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 …
Happy Wednesday all! Just a quick note to tell you I’ve got another THREE Real Reflective Practice livestreams confirmed! After the Guilt themed one went so well I’ve been asked to do more, so… On Monday 20th Apr I’ll be talking to Coach and Career Consultant Sally Beyer about Imposter Syndrome. Sally’s an expert in …
Day 19 of lockdown. I had a bit of a ‘moment’ today. I’d had a tough parenting day and it just felt for a brief moment that I couldn’t see an end to this situation… It was depressing. But then the clapping for carers started and I went out to join in. I know this …
