Finding Your Evolving Why Will Change Your Life

Find Your Evolving Why ~ Change Your Life

Sarah and Tanna trace the wildly different reasons that first got them moving, and how those reasons have transformed over decades. Sarah's why started with fitting into size 27 jeans. Tanna's was chasing world championships. Neither one still applies today, and that's exactly the point of this episode.

From Jeans to Role Model to Something Bigger

Sarah walks through her own evolution: appearance-focused in her younger years, then shifting to being a role model for her kids as Healthy Role Models grew, and now at 51, thinking about what she wants her life to look like at 80. Tanna shares a parallel arc, from being laser focused on competition results, to feeling lost when she retired from competing, to eventually finding her footing again around strength and performance rather than outcome.

Why Your Why Actually Matters

They get honest about the days when motivation disappears entirely ~ bad weather, exhaustion, zero visible progress. A why that's bigger than a jean size or a single goal is what keeps you anchored on those days. An outcome-only why also has an expiration date: what happens once you hit the number on the scale or the size in the closet?

The Five Whys Exercise

Sarah and Tanna teach a simple way to dig past the surface-level answer. Start with something like "I want to lose weight," then keep asking why until the answer makes you feel something. The real why is rarely the first one you write down.

A Visualization for Getting Clear

Tanna leads a short visualization: picture yourself 10, 20, or 30 years from now. Where are you, what are you physically able to do, who's around you, what do you want to say yes to. Then ask what the person in that picture needs you to start doing today.

Your Why Can Be Bigger Than You

They close by pointing out that your why doesn't have to be just about you. Partners, kids, grandkids, friends, community all benefit when you're healthy, and being the example that shifts what's normal for someone else can be part of your why too.

The Challenge

Get honest with yourself about whether your why is actually clear, and if it's shifted without you noticing. Revisit it. Ask why, then why again, then why again, until you land on the answer that actually moves you.