Cracked Open: Dr. David Moore, DC, on Burnout, Breathwork & Finding His Own Purpose

On this episode of The Care2Grow Show®, Dr. Larry Arbeitman welcomes Dr. David Moore for what he calls "truth serum" — an unusually candid conversation about what it really costs to chase someone else's version of success. After 25 years as a chiropractor, building a practice, treating thousands of patients, and writing a book, Dr. Moore walked away from his practice in 2021, not by choice but by necessity, after years of pushing through chronic pain and injury finally caught up with him.

In this episode, they discuss:

Dr. Moore's path into chiropractic — including a rough start marked by youthful mistakes, an injury that led him to his first chiropractor, and a single adjustment that changed the direction of his life.

How he spent years chasing other practitioners' numbers and definitions of success instead of building his own purpose — and the accumulating physical toll of adjusting patients at high volume, including a shoulder injury and a hip avulsion fracture he didn't even realize had happened.

The moment in 2021 when he finally walked away from the practice he'd built his entire identity around, and what it felt like to "burn it down" rather than transition slowly.

How he discovered breathwork, HeartMath, and heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback in 2015 — and why, as a doctor, he needed the science behind it before he could fully trust what he was experiencing.

The devastating loss of his childhood friend Dave, who died suddenly of a heart attack from what looked like classic chronic, unmanaged stress — and how that loss reinforced for Dr. Moore that nervous system regulation isn't just about calm and focus, it's life or death.

His current part-time practice serving a Spanish-speaking, underserved community — where, without a shared language, he found that care communicated through hands and presence needed no words at all.

The "five Ps" framework — philosophy and purpose as causes, versus psychology, procedures, and profit as effects — and why so many providers unknowingly build their practice backwards.

His work now teaching high-achieving professionals and chiropractors to regulate their nervous systems on demand through breathwork and HRV-based biofeedback, so they can sustain high performance without burning out the way he did.

A lightning round covering his philosophy of healing in one word (love), the daily habit that's had the biggest impact on his life (prayer), and finishing the sentences: "Healing begins when... you let it" and "Care is... love."

About Dr. David Moore

Dr. David Moore spent 25 years as a chiropractor, going completely all-in on his profession the way he does everything in his life. He built a practice, treated thousands of patients, wrote a book called The Chiropractic Evolution, hosted a community health show, and poured himself into helping people live pain-free, drug-free, and fully alive. But somewhere along the way, chasing goals that looked right on the outside, he stopped listening to his own body — and after 25 years, he walked away, not by choice, but by necessity. What he found on the other side was breathwork, heart rate variability, and autonomic nervous system regulation. Dr. Dave now teaches high-achieving professionals and chiropractors how to regulate their nervous systems using breathwork and HRV-based biofeedback — the same tools that helped him rebuild after burnout, chronic pain, and a complete identity overhaul. He is a certified HeartMath instructor and the founder of the Brain Body Breathing Academy.

Connect with Dr. David Moore

Website: thecoherencecoach.com
Free Community: skool.com/thecoherencecoach/about
Facebook: facebook.com/dr.david.moore

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