Dr. Juhi Bhatt Blog

Forgiveness

[The song for this post is You Learn by Alanis Morissette] Growing up I was never good at forgiveness.  I held onto my grudges and anger as hard as I held onto my teddy...

The Body

[The song for this post is “Bigger Than My Body” by John Mayer.] I woke up this morning relieved.  Let me backup (No pun intended. You’ll understand why in a second.)  Yesterday morning, while...

Anything You Can Do I Can Do ….

[The song for this post is the theme song for the Gatorade commercials.] I was having a conversation with an acquaintance a few weeks back and we were talking about birthdays. I mentioned how...

Advocacy

[The song for this post is Good as Hell by Lizzo] As an educator, I have always felt as though the work I do with students, for students, centers most often around advocacy.  Within...

Trauma

[Song for this post is In My Blood by Shawn Mendes because that song helped me a lot during 2019.] Yesterday, I was having a conversation with a woman who has had a great...

What A Difference A Year Makes…

[Song for this post is Auld Lang Syne] It’s been a really long time since I’ve written. Well, that’s not true. I’ve written a lot but it’s been a really long time since I...

A Lifetime of Reading

[The song for this post is silence. I usually require silence when I read so I’m giving you silence as well.]  I’ve loved to read for as long as I can remember. My mother...

Me, Myself & I

[The song for this post is Me, Myself, and I by G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha, truly for the title.]  Lately I’ve been craving a lot of time with myself. I’ve been to a bunch...

Confidence

[The song of choice for this piece, titled perfectly, is Confident by Demi Lovato.] i hear a thousand kind words about me and it makes no difference yet i hear one insult and all...