definitely more in tune and interested in healthcare than men. That is my experience.

00:28:56
But there are such men and such women and there. And so there are men that are very sensitive and feel things on the men that are less sensitive. Does not. Doesn't mean they're insensitive. That don't focus so much on it.

00:29:07
Women seem to focus a bit more on it. However, you know, when a man comes in for a consult and you say, how are you feeling? And then they'll say, oh, I feel the same, you know. So do you still have headaches? Oh, no, actually I don't have headaches anymore.

00:29:22
Well, how are you sleeping? Who are actually now sleeping through the night and you know, But I said, but everything's the same. Nothing has changed. And you ask them 10 questions and each question you find out, oh, actually, yeah, actually I haven't had this rash anymore. I forgot.

00:29:39
Then you prompt them and find out that yes, they're also sensitive. They're just not thinking as much about it and talking as much about it. But there are changes. But that a good homeopath will elicit. Yeah, you know, it's, it's interesting because this kind of takes back to a lot of stuff.

00:29:57
We talk, you know, with mental health and you know, with guys, you know, we're supposed. We can't share our feelings and you know, stubborn and closed in. It kind of seems like it signs. It sounds like it's all kind of on the, on the same line with this stuff. No big deal.

00:30:13
We just kind of, you know, my dad going through cancer right now and should have went to the doctor, you know, months earlier. But we're gonna be fine, Gonna be fine. Just kind of be not comfortable enough to share those feelings. I feel this or I feel that because we're, we're afraid we're gonna get ha. You know, kind of point.

00:30:31
Ha, ha, ha, you know, laughed at. Yeah, it's a little bit like that. And, and also when you just brought up your dad, it just, I recalled also how important it is to say that homeopathy doesn't have to replace traditional mainstream medicine. You can do it adjunct. You know, how many people come in and their medication, they need to stay on the medication.

00:30:52
And what you do is just to help just the whole system to self regulate better and do preventative care. It's not only just putting out a fire. Preventative care. So some people will stay or even on ADHD medication. Occasionally somebody will say, I'm, I don't want to go off and that's fine.

00:31:07
And later on they say, I feel so well, I want to try to go without. I remember one of the, my colleagues telling me the story of somebody who came in with a big bag full of medications a woman took took almost an hour to write down all the medications she was on. When she unpacked them all and put them on the, on the, on the table of the. Of the doctor. And this same woman, after years, is off all these medications that this homeopath took her off gradually, all the medication.

00:31:38
And she is completely without medication other than her thyroid medication, which, you know, that one was not replaceable. So. But you can do both together. That doesn't mean that one cancels out the other. It's called complementary medicine.

00:31:52
Yeah. And, you know, it's interesting, you know, talking about the drug world. You know, there's things called methadone, Suboxone. Do you have a lot of patients that come in on those that can't get off, that you're able to help, you know, remedy that to. To exposure?

00:32:13
Because, you know, this obviously goes down a little bit of a different rabble, is that most people, there isn't very many doctors, they'll put you on that, which is, you know, to help from addiction, from. From opiates. So if you go to prison, you know, you obviously, you don't have your heroin in there. They give you this stuff, but no doctor knows how to get them off. Is there something.

00:32:33
Do you have. Do you have experience with, you know, with that? So a lot of homeopaths will use homeopathic medicines for addictions. Successfully. Successfully and definitely successfully.

00:32:45
And it's a slow process, sometimes little relapses, but often very successful. From smoking to drug addictions, to hearing addiction is a little bit different. Yeah, that's different. Yeah, because they're being pulled into the community and so on. Yes, but.

00:33:02
But also possible. Also possible. So, yes, it can work for addictions, especially if the patient is interested in working on addictions. And, and the same with back to the ADHD is people come in with ADHD medication and they want to be off the medication, especially children. Lots of children.

00:33:25
And because they, they don't like how they feel on it, they voice it. They voice it as Adam, I just feel. Oh, and I feel blind. And you take. And they go slowly off and you give them homeopathic remedy.

00:33:40
And they're doing great. They're doing great. The focus is great. They feel good. And they say, I don't.

00:33:45
I want this. I don't want this medication anymore. See, that's. That's the problem with me is like, and this is really interesting, Adderall is a synthetic hair, a synthetic speed. You know, I think the most.

00:33:59
The most you're supposed to, you know, you could take is 30, 30 milligrams. Probably say so 60 milligrams. You know, I used to get 60 tablets. I think that's 1800 milligrams. I'd finish that in a week.

00:34:13
Yeah, I'd finish that in a week. That's supposed to last people a month. I loved the feeling I got from it. So that's a quest. That's a true addict for people.

00:34:23
That's me. Yeah. I've seen people that take Adderall to stay slim. I've seen people, young girls, taking it to do well in school, but not prescribed. They just take it from their friends, have some that do it again.

