Corinne Baptiste
Corinne Baptiste writes about the reasons behind wellness rather than the routines. Every piece starts with a motive, then does the honest accounting of what that motive cost, and the weeks the accounting came out against her are published too.
The Question I Ask Before I Post the Before and After Photo
I used to think documenting my progress was for accountability. Then I noticed I only wanted to document the good days, and that told me something.
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Walking Instead of Writing: My Check-In Without a Notebook
Not every self check-in needs a page. I built a walking version for the days when sitting down to write feels like…
Where Rest Guilt Actually Comes From
The guilty feeling that shows up the moment I sit down did not appear out of thin air. I traced it back…
What I Weigh Before Saying Yes to a Favor
Favors are the hardest category to say no to and the easiest to underprice. Here's the short math I run before I…
When a Wellness Score Becomes a Report Card
A single daily number can be useful information or it can become a grade you dread checking. Here is how I noticed…
What I Do With the Time I Freed Up by Cutting the Rest
Cutting a long list of wellness habits down to a few frees up time, but the freed time does not automatically become…
The Morning I Realized My Feed Was Setting My Goals
I used to think I was choosing my wellness priorities. One ordinary morning showed me how much of that choosing was actually…
Why I Quit Tracking Macros After a Year of Logging Everything
I logged every meal for a year because I thought precision would fix how I felt about food. It fixed a number…
Three Things I Do for Me and Three I Do for an Audience I Never Named
I made an actual list, split down the middle, and the split surprised me more than I expected it to.
How I Know a Check-In Question Has Stopped Working
The questions I use to check in with myself are not permanent. Here is how I tell when one has gone stale,…