Carol Boyce joins me to share her extraordinary journey and deep commitment to the practice of homeopathy. From discovering the subject during her PhD studies to working on remarkable cases in India, Carol reflects on the moments that shaped her belief in homeopathy’s ability to change lives. She also talks about her time with the Gulf Peace Team during the first Gulf War, her arrest in Amman, and her efforts to bring homeopathy into mainstream healthcare through projects like HINT. Throughout our conversation, Carol highlights the importance of community, self-care, and mentorship, leaving us with both inspiration and practical wisdom for the future of homeopathy.
Episode Highlights: 04:49 - Why Homeopathy Instantly Made Sense to Me 11:19 - Work in Iraq during the Gulf War 16:55 - Overview of Carol's various projects 19:49 - Making documentaries about homeopathy 22:23 - What Is HINT and Why It Was Created 26:04 - Why Silence Isn’t the Answer 33:59 - Growth of interest in homeopathy 36:28 - Project to help homeopaths avoid burnout 41:01 - How to get involved in Carol's new project 43:54 - Importance of homeopaths taking care of themselves 48:03 - What “Saving the World” Really Means in Homeopathy About my Guests: Carol Boyce BSc, LCH, MCH, RH.Int Homeopath, teacher, filmmaker, published author.
Carol was headed for academia and was in the last months of a PhD in Biological Anthropology at King’s College London when she “found” homeopathy. And as they say, the rest is history. She graduated from the College of Homeopathy in 1985 and, three months later, was in India at the Bengal Allen Medical College. In 1987, she co-created the Mobile Clinic project in Kolkata, adopted by the Banerjeas and still running today.
In 1991, she was in Iraq doing aid work before and after the first Gulf War, and stopped in Cairo on the way home to start what became the Egyptian Society of Homeopathy. She co-founded Homeopathy For a Change, the forerunner of Homeopaths Without Borders, and set up clinics and training programmes on four continents.
In 1996, she was at film school in Los Angeles, determined to make documentaries about homeopathy, but with no digital cameras, no interest in documentaries, and nothing in common with Hollywood, she hit the pause button and joined the faculty as clinical supervisor for the American University of Complementary Medicine’s Master’s programme. In 2009, she and her daughter filmed homeopathy in Tanzania and went back in 2011 to collect the data for a research project about malaria. In 2010, she taught in medical schools in Cuba as Director of Homeopaths Without Borders US. There is a theme! ☺
Eventually, Carol made a series of short films about autism, her one-hour film "Homeopathy Around the World," and, most recently, was Co-Director and Producer of the full-length documentary film "Introducing Homeopathy."
She co-founded HINT – Homeopathy International, an out-and-proud registering body in the UK that believes homeopathy is primary care medicine and that this is not the time to play small or run the fear factor, and has run the homeopathy group within the People’s Health Alliance since its inception. She currently teaches mostly philosophy and practitioner development at the Centre for Homeopathic Education and the North West College of Homeopathy.
Find out more about Carol HINT Homeopathy International: https://hint.org.uk
HINT Information Exchange - free monthly webinars for homeopaths and students of homeopathy: https://hint.org.uk/event-interest
Making a Difference Homeopathy Around the World. A one-hour documentary to lift your spirits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WSF8hCaa6M
My blog documenting the major attack on UK homeopathy in 2009 and what followed. Start reading in the archives from November 2009: https://vonsyhomeopathy.wordpress.com/
For information on the Longevity project for women in homeopathy, please send an email saying Interested to: ThriveAtAnyAge@proton.me
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