Live Your Fear

Veronique Bijou

  • The Jesus Year: Trials, Triumphs and Transitions

    One of the lovely things about having an April birthday is that the month sits perfectly at the end of the first quarter of the year. By April, enough time has passed for one to evaluate how far one has… Continue reading

  • On Death, and the Pursuit of Usefulness

    My first year of medical school was a deeply challenging time for me. For the first five or six months of medical school, I found myself going through an existential crisis. I was twenty-nine, far removed from friends and family,… Continue reading

  • Heartbreak, Setbacks, and the Practice of Counting Blessings

    When I was a child, one of my favorite songs was “Count Your Blessings.” The first verse of the song goes: “When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,Count your many blessings name… Continue reading

  • The Rebirth, and Overcoming the FREEZE

    Veronique, a medical student at the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, shares her personal battles with social anxiety and her desire to unite her passions for medicine and writing. Through her introspective blog, Live Your Fears, she plans to share… Continue reading

  • Roller Coasters, and Lessons From a Wall

    Last summer, my family decided to take a small holiday. My aunt and cousins lived I Pennsylvania, but despite the relatively short drive our busy schedules made it nearly impossible to visit one another. That Saturday afternoon, we made our… Continue reading