by Dr. Talia Marcheggiani, ND | Jun 25, 2012 | Exams, Humour, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Motivation, NPLEX, Student, Summer, Toronto, Writing
Yonge and Bloor, downtown Toronto, Canada at approximately 2:00 pm. Thursday, June 21. I finish teaching ESL for the day and enter the Toronto Reference Library, a $5 Starbucks strawberry banana whey protein smoothie in hand, sunglasses resting on the top of my head and my First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 tucked under my arm. NPLEX 1 is in t-minus 45 days. Here we go…
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by Dr. Talia Marcheggiani, ND | Jun 20, 2012 | Balance, Breath, Cleaning, Creativity, Emotions, Family, Finding yourself, Humour, Letting Go, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Organization, Philosophy, Self-care, Student, Summer, Toronto, Writing
A few days ago I was faced with the challenge of moving out of the third floor of Nonna’s house. This meant that I was going to have to complete the impossible task of squeezing the entire contents of an apartment-sized room into my modest-sized childhood bedroom.
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by Dr. Talia Marcheggiani, ND | May 24, 2012 | Art, Book, Book Review, Naturopathic Philosophy, Summer, Sunshine, Travel Stories
While suffering through the damp, dark remaining months of 2nd year of naturopathic medical school, camped out in middle-of-nowhere North York, I began to have intense emotional cravings for summer. (more…)