🌿 NP Fellow is Now A Substack Best Seller!! Here’s What That Means (and What’s Next)!!
From a kitchen-table idea to a global community of readers who believe in functional medicine, mindset, and becoming the CEO of their health.
“When I started NP Fellow in 2020, it was just an idea born from hope and heartbreak. Four years later, this community has grown into something far greater—a best-selling publication on Substack. Here’s what that means, and what’s next.”
💛A Note from Me
Hi, I’m Jessica.
When I started NP Fellow in April 2020, it wasn’t a publication; it was an idea born out of both hope and heartbreak.
At the time, I had just earned my Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Miami, passed my boards, and obtained my Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license and Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certification.
My dream was to be accepted into the University of Miami’s Oncology Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship Program— an elite, year-long fellowship that selects only one fellow annually.
I created NP Fellow as an Instagram project to document what I believed would be my journey through that fellowship.
My first year as a nurse practitioner after five years in pediatric hematology-oncology nursing, but when the acceptance email never came, and I learned I wasn’t chosen, I was crushed.
Still, something in me knew the story wasn’t over. So instead of closing that chapter, I decided to rewrite it.
I transformed NP Fellow from a career journal into a mission: to inspire people, promote health, and prevent disease through functional medicine, neuroscience, and mindset.
Let’s dig in.
From Rejection to Redirection
That rejection turned into redirection and became the foundation of everything NP Fellow stands for today.
What began as a simple Instagram account evolved into a blog on Ghost in 2022, then found its permanent home on Substack in December 2023, where I’ve published every Sunday since.
Along the way, NP Fellow absorbed the spirit of my short-lived publication Join with Gold—the idea that life’s hardest moments can be turned into something beautiful, just like Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing cracks with gold.
That philosophy runs through every letter I write because NP Fellow isn’t just about health—it’s about wholeness.
NP Fellow is about the moment your plan falls apart, and you decide to rebuild something better.
And now, after years of showing up every Sunday, NP Fellow has become what I never expected: a best-selling publication on Substack, read by thousands of people around the world who want to understand themselves and their body, mind, and soul.
Why I Started NP Fellow
As a Family Nurse Practitioner, I saw how often people felt unheard and how medicine focused on treatment of symptoms, but rarely on understanding and actually treating the root cause of the symptoms.
I created NP Fellow for those who wanted something different:
A place to learn the why behind their symptoms.
The how behind healing.
The science behind mindset, clarity, and resilience.
I wanted to bridge the worlds of functional medicine, neuroscience, and mindset in order to educate and empower readers how to lead themselves the way CEOs lead companies.
Becoming a best seller on Substack doesn’t change that mission.
It actually proves that there’s a growing movement of people who want more than surface-level wellness talk.
They want trust, relatability, depth, data, and direction.
What Being A Best Seller Means
For me, this isn’t a label—it’s confirmation that readers crave trustworthy, relatable, science-backed content that still feels human and is able to be applied today, right now!!
It means we’re doing something right:
Making health education accessible, not intimidating or unclear.
Keeping the science real, but the tone personal, trustworthy, and relatable.
Focusing on prevention, mindset, and empowerment; not fear or perfection.
And most importantly, it means you— the reader —are part of a global shift toward personal responsibility and proactive health.
That’s the real win.
What’s Next for NP Fellow
I’m building NP Fellow into something bigger—not just a newsletter, but a full resource library for mind-body mastery empowering you to become the CEO of your own health!
Here’s what’s coming:
💛 More functional-medicine deep dives: mental health, hormones, inflammation, gut-brain health, and bioenergetics explained clearly and practically.
💛 Mindset & neuroscience series: articles that help you reframe and retrain your thoughts, regulate your emotions, and build focus.
💛 New digital products: workbooks, mini guides, and practical toolkits for members who want to go deeper.
💛 Podcast voiceovers + audio editions: so you can listen on the go every Sunday morning.
How To Go Deeper
If you’ve been reading NP Fellow for free, thank you; you’re part of the foundation!
If you’ve ever shared an article, commented, or sent a note—you’re part of the reason this community is thriving.
And if you’re ready to go deeper, there are two ways to join me:
💛 NP Fellow Annual Plan ($299 / year):
Instant access premium tools, science-backed insights, behind-the-scenes notes, and exclusive access to ALL new premium digital paid products COMPLIMENTARY that help you apply what you learn.
💛 NP Fellow Gold Founder Membership ($499 / year):
Includes everything in the annual plan plus quarterly 1:1 calls with me, where we focus on your personalized health goals and mindset strategy using functional-medicine principles to build a customized plan tailored plan directly for you.
Your support keeps these letters free for others and it helps this movement grow.
Final Thoughts: From Me To You
Thank you for being here and for reading, learning, and showing up for yourself.
Whether you’ve been here since the early days or just joined, know that every word I write is for you—the one who wants to feel strong, clear, and grounded in your own body and mind.
From the clouds to the collective—thank you for helping NP Fellow take flight!
Here’s to the next chapter of NP Fellow, where science meets soul, and knowledge becomes transformation!!
Thank you for reading this article.
Until next Sunday,
—Jessica
Family Nurse Practitioner & Founder of NP Fellow—where functional medicine meets real, honest, science-backed care AND Your 2am friend who actually gets it
“A hero is one who heals their own wounds and then shows others how to do the same.” —Yung Pueblo
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