Lesley Turner

Personal Growth Using Flower Essences and Homeopathy

with Lesley Turner (MLCH)

I've lived in Cumbria for 30 years and in that time I've helped to raise three children, all grown and flown, and I now have three grandchildren.

I have always been interested in natural healing and was greatly influenced by my granny's knowledge of herbs and remedies. I've more recently become interested in how we live and create our lives. I work with my intuition, homeopathy, flower essences and visualisation techniques.

My life has not always been easy or straightforward, but by learning from my experiences and those around me, I now truly believe life is what you make it! This philosophy maybe difficult to understand or believe, and it is one that I'm still learning about.

I decided, when an opportunity presented itself, to try and understand childhood and how that can affect our grown up world. I took a degree studying the 'Early Years' and now work with children, running a pre-school nursery. Here I'm constantly reminded of how to live in the here and now, and how to play and laugh. Children laugh far more frequently than adults. I wonder why?

'Change yourself on the inside and the outside changes too'
- Dr. Maxwell Maltz

Dr. Maltz, a plastic surgeon, wrote this in his best selling book, ' Psycho-Cybernetics'. He noticed that altering the physical appearance of his clients to make them more attractive, often had a remarkable effect on their personalities. Their confidence blossomed, and the shy types became more outgoing and started to live their lives to the full. However, this was not the case for all his patients. Some remained depressed and unhappy with themselves. They were he said, 'scared on the inside'. He concluded that cosmetic correction didn't benefit the patient, if their inner image of themselves was poor, and remained the same. He used visualisation techniques with amazing results. We can become our own cosmetic physicians. We can be who we want to be.

Homeopathy

I qualified in Homeopathy and Holistic Healing 12 years ago. Homeopathy is a natural and safe complimentary medicine which can be used by all the family (and pets). It was discovered in the 18th century by Samuel Hahnemann, and modern homeopathy is used today by millions of people world wide. It treats the whole person, rather than just the symptoms of an illness, and it can offer valueable assistance at important points in our life. Homeopathy can help to shift our thought processes, enabling us to become better equipped to live life, not just endure it! Remove the physical stress from the body and the body does what it was designed to do. That is to heal itself.

'Happier thoughts lead to happier bio-chemistry.'
- Dr. J Hagelin