In this episode, Mary Greensmith chats with Alice Glendinning, a homeopath practicing with Homeopathy 247. Alice trained at the Centre for Homeopathic Education in London and now lives in Ireland. Alongside her homeopathy work, she’s also studying plant-based nutrition and herbalism, fueled by her love of gardening and natural health. What Happens When You Take a Remedy? Alice explains that homeopathic remedies don’t suppress symptoms like conventional medicine. Instead, they help the body regai...
Jun 25, 2025•35 min•Ep. 157
In this episode of the Homeopathy 247 podcast, host Mary Greensmith welcomes Dr. Devang Shah, a homeopath based in Mumbai, India. Dr. Shah shares his insights into homeopathy training in India, his approach to musculoskeletal conditions, and how homeopathy works holistically to support healing. Homeopathy Education in India Dr. Shah explains that homeopaths in India undergo 4.5 years of formal medical study, followed by a one-year internship—similar to mainstream medical doctors. The main differ...
Jun 18, 2025•33 min•Ep. 156
In this heartfelt episode of the Homeopathy 247 podcast, Dr. Varsha visits Mary Greensmith at her serene island home on Alderney. After five years of working together online, this in-person meeting becomes a beautiful opportunity to reflect on community, simplicity, and the healing lifestyle that homeopathy can support. A Slice of Paradise: Life on Alderney Dr. Varsha describes arriving in Alderney, a small island with just 2,000 residents, as entering a piece of paradise. Coming from busy Delhi...
Jun 11, 2025•20 min•Ep. 155
In this heartwarming and insightful episode of the Homeopathy 247 podcast, host Mary Greensmith welcomes Alexandra Ross, a homeopathy student living in rural West Cork, Ireland. Alexandra shares her personal journey into the world of homeopathy, starting with her experiences on her organic dairy farm and how her curiosity about animal health led her to a transformative path of study. From Cows to Clinics: Alexandra’s Introduction to Homeopathy Alexandra’s journey into homeopathy began not with p...
Jun 04, 2025•36 min•Ep. 154
In this episode of the Homeopathy 247 podcast, host Mary Greensmith welcomes back homeopath and author Lisa Robbins. Lisa introduces her newly published novel, Widdershins, and shares her journey through homeopathy, grief, and the power of healing through storytelling. What Is “Widdershins”? “Widdershins” means moving counterclockwise—a symbolic gesture of going against the norm. Lisa’s novel follows Robin McFarland, a widowed schoolteacher in Edinburgh, whose life turns upside down after the su...
May 28, 2025•22 min•Ep. 153
In this episode of Homeopathy 247, host Mary Greensmith chats with homeopath Anna Bihari, who specializes in helping children with PANS and PANDAS. Anna is an active practitioner with Homeopathy 247 and also provides support in two Facebook communities—one focused on PANS/PANDAS and another on detoxing with homeopathy. What Are PANS and PANDAS? Anna explains that these are pediatric autoimmune conditions that affect neurological and psychiatric health. PANS: Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatri...
May 21, 2025•35 min•Ep. 152
In this episode, Mary Greensmith chats with homeopath Mary Cosmas, who practices in London and East Sussex. Having grown up in a family of homeopaths, Mary has seen firsthand how homeopathy for anxiety and other conditions can transform lives. She now uses her knowledge to support clients, friends, and family through the power of natural healing. What Is Anxiety from a Homeopathic View? Mary explains that anxiety often stems from a fear of what might happen, rather than a response to something h...
May 14, 2025•28 min•Ep. 151
In this episode, I speak with Stephanie Joachim, a homeopath and black belt in Taekwondo, about how homeopathy can support active individuals and families dealing with sports-related injuries and stress. Stephanie shares how her family uses remedies for everything from bruises, sprains, and concussions to nerves before competitions, muscle cramps, and travel sickness. We also discuss the role of rest and listening to the body, and how homeopathy fits alongside that. She explains how remedies lik...
May 07, 2025•22 min•Ep. 150
I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with Gitanjali Goel about something so many people are quietly battling every day... anxiety. We often get asked, “Can homeopathy help with anxiety attacks?” The short answer is yes—and in this conversation, we dive deep into why and how. I’ve seen firsthand how powerful homeopathy for anxiety can be, not just to manage symptoms like a racing heart, sleepless nights, or fear of crowds, but to actually shift the emotional patterns that trigger them. Unlike ...
Apr 30, 2025•33 min•Ep. 149
Do you or a loved one suffer from heartburn, acid reflux, or a hiatal hernia? In this episode, I welcome Lisa Robbins for a discussion on the homeopathic approach to chronic digestive discomfort. Lisa breaks down the distinctions between occasional heartburn and the more serious gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), as well as the complications of hiatal hernia. She contrasts the conventional use of antacids and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) with the holistic, long-term healing potential of ho...
