Several years into my career as a chiropractic doctor, I thought I had it figured out.

What I didn’t anticipate was how quickly success could turn into a prison of my own making.

The pressure of building a business while trying to be everything to everyone became suffocating.

I found myself escaping into CrossFit, not just as exercise, but as a way to prove something to myself and the world.

But while I was chasing validation through extreme physical challenges and competing at regional and international levels…

Everything that actually mattered was quietly falling apart.

The business was struggling.

My wife, Kendra, carried the weight of our marketing, accounting, and legal responsibilities while I remained obsessed with my next competition.

The resentment between my wife and me grew thick enough to cut with a knife.

I convinced myself she had stopped loving me, never recognizing how my misplaced priorities had created the distance between us.

My body started betraying me, too.

I suffered from herniated discs, torn hamstrings, knee and ankle injuries, and even staph infections.

By 2017, I was facing the very real possibility of losing my marriage, my business, and my health all at once.