Hey all, Anjalee here! I mentioned a while back that my team and I were working on some exciting new things for Disillusioned Medic… And now I am completely THRILLED to announce our very first Mini Virtual Retreat will be going live on Saturday January 15th, 10 am – 2 pm GMT. If you’re feeling disillusioned and …
Exciting news! Our first VIRTUAL RETREAT is happening! Read More »
This post was written by our regular guest columnist, Freehearted Medic, a fellow career-questioning doctor and writer who is at the beginning of their transition journey. Love this article? Check out the Freehearted Medic blog for more. Lately, I’ve been feeling lost. Actually, I’ve been feeling lost for quite a few years now. This sentiment began …
We’re delighted to introduce our newest guest writer, Freehearted Medic, a fellow career-questioning doctor and writer who is at the beginning of the transition journey. Love this article? Check out the blog for more. It’s been a number of years since I realised that medicine isn’t the profession for me. This process has been destructive, …
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When you’re trying to change career, receiving unsolicited advice from people around you is a common and infuriating experience. Ex-doctor Anjalee Perera offers six strategies to deal with it.
Lots of people tell me I’m brave to have made the decision to leave medicine. I suppose that’s true, but the assumption people seem to make is that I’m fearless – that I’m just the kind of person who finds it easy to jump off the proverbial cliff. Well, the reality is quite different. I …
I was one of the millions of people all over the world whose career suffered a blow because of Covid-19. There I was, in the middle of lockdown wondering what on earth I would do when we finally emerged and my government self-employment grant ran out. My plans to launch my own marketing business and …
Ok… so this is a bit embarrassing. On last week’s Real Reflective Practice on the theme of ‘Creativity’, I opened the show with a story about a song I wrote to help me learn about leukaemia in med school, and I said I would share the full lyrics after the show. I’m now slightly regretting …
So last week was mental health awareness week. I feel like this year it’s come at a particularly poignant time, with mental wellbeing taking a universal nosedive thanks to Covid-19. The UN actually released guidance this week around supporting mental health in the wake of this pandemic, so it’s clearly a significant issue. And in …
So it’s been well over a month since I got the email from the GMC to tell me they’d reinstated my licence. After that flurry of conflicting emotions, all the media coverage and the strained conversations with friends and family, it’s now all feeling like a bit of an anti-climax. I’m still going through the …
