Is there something you didn't like as a kid that you really love now? Maybe it's onions, spicy food, or running.

For me, it was anything to do with brains. In medical school, the speciality I disliked the most was neurology. I was interested in the neurological symptoms that I read about in textbooks and that patients described to me, but the science and teaching of brain function and the diseases associated with it left me running for the canteen. To me, there was already a mismatch; the complexity of what people were experiencing felt oversimplified by just having to learn the area of the brain that was supposedly the source of the condition and the state the prescription required. (And the neurologists were very strict, which didn’t help!)

Since being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2014, I’ve done a full 180 on brain science, and now it’s something that endlessly fascinates me. Personal experience always reframes health with a new lens, but when it comes to anything "neuro," it’s become more than that for me. The more I learned about brain health, the more I realised how integral our brain is to every single aspect of our inner and outer lives. From emotional health to gut health and creativity, productivity, and happiness, my jaw was on the ground when I realised........

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