Building resilience for ourselves and our clients
Well, what a fun weekend I just had at the Homeopathic Association of Arizona (HAAZ) Conference: Nurturing and Healing through Life's Transitions.
There is something so fulfilling about spending a weekend with other homeopaths-the stories shared, the collective learning, the community. Each one of us practices in our own unique way, yet we all share this incredible love for the modality.
We covered some heavy topics including grief, death and dying, and also some lighter ones such as pregnancy and birth. But even in the lighter topics, we saw the daily realities of being in practice. Ruth Shephard shared a case of a baby born with a tumor and showed us a picture of a disintegrated placenta. These things can happen, even in events that are supposed to be joyful.
It raises an important question:
How do we navigate these big life transitions and remain resilient-not just as practitioners, but in how we help our clients do the same?
We each go through a lot in our lifetimes, and some experiences can truly knock the wind out of us. Yet as humans, we are incredibly resilient. We find a way to keep going. Homeopathy shines in supporting this process. It's a compassionate modality that helps the individual become more resilient when they need a little help-in their immunity, in their mental health, and in their physical body. It covers the whole gamut.
Yet resilience doesn't appear in the repertory.
We can represent it in other ways:
Mind, courageous
Mind, mental power, increased
Mind, perseverance
Mind, clarity of mind
Mind, tranquility
Each of these rubrics gives us a glimpse of what resilience can look like when expressed through the language of the repertory. It reminds us that when we're looking for "resilience," we're not searching for a single word but for a quality of being-a state of strength, hope, and adaptability.
For a client, that might mean becoming less annoyed by things that used to irritate them. It might mean sleeping more soundly. It might mean being less triggered by memories attached to something painful.
The joy of homeopathic casework and repertory is that it asks us to translate human experience into rubrics that capture its essence. We do this through compassion, presence, and the quiet art of paying attention in our case-taking.
Karen Allen shared this beautiful quote by Tara Brach:
"Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love."
When we hold space for a person's story-without judgment and without rush-we invite the body and mind to remember how to heal. When we acknowledge their overcoming and remind them of their ability to heal, we help them to get there.
Karen reminded us to celebrate those moments with our clients where we witness their endurance, recovery, or renewal, especially in a modern world that can be tough. Because resilience isn't just surviving-it's the quiet courage to keep transforming.
If, like me, you love hanging out with people who love homeopathy, you’re going to love what’s coming next. The Rubric Wise Academy is almost here — a community space built for students and practitioners who want to grow their confidence with the repertory, one rubric at a time.