00:34:37
To stay slim. Yeah, to suppress the appetite. I mean, like. I mean, it's. It is.

00:34:43
It's a Hahngerous thing. I mean, because I, as Brett, I think I, at one point was taking 60 a day, milligrams. But that's because that's what, like, I have a high metabolism, so I, like, burn through it. So I, like, needed it. And if I didn't, especially in college.

00:34:57
But I remember, you know, outside, when I still was taking in the city, you know, I would have a friend be like, let me just try it. And then they would be like, I cannot believe that you take this and you're normal. And I'm like, well, because it's my body chemistry, but it is. It's one of those things that, like, I was so happy when I was trying to, you know, obviously when we had babies and we stopped, but I remember being like, I don't want to go back on it. And that's when I found homeopathy, you know, in between my kids.

00:35:23
But I remember after my middle son and not being pregnant, not breastfeeding, and it literally, my attention deficit came back. Like, I felt a bouncy ball going from my head to my toes. Like, I could literally feel it. And I remember saying to Hahn, I was like, we were going to dinner. This is where we're deciding, like, if we were going to try again or, like, I mean, start trying again or we were going to put a pause on it.

00:35:46
And I said to him, I go, I'm driving myself crazy. I said this bouncy ball. And he goes, oh, my God, I'm so glad that you said it, because you're driving me crazy. And he knew me only on meds. I mean, I remember again, we talked about, you know, on this podcast, like, I am a confident person.

00:36:01
And. And. And I was still even confident back then. But I remember for a second being like, wait a second, he's only known me on meds. He hasn't known, like, he hasn't known, like he knows my energy, but he doesn't know my energy, right?

00:36:13
So I remember being like, oh, honey, this could, this, this could go, this could go a little wild for you for a second. But then the pregnancy was those hormones. So when I said to him the bouncy ball, he goes, yeah, you've been driving me crazy. And we literally then that night, we're very fortunate got pregnant with Penelope. And then that's when we found homeopathy because of Truman.

00:36:33
But it is a really fascinating things and I'll have people all the time because I talk about it. I mean, I'm really proud that this is the route we did. But like, where do I find someone? And I'm like, if you don't have them in your area, you can do, you know, you could do zooms and all that things. All of those things can you talk about in your experience, you know, educating people.

00:36:50
Naomi, do most homeopathic doctors and educators like to see their patients in person? Can they do them virtually? Like, what is the protocol there and. Is there a lot of them in the United States Neuropsychs is because we can't, people can't find them. Are there people like yourself readily available?

00:37:12
Because I don't know. So first of all, we have an umbrella organizations like the national center for Homeopathy that has a practitioner list and you can look them up there, people that are registered there. And then there's also the North American Society of Homeopathy and they have a list. And then there's also the Naturopathic Society of Homeopathic Practitioners. So you can find them there.

00:37:42
Things have changed. People used to like seeing people in person. Of course it was also, think about it, 25 years ago, there was no such things as what we are doing right now. Zoom and Skype and audio visual. It didn't exist.

00:37:56
And so it was often done by phone if they were long distance or people traveled very far. And nowadays it's hard to say because a lot of people now like since COVID unless something has changed, they like really zoom appointments, Skype appointments and not have to come into homeopath. But seeing a patient is vital. If you don't know them, you can do follow ups. But you got to see them at least in the beginning or a few times because you know, their expression tells you a lot.

00:38:29
So do you mean, you know, do you mean you have to see them in person or you do you need to see him Visual? Visual. Just a visual. It is in person, but better. Yeah.

00:38:40
Because what you see is, you know, what you see, you can hide things. So when you see somebody like me here, and then if, if, then there are people, you know, in the office and they go like this down there, constantly doing like that, you know, or you see that I have almost come in. Yeah. You know, and, and you see that, you know how they're sitting, very cramped and so on. So some of the things you will miss on, on zoom that you see in person.

00:39:05
So the best thing is in person, if they have a rash, they may have a rash. They may come in and look perfectly fine, and then the legs are full of rash and you ask, do you have any skin issues? And they say, no. You know, somebody sits in front of you and they sniff every moment and say, do you have any sniffles? No, I'm fine.

00:39:23
No, no, no. You know, I mean, a lot of things to see that you need to see for sure. And some of them you can see on an audio visual appointment. And something you really need to see in person also want to just quickly say, so people who listen to this podcast or see this podcast, when. Juliet, when you say you use the homeopathic remedy during pregnancy.

00:39:47
Homeopathic remedies do not interfere with pregnancies. They don't go through bloodstream and are completely safe during pregnancy. So that needs to be emphasized at least.

00:40:00
Right? No, that's, that's perfect. So, Naomi, and also because I have had then people say to me, okay, I know that I have a naturopath in my area. Can you take us through the difference between a naturopath doctor versus a homeopathy doctor? So a naturopath gets a lot of education in a lot of different fields.

