Tag: wellness

Battling Impostor Syndrome

Posted on by Analise

One of the things that I wish more people talked about in medicine is impostor syndrome. More like, I wish that more people talked about how to overcome it in a healthy way.

Personally, my impostor syndrome is so frequently with me that she has a name. Let’s call her Sheila. Sheila has been with me for many years now. The further I got into my medical training and now my career, more powerful like one of the protagonists from the epic novels I love so much. She has been training with me the whole way as well. Every single step, she has gotten stronger with me.

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#ScrollLessReadMore

Posted on by Analise

2019 was a great year. I realize that I am saying that in the midst of Corona2020, when the world fell apart.

It was also the year that I adopted the phrase that is the title of this post. #ScrollLessReadMore

Back in 2018, I noticed how much time I was spending in my phone and not really getting any enjoyment from it. I know that I don’t look in my phone for anything but entertainment, but it really didn’t even do that for me. I was doing the zombie scroll and the time would just drift away from me. At some point, I asked myself, “If I was reading a book all the times I was scrolling through my phone, how many books would I be reading?” This led to me doing some strange things, like sitting in the ICU when I had a spare 5 minutes and reading, reading all day on my days off, and reading a book while walking. Hey, we do it all the time with our phones, right?

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About That Time I Became Sad

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Who didn’t want to share this one? Me. I didn’t want to talk about it.

This one may come as a surprise to some of you, but I thought it was important to share about my struggle with depression.

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