Please Just Take Care of Me
- Lisa Rooney
- Oct 15
- 4 min read
The Pulsatilla Story
When most people think of Pulsatilla, they think of a remedy for young girls who are beginning their menstrual cycles. It’s often prescribed to ease PMS symptoms such as emotionality, weepiness, mood swings, and the physical discomfort that comes with cycles finding their rhythm.
And it is a powerful remedy for that.
But Pulsatilla is not just for young girls. It can apply to women of all ages and life stages. At its core, Pulsatilla is about a longing to be cared for - a desire for someone to come in, take the burden off your shoulders, and reassure you that everything is going to be okay.
Unlike Sepia, where the response to overwhelm is to push people away, Pulsatilla’s cry is different. It is the inner child’s voice saying, “Please take care of me.”
My Personal Pulsatilla Story
I’ve always thought of myself as a strong, independent woman. I’m a critical thinker, courageous, and unafraid to go against the grain. My life choices and the way I raised my children outside the mainstream are proof of that.
So when my homeopath suggested I needed Pulsatilla daily for a few weeks, I bristled. Me? Needing Pulsatilla? I took it almost as a personal affront, until I realized the truth of what it was addressing.
It all came to the surface after one of our biggest life transitions. We had moved from Ann Arbor, Michigan where we had built a beautiful homeschooling community to Atlanta. Our children were now in high school, and we made the decision to put them in a small private school. While I knew it was the right choice for them, the transition from being a homeschooling mom to becoming a brick-and-mortar school mom was excruciating.
I felt like my inner child was throwing tantrums.
On the outside, I managed the move, house hunting, getting hte kids settled and supporting my husband in his new job. But on the inside, I just wanted someone to swoop in and take care of me.
Doctrine of Signatures: The Wind Flower
Pulsatilla is made from the wind flower, a delicate blossom that bends and shifts with every breeze. Its nature is changeable, responsive, and deeply influenced by its surroundings.
And that is exactly how Pulsatilla shows up in us - easily moved, emotionally adaptable, and longing for stability in the arms of another.
When I reflect on my life, I can see this resonance. Though I am strong and independent, I have also allowed myself to be moved by circumstance; following my husband’s career, moving to new cities, adapting to new communities. Even my childhood as a military kid required me to be ever adapting to the constant moving that military families experience.
In the midst of change, my inner child sometimes surfaces, longing not to have to be strong, but to be cared for.
How Pulsatilla Helped Me
During that year of temporary housing, endless house hunting, helping my children integrate into a new school, and supporting my husband in his new career, I was exhausted.
But the exhaustion was not Sepia’s resentment and “leave me alone” energy.
It was Pulsatilla’s soft cry: “I can’t do all of this by myself. Please, someone, come take care of me.”
A daily dose of Pulsatilla 30c for a few weeks completely shifted my inner landscape. I felt more grounded, less overwhelmed by change, and more capable of carrying the responsibilities in front of me.
And here’s the truth: I didn’t just take the remedy and move on. I also reached out to my coach.
Because remedies open the door, but coaching helps you walk through it.
Pulsatilla lifted the weight, but coaching gave me clarity. Through revisiting my values, I was able to reconnect with what was most important - not just surviving a move, but deciding how I wanted to experience my life, my marriage, and my role as a mother in this new chapter.
Keynotes of Pulsatilla
Gentle, yielding, avoids conflict
Fear of disconnection drives behavior
Longing for care, reassurance, and affection
Easily influenced by environment and relationships
Emotional swings—sometimes weepy, sometimes clinging, sometimes withdrawn
Physical affinity for menstrual cycle regulation, PMS, and hormonal transitions
As Robin Murphy notes:
“Pulsatilla yields easily to others, craves sympathy, and avoids confrontation—often at the expense of her own needs.”
Pulsatilla taught me something profound: even strong, independent women can have an inner child who longs to be cared for. And when that child’s needs go unmet, it can feel overwhelming, confusing, and exhausting.
Homeopathy can restore balance and lift the weight of suppressed needs.
Coaching creates the container to explore what the remedy stirs up.
Values work brings clarity about what truly matters, especially in times of transition.
Somatic tools calm the nervous system, helping the body integrate change.
Together, they help you not just manage life’s transitions, but truly thrive through them.
✨ If my Pulsatilla story resonates with you, know this: longing for care does not make you weak. It makes you human. And with the right remedy and support, you can move from overwhelm to clarity, from longing to strength.
My approach is a combination of powerful life coaching, somatic healing techniques and the use of homeopathic remedies to help settle your nervous system while we are doing the deeper work of healing.
Disclaimer: Homeopathy doesn't "treat" an illness; it addresses the entire person as a matter of wholeness that is an educational process, not a medical one. Claims based on traditional homeopathic practice are not accepted as medical evidence and are not FDA evaluated. This is intended for educational purposes only.
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