May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this month, we're focusing on the vital connection between your mental health and your blood sugar. This week’s spotlight is on your mindset - specifically, how mental clutter and overwhelm quietly trigger blood sugar spikes.

Most people think of stress as something obvious, like a crisis or argument. However, one of the most overlooked drivers of chronic stress and unstable glucose is the everyday clutter in your mind.

How Mental Clutter Disrupts Blood Sugar

Your brain processes thousands of thoughts, decisions, and to-do lists each day. When you don’t have a system to clear the mental noise, your nervous system stays in a subtle, ongoing state of alert. That constant cognitive overload can:

• Keep cortisol levels elevated
• Increase blood sugar production
• Disrupt sleep and digestion
• Drain mental energy, making diabetes harder to manage

Research shows that even "low-grade" mental stress impacts insulin sensitivity and contributes to higher fasting blood sugar levels.

Your Mindset Tip: The Daily Brain Dump Practice

A powerful way to lighten your mental load and calm your nervous system is by using a simple technique called a Daily Brain Dump.

How to Do a Daily Brain Dump

Step 1: Choose a time (before bed or first thing in the morning works best).

Step 2: Grab a notebook and a pen.

Step 3: Set a timer for 5 minutes and write down everything on your mind—no filter, no order:

• Tasks
• Worries
• To-dos
• Random thoughts

Step 4: Close the notebook when the timer ends. You don’t need to organize it. The goal is to get it out of your head.

This practice gives your mind permission to let go and shifts your nervous system out of stress mode, helping to stabilize your blood sugar naturally.

Real Client Results: How Mental Decluttering Improved Blood Sugar

"I never realized how much keeping everything in my head was affecting my blood sugar.

When I started doing a brain dump each night, everything changed.

I imagined a recycling bin floating in the air where I could place each thought—allowing it to leave my mind and be repurposed.

That simple mental trick helped me feel lighter, calmer… and I actually started sleeping better.

Within a couple of weeks, my morning blood sugar readings were more on target.

I had no idea something so simple could make such a big difference."

— Samantha L., Coaching Client

What’s Next? Let’s Simplify Your Mindset & Diabetes Strategy

When you’re managing diabetes and a busy life, it’s easy to overlook how much your mindset and mental clutter affect your health. It is everyday small mindset shifts like this allow you to experience real impact.

That’s why I offer a complimentary Diabetes Wellness Connection Call designed specifically for people with busy schedules. In this private session, we’ll:

• Identify the hidden mental stressors affecting your blood sugar
• Clarify your personal health and energy goals
• Map out the next simple steps to help you feel back in control

It’s your first step toward understanding what’s holding you back and how to move forward.

📅 Schedule your free Connection Call here

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Cheryl
Dr. Ac., C.H., RDH
Dr. Holistic Studies, Dr. Acupuncture
Diabetes Wellness Strategist & Coach
Creator & CEO of Holistic Diabetes Solutions
8 X International Best-Selling Author

As a woman living with diabetes for over 30 years, Dr. Cheryl understands the journey firsthand. When she was diagnosed, she received the same outdated advice her grandmother was given for over four decades, who relied primarily on medication, suffered from deteriorating health and eventually lost her life to diabetes. Fueled by this experience, Dr. Cheryl was compelled to seek a better way. Through countless research studies and trials, she developed the winning holistic approach: the Diabetes Success System which merges traditional wisdom with today’s best holistic self-care practices.  It has revolutionized diabetes management by providing a trusted way to maintain consistent and predictable healthy blood sugar levels.

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PROFESSIONAL DISCLAIMER

The material and content contained in this platform is for overall general diabetes health and education information only. It is not intended to constitute medical advice or to be a substitution for professional medical recommendations, diagnosis or treatment. All specific medical questions or changes you make to your medication and/or lifestyle should be discussed and addressed with your primary healthcare provider. Having the right mindset, doing the right movements at the right times of day, and eating foods that help keep blood sugar, insulin, and inflammation manageable can dramatically reduce your risk of the all-too-common complications of Diabetes, increase your energy levels and have you feeling your best every day.