Destination Unknown

I have, as I explained yesterday to the group of women I meet - all brilliant self employed business women from very different businesses - been playing ipod roulette recently.  Probably sounds a tad more glamourous than it is that way - ipod shuffle on a non-glam moment!  It's been really quite amazing and brought up some incredibly relevant songs for the mood or place I was in at the time.  After a day with some equally brilliant women at a session in Manchester where we dealt with everything from birth to death in very moving ways my treat was Beautiful World by Take That which seemed to sum up the day well.

So back to yesterdays treat - a Top Gun classic - Destination Unknown.  I thought about the song as I drove to the meeting and it's relevance to life as I'm knowing it.  As I explained to them, I knew what I was going to be when I was 7.  I had a great plan at 16 and at 17 entered my destination unknown phase.  No longer was I about to be a vet (latterly an equine acupuncturist - I hadn't realised that by 7, it was just a vet), I really didn't know where to go.  So I found something that fascinated me and did it.  I went to Manchester and studied Psychology and Neuroscience.  By then my horse had been treated with Homeopathy which that was great (no more sedating and steroid injections into her eyelid, or wearing pirate masks with one eye blacked out so she could go out on sunny days - hoorah!) but no idea where I was heading. 

Time passed and much as I loved my course I always knew I was alternatively bound. But where? So I went to Australia.  And loved it.  And returned.  Life at the time was 'interesting', I was sent to see my Homeopath by my mum - probably because she'd had enough!  It was my Homeopath at the time who suggested Homeopathy and that made absolute sense.  Once again something that absolutely fascinated me.

So I suppose what I'm saying is that I've ended up in an incredible place where I love what I do by no grand plan but by doing what made me tick.  I've had lots of plans along the way and still make them now, mixed in with my To Do lists, separately or verbally and whilst I do follow them to some extent I feel it's important to make your own path flexible if need be, follow opportunities that arise and feel good, and, most of all to follow your heart.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly or When is a Mistake not a Mistake?

I'm finding it interesting that I keep trying to write this blog and then deleting it and coming back to it in a few days. Presumably I think I'm making mistakes with it...

However what I'm trying to get across, through my starts and stops and starts again is that magical knowledge (maybe it's taken off us when we're given a pencil and it's natural accompaniment - the eraser - at an early stage) that there are no mistakes.

To explain I'll draw a little from my personal experience - I've had situations that have ended and thought 'What WAS I thinking?', however, with enough distance from the event it's been so clear that that experience led me to that next stage.  Just like childhood illnesses are often followed by a period of accelerated growth or learning, I've seen that my 'mistakes' haven't after all been 'failures' at all but steps to a far, far better place.  I've learnt some of my best lessons and grown so much from life from these events that really I have to thank my best teachers and appreciate the journey.

As my dad would say 'It all makes up life's rich tapestry' and I'm inclined to absolutely agree.

What would the average person coming for Homeopathy be, say or have?

I've been asked this a few times recently so have been pondering and musing more over it, particularly on my walk this morning, but really getting no further than my initial response. 

'Anyone, anything or anything really.'

It really doesn't get any more complicated than that. Or more simple whichever way you wish to look at it really.

I might see people who have a cold, prescribe remedies to help with healing from an operation, or see someone with hayfever, ulcerative collitis, migraines, chronic pain, ezcema, anxiety, depression, IBS symptoms, not feeling quite right but can't put a finger on it, (just thinking of a few examples from the couple of wks) or really absolutely anything you can think of.  Which makes it difficult, or easy to answer the question.

It doesn't matter about the age - my youngest client to date (apart from babies whose mum's have taken remedies to try and kick start their labour) is 4 weeks old and oldest nearly 90.

Distance really isn't an issue - although it's great to work from the Craven Clinic I am looking into working with Skype so am available longer distances than I used to be.

So really all there is is I could be about to see 'Anyone, saying anything and having anything really.'  And that would be something I really love about my job.

If you've been wondering whether Homeopathy might be of benefit to you feel free to get in touch - it'd be great to hear from you.