by David Cote | Jun 6, 2025 | Faith, Mind & Identity
Not every bad day comes with a funeral or a crisis. Some just hit sideways. You wake up off. You get in a dumb argument. You’re behind on work. Your energy’s low. Nothing really happens—but everything feels heavy. Like you’re carrying extra weight, and you don’t...
by David Cote | Jun 6, 2025 | Cravings, Discipline, Mind & Identity
I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about this thing called the sugar fast—or the sugar diet. People are dropping weight, getting ripped, and apparently eating candy and fruit all day to do it. Sounds wild, right? I looked into it. And yeah, the idea is: eat...
by David Cote | Jun 6, 2025 | Discipline, Mind & Identity
I used to think motivation was the secret sauce. The magic bullet. The spark that would finally get me moving. If I could just get hyped enough, inspired enough, emotional enough—then I’d launch. I’d change. I’d rise up. And I did get motivated. A lot. I watched...
by David Cote | Jun 5, 2025 | Discipline, Mind & Identity
I can’t point to just one morning. I wish I could. I wish I could wrap this story in a clean little bow and say, “That was the day everything changed.” But truthfully? I’ve had many mornings where I almost didn’t get up. Not because I was lazy....
by David Cote | Jun 5, 2025 | Discipline, Faith, Mind & Identity
Self-control is one of those things that sounds like a punishment when you’re not used to having it. Like saying no to pleasure just for the sake of saying no. And to be honest, that’s how I saw it for a long time. I thought of self-control as just another name for...
by David Cote | Jun 4, 2025 | Faith, Mind & Identity
I didn’t know to call it shame. For most of my life, I just thought this was how everyone felt. You mess up. You compare yourself. You see someone else doing better, being better. You fall short again. And instead of course-correcting, you spiral. It wasn’t just...
