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    • Skin ScienceEvidence based writing on skin health, dermatology, and everyday skin care and skin products that helped me, all organically written.
    • Hormones & MetabolismExplainers on hormones, blood sugar, weight regulation, blood sugar, appetite, mood, and metabolic health.
    • Women’s Health
    • Sleep, Gut & EnergySleep, digestion, daily energy, practical physiology and restoring everyday well-being is explored in this category.
  • Mind & MeaningEssays on mental health, identity, and the quieter work of living, caring, and becoming human within medical and social worlds.
    • Lived Experience in MedicineReflections from within the system — where clinical knowledge meets uncertainty, emotion, and the human cost of care. Writing that holds space for quart medicine feels like, not just how it functions.
    • The Social DiagnosisExamining how law, power, gender, and culture shape health and lived experience.
    • Mental HealthEvidence based writing on mental Heath, covering anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, and emotional well-being. Exploring symptoms, and practical care through a doctor’s lens.
    • Notes On Becoming
    • The Unprescribed
  • Calm Anger Naturally: 4 Mammalian Reflexes That Reset Your Stress Response

    Take one minute to discover the science of anger regulation and the hidden mammalian reflexes that can calm your nervous system fast. What if controlling anger naturally was less about… Read the piece

    Calm Anger Naturally: 4 Mammalian Reflexes That Reset Your Stress Response
  • 5 Powerful Books by Indian Women That Will Stay With You

    A one-minute mini article on 5 unforgettable books by Indian women writers that will offer you perspective, strength and literary healing. Read the piece

    5 Powerful Books by Indian Women That Will Stay With You
  • Micro-Joy Medicine: 5 Tiny Rituals That Improve Mood Naturally

    A one-minute read and a one-minute reset. Discover five micro-joy rituals that support dopamine balance, stabilise your circadian rhythm, and gently improve mood and focus. Read the piece

    Micro-Joy Medicine: 5 Tiny Rituals That Improve Mood Naturally
  • The 10-Minute Dopamine Reset: Why Boredom Improves Mental Clarity

    Feeling mentally foggy? This 10-minute boredom reset can improve focus, calm your nervous system, and restore mental clarity. Read the piece

    The 10-Minute Dopamine Reset: Why Boredom Improves Mental Clarity
  • A Small Grounding Ritual: A Lipstick Routine for Mindfulness

    A one-minute read and a one-minute practice. This piece explores a simple lipstick routine as a sensory grounding ritual for mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and calm mornings. Read the piece

    A Small Grounding Ritual: A Lipstick Routine for Mindfulness
  • Seven Things Doctors Wish They Could Prescribe For Valentine’s Week

    A one-minute read on turning Valentine’s week into seven days of gentler living, caller choices, and attention to what the body actually needs. Read the piece

    Seven Things Doctors Wish They Could Prescribe For Valentine’s Week
  • Three Nervous System Resets for a Gentler February

    A one-minute read on easing out of January and entering February with less pressure, gentler expectations, and a steadier nervous system. Read the piece

    Three Nervous System Resets for a Gentler February

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