Homeopathy is the second most widely used system of medicine in the world. Today, more and more people are turning to homeopathic medicines to deliver true health and wellness in their lives. Homeopathy is a medical modality that is over 200 years old, is a complete system of medicine, and is used by millions of people globally! Homeopathy is a safe, effective, natural medicine that works with the body's own capacity to relieve symptoms, restore vitality, and improve overall health. It is a federally recognized form of medicine, regulated by the FDA.
I match you with one remedy found in nature for all your physical, mental, and emotional symptoms. This remedy will stimulate your own deep vital force to restore balance and function and ultimately, the quieting of your symptoms. You will be able to live with the ability to fulfill your life’s purpose with peace.
True health is flexibility and adaptability. We all get thrown off at times, and when we do, homeopathy is the medicine that restores our peace and health. Your symptoms do not have to define your whole life, you CAN find relief and reclaim your wellbeing!
Classical Homeopath
I found homeopathy when my boys were little and at the beginning, I used it mostly for acute illnesses. I was often in awe watching it bring a calm to my boys, and an improvement in their illness, often with quick results. A few years later, I became overwhelmed with my own chronic illness, including severe vertigo and debilitating headaches. In working with a beloved homeopath, homeopathy has transformed my health and freed me from near constant pain and suffering. I have also watched it help my boys heal from severe eczema, anxiety, sleep issues, and anger, to name a few. It has brought much needed peace to my home and my family. I am thankful every day for the healing it has brought to us!
In 2021, after helplessly watching people around me suffer from chronic illness, I knew I had been called to help them and I enrolled in The Academy of Homeopathy Education (AHE). I finished my three-year formal & rigorous training in February 2025, after completing 500 hours of didactic study, 700 hours of chronic clinical training, and 50 hours in acute care with Homeopathy Help Now, a nonprofit research initiative which offers high-quality acute and chronic care services. Over the years, I have successfully applied the principles of homeopathy to women, infants, children, and teenagers suffering from a variety of conditions including menstrual difficulties, coughs, colds, flus, ear infections, seasonal allergies, eczema, chronic headaches, autoimmunity, sleep issues, motion sickness, anxiety, and even unresolved grief/trauma.
I have been married to my husband since 2008 when we eloped in Hawaii, am a happy homeschooling mom of 3 boys, and am totally in love with our Golden Retriever puppy. I run my practice out of a busy home office in Virginia, where we have put down roots with our beautiful church family and classical homeschool community. I love and live to bring glory to my risen Savior, Jesus, and I love time in His word and in prayer. I pray for all my clients, and I thoroughly believe that He is “doing a new thing... making a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert” in your healing journey (Isaiah 43:19). He brings the ultimate peace to our hearts and forgiveness for our sins, if we believe and confess Him as our Savior and Lord (I John 1:9).
Peace Like a River Homeopathy exists to give clients an alternative to conventional or reductionistic modalities. When I think of peace like a river, I think of peace that can be continually flowing in spite of our symptoms, obstacles, and circumstances. The river simply finds a way to go around or over obstacles - it just keeps flowing. And homeopathy helps our bodies to do just that! My compassionate care will provide the opportunity for you to find healing, allowing you the freedom from chronic illness and the possibility to live up to your fullest potential. My goal as a homeopath is for you to achieve balance, wholeness, and peace!
I love working with people of all ages and stages and every walk of life, but I especially have a heart for families. Homeopathy is the ultimate in natural wellness - it’s effective, relatively inexpensive, and provides lasting results!
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Homeopathy is gentle, inexpensive, and can be used in both acute and chronic situations to support an individual’s restoration of health and balance. Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, was ahead of his time in many ways. He saw the important links between disease and stress, diet, and the environment. He understood that physical, mental, and emotional symptoms were interconnected. He believed that medical care shouldn’t cause harmful side effects and found that by carefully studying the individual’s responses to stress and disease, he could use one homeopathic remedy at a time to restore their health.
