So, it’s 14 hours after I made my last post on here. Making more than one blog post in a day could become a thing. But what an exhausting day it’s been! The arrival of two large boxes of stock, and nowhere to put said stock prompted me, very rapidly into preparing my dispensary. It had been empty for a few days, awaiting painting and other TLC, however other things […]
… And before the dispensary is finished and ready to accept it. Oh hell…p! So, my large order from Avicenna herbs just arrived right now. I’m in herbal heaven. Admittedly not a full dispensary stock (I have a reasonable amount of stuff in already) It’s 60 kilos of various tinctures, dried herbs, and creams. I now have all the herbal tinctures I need at this point in the business’ development, […]
So, high time for a post from me to document my journey. This really is a post explaining why I’m not writing a post… but there is news to report, and that’s exactly what I shall do. So, all systems are go in starting up my herbal medicine practice. I have made a decision to launch on a certain date – the 20th of August, and will have all the […]
So, I found out that I did well on my degree. I am no longer a student. The wolf will at some point in the not too distant future be at the door. Now is the time to put the first stages of my longer term business into play. While I’m not yet printing leaflets or putting up my website (which I have had ready since February), the most important […]
So, after spending an age pressing F5, and waiting for Blackboard to recover from crashing under the load of everyone else also hanging on the refresh button, I finally found out what my mark for this year, and indeed the course, is. It’s a high 2:1. I can’t quite believe it. I really should, as it follows almost exactly the marks I’ve been getting on my work for the last […]
So, as of this weekend, I have officially moved home. It’s been a process that has gradually been happening for a few days now. Last week I came home for 5 days, then went back to Lincoln for the weekend to start wrapping up my life as a student there. Of course, I’m not going to be fully wrapping up my life there, because I’ve put down quite a lot […]
Today has been my last exam. It was my final clinical exam, and I had been psyching myself up for it for weeks – possibly since I got my dissertation in. A few minutes after the exam, I was told I’d passed. I can’t believe it – the emotions running through my brain are a mixture of relief, elation, excitement, happiness… and a little bit of a bitter-sweet emotion as […]
Another milestone made. Today was my last day of clinic. For me, this is actually more profound than taking my last academic exams last week. Clinic is where I feel I have done most of my learning, at least practical learning, and the kind of learning I will be using in my own clinic in the future. And, because we often work as a group in clinic, there is a […]
One of the things that I’m sure will change as I move towards setting up my own practice is having other therapists immediately available to check, consult and discuss cases, and other non herbal stuff with. As I write this, I am making up some clinic hours shadowing one of the second year clinics. Because there is nothing really for me to do at this stage, other than physically be […]
Something that has always been mentioned to me is how many people flop after finishing their Herbal Medicine degrees. Actually, from what friends have said, everyone flops after finishing their degree. But this especially seems to be the case with people who have done the Herbal Medicine course. I think it’s because going through a course like this takes you on such a journey of self development and personal transformation […]