Hey, How Are You doing Really?
My first Instagram Live Series, “Hey, how are you doing really?” on mental health.
The instability of this period has left so many of us confused, anxious and dealing with loss or the fear of loss. Conversations about well-being and mental health are more important now than ever. In light of this, I invite my guests to answer the question ‘how are you doing, really?’ In this simple phrase, the really is not to be ignored, it is the part of the question that indicates that we need to hear what’s behind our generic answers to ‘how are you?’ because we are not always ‘good’ and we’re not always ‘fine’.
I believe hearing other people (see below) will give an invaluable insight into their lives, encourage us to take care of our wellbeing and find strategies to stay POSITIVE.
My hope is that by providing a platform for us to be vulnerable we can not only explore how this period has really affected us, but also celebrate the fact that we are somehow still standing. It is important that we know we are not alone and lean from on another.
- Every Conversation . Sharing Experiences . Creating Community -
Impressions.
11 conversation with women within the healthcare field and beyond
45mins - 1 hr conversations - informal interview style
Focus on mental health, breaking the stigma associated with MH and also life during and after the pandemic.
Between 600-1500 views per IGTV video.
Good feedback, comments and interaction.
Episode 1: Hey, how are you doing really? With Lorraine and Dr Joyce Lorraine & Joyce have an open conversation on mental health and well-being during this time. Lorraine speaks about how her life as a medical studnet, mum and daughter was affected and shares some gems with us! Just an open, real conversation, to know that you are not alone 💗
Episode 2: hey, how are you doing really? With Dr Perside and Dr Joyce :) In this episode we speak to Dr Perside a junior doctor in the UK, who just started her first year as doctor during the pandemic. We discuss what it has been like working as a doctor, dealing with failure in medical school and wider and imposter syndrome! Such an open and interesting conversation. Thank you to @proceeding_ for joining us. Please subscribe to her YouTube channel: Perside.
Episode 3: Hey, how are you doing really? With Toyosi and Dr Joyce 💗 In this episode, we spoke about Toyosi and her hearing loss, growing up in Nigeria with a disability and how COVID-19 has affect the deaf community. In addition, how she balances being a full-time student, content creator, a coach, entrepreneur and ambassador for @phonak We spoke about finding your purpose, self-love. and mental health and well-being!! A LOT. It was truly an incredible conversation. I hope you enjoy!! 🤎 I also tried to add captions; but it’s not showing atm, I hope it will work. Maybe it takes a while to autos-generate, fingers crossed. #mentalhealth #wellbeing #purpose
Episode 4: Hey, how are you doing really? With Nurse Zara and Dr Joyce This was another open and reflective conversation with Zara, speaking about redeployment to ICU, how we felt before during and after, addressing dealing with burnout and tips for all students in the healthcare field, especially those graduating soon. At times it got deep speaking about some of our experiences but it was amazing to be able to relate and express ourselves. Thank you Zara for Coming on ! 🤎 #nurse #doctor #wellbeing #burnout
Episode 5- Hey, how are you doing really? with Simi and Dr Joyce This was a great talk with Simi @simiallsmiles who is a physician associate student. She spoke to us about the PA course, what made her decide to do it, how she started a business during the pandemic @thecuraeco ! Later in the conversation, we also went deeper and spoke about having lots of passions and how this can be overwhelming at times. We have some advice to anyone that feels similar. Lastly we spoke about the simple things we do to maintain our mental health and how important therapy can be! Watch and let us know what you think !! 🤎
Episode 6: Hey, how are you doing really? with Dr Simi and Dr Tosan This was an episode with Dr Tosan and Dr Simi who have been very important to me and my journey! Today we spoke about their journeys so far in medical school till, dealing with burnout and imposter syndrome but also discussed the importance of COMMUNITY and how vital it is to find people who listen and you can relate to. The three of us founded @chasingyourtruth to a create a safe space to connect and inspire like minded women in healthcare! There is ALOT in this conversation so please re-watch and let us know! 🤎✨✨
Episode 7: Hey, how are you doing really? With Dr Claire This was an insightful conversation with Dr Claire Ashley. We spoke about her journey so far in medicine and her mental health journey! She discussed the importance of identifying our breaking point, knowing when to ask for help and ensuring that we understand how to access services in our workplaces and wider if/when we are experiencing stress or burnout. We discussed portfolio careers and how she has diversified her career to fit in with her life. She has a lot of advice and a lot to say and I am so grateful x
Episode 8: Hey, how are you doing really? With Jen Okolo This was an amazing conversation with Jen Okolo. She spoke to us about her role as an occupational therapist in a mental health unit, we spoke about being Nigerian and growing up in Belgium and the UK and the lack of conversation on mental health within our community and the NEED for us to keep speaking and raising awareness. In addition, she spoke about her other interests as a podcaster on @shesinapod and empowering women on her platform @wearesasa_ !! It was such a lovely conversation, thank you for coming on @jenokolo 🤍
Episode 9: Hey, how are you doing really with Dr Iyin Iyin is a FY1 doctor and also a friend of mine that I’ve known since primary school. We have been there for each other through medical journey especially in the last year. Today, we spoke about SO much. We spoke about being Nigerian, why we CHOSE medicine, how our perception has changed since we started, how our mental health has REALLY been during this time, what we do to help and how God helps and finding balance. We ended the conversation on how we deal with fear and failure! Thanks to everyone that interacted on the live and the questions! There are so many layers to this very REAL conversation, Its a long one so suggest you sit and just let it play - let us know what you think!! Hope it helps someone 🤍 Thank you so much @iyinoluwaemiola for coming!! @28twlv.
Episode 10: Hey, how are you doing with Dr Yewande Yewande is a dentist who qualified last year in the peak of the pandemic. She is passionate about mentoring and oral health education globally! This morning, Yewande and I caught up and spoke about her journey so far in dentistry, HOW has really been doing this time, why she chose dentistry, dealing with the fear of failure especially during our application journeys! We discussed the importance of REPRESENTATION in healthcare and how vital it is for us as black women to encourage other women, something we didn’t really see in our early stages. We highlighted the importance of speaking about humanitarian issues happening across the world even as healthcare professionals like the BLM movement and much more! There are so many GEMS in this conversation. So grateful to @dr.yewandedental for coming on and catching up with me this morning!! Thank you so much 🤍
Episode 11: Hey, how are you doing really? With Dr Radhika This was a great conversation with Dr Radhika who is a paediatric ST1 trainee in London. She shares with us her journey through medicine, how and why she chose paediatrics and shared how she has really been this period. She dropped some gems and advise especially for all those in medical school who find the environment hard at times based on her own experiences. We spoke about the importance of finding other passions and activities outside or even within medicine!