11/11/2026
One of the biggest mistakes I made as a young iridologist was thinking my job was to tell the client everything I could see in their irides.
That's how iridology was commonly taught at the time.
Look carefully. Identify the markings. Explain them to the client.
So that's what I did.
I could easily spend a couple of hours going around the iris, explaining one marking after another.
And that meant I went overtime or ended up writing a lengthy, all-inclusive report—with recommendations—on my own time.
The problem was that my clients didn't leave with greater clarity.
They left with too much information.
If I gave them ten things to think about, even though I prioritized them, my clients ended up overwhelmed and unable to apply any of what we talked about.
As I learned more about constitutional iridology—and accumulated years of clinical experience—I began working very differently.
Today, I don't tell a client everything I see.
I'm looking for the two or three observations that are relevant to this person, with this story, at this time.
Those observations guide my questions.
Their answers help me decide whether I'm following a useful line of thought—or whether I need to look somewhere else.
And from there, I can make recommendations that are much more focused.
The mistake is thinking that a thorough iridology assessment means reporting every marking you can identify.
It doesn't.
Knowing how to recognize iris markings is important.
But clinical skill is knowing which ones matter right now—and which ones you can leave alone and work with later.
Have you ever given a client so much information that you could see them becoming overwhelmed?
Hit reply and tell me. I suspect most of us who have been in practice for a while have done it at least once.
