In his twenty years in the health and fitness industry, David Zappasodi has witnessed many frustrated people searching for the perfect health regimen. They embraced new trends and made great efforts, and yet long-term success continually eluded them. He realized that certain patterns were keeping these people in an ever-deepening rut, and he was determined to do something about it.

So Zappasodi developed a new approach: Optimal health is natural and already exists within us. When we focus on cultivating our goals in the present, rather than achieving them in the future, our health...