Kyle Gorman is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine. In the following blog post, he reflects on how physical activity has evolved in his personal routine while he learns to find joy as a program leader in promoting health through movement for the sake of future patients.
Transforming Fitness: A Medical Student’s Journey Read More »
For me, meditation is a way to work through the ongoing turmoil I’ve felt throughout these opening months of my medical education, particularly in the context of the multiple life stressors that have provided background to my daily life: the pandemic, the social/political climate in our country, caring for close family members with recent hospitalizations, a battle with recurring depression and identity, to name some. In order to break these down, I look to meditation as a necessary form of relief.
Seeking the Center Within Us Read More »
“I’ve never been on a panel before. What if I get asked a weird question and don’t know how to respond? Or what if I say something dumb? And I hate talking in front of people…”
The mental health panel, for me, serves as a semiannual reminder that we all have to put our own life vests on first. We can’t expect to serve our communities to the best of our abilities if we’re drowning as we do so. We can’t expect life not to happen.Read more…
Vulnerability as Strength: The Student Mental Health Panel Read More »