This is a common question. Homeopathy is very safe, even for children and pregnant women. The way homeopathic medicines are prepared is through a process of dilution and succussion (vigorous shaking or agitation) to the point, beyond Avogadro’s number, where there is no longer any material substance evidenced in the solution. Rather, only the energetic imprint of that source is present. Some homeopathic medicines are sourced from toxic substances, but because of this ultra-diluted pharmaceutical preparation there is no longer a risk. No toxic properties remain. The medicinal properties are increased, while the toxic substances are eliminated.
An acute is an illness that has a definitive beginning and end. A few examples of acutes could be food poisoning, broken bones, burns, colds and flus, etc. Your chronic issues have developed over time, all the way back to your gestation/labor/delivery.
Recurrent acute illnesses (like ear infections or bronchitis, for example) are normally a pattern within your chronic picture. Chronic homeopathic care should, over time, lessen these occurrences in frequency and intensity.
In acute situations, you should notice positive changes within minutes to hours. For chronic care, it may take anywhere between a few weeks to a few months to notice positive movement, depending on the complexity of your case, your vitality, and other factors, including how long you have had the issue. I generally expect to see positive changes in your sleep, mood, and energy within the first month of treatment, and a steady improvement with regular follow-ups.
Homeopathy is individualized health care. When we meet for your homeopathy consultation, it is all about you.
We will spend about 2 hours together discussing your specific symptoms. The way you experience a symptom shows me how your body is out of balance physically, mentally, and emotionally. Your past medical history is important, so we will also take time to see how your body has responded to illness in the past as well as in the present. After I have gained a complete understanding of your state of health, I get to work analyzing all aspects of your chronic picture to make the best remedy recommendation possible.
I will give you instructions on how to order and take your remedy, and we will have regular follow-up visits to track your progress, making changes as needed based on how your body responds to the remedy. When we work together, you will also have direct access to me for anything that might pop up between visits, including acute illnesses.
I recommend Hahnemann Labs as a very reputable source for homeopathic medicines, and I work exclusively with this pharmacy. They carefully follow standards established by the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States (HPUS) and meet FDA requirements of “current Good Manufacturing Procedure” (cGMP). You can find their website here: https://www.hahnemannlabs.com/
I also care for clients outside of North America and recommend similar excellent homeopathic pharmaceutical resources, in those situations.
Modalities that result in structural alignment and integrity such as chiropractic care, craniosacral massage, tensegrity medicine, fascia work, bowen technique, and rolfing can be very supportive to our work and overall progress. It’s important not to combine Ayurvedic practices or acupuncture while receiving chronic homeopathic care, as these have similar actions to homeopathy and could intervene in the action of the body’s response to the remedy.
I care for people of all ages, in any season of life, and with a wide variety of health issues. Homeopathy offers particular help in the areas of:
Homeopathy is truly individualized medicine. What exactly does that mean? As a homeopath, I am concerned with your specific expression of symptoms. What is unique or characteristic about your symptoms? Rather than what you experience, i.e. a named condition or diagnosis, I focus on how you experience it. That is why homeopathy is individualized medicine.
Whole body healing – I take the whole person into account when choosing one remedy for you. This is one of the most beautiful aspects of homeopathy! Your symptoms are telling one story about your imbalance, and are as individual as your fingerprints, and are the body’s attempt to restore balance. In homeopathy, we call these symptoms “the language of disease”. We become ill or “stuck” when we lose the capability to restore this balance on our own. And that is where homeopathy shines.
Homeopathy is based on the Law of Similars, or “like cures like” and when you are matched with a well-chosen remedy this sends a gentle signal to your body to heal on its own. Like a stone thrown into a river, it sends a gentle ripple out to restore the peace within. Here’s an example: Allium cepa, which is the homeopathic remedy made from purple onion, can be used to help a person with hay fever symptoms. This remedy can be matched to the person when their symptoms are “like” the symptoms a healthy person has when they cut an onion: eyes weep and burn, nose runs like a water faucet, etc. The symptoms a substance can create in a person who is well, can therefore, help remove these similar symptoms in a person who is ill.
In a 2021 study, homeopathic treatment showed a positive impact at 6 months on the quality of life of women with chronic diseases. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33662995/
Does homeopathic medicine have a preventive effect on respiratory tract infections? A real life observational study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27004125/
Advances in Integrative Nanomedicine for Improving Infectious Disease Treatment in Public Health https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23795222/
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