I’m Fiona Lippey and Homeopathy is my obsession. My obsession started after my first child became ill after his vaccinations.  I then spent two and a half years hunting for someone with the skills to help me fix my child.

By this point, my child’s ears were blocked and his hearing had been impaired for over six months. His speech had deteriorated and we had been threatened with grommets and surgery. (While some people do not consider grommet surgery a threat. That is how it felt to me.)

Then at a Salsa class, I found a brochure for a three day free homeopathy workshop and decided to go. It was fascinating and left me with a choice. Pay $3000 for grommet surgery which my GP (who happened to be a Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle Faculty of Medicine at the time) had told me will not fix the underlying issue but will help with my son’s speech and development or book an appointment with a “homeopath” for $90 (It was a while ago, initial appointment with Homeopaths now a days from $250 - $475). With my GP’s blessing I booked two appointments for my son, one with the Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist and one with “the homeopath”.

The appointment with “the homeopath” was first and the results from the first remedy prescribed for my son was amazing. When he woke up the next morning, my previously virtually deaf son started singing happy birthday to himself. It sounded like this.

“Appi eth ay oo ouu………………… 

Appi eth ay oo ……….

Happi eth ay to ouu…..

Happi Beth ay to you…

Happy Birth ay to you. 

Happy BIrthday to you.”

I will always remember lying in bed listening to my son hear and correct his own words. I nearly cried with joy!

Our appointment with the Ears, Nose and Throat specialist was a few days later. The specialist looked in my son’s ears and said he could see bubbles in the ear canal. Which means my son can hear and no longer needs the grommet surgery at this point in time. But, he also said the problems will come back. And, he will need to see us next winter.

The ear problems never returned. 

That experience changed the course of my life. 

I come from a strongly medical, maths, and science-based background and I wanted answers. How did it work? Why it did it work? How can my family benefit? What would I have to do to make sure my family had the best medical care possible?

I started learning everything I could. This is how homeopathy became my private obsession. For the next fifteen years I continued to run the frugal community SimpleSavings.com.au while learning and treating friends and family in secret. But, I eventually hit a blank wall. In a hunt for more skills I started a four year Advanced Diploma in Homeopathy in the UK.

Today, I am qualified and registered with the Australian Register of Homeopaths and practise on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. And, it is the best job in the world!