Diane grew up in Oregon, and says she can’t remember a time when she wasn’t singing. Her father gave her a guitar for Christmas when she was 13, and she taught herself folk and country styles, and started to write songs. At 19, believing her first talent was acting, she headed off to England, determined to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. But life can take some funny turns. Before she could arrange an interview, she was literally “discovered,” playing her guitar and singing to a small, private, New Year’s Eve party at a London hotel.
A BBC television producer was there, a screen test followed, and the result was a network primetime series of variety specials! “The Diane Solomon Show” of the late 70s, was a great success, and she quickly became a regular on British TV, with other specials of her own, and numerous guest appearances, including several Royal Gala Specials. She recorded 5 albums, appeared on countless radio shows, TV hosting, and musical theater productions. She headed four major UK Theater concert tours of her own, toured with Glen Campbell on three European tours, and opened for a major Kenny Rogers’ tour in 1991.
But then life took another turn, this time not so fortunate. She was diagnosed with the infamous M.E., or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and for the next three years was too ill to walk across the room unaided. For a total of seven years she struggled with half a life. In the darkest hours songwriting was her saving grace, and the title cut of her new CD, “Good Things Don’t Come Easy” was born of this troubled time. With the help a brilliant German homeopathic system of healing, plus nutrition and herbs, she regained her health. Diane was so impressed with these alternate therapies that she has since gained degrees in both nutrition and homeopathy, achieving a doctorate degree from the British Institute of Homeopathy.
She has practiced nutrition and homeopathy for the last twenty years, using a combination of nutrients, herbs, homeopathic remedies, and diet and lifestyle recommendations. Whatever works for each very individual person. Her specialties are women’s issues, perimenopause and menopausal problems, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, asthma and allergies, migraines, and arthritis. But she has worked successfully with many other problems, such as eczema and psoriasis, fibromyalgia, ADD and ADHD, OCD, insomnia, and much more.
She describes dealing with people’s health issues as a kind of “onion layer” experience. Herbs, nutrients, and lifestyle changes are powerful, yet are in some way addressing the outer layers. They help enormously, but she has found that the major changes in people’s health comes from a deep homeopathic remedy, known as the constitutional remedy. Homeopathy is not an exact science, and thought, attention, focus, intuition, and yes, luck are involved in finding this remedy. When the right deep remedy is chosen, improvements in a client’s well being, both physically and psychologically, can be dramatic, even life-changing!
Now semi-retired, and writing, Diane lives in beautiful Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, with her husband, Mark. She writes soft country, folk, and classical ballads, playing both guitar and piano. She has written several non-fiction books fields of nutrition and homeopathy, and still occasionally sees clients who suffer intractable health issues. She has also ghost-written and/or edited seven books for clients, in various fields.
She has written two screenplays, and is now writing two novels, one of her own, plus a new novel with her husband. She has also written a practitioners’ guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, hoping to be able to help others afflicted with this dreadful disease. This book, called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a guide to the homeopathic treatment of CFS/M.E. is due out in November, 2015
Sometimes called a “Renaissance Woman,” she writes, edits, researches, designs and builds gardens, and performs, always seeking more knowledge, more understanding, and more creative flow.
