Owning a Pet in Medical School

Maybe you still have “In the arms of an angel….” stuck in your head from those tear-envoking Sarah McLachlan ASPCA ads you saw years ago that made you want to adopt ALL of the animals. Maybe you live alone and want someone to talk to so you can convince yourself you aren’t going crazy after a bajillion […]

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My Essentials for At-Home Workouts

As a medical student, it can be difficult to schedule time aside to take care of myself, especially when it comes to exercise. Instead of feeling guilty or stressed about taking the time to drive to a gym every day, I work out in my apartment! At first, working out at home did not appeal to me, but now […]

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What I Read: The Invention of Wings

About the book: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd takes the true story of sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké, historic leaders of the abolitionist movement, and weaves it into a fictional tale told from the perspectives of Sarah and Hetty “Handful”, a slave Sarah was forced to accept as a gift on her eleventh birthday. The story […]

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