Day One: How I Hit Rock Bottom
I have more partially filled journals then I can shake a stick at. But now I’ll be journaling publicly for the next 100 days about my life and whatever…
How One Meditation Is Helping Me Overcome My Childhood Fears to Embrace My Authentic Self
“Promise me you’ll always remember: you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” -Chrisopher Robin How many of us as adults still…
Do You Enjoy Doing Lots of Different Things? Maybe You’re a Magical Multipod!
Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve been a dabbler. I can’t keep track of all the things I’ve been interested in over the years: art, music, taekwondo,…
Growing Up Fat and Insecure: Hating My Body to Glimpsing Radical Self-Love
I was in third grade when I became acutely aware of two things: I was fat and being fat was apparently a bad thing. One morning I was sitting…
The Secret Power of Micro Goals: How Small Goals Can Lead to Big Results
We all set goals in our lives, and many of us start by setting a macro goal. These are big picture goals that we want to achieve. Maybe we…
No Emotion Is Bad and You Can’t Control How Other People Feel
When I was a little girl, we had a lot of chaos in our family. My parents were often on edge and argued with one another loudly and frequently….
Why Underfunding Residency May Create Competitive and Broken Physicians
It is no secret the U.S. healthcare system is deeply flawed. Among these flaws is the broken medical education system. What is seldom mentioned is the fact that the…
How I Stopped Shrinking to Please People and Started Reclaiming My Space
By Dr. Jess “A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be…
Writing Your Medical School Personal Statement in 2022: 10 Best Tips
While an applicant’s test scores, grades, and extracurricular activities are important, the medical school personal statement (also called personal comments essay) is the number one way for applicants to…
13 Best Strategies to Study for the MCAT in 2022
One of the best ways to have a strong application for medical school involves achieving a good score on the MCAT. In 2016 I took the MCAT, received a…