00:40:19
Right. He. He is a naturopath and has a medical training. He can prescribe antibiotics, but they often go into nutrition more and to supplements. And then they can specialize.

00:40:31
So some specialize in going to acupuncture. Some do a little bit homeopathy, Some become total homeopaths, 100% to homeopathy. Not many, but some certainly do. Some branch out to adjustments. I mean, there are many things they can do.

00:40:48
A classical homeopath, really a classical homeopath, meaning that they really treat a patient with what we call constitutional prescribing, not multiple remedies at the same time. Some people say that do homeopathy, they've taken a four week course online or by themselves, and then they give somebody 10 remedies. Well, you only give one remedy at a time. It's according to the loss of Homeopathy and the loss of similar. It's one remedy at a time.

00:41:14
And so there are a lot of classical homeopaths that specialize just in homeopathy. It's very intricate. It's a very. It's not an easy profession, is there.

00:41:27
You know, you know, obviously doctor, like the doctor reserve, you know, is there people that trying to. As you just said, you just caught me by saying some people, you know, want to give and pretend they're, you know, homeopathic. Give. Tamara, is there a tagline or. I don't even know how well I'm trying to.

00:41:47
You mean like the PhD? Like, or like what's on the end of it? You know, it's not. Not fake. Yeah, yeah, there is to have now.

00:41:55
They have right now definitely homeopathic certification that is regulated by the homeopathic doctors and so on. However, it is not recognized by every state. So state by state they accept licensures or not licensures. So that's, that's the whole issue. State like Virginia, for example, doesn't.

00:42:19
A state like Vermont recognizes homeopathic professions. So it really goes state by state. That's still a regulation that, that needs much more tweaking. And that's. Yeah.

00:42:32
And as someone's going and looking, I mean that's something that you said in the beginning, is that you went through a lot of education. This is not something that you can go and get like a four week course. As you said, like it's not a certification. Like you really need to look in and see what you're. The person that you're going to has the credentials to be able to do it.

00:42:50
Because when you were talking about the questions, I remember my first appointment, you know, with my homeopath educator. Now I can't even speak with my doctor. It was really interesting because it was like, are your feet cold? Do you sweat at night? Are you hot at night?

00:43:08
Are you cold? Like all these different questions that I was like, I love thinking about this stuff now. And I think I remember I asked them because this is when I wanted to get Hahn involved. I was like, wait, is it going to be as long as my appointment? And they said, no, men's appointments are a little shorter because.

00:43:23
And I could feel like. And that was interesting because it was like a woman had to go through all the pregnancies and all this different things that they had. And women obviously like to talk a little bit more. Not all women. You know, we're saying you, you talk to Brent's like, I'm not going to ask any questions.

00:43:38
And he's asked more questions. But there is so much behind it that it's important to do your, you know, kind of do your due diligence before. Correct, correct. And again, there's a difference between men and women there. But even if a person comes in and a man doesn't speak much and doesn't have as much to say, that in itself is a symptom, too.

00:44:04
Much symptoms. So if so you can have a man sit in front of you, you and he can talk non stop and they show you 20 pages of what they have done and, and how many supplements they're taking and, and their medical history. And I can go on and then somebody can say, I don't know, I don't know. But that's also, you know, symptom. Right, right.

00:44:29
The over talking and the under talking.

00:44:33
I mean, it's, it's, it's really. My Internet, it's. Yeah, I lost you guys for a second. Did you lose me? Yeah, yeah.

00:44:40
My Internet is, it's, it's messing with me. It's, it's holding on. But I think, I mean, this is what's all so fascinating. And this is what this podcast is about. You know, we.

00:44:50
Yes. Oh my God. Again. Yeah, There you are. You're back.

00:44:54
Am I back? Okay. We started this, we started word blindness really, in conjunction with Brent's foundation, the SOA foundation for Dyslexia, educating. But there's so many different things about it. And that's why, you know, when I came across you, I was like, this is perfect because you have so much education behind what homeopathy is.

00:45:13
And I have so much love. I mean, I am obsessed. I mean, I really. It's one of the things that like, I can talk about all the time. The things that I've seen with my kids, I used to know when they were little, I'd be like, you're being a dick.

00:45:24
You need to change your remedy. And I think I would say that and excuse my language, but it was like different things are like, okay, this is interesting. And so it's, it makes you a little bit more in tuned. But when we are talking about all the stuff that we talk about with dyslexia and all the stuff that the foundation's doing, it's all about education. Because when you're educated, knowledge is, you know, is ammunition.

00:45:48
Right. When you have that knowledge, you're able to go and ask the questions. You're able to go to your traditional doctor if you have to go. But you know, a different side. So like, I have always asked the questions.

