burnout… Chronic Justification Fatigue Syndrome 23 Oct 201920 Nov 2019 This is just my opinion but will probably ring true with many people. A woman is expected to justify every decision or choice she makes in life. She is expected…
feminism… A Romance By The Sea 12 Oct 201912 Oct 2019 Chapter 1. "I don't think my mom would have any objection", he said. "Really? Didn't you say she'd like your cousin for you?" She reminded him, full of dread at…
humanity… World Mental Health Day 2019 11 Oct 201911 Oct 2019 I had no idea so many people suffered in silence until I became a practicing physician in a tertiary care center. Almost every patient had an antidepressant attached to their…
feminism… Toxic matriarchy! It’s just misogyny in another form. 10 Oct 201911 Oct 2019 She was scared to look at him. Many years later she realized he must have been too. She was dressed to the nines. Maybe he was too. She couldn't tell…
fiction… Mother-in-law and I go to the pumpkin patch 6 Oct 20196 Oct 2019 Since I'm married to her son, my kids are her grandkids. That hurts me, you know? It hurts me because I went through a lot of pain to have them…
feminism… Husband versus provider 4 Oct 20194 Oct 2019 It's hard to tell people that the person they consider a great husband just by virtue of him bringing the bacon, so to speak, is actually just being a provider.…
feminism… Qandeel Baloch! Murdered for breathing. 28 Sep 20194 Mar 2020 So Qandeel Baloch's murderer, who was also known in another life as her brother, has been given a life sentence for strangling her to death. This sentence has been a…
feminism… Your first night with your husband as a Pakistani arranged marriage bride. Part 1 28 Sep 201928 Sep 2019 Much as you have fantasized and anticipated your wedding, everything pales in comparison to your first night with a stranger. I know it's weird because contrary to what your parents…
autism… We fear neurodiversity. 27 Sep 201928 Sep 2019 After misogyny, patriarchy and gender disparity, ableism is making its rounds as the resident curse on humans. We aren't able to identify our inherent bias and inherent blind trust for…
burnout… Women in Medicine… hunting nesters or nesting hunters 25 Sep 201920 Nov 2019 This is Women in Medicine month. We've come far. Really far. We have a chance at leadership, recognition and even job satisfaction. From mothers we've gone to become working physician…
My mind as a woman 