Chasing the Dream

By Jorge Luis Morales, NUHS Chapter President – As Naturopathic students and future physicians, we have big dreams, and with big dreams, significant responsibilities, and expectations come.

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When Life Happens in Medical School

By Zairy Brazeau-Boliew, NMSA President Elect – Life seems to always pull the rug from under your feet when finals are near, the projects are due and you’re running on the last few fumes before empty. I don’t know about anyone else, but …

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Battling Fatigue

By Reid Kiyabu, NMSA Chief Financial Officer – I’m the last person who should be talking to you about fighting fatigue! I regularly go to sleep after midnight, chug iced coffee daily, and consume a not-so-balanced diet.

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Radical Self-care Will Get You Through This Program

By Christie McNabb, NMSA BUW Chapter President – A 4th year student, we’ll call her Jane, shared this juicy nugget of wisdom with a good friend of mine during our first year in the program. It was so good we wrote it at the top of our communal study white board

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Game Plan to Pass NPLEX1

By Laura Clevenger, NMSA NUNM Chapter President – NPLEX 1 is an intimidating, challenging exam. It covers biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, microbiology, immunology, and pathophysiology. The exam contains 200 questions, broken into two 100-question, 2.5-hour sections.

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Reframing Resilience

By Jasmine Karimi, NMSA CAO – Humans are inherently resilient. For each of us to be born, we require two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, sixteen-second great-grandparents and so on.

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Tips on Maintaining a School-Life Balance

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By Anand Amin, NMSA VP Communications – Assignments are piling up, conflicting quizzes, lack of time, demanding schedules… Just reading this may make you experience gentle palpitations.

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Welcome Back – NMSA President Blog

By Sierra Windsor, NMSA President – I want to offer a warm welcome to the incoming students beginning their journey through naturopathic medical school! You have chosen to embark on a unique and highly fulfilling career path that will …

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