00:45:58
That's just my personality, but I know how my body works. And so like, if a doctor is like, well, this is how it should be, I'll ask questions. Is this how it should be because you read it in a book or is this because you know it, because you've had experience with it? They don't always love it, right? They don't always love my questions, but a lot of times it saves me time from having to go down these paths, you know, and, you know, still learning as, as we go.

00:46:22
But I mean, this is just, again. It'S the education it's in, but nobody said it earlier. Each person is different. And we talk about this every single day. Each dyslexics different, each to calculate each adhd, each dysgraphia.

00:46:39
Each one of us is different, you know, so there is no cookie cutter, which, you know, Naomi, it was awesome for you to, to hear you say that. You know, because we speak on this podcast, this all the time, is each one of us are special and unique. You know, we all do not fit in one big book. So, you know, Gillette, you asking those questions to that doctor, good, you made them uncomfortable. Good.

00:47:06
Because now you're, you know, advocating for yourself because there's nobody else in the world. As I always say, you know, two best days in your life, the day you're born, the day you fall in love with yourself, is that you mean you love yourself and you're caring. That's called self love. When you're asking questions to a doctor, no matter if it's a homeopath, no matter if it's a, you know, occupation doctor, no matter if it's a physician, whatever it is, you love yourself enough to ask those questions. And that's, that's really very correct.

00:47:36
And you know, in homeopathy, you really need to bring one important tool and that's not being prejudiced. And if you are, you learn it not to be, if you were not to be that person. Because you learn that every person is wired a different way, brings different things to the world, can't help some of it, and needs support and help to be at its full potential. And homeopathy and the treatment, homeopathy allows the person to be who they are, but be at the best they can be without being suppressed, bandaged, you know, anything else that makes them, you know, not feel at the best potential. And that's, that's really very, very important.

00:48:18
And you know, one of the things and I want to bring it in my one. I won't. I won't say what, kid, because, I mean, they're not listening to this podcast, but I won't say it. But one of the things that was so fascinating, I took you through my hot flash kind of situation, but one of the things that was really cool is one of my children when. And I'm going to say he.

00:48:34
So you know, it's either or. When he would get embarrassed, he would put his face down. Like, he would put his face down and like hide. And I remember being like, okay, well, you don't have to be embarrassed. It's okay.

00:48:44
Like, don't worry. And I would talk him through it, but it was always. And that was one of the things that we worked with our practitioner, our homeopathic practitioner on that. And when I say day and night, it changed. And I could tell when he needed his remedy because he would go and start doing that.

00:49:00
So it was like I realized, okay, he needs it every four weeks instead of every six weeks, weeks. Because in that two weeks I would see him start reverting back to that. And it was fascinating. It was so fascinating. And, and it was like, then I remember, I mean, you know, again, he had an issue with the vaccine where he created asthma.

00:49:18
And then we had a bit of a health journey with him. And I saw the effects there and I believed in the effects, right? But then seeing not only the effects in health, but then the personality was what was really cool, was really cool. I mean, my kids, though, all the times would be like, it's not just I throw it down their throat. Still, though, still, I have to say, even my 18 year old, when he knows, and I'm like, it's time for the remedy, and he'll say, oh, this doesn't work, but he still always takes it.

00:49:52
That's right. That's exactly right. And so I know he knows what. You'Re here in teenage. We can't admit moms, right?

00:49:58
All the time. Come on, that's not what we do. Right, right. And it seems such a nonsense. What?

00:50:03
You have to take it. It's not that. If he didn't take it, he would go back to square one. That's the good thing about homeopathy. What's healed is healed.

00:50:10
But you wouldn't just be at your utmost, best level. And we always question that. A lot of people always ask about homeopathy. Why do you have to keep taking it, though? It's really not such an issue because it tastes good, like sugar and it doesn't have any side effects.

00:50:23
And I say we don't live, you know, on an island in bliss with a lot of peace and no problems going on. We live in a pretty stressful world environmentally in your own home. There's a lot always going on in people's lives and then we have genetic factors and so on. Given all together, we are just not going to be at optimal health without help at this point anymore in this world. And for that reason, and it's great that there is something that can just always get you again up a notch and keep you at a good level of well being.

00:50:56
It's true. Brent, do you have anything to add? No. We could go all day, but I mean, thank you very much because this has been very insightful. Juliet's obviously a big component to this and talks about this all the time.

00:51:11
But to have you on here and you'll find time to in your busy schedule to come on here. And last question, why did you come to us?

00:51:22
That's a complicated issue. But it really ended ended up being visiting. My father was living here and falling in love with somebody who I'm married to and he's worth it. I do miss the Netherlands. I miss Amsterdam.

00:51:38
I missed life there. I miss with all these complementary medicines are more available and more acceptable. But I have a good life here too. I love that. I love that.

00:51:51
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