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We've all got that mental image of medical students – the type-A perfectionists grinding through textbooks even on the porcelain throne, right? Well, our first-year medical students at Iowa are about to blow up every assumption you've ever had. The people memorizing a zillion ana ...  Show more

The Carver Carnival is the Carver College of Medicine's unofficial exhale — an end-of-year celebration where students who have been running on caffeine and anxiety for nine months can finally look up from their notes. In an unusual move, the Short Coat took its mic into the crowd ...  Show more

We discuss the advice from legendary women’s gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field about how to ask for a favor or an opportunity in the right way, a listener offers a practical suggestion for using space to manage clutter, and we talk to author Julie Lythcott-Haims about her new ...  Show more

Welcome back to Mental Status!In this episode, we're opening the floor to you, our listeners, as we dive into some of your questions. We have received a number of questions, both from current students and fans of the podcast, if you have a question you would like answered, messag ...  Show more

It’s important to make sure that we don’t learn the wrong lessons from pain, frustration, criticism, or failure. Like a cat, we want to learn not to sit on a hot stove—but maybe we still want to be able to sit on a stove that’s cold. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; podcast@gretchen ...  Show more

Becoming an adult is extremely exciting and unnerving all at the same time. On one hand, there is a new sense of independence. On the other, there are suddenly bills, career opportunities and not to mention having to make your own doctor appointments. Everyone around you seems li ...  Show more