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To my husband Rick, who thankfully has the same work ethic as I do, your love, support and patience has meant everything to me. My constant companion for over 11 years, Kei, taught me untold amounts about so many aspects of life, death, relationship and love, and until his leaving he made it imperative for me to walk in the fresh air and connect with nature at least a little every day. My sons, who grew up despite me to make me immensely proud, encouraged me at every step and provided me with plenty of their opinions during the many healthy discussions around the dining table at home, have helped me to develop my thoughts around the issues raised in this book. My heartfelt thanks and love go to my parents who are as much now my best friends as they are my source. They have provided me with reason, purpose, encouragement, and of course the genes that help to make me who I am and do the things that I do in my life.

Homeopathy would not have entered my life were it not for John Saxton, a business partner, colleague and friend for many years. I have learnt much from working and teaching alongside him and am so very grateful to him for pointing me in the direction that I have now taken. There are so many homeopaths around the world that have shaped and contributed to my practice and way of thinking and I am grateful to each and every one of them. There is one who will never be surpassed and that is of course Samuel Hahnemann who was a visionary genius; his legacy has held me on my course at times when it would have been so much easier to forget all about homeopathy and pretend it does not exist. It is the students and the trailblazers from around the world, who are so hungry to learn, who have given me immense joy and inspiration, notably Julie Ann Lee (Canada), Yumi Koseki and Tsubomi Suzuki (Japan), Jaana Kolehmainan (Finland), Morten Riis (Denmark), Shelley Epstein, and the many wonderful members of the AVH (USA). There are so many others, I hope they know who they are, as well, of course, as friends and colleagues in the homeopathic community in the UK, especially my dear friend and colleague Wendy McGrandles who doesn’t let me get away with anything!

To Isobel, Doug, Mary and Conrad who have helped keep Balanced Being afloat in difficult times, when I have stubbornly held on to my principles and refused to become a peddler of drugs, foods and treatments that I do not believe to be in the best interests of my patients (decisions that had made sustaining a viable veterinary business, in this era, difficult to say the least), I cannot thank you enough. The same goes to my loyal staff who have had to deal with my endless deadlines and seeming diversions from simply being a clinician; I think they too see the bigger picture of how important it is to share the knowledge and experience that we have all had at the practice, working in the way that we do. A special mention must go to Vivien Swift, one of the most courageous women I have ever met and a veterinary homeopath in her own right, who has done many hours of researching for this book as well as for many of my other talks and ventures.

My thanks go to my publishers Narayana Verlag for their support, integrity and professionalism. This book has been a long time coming and my visit to their publishing house in 2013, spending that short time with members of the family and business, was such a great inspiration and encouragement.

There are no greater teachers for any veterinary surgeon than the many clients and animals that come to us for help and treatment; every one of them has played their part in developing my understanding of health and disease. Finally, I would like to acknowledge the millions of animals whose lives have been taken in the name of cancer research over many decades. Human beings have so very much to answer for.