Autoimmune Health Secrets | Ease Fatigue & Improve Your Health With Autoimmune Disease Using Simple Feel-Good Habits

Dr. Amy Behimer, Autoimmune Health And Wellness Coach
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Ever wonder the real reason autoimmune disease leaves you exhausted, overwhelmed, and unsure what to do to actually feel better? Welcome to Autoimmune Health Secrets, the podcast revealing the smarter, simpler way to create habits that ease inflammation, boost energy, and bring back confidence in your health and life. Hosted by Dr. Amy Behimer, a nationally board-certified health and wellness coach living with multiple autoimmune diagnoses—including MS—Amy shares the science, stories, and small steps that make big health changes feel good and last for good. By listening, you’ll learn how to: • Build feel-good habits that can make or break your health with autoimmune disease while also lessening fatigue and uncertainty • Simplify healthy living without feeling like you’re either “on” or “off” the consistency train • Shift from managing autoimmune disease to creating autoimmune health in your everyday life It’s no secret that better habits lead to better health, especially with an autoimmune diagnosis. What’s missing is an approach to make them fun, effective, and inevitable.  Enter The Habit Hub Approach to Autoimmune Health—six spokes of mindset, food, movement, rest & relaxation, connection, and “good stress”—to strengthen your body, steady your mind, and finally feel like yourself again. Start with #1 to kick off your autoimmune health journey to feeling and functioning better. Or, if you stop your scroll on an episode that speaks to you, lean in and trust it's the perfect place to start!

  1. 2d ago

    #249 | It's Time To Learn This Forever Skill To Feel Better & Function At Your Best With Autoimmune Disease: REPEATING (4/4)

    Send us Fan Mail This is episode 4 of a special 4 part series. Here is 1, 2, and 3. What if better health isn’t about finally reaching a finish line—but creating a way of living that feels so good you actually want to keep going? When you’re living with autoimmune disease, it’s easy to approach health like a project you need to complete: find the right habits, stick with them, and eventually arrive at “healthy.” But your body changes, your life changes, and what works today may need to change tomorrow. Lasting health isn’t about executing the same perfect routine forever. It’s about learning how to reflect, adjust, and keep coming back to what helps you feel and function at your best. In this final episode of the series on the three essential skills for creating your best health and life with autoimmune disease, I'm exploring the forever skill of repeating—and why repeating isn’t simply doing the same thing over and over. You’ll discover: Why repeating is better thought of as an upward spiral, where every round gives you new wisdom about your body, habits, and life.How doing less, maintaining what already works, and resisting the urge to constantly add another health goal can actually be meaningful progress.How consistently planning, following through, adjusting, and repeating can shape your identity so you become someone who creates health, keeps coming back, and trusts yourself to navigate whatever comes next.Play this episode to learn how to stop chasing a health finish line and start building a way of feeling better and living well that you’ll actually want to repeat for life. Make next year the year you get really good at autoimmune health HERE or HERE. Listen to the episode on my Orange Fish Philosophy. New episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Menu of support options to work with me HERE. Free quiz HERE. Join the Consistency Challenge HERE. Personalized Energy Audit HERE. Explore CLUB Habit Hub HERE.  Sign-up for emails HERE. Book your 1-on-1 call HERE. Privacy Policy, T&C, Medical Disclaimer. This podcast explores health & wellness with autoimmune disease—multiple sclerosis (MS) and others—how challenges like fatigue, brain fog, flares, & symptoms related to the nervous system, inflammation, & mitochondria can be supported by healthy habits in food, movement, sleep, and rest, while fostering consistency, self-care, & a resilient mindset. If you’ve read Atomic Habits by James Clear and still don’t have the healthy habits you want, this show is for you. Adjacent to functional medicine, holistic health, AIP diet, and the Wahls Protocol, this is guidance from a health and wellness coach to help those navigating chronic illness feel better and thrive.

