Here is our second installment of a new CCHM blog series called, A Day in the Life of a Homeopath. Today, we are pleased to introduce one of CCHM's graduates from 2006, Soheila Tavallaei. Soheila has answered a few questions from our Registrar, Andrea Gallant Deal, so we can get to know her a little and learn about her passion for homeopathy and her growing homeopathic practice here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
AGD: how long have you been practicing homeopathy?
ST: I graduated from CCHM in 2006. Since then I've been practicing and enjoying homeopathy.
AGD: Tell us a little about your life before you became a homeopath and what inspired you to study with CCHM?
ST: Before becoming a homeopath I had a BSc in chemistry and BFa in visual arts. I was wandering: doing this and that for a long time, not knowing what my purpose was in life. Then, my cousin got pregnant with her first child while she was in her 3rd year in medical school. A severe anxiety overcame her and she got a massive rash all over her body. She was treated with pharmaceutical medications. Unfortunately, because of taking the medication, her daughter was born with a liver defect and she died after two years. It was so shocking for the whole family. My cousin’s mother couldn't handle the bad news and subsequently died of a brain stroke.
This experience got me thinking that my cousin’s situation had to have another solution. When I came to Canada in 2000, I searched and searched for an answer. Finally, I found homeopathy and CCHM and I enrolled without a second thought.
AGD: What role did CCHM play in supporting your transformation?
ST: The CCHM faculty were very friendly. They gave me assurance and confidence which remains with me to this very day.
AGD: How did you change your life through homeopathy?
ST: I'm so proud of myself because I have been able to bring happiness to so many homes by treating a variety of people, from hyperactive kids to depressed mothers to impotent husbands.
AGD: What do you most love about being a homeopath?
ST: Homeopathy is like an ocean of knowledge: it never ends and it is full of surprises.
Soheila Tavallaei, HOM, Registered Homeopath, 905-889-6393, Steeles and Leslie Intersection, Soheila’s profile is available on LinkedIn
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