Discover your purpose through The Calling Quilt™ coaching: https://www.destiny-works.com/personal-coachingMost people spend their entire lives rescuing babies: putting out fires, handling crises, reacting to problems. But they never go upstream to fix the systems causing those problems. In this episode, Dave Rodriguez and Dimitri Snowden introduce The Vitality Scale, a practical tool for measuring your health across six dimensions, and walk through the complete 4-step Vitality Journey process: assess, dream, set goals, and establish habits. Then they do something unprecedented: they coach each other in real time, revealing their own struggles with behavioral and relational health. This is what real transformation looks like, not theory, raw honesty, and actionable frameworks you can apply today.🔑 KEY TAKEAWAYS: ⚡️ The Vitality Scale lets you measure your health across six factors (1-10 each, 60 total), giving you a baseline to track progress every 90 days ⚡️ Assessment requires going three levels deep beyond your first superficial answer, you need to write it out and face the truth about where you really are ⚡️ Goals must be measurable, attainable, and time-bound (90 days), stick to 1-2 goals per health factor or you'll fail with 36 goals⏰ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction: What If You Answered "How Are You?" Honestly? 00:30 The Parable of Rescuing Babies: Going Upstream 04:10 What Vitality Actually Feels Like 07:02 The Six Health Factors Explained 09:09 Diminishers vs Illuminators: The Relational Health Crisis 14:26 Financial, Behavioral, and Vocational Health Overview 19:04 The 4-Step Vitality Journey Process 20:13 Assessment: How to Get Brutally Honest 23:43 Dreaming: When the Gap Feels Depressing 26:17 Goals: Why 1-2 Per Factor Is the Max 27:45 Habits: The Systems That Make Goals Achievable 29:27 Sponsor Message: Destiny Works 29:57 The Vitality Scale Tool Explained 34:10 Dave's Vitality Score: Why 41 Felt Low 38:49 Live Demo: Dave's Behavioral Health Assessment 47:30 Dave's Dream: Replacing Doom Scrolling with Reading 48:23 Dave's Goals and Habits for Behavioral Health 49:21 Live Demo: Dimitri's Relational Health Assessment 55:22 Dimitri's Dream: Being Honest Without Feeling Like a Burden 58:01 The Habit of Self-Talk: "It's Okay" 01:00:22 When the Process Feels Heavy: Finding Hope 01:02:41 Closing Blessing: To Come Home to Yourself💼 CONNECT WITH US: Website: https://www.destiny-works.com/ Dave's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/d_d_rod/ Dimitri's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dimitrisnowden/If this episode helped you, please: 👍 Give it a thumbs up 💬 Share what health factor you're working on in the comments 🔔 Subscribe for weekly vitality frameworks 📲 Share with someone who's tired of rescuing babiesHASHTAGS: #vitalityjourney #PersonalDevelopment #SelfAssessment #GoalSetting #LifeCoaching #HolisticHealth #MentalHealth #BehavioralHealth #RelationalHealth #SelfImprovement #Accountability #HealthSpan #PeterAttia #PurposeDriven #Transformation #90DayGoals #SystemsThinking #Upstream #GetBetterAtLife #DestinyWorks

Discover your purpose through The Calling Quilt™ coaching: https://www.destiny-works.com/personal-coaching

Dave Rodriguez spent 40 years as a pastor showing up to tragedy: ICU crises, marriage confrontations, abuse survivors, financial ruin, suicide aftermath. He was always arriving too late. In this powerful segment, he shares the ICU story that became a metaphor for his entire ministry and explains why he created The Vitality Journey: to help people go upstream and fix the systems causing crises before the bottom falls out. This is about preventing tragedy, not just responding to it.

🔑 KEY TAKEAWAYS:

⚡️ We get stuck in a cycle of response, putting out fires and handling emergencies without fixing the systems that caused them

⚡️ After 40 years of pastoral ministry, the emotional toll of arriving too late to tragedy led to stepping away and creating an upstream approach

⚡️ Three foundational beliefs: people can live extraordinary lives, human potential is unlimited, and every single person is God's masterpiece

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Website: https://www.destiny-works.com/

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Dimitri's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dimitrisnowden/

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Discover your purpose through The Calling Quilt™ coaching: https://www.destiny-works.com/personal-coaching

Most people are stuck in a cycle of putting out fires, cleaning up messes, and solving problems, without ever addressing the root systems that got them there. In this debut episode of The Vitality Journey, Dave Rodriguez and Dimitri Snowden introduce a framework that goes beyond quick fixes and morning routines. They reveal why true vitality requires attention to six interconnected health factors and share the story of how this framework was born from 40 years of pastoral care. If you've been feeling stuck, dragging yourself through life, or simply want to level up, this episode will show you a path forward that's sustainable, contextual, and designed for real transformation.

🔑 KEY TAKEAWAYS:

⚡️ Vitality isn't a product you buy, it's a journey across six interconnected health factors: physical, emotional, relational, financial, behavioral, and vocational.

⚡️ You can't step into your purpose if every other area of your life is struggling. Purpose without health is like having a map with no vehicle to travel

⚡️ The Vitality Journey process is iterative and seasonal: assess where you are, dream about where you want to be, set 90-day goals, establish habits, then repeat.

💼 CONNECT WITH US:

Website: https://www.destiny-works.com/

Dave's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/d_d_rod/

Dimitri's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dimitrisnowden/

If this episode helped you, please:

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💬 Share your biggest takeaway in the comments

🔔 Subscribe for weekly vitality insights

📲 Share with someone who's feeling stuck

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#VitalityJourney #PersonalDevelopment #HolisticHealth #PurposeDriven #MentalHealth #FinancialWellness #PhysicalHealth #EmotionalWellbeing #LifeCoaching #SelfImprovement #Calling #WorkLifeBalance #HealthyLiving #Mindfulness #ChristianLiving #WellnessJourney #LifeTransformation #PodcastForPurpose #GetBetterAtLife #DestinyWorks