After having Covid in August 2021 I was unable to sit upright without my heart rate going very fast. I struggled to get out of the house. It was difficult to accept my limitations but my body was clearly telling me that I needed to rest. As I started to recover I celebrated getting back …
Personality traits are not all good or bad. They have advantages as well as disadvantages. Perfectionism has done me a lot of favours over the years. It really helped with studying and working as a doctor but I found that I started to struggle with it when I became a parent. I remember when my …
If your house is anything like mine you will have been inundated with chocolate over Easter. It’s really hard to teach my kids about moderation when it looks like Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory in here! I don’t deny my kids sweets and chocolates but I do try and help them understand that they are a …
The World Health Organisation defines health as follows: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” I had already been practising as a doctor for several years before meeting one of my favourite mentors who asked me to look up health in a …
