Consulting Client Tip #3 IHC: Starting the Consult

A student who turned in her test this week provided the following reminder as to how we should all start our consultations. I wanted to share this with you all:

Even the divinely blessed remedy is said to work only with the power and permission of Allah (Qadr Allah); and conversely, if Allah does not allow you to be healed then you will remain ill no matter what you do to get better. This is why Muslims precede any action by reciting Allah’s name and then follow every intention by reciting, “In Sha Allah” (If Allah wills).

Consulting Client Tip #1 IHC: Balance - vs- Cure

Dear Students,

Every week as I correct tests I will share student excerpts, student dialogue, consulting client tips and more as I go through the exams and speak with other students. That way you all can benefit from the discussions I have with other students.

Here is a consulting client tip that I shared with a student this week:

This is something to remember in all healing – it is a matter of balance and not cure. We will always being dealing with imbalance in the body. When we look at healing as a method to cure we will be lost. When we look at healing as a method to balance the body we will always be able to heal from anything by seeking that balance over and over – no matter what happens to the body.

Consulting Client Tip #1: Taking vs Giving

more and more student work comes in I realize how very important it is for us all to share our experience with clients - tips, methods and whatever else comes to mind. The things that I share in this column will be directly related to student work and client work they have done and are posted as a response to that work. If you would like to comment on my posts or to add some information of your own please feel free to press "reply". We have a wonderful group of students here - many are already practitioners of some type - we have the potential to help each other out in so many ways.

Client Tip #1: Taking vs-Giving

Suggest some things to add to the diet, rather than take away. Often, people in depressive or restrictive situations don’t want to be told “don’t eat this”. It is more depressing! So, instead, tell them to eat certain foods every day – give them a list of “healing foods” – this list will of course, be true, such as offering oatmeal to lower cholesterol. However, what you won’t tell them is that by adding these foods they will be LESS INCLINED to have the “bad foods”. Don’t tell them that part. Don’t let on in any way you are saying NO to them. I used this method extensively in Saudi Arabia, where I used to live, as many of the women there were already restricted in their movement and other life choices. They would not have benefited from being told by yet one more person - "You can't do that". When healing you need to consider where and who are person is.