CURRENT MISSION

I want to be as aware as possible and to laugh as often as I can and to always be free. Joy can be encapsulated in sitting in a meadow and blowing bubbles and watching them float through the air, up and away to freedom, just carried on the wind.

ABOUT ME

Well I like the sun. People think I am mad because I live in Scotland and the sunlight is measured out in hours. But the sky is Scotland is unlike anywhere else, it is different every day. And when it is sunny here, this place takes your breath away with its beauty. I like beautiful things, well things I think are beautiful, like a leaf, rock, shell, a piece of bark. I collect these and have them scattered on tables in my flat. I am a bit OCD, well my partner says I am anyway. I like to do things in a specific way, but at the same time I believe in chance, adventure, and spontaneity. I'm not very good at describing myself. I like to dance, but am not very good at it. I really really enjoy medicine, all of it - learning and exploring that knowledge and also interacting with people. I have the best partner in the world, Callum. He is what kept me in Scotland when I thought I had to go back to the US to study medicine. Because of him, I figured out a way to stay. This was made slightly easier because I am a dual citizen -British and American. I also have a very cute dog, Hamish. I am really bad at spelling.

PHILOSOPHY

To laugh as often as possible. To not worry so much about all the big things, but to focus on the small moments of joy that we encounter every day. To look up at the sky and to wonder. To realise that every day is beautiful

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Planning on hosting couch surfers and also to couch surf myself in the future

Interests

Yoga, walking, camping, traveling (sort of obvious), reading, cooking and then feeding people.
I like people. Seriously I do. I like talking to people. I want to find out more about what makes us all tick, about cultures, and beliefs. I want to hear peoples' stories and intwine it into my own life story, cause that is what life is about.

• dogs
• beauty
• dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• camping
• rock climbing
• swimming
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Love in the Time of Cholera, anything by Oscar Wilde, Monique and the Mango Rains, Lady Chatterley's Lover, The Spell of the Sensuous, The Ice Queen, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Wind in the Willows

Music: most anything from between 1950-1970, Florence and the Machine, Mumford and Sons, Jack Johnson, Sheryl Crow

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming across a lake in Canada, naked except for water shoes. Then climbing up a rock face on the distant shore and then jumping, plummeting down shouting CALABUNGA at the top of my lungs.

Teach, Learn, Share

Mustard gas is a horrific chemical that was used in WWI as an effective biological weapon. BUT the same substance was also used as one of the first chemotherapy drugs to treat blood born cancers. We know about its devastating effects during war, but hardly ever hear about how it helped bridge a gap in cancer therapy during the early years of chemotherapy. To me this shows that it is always dependent on who - not what - and how we use things that we create.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States