1345: Why Bother In A Broken World?

CONSISTENT by Primal Potential

Elizabeth Benton

Money, Self-improvement, Inspiration, Transformation, Motivation, Affirmations, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Selfhelp, Weightloss, Education, Loseweight, Goals, Nutrition

5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

This week, in two vastly different conversations, the same question came up: Why bother?

Whether it’s the weight of repeated failure or the heartbreak of a world that feels broken, it’s easy to wonder what the point is. In today’s episode, I’m sharing two real-life moments — one rooted in personal frustration, and another in the aftermath of a community tragedy — that both led to this question… and the truth I believe we need to hold onto:

Your health matters.

Not for the number on the scale. Not for appearances.
But because healthy people create healthy communities.

We need physically, mentally, and spiritually well individuals now more than ever — in homes, schools, workplaces, and online spaces. If you’re feeling powerless to change what’s happening around you, this episode is for you. You have a part to play — and your health equips you to play it well.

🔥 In This Episode:

Two different versions of “why bother?” — and how to respond
Why your health isn’t just about you
The ripple effect of well-being in families and communities
How emotional, spiritual, and physical wellness changes the way we show up
A real-life example of handling conflict with grounded grace
Practical ways to improve your health that go beyond food and fitness

💡 Episode Quote:

“You don’t have to go viral to be a leader. You don’t need a platform to have influence. The way you live is the platform.”

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0:00.0	If you want to be more consistent, you're in the right place. I'm Elizabeth Benton. Welcome to
0:07.1	Consistent, a podcast by Primal Potential that is for all of you who feel frustrated by your lack of
0:13.3	progress or overwhelmed by all the change that you want to make in your life. Here, we stop frantically
0:20.5	chasing new habits and start
0:22.6	strategically building a structure of consistency. Let's get into it.
0:28.9	Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the primal potential podcast. I am Elizabeth Benton.
0:36.1	I've had the same exact phrase be shared with me in totally
0:42.1	different contexts multiple times in the last 24 hours. And so we're going to talk about it. And that phrase is,
0:51.3	why bother? Why am I even doing this? Why am I even trying? Now, for one person,
0:58.8	this context came up as a lifelong refrain, a long time voice of frustration, of weariness,
1:06.8	this sense of like, dude, I've been trying as as long as I can remember, it's never worked before.
1:12.9	So it's what's going to change now?
1:15.0	Why am I even bothering?
1:16.5	And this came up in the context of the new defense program that I'm working in and we're
1:20.9	trying to identify what slows us down and holds us back, even when we have really great
1:25.3	plans, why don't we execute them?
1:27.1	And so this individual recognized this, why bother? And we're working on how do we come up
1:34.3	against that in an effective way and establish a defense for it? The other context in which
1:41.3	this came up is what I want to spend some time talking in more detail about
1:46.0	today. And this came from a client who is experiencing this sense of why bothers, specifically
1:54.7	like why even bother trying to lose weight. She lives in a community where there was recently a school shooting, and she knows
2:02.7	people who are personally affected, and so she feels personally affected by this. She is personally
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