Something was Missing

“Why did you wait so long to have me!?” our daughter was lamenting last weekend. She is not so pleased to be the only child left at home while her adult brothers, whom she is very close to, live outside of the home. One son is fully grown and flown and the other in his junior year of college. My husband and I were amusingly talking about her question the next day as we were reminiscing: why did we wait so long to have our third child? The truth was that we thought we were done after raising two rambunctious boys.. We thought that was enough energy for young children, sleepless nights, carpools, school assignments, night time coughs, etc. But at one point we just felt it….something was missing. It had all gone so fast that suddenly we felt that we just weren’t done and wanted to do it all over again. Maybe even attempt to savor it this time. Our daughter was born when our boys were 7 and 12. While there was a large gap in their ages, she completed our family. We no longer had that missing piece. 

I was pregnant with her when I graduated from Homeopathy school. As I reflect back on the feeling of something missing, I realize the other time I had that feeling was before I started Homeopathy school. I had graduated with a degree in Anthropology with a minor in Religious Studies, was working for a community based non-profit supporting youth and adults, and I was Mom to two awesome boys. I had a flexible schedule, so I could spend time being a Mom while still pursuing a career. But…something was missing. 

I had always been drawn to natural medicine. Even in my anthropological studies I was fascinated by how cultures used the natural world to make medicines and how it was woven into the fabric of their practices. I was missing this piece in my life. The part that yearned to be immersed into the natural world, into healing medicine and into work healing myself and others. 

I had never used Homeopathic remedies, or seen a Homeopath. Truthfully, I was just looking for a school that taught natural medicine when I stumbled upon Homeopathy schooling. I didn’t know what I was doing or exactly what I was getting myself into. But the part of me that felt something missing was definitely resonating with following this path. Sixteen years later I have a thriving full-time practice. I teach with the most amazing colleagues at the best Homeopathy school in the world. That part of me which felt that something was missing is just quiet now. Filled, I had found the missing piece. 

So many of us that come to Homeopathy have a common experience that “Homeopathy found me”. I don’t think we find Homeopathy, I think she calls to us; beckoning into that missing place in each of us.  Because the world needs Homeopathy. The world needs this medicine, this healing, so greatly right now.  Whether you are a home prescriber, a seasoned professional or dipping your toe into the idea of formal training, you are welcome and needed. Homeopathy needs you.

Rebecca Beringer, CCH

Healing Way Homeopathy