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An ambitious doctor sharing my honest journey navigating my 20s
💞Child of God
✨building @thrivingwithfranceska
👩🏾‍🎓Oxford grad

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🙏🏾This week I’ve been reflecting a lot on the tragic story of Phil Moyo, a 3rd year medical student who sadly took his life the day after failing his resit exams💔

🙏🏾It has made me realise just how dangerous and insidious this culture of putting so pressure on ourselves can be but also how important it is to speak up and normalise conversations around failure especially in medicine or other ambitious spaces.

🙏🏾It’s so important to encourage people to reach out for help when they are struggling and to show real examples that failure is not the end of the road , but rather another chapter in the beautiful story of life. #
🙏🏾Here’s to creating more spaces where we can talk honestly and normalise asking for help!

RIP Phil Moyo🙏🏾

#MentalHealth #Failure #MedicalStudent #PhilMoyo uob by @drfranceska

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Quick edit for transparency !
Turns out I miscalculated and I rather failed 6/23 of my total exams rather than 10/21😅
Despite this the lesson I learnt remains the same!

Failure didn’t end me it shaped me and taught me who I am outside of achievement.

This year I’m choosing to show up scared, try again, and rebuild self-trust knowing my identity is rooted deeper than success. It’s rooted in God! ❤️

#oxforduniversity #failure #selfdevelopmentjourney #christian by @drfranceska

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No one teaches you this stuff in medical school, but it matters SO much.

There’s a hidden curriculum in life! Money is on there!

As a doctor, I don’t just want to be hardworking. I want to be wealthy. And that means treating financial literacy like a language.

Some people are taught it from a young age. The rest of us have to learn it ourselves.

Because you can:

💸 Be earning a good salary but be on the wrong tax code
💸 Save diligently but still lose money in real terms because inflation is beating your interest
💸 Miss out on tax relief you didn’t even know existed
💸 Pay into your pension without fully understanding how to maximise the benefits

Ignorance is not bliss. It’s expensive. 🥲

But this learning journey is exciting! Why? Because financial literacy is a skill. And skills can be learned.

I’m learning the language now and every lesson, every pound and every decision compounds. 😍😍

#rolexdoctor #money #personalfinance #doctor #finance by @drfranceska

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Completed my second coaching session today.

We all know the NHS is always resource limited, so when they offer something for FREEEE grab it with all 3 hands🤣🫣please and thankyou!

I’d been struggling with organising my time, general life and the massive demands that come with the job (portfolio work 😢, organising teaching, building my CV, heavy hours, staying on top of my knowledge.) My ES actually recommended asking the trust for counselling/ coaching .

I went through the PSW (Professional Support Workforce). Most workforces have this or something similar .

Sessions can be tailored for neurodivergent clients or not. They offered coaching or counselling services(depending on the trust.) sessions can be in person or remote (mine or remote.) They offered 8 hours of sessions, to be used as flexibly as possible, with the options to extend if needed!

My coach is great - they are often trained to understand the demands of a busy NHS professional. So far coaching has helped me understand my own mind (a lot of asking why🤣). The unconscious thoughts running my behaviour. And practically working with my coach to generate action points to make a difference and shift the needle in my day to day.

If you haven’t looked into what’s available to you, this is your sign.

The resources are usually there. It’s not about them not existing, it’s about asking. Then actually going after it once someone tells you❤️

Let me know 👇🏾 of any resources your trust / organisation happened that you were shocked to find out about !

#Nhs #neurodivergent #doctor #residentdoctor #coaching by @drfranceska

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2 months ago

Not as Antoni Gaudi intended

#travel #barcalona by @drfranceska

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2 months ago

Incoming FY1 doctor? These tips are for youuu✨✨
Please forgive me as this video was filmed last week😭

@wearfigs always has me looking good in this set of scrubs🥰

#Blackwednesday #fy1 #residentdoctor #nhs #doctor by @drfranceska

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2 months ago

How to capture photos of yourself on a solo trip …

Pro tip: never ask guys to take your photos. They can’t conceptualise the patience and understanding needed for good shots .. sorry… by @drfranceska

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2 months ago

Finding fashionable, quality clothes as a tall girl in the UK is a whole feat. With the average height rising, is tall- quality fashion the gap in the market nobody’s filling? 👀

6 safety pins were involved in making this outfit work today 😅

If you’re also a tall babe drop your favourite brands below 👇🏾 (we need options🥹)

#tallgirl #tallgirlfashion #ootd by @drfranceska

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3 months ago

Sometimes cutsie. Sometimes whimsical . Sometimes scrub-less. by @drfranceska

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3 months ago

8:08 Travel photo diaries by @drfranceska

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9 months ago

Our latest graduate doctor in the house 🥰😍

#doctor #grad #graduation #medicalstudent #residentdoctor by @drfranceska

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3 months ago

I wish this was a joke

#Doctor #medicalstudent #medicine #residentdoctor by @drfranceska

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