Apr 23, 2025•35 min•Ep. 148
Susie Bale joins Mary Greensmith to explore the vast and often overlooked topic of perimenopause. With so little conversation and information passed down, many women find themselves confused and unprepared for this phase of life. From irregular bleeding and brain fog to mood swings, low libido, and vaginal dryness, the symptoms can be intense—but they don’t have to be suffered in silence. Susie explains how homeopathy can support the whole system, offering gentle, natural help through hormonal s...
Apr 16, 2025•36 min•Ep. 147
Today I chat with Ciara Corcoran about how homeopathy can gently support us and our loved ones in our senior years. There are so many ways remedies can help improve quality of life as we age, from emotional wellbeing to common physical challenges. We talk about how homeopathy can ease emotional issues like grief, loneliness, and identity changes that often come up later in life. Ciara also shares how remedies can support physical concerns such as falls, joint pain, fragile skin, urinary tract in...
Apr 09, 2025•31 min•Ep. 146
In this episode, Kristina Samoilova joins Mary to explore how sensitive individuals can not only benefit from homeopathy but truly thrive with it. If you’re highly sensitive—to your surroundings, the energies around you, or even medications and therapies—Kristina unpacks what sensitivity really means and how homeopathy can help you feel more at ease in the world. For many, sensitivity is a gift. It allows for deep intuition, heightened awareness, and a stronger connection to emotions. But it can...
Apr 02, 2025•21 min•Ep. 145
Homeopathy is growing in popularity across the globe, and in this episode, I’m diving into how people everywhere are discovering the power of natural healing. With today’s resources, more people are learning about homeopathy, sharing their experiences, and finding new ways to maintain their health naturally. Why are so many turning to social media to explore alternative health? What’s driving the movement toward holistic wellness? And how can you take part in this shift? Let’s explore the reason...
Mar 26, 2025•26 min•Ep. 144
Dr. Varsha M. Khurana discusses the different approaches to addressing the whole health picture in order to improve fertility levels and reproductive health. Because the causes of infertility—such as hormonal imbalances, ovarian health issues, and past trauma—are so varied, so too is the homeopathic treatment. There is no set protocol. Homeopathy works to create balance and flow in your body to optimize egg quality, hormone levels, and overall vitality. You must be at your healthiest in order to...
Mar 19, 2025•35 min•Ep. 143
Dr. Anthony de Pontes joins Mary to discuss the recovery from chronic health issues by addressing the root cause of health disturbances. Anthony with a community focused on thyroid autoimmunity, including conditions like thyroiditis and Hashimoto’s, but he also explains how the same principles can help with many autoimmune diseases such as Crohn’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Part of the healing process involves understanding how we’ve protected ourselves over the years and learning how to ...
Mar 12, 2025•29 min•Ep. 142
Heather is one of our homeopaths at Homeopathy 247 who has been tirelessly supporting her Lyme community. Now, she’s extending her expertise to end of life care, offering guidance, remedies, and support for those caring for loved ones in their final days. In this episode, Heather explains how homeopathic remedies are matched with the symptoms present at the moment to bring relaxation and balance during this challenging time. We discuss some of the most common symptoms—like restlessness, constipa...
Mar 05, 2025•36 min•Ep. 141
Ann Lovatt joins Mary Greensmith to introduce her new ebook explaining more about using the tissue salts to rebalance your health. We deep dive into how the tissue salts evolved and we take a closer look at the kali (potassium) remedies. Ann explains about the characters of each of these remedies to help decipher between them when choosing a remedy. Visit Ann Lovatt’s Website: https://www.annlovatt.com/ Ann Lovatt’s Video Resources: https://www.annlovatt.com/videos-to-purchase Check out Homeopat...
Feb 26, 2025•32 min•Ep. 140
Barbara is a midwife and a lactation consultant. She is also a homeopath and loves to help people through the journey from conception through to motherhood. Barbara explains how your diet is very important through your pregnancy and she talks about the types of symptoms which homeopathy is really useful for such as Indigestion, morning sickness, anemia and many other symptoms you might be experiencing. Homeopathy is safe to take throughout pregnancy and Barbara explains why and it is safe and ho...
Feb 19, 2025•27 min•Ep. 139
Gitanjali Goel joins Mary to talk about SIBO small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. It is something that a lot of people experience at some time in their life. The symptoms are varied but include constipation or diarrhea, bloating, flatulence, and flatus. For some, the symptoms are very distressing and really affect everyday life. For others the symptoms can be manageable for many years and then something triggers a worsening of symptoms and suddenly, it is affecting many aspects of their day. G...
