Lately, I have been thinking a lot more about self-care in medical school. This is something they used to emphasize to us in the beginning of the first-year, but entering second-year, I notice a lot less people are mindful of self-care or discuss the importance of it. Luckily, this is not an area of wellness […]
Sleep Hygiene
As a busy medical student, it can be really easy to wave off the importance of sleep and decide that you will sacrifice a couple hours of sleep at night to stay up late studying. After studying sleep disorders, I self-diagnosed myself with Advanced Sleep Phase Disorder, which is a Circadian Rhythm disorder that includes […]
Healing the Whole Body
A few weeks ago, an organization at my school held a Skype call with a physician from the US. She specialized in family medicine originally but recently took a few courses to open a wellness clinic with integrative medicine. Her talk really struck a chord with me. In a nutshell, integrative medicine essentially deals with […]
