“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”

— Psalm 23:4

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  • 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

  • Crippled by Fear, and A Year of Yes

    On Sunday June 10th, 2018, I finished a tiring ten-hour shift at the hospital and rushed, as usual, to the 7:45am mass at my local parish. As I sat in church debating whether to use the priest’s sermon time for good power… Continue reading

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