  2. 3d ago

    #248 | This Is The Most Ninja Skill For Creating A Feel-Good Life With Autoimmune Disease: FOLLOWING THROUGH (3/4)

    Send us Fan Mail This is episode 3 of a special 4 part series. Here is 1, 2, and 4. What would change if you got really good at doing what you said you were going to do? You may not be “bad at consistency.” Following through is a skill—and like any skill, you can learn and practice it without being rigid or perfect. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why follow-through matters more than constantly starting something new.How to stay engaged even when your energy or circumstances change.Why adapting—or even quitting on purpose—can build trust with yourself.Press play to strengthen your follow-through and turn the healthy intentions you already have into actions that actually stick. Make next year the year you get really good at autoimmune health HERE or HERE. New episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Menu of support options to work with me HERE. Free quiz HERE. Join the Consistency Challenge HERE. Personalized Energy Audit HERE. Explore CLUB Habit Hub HERE.  Sign-up for emails HERE. Book your 1-on-1 call HERE. Privacy Policy, T&C, Medical Disclaimer. This podcast explores health & wellness with autoimmune disease—multiple sclerosis (MS) and others—how challenges like fatigue, brain fog, flares, & symptoms related to the nervous system, inflammation, & mitochondria can be supported by healthy habits in food, movement, sleep, and rest, while fostering consistency, self-care, & a resilient mindset. If you’ve read Atomic Habits by James Clear and still don’t have the healthy habits you want, this show is for you. Adjacent to functional medicine, holistic health, AIP diet, and the Wahls Protocol, this is guidance from a health and wellness coach to help those navigating chronic illness feel better and thrive.

  3. 4d ago

    #247 | The Most Underrated Skill To Master For A Healthier & Happier Life With Autoimmune Disease: PLANNING (2/4)

    Send us Fan Mail This is episode 2 of a special 4 part series. Here is 1, 3, and 4. What if planning feels hard because you’ve been taught the wrong way to do it? Living with autoimmune disease means your energy, symptoms, and circumstances can change. The right plan isn’t rigid—it helps you create more of what you want while working with your real life. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why good goals should feel exciting, not like another obligation.How to connect big-picture dreams with tiny, doable habits.How flexible backup plans—including “Plan F for fatigue”—make consistency easier.Press play to learn how to dream big, plan small, and create real momentum toward better health and happiness. Make next year the year you get really good at autoimmune health HERE or HERE. New episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Menu of support options to work with me HERE. Free quiz HERE. Join the Consistency Challenge HERE. Personalized Energy Audit HERE. Explore CLUB Habit Hub HERE.  Sign-up for emails HERE. Book your 1-on-1 call HERE. Privacy Policy, T&C, Medical Disclaimer. This podcast explores health & wellness with autoimmune disease—multiple sclerosis (MS) and others—how challenges like fatigue, brain fog, flares, & symptoms related to the nervous system, inflammation, & mitochondria can be supported by healthy habits in food, movement, sleep, and rest, while fostering consistency, self-care, & a resilient mindset. If you’ve read Atomic Habits by James Clear and still don’t have the healthy habits you want, this show is for you. Adjacent to functional medicine, holistic health, AIP diet, and the Wahls Protocol, this is guidance from a health and wellness coach to help those navigating chronic illness feel better and thrive.

  4. 5d ago

    #246 | Stuck Under A Cloud Of Frustration, Fatigue, And Uncertainty With Autoimmune Disease? Learn These 3 Skills To Get Out (1/4)

