by SjP | Feb 26, 2026 | Mental Health, Personal Insights
There was a time when I believed that wanting something automatically meant I should act on it. If I wanted the food, I ate it. If I wanted to avoid something uncomfortable, I avoided it. If I wanted relief, distraction, or comfort in the moment, I followed that urge...
by SjP | Feb 12, 2026 | Mental Health, Motivation, Personal Insights
Over the holidays, I had a medical situation that landed me in the emergency room. Twice. To be clear, physically, I’m okay now. But getting back into the rhythm of life after something like that is harder than people talk about. I didn’t just lose a two weeks. I lost...
by SjP | Dec 11, 2025 | Mental Health, Tips & Tricks
I talk to myself out loud a lot. Not in a dramatic way, but in a practical, steady, supportive way. “We’re just going to walk twenty steps.” “We need to grab the laundry.” “The kitchen is closed.” I even narrate movements I use to stay safe. Getting out of the shower,...
by SjP | Nov 13, 2025 | Mental Health, Motivation
As soon as daylight savings time hits, it feels like someone flipped a switch in my brain. The days are suddenly shorter, it gets darker earlier earlier, and my whole body is whispering one message: hibernate. Not in a lazy way, but in that natural, animal instinct...
by SjP | Oct 23, 2025 | Food Strategies, Mental Health
Food noise. I had never heard of it before. When people started talking about GLP-1 drugs, I started hearing about food noise. And suddenly, I felt like I wasn’t alone anymore. It wasn’t just me who had this constant mental chatter about food running in...
by SjP | Jun 26, 2025 | Mental Health, Personal Insights
When the Road to Better Health Feels Too Long I told a friend the other day, “I’m not unhappy with the scale these days. But I gained so much that it will take forever until I feel like I’m actually making progress.” She paused. Then she said, “You should write about...
