20 years a GP. Became the patient. Turns out that changes everything.
Dr Clara Doran writes and speaks about brain health, midlife resilience, and what the healthcare system looks like from both sides of the consultation screen
Midlife resilience
When life doesn't go to plan. Cutting through the noise on what midlife really does to women's bodies, brains, and sense of self.
What I write and speak about
Brain Health
The science of your mind, made human. Founder of Noggin The Brain People — making brain health accessible and achievable to everyone.
Healthcare
What the system looks like as a patient. Honest writing from both sides of the consultation screen
"I spent two decades telling patients what was wrong with them. Then I became one."
That shift- from clinician to patient-shapes everything Clara writes and speaks about. Twenty years as an NHS and private GP, an MS diagnosis, two years in Alzheimer's research, and two books later - she brings a perspective nobody else has.
Doctor, Interrupted
From doctor to patient and back again
Audio Exclusive
The memoir that began on a sofa with a life-changing voicemail. An honest, moving account of becoming the patient you never expected to be.
Heads Up
How to look after your brain so it will look after you
The practical brain health guide that has already reached readers in the UK, US, Australia and Canada — and counting.
Clara is also the founder of Noggin The Brain People — evidence-based nutritional supplements for brain health, born from her own experience as a patient and researcher.
Worth reading, not just scrolling.
New releases, honest writing on brain health and midlife, and the occasional thing I learned the hard way. No subscription plan required.