Episode 221: Maintaining Causes: Looking Beyond the Remedy with Alice Glendinning

Episode Description:

What happens when you have found a well-indicated homeopathic remedy, but progress still seems slower than expected?

In this episode of the Homeopathy247 Podcast, Mary Greensmith speaks with homeopath, iridologist and nutrition practitioner Alice Glendinning about maintaining causes and why looking beyond the remedy can sometimes provide important clues.

Alice explores how stress, nutrition, environment, relationships and lifestyle may all form part of the bigger picture when considering a person’s health.

What Is a Maintaining Cause?

Alice describes a maintaining cause as something ongoing in a person’s life that may continue to affect their wellbeing.

This could include a stressful job, a difficult relationship, environmental factors in the home, poor nutrition, or other circumstances that cannot always be changed immediately.

Understanding these influences forms part of the wider homeopathy methodology discussed in this episode.

Rather than focusing on one symptom alone, Mary and Alice explore the importance of looking at what is happening around the individual as well.

Bringing Iridology Into Homeopathic Practice

Alice also introduces iridology, which she uses alongside homeopathy and nutrition in her practice.

She explains that iridology involves studying patterns, fibres and markings in the coloured part of the eye. Alice uses these observations as another source of information when considering a client’s overall constitution and what areas may deserve further discussion.

For Alice, it is another tool that can help her ask questions and build a more complete picture of the individual.

Nutrition, Gut Health and Everyday Habits

Nutrition is another important part of the conversation.

Mary and Alice discuss the relationship between diet, nutrients, the gut and general wellbeing. They also explore how gastrointestinal issues may sometimes encourage someone to look more closely at what they are eating and how their body is responding.

Alice talks about fibre, the microbiome and the connection between the gut and brain, as well as the value of experimenting with foods to better understand individual responses.

Looking at the Whole Person

A recurring theme throughout the episode is individualized medicine.

Two people may experience similar symptoms but have very different circumstances surrounding them. Stress, environment, relationships, diet and emotional patterns can all contribute to the wider picture.

Alice also talks about helping people become more curious about their symptoms rather than simply taking something and moving on.

Listening to Your Body

The conversation finishes with a simple message around awareness and self care: listen to your body and stay curious.

Alice encourages people to notice patterns, ask questions and consider what may have changed around the time their symptoms began.

Sometimes the most useful clue is not another remedy, but recognising something in your everyday life that may need attention.

Key Takeaways

• Maintaining causes may include emotional stress, environmental factors, nutrition, relationships and lifestyle.
• Homeopathy methodology involves looking beyond individual symptoms to understand the wider picture.
• Alice uses iridology alongside homeopathy and nutrition as part of her approach.
• Nutrition and gastrointestinal issues are discussed as important parts of overall wellbeing.
• Individualized medicine considers each person’s circumstances rather than applying the same approach to everyone.
• Changes in environment or daily habits may provide useful information about recurring symptoms.
• Listening to your body and becoming curious about patterns can be an important part of self care.

Links in this episode

• Know more about Alice Glendinning: https://homeopathy247.com/professional-homeopaths-team/alice-glendinning/
• Visit Alice Glendinning’s website: https://aglendinninghomeopathy.com/