First of all, what are your real goals? To get the results you are looking for, ask yourself if these goals are really going to get yourself in your best health? I can help walk you through this process to find the best results for what you’re looking for.
Are you focusing on any specific health goals right now? Being clear on why you’re making health-related choices, whether it’s for longevity, energy, confidence, or something deeper, can help keep you motivated and aligned with what truly matters to you. In some cases, it may make sense to have your goals aligned with those who matter most in your life, such as family, friends and others. Just please remember to have your goals align with yourself first.
Focusing on the right health goals means choosing ones that align with your values, lifestyle, and long-term well-being rather than short-term trends, diets, or external pressures. Here’s my step-by-step approach to get clear on what truly matters:
- Define Your “Why”
Ask yourself: What’s my deeper reason for improving my health?
Is it to have more energy? Avoid illness? Feel stronger? Improve mental clarity? - Set Goals That Are Meaningful to YOU
Avoid setting goals just because they’re trendy, or your friends are doing it.
Pick ones that genuinely excite and motivate you. - Make Them Specific & Realistic
Instead of “I want to be healthier,” try “I will exercise for 30 minutes, 3 times a week.”
Ensure they fit into your lifestyle so they’re sustainable long term. - Balance Short-Term & Long-Term Goals
Short-term: Drink more water daily, get 7-8 hours of sleep.
Long-term: Improve cardiovascular health, build strength, reduce stress. - Listen to Your Body, Not Just Trends
Your ideal diet, exercise, and wellness routine should be based on what makes you feel good, not just what works for someone else. - Focus on Progress, Not Perfection
Small, consistent steps will get you further than unrealistic, all-or-nothing approaches. - Check in with Yourself Regularly
Are your goals still serving you? Adjust as needed!
Would you say you’re more focused on fitness, nutrition, mental well-being, or all the above? - Here is what I might consider the most important consideration of all.
It is probably the highest advertised mainstream pressure on people in this country today. I wrote an article on the fact that if your health is dependent on your healthcare coverage, you are probably not very healthy. You are perhaps on several medications, and have many doctor’s appointments every week, or every month. You might get sick more often as well. Of course, there are conditions that require increased doctor’s visits, and medications, but I’m talking about the average person. Insurance covers drugs and surgery.
It is a business model that works the Big Pharma, and that’s OK. It is just sad when people do not even see that there is a trend to increase prescriptions and medical procedures that feed into the system. I have no problem with those procedures that are life or death, increase quality of life, etc, but what I’ve been seeing over the past 30 years I’ve been in practice, is that patients are funneled into the system, and have nowhere to turn, as they want to trust their physician.
The number of over-utilized medical visits, procedures, and medications has increased tremendously since I graduated in 1995. My purpose is to help as many people as possible to live long healthy happy lives without drugs or surgery. It has become more difficult with this new medical trend of funneling the patient into a system that mainly only helps the medical system. One physician who left a major hospital said, “They keep sick people sick.”
My goal is to help educate people so they can go into a health condition with their eyes wide open. I can coach you on what questions to ask, and how to choose the right doctors for your condition. My office is integrated with medical as well as alternative.
I like this combination, as it offers the patient the best of both worlds, without hiding the alternative decisions they make from their medical doctor. There are enough patients for all physicians, so that they do not need to hide other treatments from patients that actually work, as the doctor may be afraid of losing that patient. It has to be more than money that motivates the doctor to do what is best for the patient. As physicians and other medical practitioners, we all took an oath to do no harm. By not offering a suggestion or referral for what we do not provide, is a disservice to the patient, and in some cases, may do the patient harm. If I leave you with one thing, remember that the title of my column is “The Other Side of Your Health Story” I will also give you the other side or option that you may or may not have heard from your other doctor or doctors. And remember that the best treatments may not be offered on insurance. Please think outside of the box and realize that the best treatments for you are most likely not covered by your insurance.
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Leisa-Marie Grgula, DC
Chiropractic Physician
Accurate Care Medical Wellness Center
18261 N. Pima Rd. Ste. #115
(480) 584-3955
