Chasing Longevity

  One mother’s journey through guilt, grief, and the quiet rebuilding of love. There is a version of motherhood no one warns you about. The one where joy is eclipsed by appointments, and milestones are measured not by age but by ability. The one where guilt becomes a second skin, and grief walks beside you through every ordinary day. The one where you carry two children in your heart — one who needs you constantly, and another who learns to need you quietly. That is my life. I have two daughters. One of them has autism. The other is growing up in the shadow of a family system, being a carefree bird she is. And I am the mother — standing in the middle — trying to stretch myself wide enough to hold both of them, even when I am threadbare. For a long time, I believed love was something I had to prove. That to be a good mother, I had to be tireless, cheerful, endlessly available. That I had to overcompensate for the things I couldn’t change — the diagnosis, the future. This belief beca...

 I’m  Shinjita Pant , a Low Carb Metabolic Health Coach. My journey into this field is deeply personal. As a parent to a child with special needs, one question haunted me for years —  “What after me?”  Like many parents, I wished I could live at least one day longer than my daughter, and that desire pushed me to look beyond just living longer, to living healthier. During COVID, that urgency became stronger. I came across the ideas of  Outlive ,  Longevity  and  Metabolic Health , and it shifted everything for me. I realised it’s not enough to add years to life — what truly matters is adding life to those years. Health reality hit us hard when my husband was diagnosed with diabetes, NAFLD, thyroid issues, and high cholesterol — and I myself was diagnosed with pre-diabetes, early-stage rheumatoid arthritis, and high cholesterol. Both of us were perfect candidates for heart attacks.  Kahan I was dreaming of longevity, the reality was completely ...

 ये बात-बात में रोना — अब बस भी कर, दूसरों की ज़िंदगी देखकर कसमसाना — अब बस भी कर। क्या तेरे पास ख़ुश रहने को कुछ भी नहीं? सोचा तो कर… सोचा ना! अपना आरोग्य है, अपने पे काम करने की ललक है, निखार का जज़्बा है… और क्या चाहिए? अब बस भी कर।