autism… My secret identity 23 Feb 201925 Aug 2019 Personal style and a physician? Oh yeah! We care about how we look. But not all of us. And it has no reflection on our job as a physician or…
feminism… The ordeal of divorce 15 Feb 201925 Aug 2019 A very dear friend got divorced after struggling to fix her marriage for six years. They’d been married for ten. As I sat with her trying to commiserate in some…
feminism… The control freak 26 Jan 201925 Aug 2019 For as long as I can remember, I've controlled my life and what happens to it. Anytime I've met with any disappointment, it has been temporary. If I had bad…
burnout… Burnout in today’s woman… the feeling of being unappreciated 11 Jan 201920 Nov 2019 There is a lot of talk about physician burn out and the mental fatigue that physicians are facing. This fatigue isn't attributed to our "work" but actually to several jobs…
burnout… Impostor syndrome 4 Dec 201820 Nov 2019 Testify! Michelle says it. Imposter syndrome. “ I’m not good enough. Self doubt. Self hate in some cases. Why wasn’t I a man? What’s so special about him? I got…
burnout… Who has it all? 3 Dec 201820 Nov 2019 One of the most influential women says “ no woman can have it all”. It is true. The race to have it all has become the center of many women’s…
feminism… Raised by a leader 19 Nov 201825 Aug 2019 Woman of today! What is this? We are leaving/resigning from work/a skill that we trained for our entire life/ our passion/ the money we make/ the independence we crave, because…
feminism… #metoo 17 Nov 201825 Aug 2019 Dear Pakistani woman! For the longest time you asked for retribution for rape and sexual misconduct. You said you will even settle for an apology, an explanation, a promise to…
feminism… What happened to the marriage I ordered? 14 Nov 201825 Aug 2019 Have you ever wondered that? I have. But I don't anymore. May be because with time I've started to own my marriage and my husband and the life we have…
feminism The relevance of feminism 9 Nov 201822 Sep 2019 For those of us who do not find feminism relevant, here’s what I have to say as a woman who practices a profession EXACTLY like my male counterparts, completes a…