04/14/2020
What can I do, as a Naturopath, in the midst of this pandemic?
I’ve been wrestling with this question - I’m a health care professional, but I’m certainly not on the front lines. If anything, I’m in the background - at home, doing telemedicine, connecting with patients on the phone. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like enough. And sometimes it does - managing my own frustrations or anxieties while raising kids who miss their community... it can feel overwhelming at times.
I think about my patients who are teachers and adjusting to a virtual role, or those in the restaurant industry who are adapting to delivery/pick up, or patients who have flat out lost their jobs. We are all impacted in some way, and never has it been more clear to me how we all need each other.
So, what can I do as a Naturopath? The same thing I can do as a mom, or a friend, or a human being - to be present, to have courage, and to do these small things with great love.