The Secret to a Perfect Natural Hair Puff

I’ve been asked so many times about how I achieve my perfect natural hair puff that I decided to write a quick post to CHANGE YOUR LIFE! Ready for a natural hair secret?! This secret might just blow your mind! The way that I achieve the perfect natural hair puff every time is quite simple. Drum roll pleaseeee….. I BOUGHT IT! I know, I know….You’re shooketh. It’s okay! Sometimes the puff fools me too! But last year, when I was headed to vacation in Mexico with some Wharton classmates, I decided that I wanted to rock a low maintenance natural…

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How to Turn Your Setback into a Comeback

  Last Sunday, my pastor presented an incredibly timely sermon called “How to Turn Your Setback into a Comeback.” I’ve watched some similar sermons before, such as this awesome sermon by Pastor Steven Furtick at Elevation Church. However, there was something about the timing and content of my pastor’s message that made his sermon stand out to me. He presented several key principles on turning a setback into a comeback. As I did with the Father’s Day sermon last year, I wanted to share a recap of this message because I think that the themes are applicable to many of life’s…

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My First Day on the Job as a Psychiatry Resident

Today was my first clinical workday as a psychiatry resident! I have spent YEARS waiting for this day to arrive, and it was just as great as I hoped. As a new psychiatry resident at Penn, I’m starting my residency in the same hospital where I discovered my love of psychiatry a little over a year ago. The Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Philadelphia will always have a special place in my heart, and I’m excited to serve the veterans there for the next month or so during my first block of residency. Heading into this new chapter, one…

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It’s Time for a Revamp: Changes to the Blog Now That I’m Starting Residency

In case you’re new to my blog or you’ve somehow missed my 67,634,173 graduation posts on social media, two weeks ago, I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with my Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees!! The past couple of weeks since graduation have been wonderful. I’ve been able to read, relax, travel, spend time with family and friends, and think about how I plan to incorporate blogging into my career going forward. Now that I’m inching closer to starting residency, I’ve been purposefully reflecting on what type of blog content I want to create…

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How to Position Yourself to Buy a House Before Residency

The start of residency is a huge transition. Specifically, thousands of newly-minted doctors prepare to move around the country to start their residency training programs. Most medical students spent their time in medical school renting apartments. So the transition to residency often brings up an important question: Should you continue to rent or should you buy a house before residency? Unfortunately, there isn’t any teaching in medical school about how to position yourself to buy a house before residency (or at any point for that matter). More than that, owning a home is expensive and the average medical student in…

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