Health As A Whole: Finding Your "Why"
- Dr. Joshua Beaudry
- Dec 9, 2025
- 3 min read
Health isn’t created by one major intervention, a single supplement, or a single breakthrough moment. True health is the cumulative result of thousands—sometimes tens of thousands—of micro-choices made daily.
We are the product of our habits. And the habits we repeat determine not only our health outcomes, but who we become.
Many people believe they’re “healthy enough” because they check the boxes—take some vitamins, exercise a little, don’t have symptoms, follow a temporary diet, or receive good lab results. But health is far more than the absence of symptoms or a normal lab panel. It’s an ecosystem.
Your Health Is an Ecosystem—Not a Checklist
Your wellbeing is built from multiple interconnected systems:
Physiology Markers
Cells, hormones, inflammation, sleep, the nervous system, detox pathways, and metabolic processes.
Behavior Markers
Habits, routines, consistency, environment, stress load, and daily choices.
Purpose & Meaning
Your “why.” Your deeper emotional driver. Your inner compass that determines how long you stay committed.
Most people try to optimize the first two—and completely miss the third. But without a why, your health efforts become unsustainable. They lose meaning. They lose momentum.
We don’t fail because of lack of information (Google has plenty). We don’t fail because of lack of ability. We fail because we haven’t anchored to the why behind what we want.
Why Your "Why" Matters
Let’s use a common example: weight loss.
Anyone can say, “I want to lose weight." But unless the goal is anchored to a meaningful emotional driver, it won’t stick.
Your why might be:
To have more energy
To enjoy time with your family
To ski again
To play a sport you love
To live long enough to watch your children grow up
Your why must be emotionally linked to the limbic system—the emotional center of the brain.
The Limbic System: How Emotion Creates Lasting Change
Think about 9/11. Everyone remembers exactly where they were when they saw the planes hit the towers.
Why? Because the limbic system was activated. Emotion seared the moment into memory.
This same mechanism is how you rewire your health behaviors.
To create real change:
Link the emotion (joy, love, purpose, meaning)
Attach it to your desired outcome
Use that emotional anchor to drive your daily habits
When intention, emotion, and action fire together, the nervous system rewires.
Nerves that fire together, wire together.
You are literally changing the physical structure of your brain to support your goal.
How Your Why Rewires Your Health
When your why is strong:
Habits become easier
Consistency feels natural
Your physiology responds
Your nervous system strengthens
Your emotional brain works with you, not against you
This is the integration of emotion, behavior, and physiology—a whole-person health model.
When they align, you change your body, change your life, and finally achieve the goals that have felt out of reach.
The Takeaway
Health isn’t a single choice. It’s a system—a synergy of thousands of moments, habits, emotions, and physiological responses working together.
If you want to transform your health, start by finding your why. Link it emotionally. Attach it to your goals. Let it drive the habits that create long-term change.
Your why is the spark. Your habits are the wiring. Your nervous system is the pathway. Together, they build the life and health you’re capable of.
Life Springs Family Chiropractic – Denver, CO
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