    Send us Fan Mail This is episode 1 of a special 4 part series. Here is 2, 3, and 4. What if feeling stuck with your autoimmune health doesn’t mean you need more discipline, willpower, or information—but simply a few skills you haven’t learned yet? When you’re living with an autoimmune diagnosis, it’s easy to know what you should be doing and still struggle to make it work in real life. You might have trouble staying consistent, adjusting when symptoms or circumstances change, or figuring out what to focus on next. But those struggles don’t have to remain permanent. In this episode, I'll introduce three foundational, learnable skills that can help you shift your attention back to what you can influence and turn health knowledge into habits that actually fit your life. Plus... How reframing your health struggles as skill gaps can replace frustration and self-judgment with something you can actually work on and improve.Why planning, following through, and repeating are the three foundational skills underneath sustainable health habits—and how strengthening even one could help you get unstuck.How to stop chasing the “perfect” health routine and instead build a personalized approach that can adapt with your body, circumstances, and changing seasons of life.Press play to discover which of these three foundational skills could use a little tweaking—and start building an approach to your health that feels good enough to keep coming back to. Make next year the year you get really good at autoimmune health HERE or HERE. New episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Menu of support options to work with me HERE. Free quiz HERE. Join the Consistency Challenge HERE. Personalized Energy Audit HERE. Explore CLUB Habit Hub HERE.  Sign-up for emails HERE. Book your 1-on-1 call HERE. Privacy Policy, T&C, Medical Disclaimer. This podcast explores health & wellness with autoimmune disease—multiple sclerosis (MS) and others—how challenges like fatigue, brain fog, flares, & symptoms related to the nervous system, inflammation, & mitochondria can be supported by healthy habits in food, movement, sleep, and rest, while fostering consistency, self-care, & a resilient mindset. If you’ve read Atomic Habits by James Clear and still don’t have the healthy habits you want, this show is for you. Adjacent to functional medicine, holistic health, AIP diet, and the Wahls Protocol, this is guidance from a health and wellness coach to help those navigating chronic illness feel better and thrive.

  5. Oct 16

    #245 | I Asked A Diverse Group Of Experts In Autoimmune Disease to Boil Down Their Best Advice To Just A 3 Minute Message (Answers Waiting For You Inside The Autoimmune Health™️ Vault)

    Send us Fan Mail What if better health with autoimmune disease isn’t about learning more—but about discovering the few things that matter most? When you’re living with autoimmune disease, health information is everywhere. Podcasts, books, experts, studies, social media, and endless lists of foods, supplements, habits, and strategies can leave you with more overwhelm instead of more clarity. In this episode, I'm taking you behind the scenes of the second annual Autoimmune Health™️ Vault, where experts from across the autoimmune health world were given one challenge: share their best-kept secret for better health with autoimmune disease—in three minutes or less. Their answers reveal powerful themes around nervous system support, self-love, self-trust, mindset, food, movement, gut health, hormones, and the inner and outer habits that help make healthy change sustainable. You’ll also hear a special three-minute contribution from one funny and smart contributor about protecting your sense of self when chronic illness changes what you can do. By listening, you’ll discover: Why simplifying health information can make it easier to turn what you know into meaningful action.How supporting your inner habits—your thoughts, feelings, self-talk, and relationship with your body—can matter alongside food, movement, sleep, and other physical habits.Why cultivating multiple identities can help you build a sense of self that remains bigger than your diagnosis or any ability, role, or relationship that life may change.Press play to discover simple, powerful autoimmune health wisdom that can help you cut through the overwhelm, focus on what matters, and take your next meaningful step toward better health. Crack open The Autoimmune Health™️ Vault HERE (for FREE). New episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Menu of support options to work with me HERE. Free quiz HERE. Join the Consistency Challenge HERE. Personalized Energy Audit HERE. Explore CLUB Habit Hub HERE.  Sign-up for emails HERE. Book your 1-on-1 call HERE. Privacy Policy, T&C, Medical Disclaimer. This podcast explores health & wellness with autoimmune disease—multiple sclerosis (MS) and others—how challenges like fatigue, brain fog, flares, & symptoms related to the nervous system, inflammation, & mitochondria can be supported by healthy habits in food, movement, sleep, and rest, while fostering consistency, self-care, & a resilient mindset. If you’ve read Atomic Habits by James Clear and still don’t have the healthy habits you want, this show is for you. Adjacent to functional medicine, holistic health, AIP diet, and the Wahls Protocol, this is guidance from a health and wellness coach to help those navigating chronic illness feel better and thrive.

