Joette Calabrese,HMC,CCH,RSHom Published in Wise Traditions, Summer 2009, “Treating Low Metabolism” Margaret was uncommonly dazzling, charismatic and constitutionally unfit for frumpy clothes. Nothing she wore matched exactly, yet it all worked together quite nicely because it was draped on her body with her patrician sensibilities. She summered at Martha’s Vineyard, her long tan legs attracting […]

Joette Calabrese,HMC,CCH,RSHom Published in Wise Traditions, Fall 2009, “Malocclusions and Facial Developments” Yesterday, in the house down the block, the Grecos’ thirteen-year-old son Anthony got sick. The family was setting up the annual autumn neighborhood party in their yard and Anthony couldn’t join in. He was dreadfully weak, had a whistley wheeze, and every breath

Joette Calabrese,HMC,CCH,RSHom Published in Wise Traditions, Winter 2009, “Holistic Cancer Treatment” Christopher likes to keep active and stretch his creative muscle. He’s a landscape architect with a business that’s vital, like him. Today, in fact, he completed the design work on what he considered the flagship of his career: a city court building in the

Joette Calabrese,HMC,CCH,RSHom Published in Wise Traditions, Spring 2010, “Plants Bite Back” “Sweet!” swooned Travis, the sixteen year- old, as he rose one morning with renewed strength. Just the night before, he had suffered from a 104-degree fever, thrashing anger and ruthless ear pain. After three doses of the homeopathic remedy Belladonna and much needed sleep,

Joette Calabrese,HMC,CCH,RSHom Published in Wise Traditions, Summer 2010, “Holistic Treatment of Allergies” The Jamisons are country folk with an ample vegetable garden, a small flock of chickens and a few milking goats. Their life, these days is their dream of freedom realized. But it wasn’t always this way. Eric and Lucy used to live in

Joette Calabrese,HMC,CCH,RSHom Published in Wise Traditions, Winter 2010, “The Politics of Food” Nearly thirty years ago, I worked at NBC as an account executive. It was interesting work because I witnessed firsthand how corporate America functions. One of my prized accounts was Pepsi Cola. I never directly met the people from Pepsi Cola, but had

Joette Calabrese,HMC,CCH,RSHom As published in “Homeopathy Today”, September / October 2005 When our family moved to the country some years ago, it seemed a natural decision to raise chickens. So we purchased 30 chicks from a farmer near our western New York home. Up to that point I’d never treated an animal with homeopathy before.