Feb 12, 2025•32 min•Ep. 138
This might need some serious editing - I am nervous to put this out - but if you can eliminate the pauses etc then it might be ok. If you think it is too difficult a subject, we can not show it. Mary tries to find an answer to this very important question: Why doesn't any homeopathic or naturopathy say its ingredients? Mary delves into potency, and titration of remedies as they are produced. She talks about Avogadro’s number that states from 12c there is non of the original substance in the solu...
Feb 05, 2025•18 min•Ep. 137
Mary talks with Kim Elia about the public showing of the film Introducing Homeopathy in February. Kim is a world-renowned homeopathic educator, author, and leader in the homeopathic field and is definitely the right person to produce this film. Kim serves as CEO of WholeHealthNow, a comprehensive free informational resource for students and professionals in the homeopathic world. By bringing together Doctors, scientists, Nobel prize winners, and a collection of life-changing stories of people us...
Jan 29, 2025•18 min•Ep. 136
Mary talks about having 100 remedies available on your phone with the symptoms associated with the remedies. You can look up the remedies and you can check out the symptoms to be given a list of remedies that are the most used and best indicated remedies for those symptoms. You can then hone in on the particular remedies you need to investigate further in order to find the remedy that best fits your symptoms picture. The app has been produced for home prescribers to help them find the right reme...
Jan 23, 2025•18 min•Ep. 135
How can homeopathy help sensitive people, or is the question can sensitive people use homeopathy and are there different ways of prescribing homeopathy to people who are sensitive? All of these points are discussed in this frank conversation with Murat Basaran who joins Mary to explain what it is that make homeopathy different and how we can work with individualised remedies to help people get the remedies they need in a potency that suits them. Guess what. There is not one answer here - but we ...
Jan 15, 2025•35 min•Ep. 134
Katie Emerson has just returned from a two-week stint in the Solomon Islands where she was working with a small team of homeopaths helping train a team of 50 local people to help continue the homeopathic training that they have received for the last 100 years. In the Solomon Islands, homeopathy has been used as Water medicine. It was initially taken over by church members who used homeopathy for their own families. It soon became apparent that homeopathy was a useful form of medicine for use in ...
Jan 08, 2025•44 min•Ep. 133
Isobel Fothergill join Mary to answer some great questions taken from our Ask a Homeopathic Face book page. The questions include: My 12/yo daughter gets frequent, infected fever blisters. I have been using Sepia 30c, which works for a few hours. Should I use a higher potency? My 7/yo daughter gets terrified of the dentist. Is there anything I can give to calm her beforehand? Are there scientific studies supporting nosodes, specifically for norovirus? I have severe OCD and can’t do extensive res...
Jan 01, 2025•26 min•Ep. 132
Shada Berichid joins me to talk about the homeopathic cell salts and how they can be used to maintain health, build immunity and help the body recover after stress. We discuss using natrum muriaticum, calc fluor, calc phos, Silica and mag phos as cell salts for various imbalances and weaknesses. We talk about how to use these homeopathic minerals and when to take them, we discuss how they differ from other minerals or remedies or pharmaceuticals and how they can support your body for the whole f...
Dec 25, 2024•25 min•Ep. 131
Ekta Kaur Ross joins us once again to talk about her menopause community on Facebook and how she is able to help people understand and interpret their symptoms through the menopause journey. Hot flashes, joint pain, acid reflux, and more—menopause is a rollercoaster, and every woman's condition is different. We talk about different homeopathic remedies for menopause, as well as some of the questions asked and ways to learn not only about our bodies and the actual symptoms but also about how home...
Dec 18, 2024•32 min•Ep. 130
Mary welcomes Emilie Davis, a long-standing user of Homeopathy who has decided to go down the HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) route. What is it like to use both mainstream medicine and homeopathy? What are the pros and cons? Emily opens up about everything—from using homeopathy during her C-sections and her daughter's whooping cough to tackling ovarian cysts and those tricky perimenopause symptoms. She gets real about the differences between rushing through a 10-minute doctor's visit and havin...
Dec 11, 2024•12 min•Ep. 129
Mary explains about our new mini courses and kits that have been specifically prepared for you so that you have the right information and the right remedies to hand when you need them most. The mini kits and courses have been prepared for: Joint Pain Surgery Procedures Parasites Bites and Stings Environmental Allergies Diarrhea Infections The courses have great learning material that you can watch, read, and print so that you can access the information when you need it. We want you to be as well...
Dec 04, 2024•14 min•Ep. 128
