With further interests in global health and travel, Himmi uses her skills as a writer to communicate about today’s issues to an international audience.

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View fullsize Wishing everyone a happy new year. In the spirit of Janus, looking backwards as well as forward and remembering loved and lost ones at this time.
View fullsize Networking Have I added you on LinkedIn recently? Here's an explanation as to why... Read my latest blog on professional profile raising and why it's the perfect excuse to get in touch with old friends. (https://www.himmikari.com/2023/2023/11/30/n
View fullsize The True Spirit of Halloween Happy Halloween! Although my latest blog opts for another take on the popular holiday. 'I’m talking about the time of doorstep jack-o’-lanterns and the inevitable guilt that comes from throwing 5kg of pumpk
View fullsize A wonderful day at Hills Road Sixth College learning the ins and outs of novel editing and the publishing industry #adulteducation #luckybreak #seekingrepresentation #writer #writerslife #schoolattheweekend
View fullsize So pleased to feature in @sussexbylines with my piece 'A new GP ponders the choices she has made.' TBT my Med School Graduation in 2012 Read at https://sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-and-care/a-new-gp-ponders-the-choices-she-has-made/ (link above)
View fullsize In honour of #nationalpoetryday I went on a wonderful poetry tour of Waterloo by @lambeth_tourguides. Lovely to see London in a new poetic light #poetry #wordsworth #waterloobridge #happynationalpoetryday #refuge
View fullsize The Fall After a 16-year-old was arrested for cutting down the famous #sycamoregaptree, I take a deep dive into the fictional mindset of the perpetrator. Dark and a little different from my usual blogs, this short story is perfect as the chill of au
View fullsize Proof of the pudding... I stood up and read! #poetry #poetrycommunity #newpoet #standup #standuppoetry #writerlife #writer #writercommunity
View fullsize Poems not Bombs indeed… flexing the poetical muscles with my first ever poetry reading at Forest Poets ‘Poems not Bombs.’ Fantastic poets, a rush of adrenaline and some Dutch courage - what better way to pass the time?
View fullsize Choices And I'm done. Finally a fully accredited doctor and done with training. It's been an incredible, decade-long feat and worthy of reflection as in this special blog. 'I have earned my stripes with the coveted acronym of CCT, the ‘certi
View fullsize Do you have a moment to talk about poetry? Life getting to you? Too much to do and not enough time? Have you considered poetry? Strange but true, my latest indulgence includes sonnets and haikus. Read my ode to poetry or listen to the new audio v
View fullsize Sour Grapes On the third day of the second #juniordoctorsstrike, I take a look at one family trying to deal with the fallout of a broken child- and healthcare system: my own. (Link in bio) Are you listening @jeremyhuntmp @stevebarclayofficial @rish
View fullsize I am my hair. 'I have been told that motherhood is a case of knowing what to let slide. Be it the dishes in the sink or the overflowing laundry bin, things can wait until you have more time. I’d like to think that’s the reason it took me
View fullsize Simply put: heroes @bernardineevaristo @theschooloflifelondon @stylistevents @stylistmagazine
View fullsize Taking pointers on how to run a health service from the #museumofstjohn. Some things are eternal. #healthcare #orderofstjohn #inspiringhistory #saveournhs #medicalethics #lizareyoulistening
View fullsize Marching on #downingstreet. A 30% relative pay cut since I started as a doctor shows just how wages have stagnated. If we don't fight for change, more staff will leave . . . . . . #payrestoration #nhscrisis #fairwages #bma #activism #saveournhs #unio