As I get ready to roll out my Achieve Balance Course to Substack, I wanted to offer an 🎧 audio overview, or new deep Ai dive into Module One: Finding Your Why.

This will be a paid subscriber benefit when this updated course launches later this week and adds to my educational Achieve Course Academy. If you are already enrolled in my Believe in Balance course you’ll also receive access to the first new Finding Your Why module with action toolkits when it drops later this week.

This new course was developed from my book Body in Balance and I beta tested it over the last 2 years with my health coaching and PT clients over on SmartMovesPT. I’m now bringing it to a larger platform and audience here on Substack while keeping up with the times, including deep dives , new video explainer shorts and a new slide deck and audio education modules like the one you can listen to in this episode. Enjoy!

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About this episode: Finding You Why

Connecting with your “Why” means identifying your core motivation for wanting to improve your health and achieve your wellness goals. It is the underlying reason that makes you interested in taking charge of your health, and identifying it serves as a powerful reminder to keep you moving forward when working toward your goals.

When you connect with your “Why,” you are taking time to determine what specifically drives you, which can be categorized into the two types of motivation we discussed earlier:

* Extrinsic motivation: Being driven by external rewards or avoiding negative consequences.

* Intrinsic motivation: Engaging in an activity because it is personally fun or rewarding.

Understanding your personal “Why” helps you assess your current stage of behavior change and formulate SMART goals with clear milestones and rewards.

While external factors might help you get started, discovering a positive, intrinsically motivated “Why” is crucial; research shows that development-based motivators are much more effective at keeping you actively engaged in long-term behavior change.

Listen to this episode to learn how David applied these science based lessons from his book to optimize his own nutrition and physical recovery from stroke.

Learn More Resources:

David’s Body in Balance Book https://physicaltherapycoach.com/

Believe in Balance Course https://achievebalance.substack.com/p/announcement-believe-in-balance-course

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Next Up in Module Two: Know Your Numbers

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