Why You Push Through Pain When Something's Wrong

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi · Jun 5, 2026 · 56m

ou felt the warning. The exhaustion, the tension, the quiet voice saying something needs to change — and you scheduled another meeting instead. That's not weakness. That's what happens when pushing through gets rewarded long enough that stopping feels like failure. Dr. Carter Check has lived this from every angle — as a U.S. Army veteran, a clinical chaplain sitting with people in their hardest moments, and a healthcare ethicist who studies what it costs us to ignore what our bodies and souls are telling us. What he found in the wild changed how he understands healing entirely — and this…