Ambiguous Path

We all have a purpose, dreams and visions for our future but many times obstacles can discourage us and take us in a different direction of the vision we see so clearly. It is important to keep your vision in the forefront of your mind and to keep believing in your vision and do the work to make things happen. In this episode, my guest Keisha Bell Catchings, MS, MD, shares her vision of wanting to be a doctor since the age of six (6) and the many obstacles she faced and overcome on her journey to becoming a doctor.

Keisha is a physician and assistant professor in Obstetrics and gynecology at the university of Mississippi medical center. There she also serves as the OBGYN clerkship director as well as the director of the 4th year labor and delivery clerkship. In addition she serves on many other committees in the medical school focused on student education. Her passions in her career are improving black maternal health care and outcomes and teaching medical students and OBGYN resident physicians. When she’s not working she enjoys spending time with family and friends, shopping,  reading and eating Crumbl cookies.

Join me and listen to Keisha as she shares her experiences facing ambiguity and uncertainty and how she navigated it.

Key Highlights:

·  (01:07 -12:00) Get to know a little bit more about Keisha, her educational journey and her journey to get accepted into medical school.

·  (13:06- 14:05) Keisha’s advice for those at college who realize that they are not prepared or have the credentials that they need for the next step.

·  (16:09 – 17:38) Keisha’s advice for listeners to navigate uncertainty and ambiguity when they have the vision and the dream but the path to the vision is not clear.

·  (19:30 – 25:12) What it was like on a personal level to engage in the process of raising a baby in the midst of uncertainty and ambiguity.

·  (25:50 – 26:55) Wrapping Up!

·  Remain steadfast, be focused on the goal, whatever it is that you believe in,

·  Everyone has a purpose and if you believe in your vision, you’ve got to figure out a way to get there and if you listen and be prayerful, you’ll be guided along the way.

·  Get yourself around people who are prayerful and positive thinkers, because sometimes those are the people who are also lifting your name up to be lifted up.

Key quotes

” Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” Keisha

” If you believe that this, the vision has been given to you and the mission for your life, you have to keep that in the forefront.” Keisha

“Everybody has their own ministry and their own way to, to reach people and being a doctor is my ministry.” Keisha

” The path is not straight for everybody. Sometimes it's very windy. Sometimes it's a mountain. Sometimes it's a deep, deep valley but the end point is the same. Yeah. We just gotta have a little resilience.” Keisha

Let’s connect

You can connect with our guest, Keisha on IG @mahogonymd and on Twitter: Dr. Keisha Bell.

You can connect with our host Amber Latrece on Instagram. Head to https://amberlatrece.com/ambiguity-with-ambi, and join us on this journey as we discover how to navigate the uncertain on Ambiguity with Ambi! Be sure to subscribe on Apple and Spotify, so you never miss an episode!

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