Live Your Fear

Writing

  • 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