This World Mental Health Day, I’m sharing huge lessons I learned during one of the toughest phases of my life: pharmacy residency. You can’t know until you’ve gone through it, how far your mental health gets tested, how far you fall, and how strong you can come out of it with the right support, humility, and will.
[Read more]If you’re new to feminism and wanting to find a place to start, this list will help give you a taste. With these, you can start dipping your toes in the water to question societal norms and begin changing the conversation.
[Read more]I am no stranger to the challenge of finding purpose in work and personal life when one held the keys to the future I need to pay of all of my loans and the other held the key to mental survival. After attending seminars and reading so much about the art of finding balance, every pursuit almost always lead to feelings of failures and disappointment. I propose we change the conversation to set boundaries instead.
[Read more]For the first couple of decades of my life, I didn’t know I was an introvert. I just thought I was quiet and didn’t like crowds. Once I identified as an introvert, the journey to owning it and feeling confident about it was a different story. If you’re in a similar boat as me and working on your own sense of self, here are six ways I’ve learned to own your introversion.
[Read more]When I was in residency, I worked every third weekend without a compensated day off. This meant 12 days straight of 10-12 hour workdays every third week. My weekends were precious and I tried to optimize the free time I had. It’s only 2 days for most of us, but there is so much you can do that has a huge impact on your resilience and mental health. Here are 6 things I learned to keep in mind as I headed into a free weekend and prepared for the week ahead.
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