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Fearlessly Living

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I’m Coming Home: Passion Driven by Purpose

31 Friday Aug 2018

Posted by Doc. Martin in Health, Lifestyle & Advice, Medical Career

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Africa, African, Balance, Be fearless, choosing a career, Doctors for Africa, Doctors for Liberia, Dream Big, Fearlessly Living, Feminist, GIRLPOWER, GOALS, HealthCare, Inspiration, Liberia, Liberian Girl, Living Fearlessly, Med School, Medical School, medical student, Mental Health, Purpose driven life, Samina Martin, Second Chances, Stick to the plan, surviving, Take charge, Travel, Women in business, WORK

Firstly, I would like to apologize for my absence from this blog. It has been months since the last post.  I’m sorry.

Picture this: Monrovia, Liberia, it’s 1996 and my 5-year-old self is frantic and sad trying to understand why we had to leave our home and relocate. Strangers are flooding into our home with packed bags and broken hearts. Mommy and daddy are deciding whether to stay or flee. What was most important to bring along but also having to remember to pack light. My younger brother, Sam, is 2 years or younger.

I can still remember the frightening sounds of bullets as they flew back and forth and back and forth; We had to move on foot. We traveled for miles amongst a large crowd not knowing if we were walking in the direction of the bullets or to safety. Daddy and my elder brother took turns holding me up as I got tired, while Sam was tied to my mother’s back.

Where were we going?

How do we know it’s safe?

WHY ARE THEY SHOOTING?!

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I can slay my own dragon: The capable Woman

02 Saturday Dec 2017

Posted by Doc. Martin in Lifestyle & Advice

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Be fearless, DocMartin, Dont give up, Dream Big, Explore, Feminist, GIRLPOWER, Inspiration, Samina Martin, Women in business, WORK

What are you worried about you’re a girl you can just marry (insert a guy’s name here).

Why is it still so hard for some to believe that a woman can be just as good or even better than a man at doing ANYTHING, not just cooking and cleaning. We should be at a time in our lives where we don’t limit ourselves to the prehistoric idea of “a woman’s place” or “a man’s job”.

Being a feminist to me means being able to achieve any and everything my male counterparts can. It is not at all about male bashing or man-hating, It is about the empowerment of women. It’s about breaking the glass ceiling and going beyond societies idea of what a woman can do or cannot do.

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Great men don’t cry, But​ they should!

01 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by Doc. Martin in Health, Lifestyle & Advice

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Aspire to Inspire, Be fearless, Cry it out, Crying is good for the soul, DocMartin, Fearlessly Living, HealthCare, Living Fearlessly, Mental Health, Samina Martin, surviving

“Great men don’t cry!“

Growing up daddy would often repeat that statement to Sam, my younger brother. As Sam is sobbing, he would repeat it, “greeeeat meeennnn don’t cryyyyy” (lol- that right there was my best impression of talking while crying). It was so funny to me, and to this day I still tease him about it. Sam had to be 3 or 4 and his understanding of what it took to be a great man was definitely not a priority to him at the time. Continue reading →

Fearless Folk: Edline Yowai Flomo

18 Saturday Mar 2017

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Be fearless, Dont give up, Living Fearlessly, Living for today, surviving

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Name: Edline Yowai Flomo
Age: 25
Occupation: Student at the University of Maryland Baltimore County studying Nursing and Health Administration

 

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Fearless Folk: Loris T. Shannon

15 Wednesday Feb 2017

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Name: Loris T. Shannon
Age: 27
Occupation: Communications Specialist

 

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Church Chic

23 Monday Jan 2017

Posted by Doc. Martin in Fashion, Saving Money

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African, African Fashion, Be fearless, Church Fashion, Fearlessly Living, Samina Martin

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Living in the now

13 Tuesday Dec 2016

Posted by Doc. Martin in Lifestyle & Advice

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Be fearless, Living for today

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Often times, when I am chatting with women my age and older, I find that our conversations are usually surrounding the desire to accomplish a particular goal. Most women within the age bracket of 25-30 typically want to go back to school, but what holds them back is this idea of “waiting on the right time”. There is no better time than NOW!

There are 24hrs in a day. Some of us spend about 6-9 of those hours in bed, another 5 procrastinating, 8 at work and we may do something productive or nothing at all with the remaining 2-3 hours.

A former Professor of mine once said “add hours to your day”. When he said that, I was confused. How? How could hours be added to the already predetermined 24hours? I later realized what he meant; which is that we must make time for what is most important. Sleep for a suggested 7-8hours per night – although, I can’t say that for myself – I’m a 4-5hours per night kind of gal. Hours spent procrastinating can be spent planning, preparing, executing: applying for that job or studying for that big test. Soon you’ll find that you’ve added hours to your day.

What better time to start living in the now than the start of a new year. Let this be one of your New Year’s Resolutions. Look at yourself in the mirror and say, “I’m going to start living TODAY.” The Bible says in Matthew 6:34 (NIV) “therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it’s own.” Go ahead, take that trip that you’ve been wanting to take for the past year, take that step toward getting that degree. Four years may have gone by and well, if you had started 4 years ago you’d be a graduate today.

In my own experience, all of “my living” was scheduled to begin after I graduated from Medical School. It left me in an unhappy state, feeling stagnant as if the world was moving and people were evolving while I stayed the same. I had convinced myself that my schedule wouldn’t allow for all of the things that I wanted to do. Some of that was true. Most of the shooting for the stars ideas that I had were rooted in my successful completion of Medical School. However, I realized that traveling and seeing other parts of the world and starting this blog had no real link to my schooling. It could all be done with proper planning.images-2This year, it’s time to live in the now. No more “when I get here, then I’ll do this”. If you want to go someplace or do something, take the necessary steps toward getting there; DO IT TODAY. I’m always inspired by Nicki Minaj’s song Moment for Life especially the verse where she says “I believe that life is a prize but, to live doesn’t mean you’re alive.” This has so much meaning and can be understood in so many different ways. Firstly, there are many of us that are living physically, but are dead on the inside. Our dreams and ambitions have died along with the hope for a better life or even true love. It is time to live again and find the fire in side of each of us.

Lao Tzu once said, “a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step”. Not much is known about Lao Tzu’s life but, it’s said that he was referring to humble beginnings; that unknown-1-copygreat things come from humble beginnings. I also believe in the literal meaning of this quote, which is that in order to get to any destination you have to start the journey with one step. You will not fulfill your dreams if you continue to push things off until “the prefect time.” Nobody knows what tomorrow will bring so live today; be happy today!

I believe once this is done, life becomes a little less stressful because you’re one step closer to fulfilling your goal. Each day make the conscious decision to live for that day.

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