by SjP | Sep 25, 2025 | Motivation, Personal Insights, Thoughts
Believe it or not, I have actually never created a vision board. But I think it is a useful tool, and I am really bad at visualization in my head, so I believe this would be incredibly helpful for me. For people like me who struggle to picture things clearly, having a...
by SjP | Sep 18, 2025 | Food Strategies, Personal Insights
I’ve always said I’m a compulsive overeater. If food is in the house, I’ll eat it until it’s gone. At least, that’s the story I believed about myself. A few months ago, though, I ran a small experiment that challenged that old belief — and surprised me. The Ice Cream...
by SjP | Sep 4, 2025 | Commitment, Personal Insights
In the movie 28 Days, Evelyn, a drug addiction counselor, speaks to patients after Andrea, one of the patients, fatally overdoses at the facility. With raw honesty, she says, “…I feel scared. Because I’ve heard so many people here say, ‘I just wanna use one more...
by SjP | Jul 17, 2025 | Personal Insights, Tips & Tricks
I have a trip coming up in 100 days. Let me be real with you: I’m a very large person, I use a walker, and standing up from a chair is no small feat. My knees hurt. I can’t go up stairs. And when I think about the walking, the car rides, the hotel room setup… it...
by SjP | Jul 10, 2025 | Commitment, Personal Insights
There’s a quote I come back to again and again: “People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits —and their habits decide their futures.” I believe that with my whole heart. It’s not some massive life decision that suddenly transforms everything. It’s the...
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...
