Welcoming life into the world. My first delivery experience as a Medical Student made me who I am today. — Being present at a birth delivery session isn’t just a tickbox exercise for medical students, but an opportunity to see a different side of medicine. Every birth that I am part of I still get that sense of excitement, it still moves me. — Lucy Chapel (Consultant Obstetrician and research…

There is just a difference of understanding, listening and learning to cope in any situation. — Emotional maturity is about ones ability to understand and manage his/her emotions. An ‘emotionally mature' person has reached (and continues to work at reaching) a level of self-understanding with regards to their thoughts and behaviours and then decides how to best approach and cope with situations that might otherwise be…

You don’t have to let it put you down — Anxiety can have a huge impact on our lives. What we see, hear or feel can stir up a pit of uneasiness within us leading to distress. Sometimes prolonged periods and reoccurrence can affect our work, personal and social life. It can become a disorder when it persistently occurs, leading…

If you must succeed in any business and life in general, they must form your core. — Preamble (My Journey): I was about 17 years old when I started working for my money and decided to stop depending on the monthly allowance from my parents. I had heard about the term or word “Entrepreneur” in our business class while in high school but never fully understood what it meant or…

The Day I Scrubbed with My Favourite Senior Attending Surgeon and How it Impacted My Life — As a medical student, this was a rare opportunity and life-changing experience. Most times medical students are only restricted to watching and observing surgical procedures. They do not participate actively in the surgery as surgical fellows, residents, and theatre nurses always seem to be enough. Hence, they are just observers…

They define a lasting happy relationship. — Communication is the best way to knowing your love language. Love languages are certain ways partners like to be responded to in a relationship. They include: Words of affirmation: Here, understanding that being encouraged and listening to sweet words is the key. Gift: Giving gifts does it alot for people…

These lessons were drawn from my relationships. It’s all from a wealth of experience. — Oh! Have I been shot with the Cupid arrow straight to my heart? — I pondered. Growing up especially in my teen days falling in love was a common term, I mean pubertal hormones were raging and infatuations very high, as for me I didn’t see it as a big…

#1: Every loss is a win in disguise. — Let me ask you a question. Have you been disappointed or heartbroken before? If yes, you are not the only one that has. Once in a while, sometimes we may fail to hit a goal, target, or expectation and this would want to make us feel that the whole world…