Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

Catch Drift Before It Becomes Disease

Daily Chase #209

Feb 23, 2026
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Our friend Dr. Rich Joseph introduced a framework to us that changes how we think about health: drift, dysfunction, disease.

Traditional medicine diagnoses disease in binary terms. You either have it or you don’t. Functional medicine has done important work defining dysfunction - brain fog, autoimmune conditions, gut issu…

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