High Performance
What does an elite athlete have in common with someone looking to heal their body or create optimal health and performance in all areas of their life? They want to live life to the fullest. They want to be a high performer. They want to squeeze the most out of life. We all want the ability to tap into our human potential – we just need the right tools and support to help us get there.
If you want to be a high performer (in life or in sport) and you have an injury, a health condition, or a mental block like stress, anxiety, or depression that’s slowing you down or stopping you from tapping into that potential, I want to share an important distinction: The difference between the person who breaks through a health crisis that was once thought impossible, and everyone else.
As you may or may not know, I’m not only the Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Care, but I’m also a full-contact fighter. The demands placed on me in the ring are not much different than the demands of life. Yes, punches and kicks come at me in seconds but how I respond to those stressors determine how successful I am. How you respond to life’s kicks and punches, also known as stressors or demands, will determine your success and your failure.
My goals in the ring are no different than the mom, the CEO, the athlete, or just about anyone that wants more from life: To be the best, not the best over anyone else, but the best version of you. From my experience in the ring along with my medical training, what I found was that when your body feels broken down, your focus tends to shift to a state consistent with how your body feels: BAD.
Now, this is nothing new. When feeling crummy, most people will focus on how bad they feel and vice versa. If your focus is negative, then you can literally cause your body to get sick. This bio-psychological engine of life is critical not only to understand, but more importantly, to know how to control to your benefit.
This distinction that I have seen consistently is the common thread amongst what I call peak-performance patients, and it comes down to one factor. This one factor distinguishes success from failure. It is the difference between those who give up and those who never stop fighting. This one factor is THE difference in people’s lives. This factor is one’s standard of health.
This standard is an uncompromising commitment to demand more from oneself than anyone expects.
Not only does the body have an amazing ability to heal, but it also has an extraordinary capacity to perform above and beyond what most people think is possible. Once we help patients tap into their potential, it is amazing what they are finally capable of doing.
That is why we use science-based natural medical modalities because we want to support the body, not suppress it. We want to trigger the body and not override its innate potential. My goal is to help you capture the potential that you have, so that you can recreate it in your life and own it.
So decide to raise your standard of health. Have this uncompromising commitment to yourself. My job is just to help you bridge the gap from where you are to where you need to be.
If you’d like to learn more about how I can help you support your health goals, call (619) 287-4005 and schedule a free consultation with one of our functional medicine specialists. They’ll answer any questions you have to see if and how we can help you with the health condition you are having.