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John Valentik is an author, educator, wellness professional, and speaker whose work focuses on health, resilience, personal growth, and finding purpose through life's challenges.

He is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Kinesiology at Penn State and owner of Happy Valley Wellness Solutions. Throughout his career, John has worked with thousands of individuals through teaching, health and wellness coaching, and community outreach.

His first book, Broken, but Breathing: A Story of Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope, grew from his experiences navigating profound loss, including the deaths of his stepfather from cancer and his father by suicide in 2020. Blending personal storytelling with practical lessons on wellness, resilience, and intentional livin
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Do You Feel Like Food Controls Your Life?

By: Paige Valentik MPS, RD, LDN

Do you ever feel like food takes up way too much space in your mind?

You wake up thinking about what you should eat for breakfast. You spend part of the morning wondering if what you ate was “healthy enough.” By lunchtime, you’re already thinking about dinner. Then maybe you have a cookie in the afternoon and immediately start thinking about how you need to “be good”

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Published on October 11, 2026 06:30
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