Monday Motivation: Don’t negate your gift

A few days ago, I was cruising through YouTube, as usual and I came across a talk show by the country singer, Kelly Clarkson, where she interviewed Selena Gomez. During the course of the interview, Selena expressed how she knows many people judge her singing voice and is aware, she doesn't have the greatest vocal…

All Things Self Love

Life is too short to wake up every morning, not loving the body you are in. Today, we will be talking about self love. Self love to me means, "Loving myself as I am, while working towards the best version I can be". Most people who have been with me in the past decade, have…

Monday Motivation: New week, New beginnings

I don't know if you have ever woken up and the first thing you thought of was- oh crap, I have work today again. And for a few minutes, you moan on the bed, toss and turn, curse the fact that you have to get off the comfort of your blanket and go to work,…

Motivation Monday: Teachable moments

Are you the kind of person to correct someone when they make a mistake or are you the kind to say, "oh well, they are on their own", and you allow them to continue with their mistakes. For this week's Motivation, I wanted to talk about "teachable moments". Let's say you go to a restaurant…

Monday motivation: Little acts of kindness

I was on call yesterday, in the emergency pediatric unit, surrounded by patients with convulsions because for some reason, it is febrile convulsion season in pediatrics, and I was thinking how, these children (not literally, but the load of the work) were going to kill me, when a familiar face walked in. She greeted me…

Motivation Monday: Dear 15 year old me

This weekend, I asked on instagram and WhatsApp, “if you could tell your 15 year old self something today, what would it be”. This question was inspired by my secondary school diary which I found this week. I read a little bit of it and honestly, it put a few things into perspective for me.…

Monday Motivation: Gems from Maya Angelou

I had a secondary school teacher who had a saying, which went something like this- Don’t wait for experience to teach you, learn from other people’s experiences first. It still is one of my favourite quote. Today, I’ll be sharing some of the treasures, the late Dr Maya Angelou learnt during her time here on…