My first time seeing a dying patient felt surreal — One of the things all the newbie doctors were dreading was being put on a weekend shift or night shift so close to starting because that’s when things became very, very real. And that’s what happened to me. So soon after qualifying, I was set to have a weekend 3-night…

Where do writers draw the line — I remember once I had really bad writer’s block. It got to the point where I felt so frustrated, even when I stepped away from the screen. I couldn’t seem to shake it off. …

We’re only human — I remember one particular patient I looked after back when I first started as a doctor. It was on a specialty ward but we were used to having an overspill of “general medical” patients when the hospital was under pressure. This patient had a long extended admission which can sometimes…

To be dangerously in love — Only a small percentage of patient encounters stay with me years after leaving medicine. It’s usually the ones that didn’t go well. The ones that were unique in their complexity or were just truly unsettling. The human mind has a propensity for the negative and mine is no different. I…

Oversharing in a digital age — One of the reasons why I like writing on Medium and on my own blog is that I have more control over a story. I get to say how it’ll be told. I choose what gets left in and what gets taken out. When working with editors of physical and…

Sounds like clickbait but actually delivers — The Millionaire Fastlane does sound like a very clickbaity title but after reading the book… it actually does make a lot of good arguments. For example, the author talks about the difference between making money easily and making money quickly. A lot of Get-Rich-Quick schemes that we see on the…

Why do we obsess over people? — We’ve probably all experienced the rush that comes with liking someone. When it comes to romantic feelings there’s a huge range in intensity, from an innocent crush to long-lasting love. Then on the other end of the spectrum, there is infatuation and obsession. And that’s where we’re likely to get…

There’s a difference. — What makes us navigate towards certain types of people over others? How do we get our preferences? Why do some people have such clear distinguished “types” that can be summed up in a few short words — tall, dark, and handsome; short, blond, and petite. …

Risk public humiliation — I want to make an extra £1,000 this month and I have no clue how I’m going to do it. You’re probably wondering why this is significant, to explain it I have to tell you something that happened to me last month. Sometime in February, I decided that I wanted…