Welcome to NP Fellow Become the CEO of Your Health!
NP Fellow Become the CEO of Your Health is a best-selling weekly newsletter on mental health, functional medicine, and lifelong learning—designed to help you build emotional regulation skills, gain mental clarity, and achieve optimal emotional health and freedom.
Started in 2022 by Jessica Drapluk, a Family Nurse Practitioner and writer, NP Fellow helps thoughtful, capable adults develop the internal skills needed to lead, create, and grow without burning out.
Whether you’re navigating leadership, transition, or simply want to build a stronger internal foundation—this is for you.
Who I Am
I’m Jessica Drapluk, NP, CPHON—a family nurse practitioner, former pediatric hematology oncology nurse, competitive hockey player, stock market analyst, and professional writer.
NP Fellow is where I combine all of those experiences to help high-achieving professionals strengthen their minds, restore clarity, prevent burnout, and become the CEO of their own health.
I’ve spent five years in pediatric oncology, a decade playing competitive hockey, years analyzing markets and human behavior through trading, and since 2023, I’ve been writing online full-time—building NP Fellow and creating publications on market analysis and investing strategy.
That unusual combination taught me something most health and wellness content misses: your body, mind, and nervous system don’t operate in isolation. They function as an integrated system—and optimizing that system requires understanding neuroscience, mindset, and functional medicine together.
The Foundation
Medicine showed me how the body heals.
Working in pediatric hematology oncology, I saw resilience that most people can’t imagine. I watched children and families metabolize fear, uncertainty, and physical trauma—and I learned that healing isn’t just biological. It’s psychological, emotional, and neurological. The body follows the mind, and the mind follows the nervous system.
That’s where most health advice stops. But that’s where the real work begins.
Hockey taught me how the mind endures.
Playing competitive hockey taught me that mental toughness isn’t about being unbreakable. It’s about recovering faster. It’s about regulating under pressure. It’s about staying grounded when everything around you is chaotic.
Most people think resilience means never breaking. I learned it means knowing how to repair—and coming back stronger every time.
Trading proved that discipline and emotion decide outcomes.
Stock trading strips away everything except two variables: discipline and emotional regulation. You can have all the information in the world, but if you can’t manage your nervous system when the market moves against you, you lose.
That’s true in health, too. Most people know what they should do. The gap isn’t knowledge—it’s capacity. The ability to stay regulated, make clear decisions, and execute consistently under pressure.
Together, those experiences built NP Fellow—a publication that teaches you how to develop mental resilience, emotional clarity, and brain-body harmony so you can perform, heal, and live with purpose.
Why NP Fellow Exists
I started NP Fellow because I believe health isn’t something you outsource to experts, algorithms, or trends.
You are the CEO of your own health.
That means you need to understand how your brain works, how your nervous system responds to stress, and how to build internal stability that doesn’t collapse when life gets hard.
Most health content gives you information. NP Fellow gives you capacity.
I’m not here to tell you what to eat, how to meditate, or which supplement to take. I’m here to teach you how to regulate your nervous system, rewire unhelpful thought patterns, and build the psychological and physiological foundation that lets you make those decisions from a place of clarity and trust—not fear or external pressure.
What You’ll Find Here
Every Sunday, you’ll receive free articles on functional medicine, mindset, and becoming the CEO of your health. These are science-backed, accessible, and designed to shift how you think about your brain and body.
Every Wednesday, paid members receive The Weekly Skill—practical psychological training for emotional adulthood.
The Weekly Skill is a structured, progressive system for developing emotional regulation, self-trust, and psychological maturity. Each week, you learn one core skill that teaches you how to:
Stay grounded while you grow.
Regulate your nervous system under pressure.
Feel emotions without leaking energy.
Stop outsourcing your sense of worth.
Build internal trust that doesn’t collapse when life gets hard.
This isn’t therapy. This isn’t motivation. It’s a practice-based training system that focuses on building capacity, not just coping.
The Kintsugi Philosophy
In Japan, Kintsugi is the art of repairing broken pottery with gold. It teaches that cracks aren’t flaws—they’re proof of survival.
That philosophy runs through everything I write. We honor our imperfections, repair them with intention, and grow stronger through the process.
Gold also holds personal meaning. It’s the color of pediatric cancer awareness, and after five years in pediatric hematology oncology nursing, it represents courage, resilience, and healing—the values that shape every word I write.
Who This Is For
NP Fellow is for thoughtful, capable, self-aware professionals who are:
Navigating growth, leadership, or transition.
Tired of outsourcing their stability to circumstances or other people.
Ready to build internal authority and self-trust.
Looking for tools that work in real life, not just on good days.
This is for people who want emotional steadiness, not emotional suppression. People who are willing to do the internal work to build a foundation that lasts.
This is NOT for people looking for:
Quick hacks or shortcuts.
Surface-level motivation.
Permission to stay stuck.
Someone else to fix them.
If you’re ready to do the work, you’re in the right place.
Ways to Join
Free Membership
All Sunday articles remain free because healing knowledge should be accessible to everyone.
Annual: $347/year (Save 77% — works out to $28/month)
Everything free members get, PLUS The Weekly Skill delivered every Wednesday morning. Annual members save $697/year.
Your support keeps this work free for others and gives you direct access to deeper transformation.
If you’re ready to rewire your mind, strengthen your resilience, and become the CEO of your own health, welcome to NP Fellow.
— Jessica Drapluk
