Category: Health

Yūgen I founded Yūgenial after leaving medical school due to my own experiences with poor mental health. I have and always will be a strong proponent of good science, but something about the coldly clinical environment was failing me, and …

The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging us in ways we could never have imagined, from unprecedented amounts of family time to home-schooling to working remotely – or not working at all. These sudden, rapid changes in the way we live, coupled …

Your first cervical smear screening at the age of 25 can be an incredible daunting thing. I was suffering from a severe anxiety disorder at the time of mine, so adequate preparation to keep my nerves in check was crucial …

Social media. It virtually rules some (inevitable) aspect of the modern woman’s life. It is seemingly inescapable. As a millennial woman myself, I have thought about how social media affects my mental health on a daily basis. Well, maybe a …

If you enjoyed writing a diary while you were younger, to collect and capture all of your memories of wonderful experiences or simply mediocre things, you need to know that if you kept said diary, it would make a great …

About six weeks into my pregnancy, I started experiencing morning sickness.  Which is normal in pregnancy, obviously. I was throwing up a few times a day, and felt nauseous pretty much all day long.  I just thought that that was …

My story begins many years before it ever came into fruition, I had shit periods, I asked many a medical person to help me understand why this was the case which was met with mumbled answers of “it’s just the …

After 9 months of sweat, blood and tears (metaphorically speaking), I’m delighted to announce the birth of my daughter. She’s the most beautiful creature in the whole wide world and I feel like I’ve learnt the true meaning of love. …