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In case you haven’t been able to tell by now, I have a strong stance against so-called ‘AI.’ This is actually a 180 turn for me from about 2 years ago, when I first stared investigating ways to help me with clinical note-taking. Notes are the bane of my professional existence, as it is for many others. As I scoured for courses, webinars, articles, formats etc on how to streamline my notetaking process, one thing kept appearing: the ‘AI scribe’. I delved deeper into what the OG scribes...

May in Spring is one of my favourite seasons for its visuals. For a few weeks, there’s a steady stream of trees blossoming in vibrant pink petals. First is usually the magnolias, followed by cherries, crabapples, redbuds, and then lilacs. Each have their own luscious dynamism and meaning. I’m especially attuned to Japanese cherry blossoms, aka sakura. Each stage of a blossom’s life span has its mirror in humans, with early closed buds symbolizing our early years, followed by fully opened...

Back when I first started thinking about becoming a sex therapist, there weren’t a lot of resources readily available outside academic libraries (when I went back for a Specialist degree in Sexual Diversity Studies, I was that student that gobbled every single resource on the reading lists. People, I was tired). Thankfully, the field is changing, gaining more respect and – more importantly – more funding in sexual health research. So I continue to add to my own reading lists. I’m that person...