What Every Leader Needs to Know About Functional Health with Dr. Adrian Accay

The Purpose Matrix

Your health isn’t just personal—it’s your leadership edge.

In this episode of The Purpose Matrix, Phil sits down with Dr. Adrian Accay, founder of Apex Functional Health, for an eye-opening conversation on preventative medicine, parenting, and why your purpose might be impossible to live out without prioritizing your health.

After building a successful pharmacy business, Dr. Accay found himself facing a mysterious illness and a potential cancer diagnosis. That pain sent him down a new path—one that transformed not only his health, but his entire philosophy on life, purpose, and parenting.

He now helps high performers apply the same leadership principles they use in business to their own health, building sustainable habits that align their energy with their purpose.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone who wants to:

• Prioritize their health before crisis forces it

• Parent with purpose by modeling healthy living

• Understand the 5 areas of foundational health

• Break generational cycles of poor nutrition

• Reframe health not as a goal, but as a means to live your purpose

Dr. Accay shares the real reason sugar is so dangerous (and so hard to quit), why most adults are walking around in a pre-disease state, and the biggest health shift that changed everything for his family.

Whether you’re a leader, a parent, or just someone who wants to have more energy and presence—this episode will show you how.

0:00 Intro

2:01 From Pharmacy to Purpose

5:44 Pain as the Wake-Up Call

9:01 You Think You're Healthy...Until You're Not

13:08 Why Your Health Must Align With Your Purpose

16:15 How Dr. Accay Parents With Health and Intention

21:41 Four Levels of Leadership (And How They Apply to Kids)

25:43 5 Things You Can Do to Transform Your Health

32:26 Apex Functional Health: The Mission

34:08 Final Reflections on Purpose

Resources Mentioned:

🌐 https://www.apexfunctionalhealth.com

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