  6. Oct 13

    #244 | What My Coach Saw That I Didn’t—The Other “Medicine” For Feeling Better With Autoimmune Disease

    Send us Fan Mail What if some of the most important “medicine” for your autoimmune health has nothing to do with medication? Recently, I asked my coach how she would describe the work I do. Her answer stopped me in my tracks: “You help people with all the parts of health and life that have nothing to do with medications.” Ding, ding, ding. Because while medications, doctors, labs, imaging, and specialists can all play an important role in managing autoimmune disease, most of your life happens outside the healthcare system. That’s where creating health happens. It happens in how you think, eat, move, rest, connect, and challenge yourself—and in the tiny choices you make over and over again. In this episode, you’ll learn: The six kinds of everyday “medicine” to support your healthTo focus on what you can influence without adding more to your plateHow to turn tiny daily choices into meaningful, lasting changePress play to discover the “medicine” you’re already carrying with you—and how one tiny, intentional choice today can start creating more of the health and life you want. Here's the previous podcast episode mentioned: #38 | How A Pharmacist And Coach Thinks About Medications And Lifestyle Habits To Treat Autoimmune Disease New episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Menu of support options to work with me HERE. Free quiz HERE. Join the Consistency Challenge HERE. Personalized Energy Audit HERE. Explore CLUB Habit Hub HERE.  Sign-up for emails HERE. Book your 1-on-1 call HERE. Privacy Policy, T&C, Medical Disclaimer. This podcast explores health & wellness with autoimmune disease—multiple sclerosis (MS) and others—how challenges like fatigue, brain fog, flares, & symptoms related to the nervous system, inflammation, & mitochondria can be supported by healthy habits in food, movement, sleep, and rest, while fostering consistency, self-care, & a resilient mindset. If you’ve read Atomic Habits by James Clear and still don’t have the healthy habits you want, this show is for you. Adjacent to functional medicine, holistic health, AIP diet, and the Wahls Protocol, this is guidance from a health and wellness coach to help those navigating chronic illness feel better and thrive.

  7. Oct 9

    #243 | Functional Medicine, Acupuncture & Autoimmune Disease: Your Top 5 Questions Answered By An Expert

    Send us Fan Mail Could functional medicine, acupuncture, and a few targeted lifestyle changes help you better understand—and support—your health with autoimmune disease? When you’re living with autoimmune disease, it can be hard to know which approaches are worth exploring. Should you consider food sensitivity testing? Does acupuncture actually help? How much protein do you need? And are there labs your conventional workup may not include? In this episode, I'm sitting down with Dr. Jim Chialtas, a doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine and an advanced functional medicine clinician, to answer real questions from the autoimmune community. Together, they explore inflammation, nutrition, testing, acupuncture, and lifestyle while emphasizing curiosity, consistency, and learning to pay attention to what your own body is telling you. By listening, you’ll: Better understand the role inflammation may play in chronic illness and why identifying potential sources can matter.Learn how functional medicine testing, food sensitivity testing, and acupuncture may fit alongside conventional medical care and healthy lifestyle habits.Discover practical ways to approach nutrition, movement, stress regulation, and your health journey with more curiosity and less fear.Press play to get practical answers to common functional medicine and acupuncture questions—and walk away with new ways to think about supporting your autoimmune health with greater clarity, curiosity, and confidence. More from Dr. Jim Chialtas Website:  www.afunctionalapproach.net Podcast:  Spotify &  Apple YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@afunctionalapproachpodcast New episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Menu of support options to work with me HERE. Free quiz HERE. Join the Consistency Challenge HERE. Personalized Energy Audit HERE. Explore CLUB Habit Hub HERE.  Sign-up for emails HERE. Book your 1-on-1 call HERE. Privacy Policy, T&C, Medical Disclaimer. This podcast explores health & wellness with autoimmune disease—multiple sclerosis (MS) and others—how challenges like fatigue, brain fog, flares, & symptoms related to the nervous system, inflammation, & mitochondria can be supported by healthy habits in food, movement, sleep, and rest, while fostering consistency, self-care, & a resilient mindset. If you’ve read Atomic Habits by James Clear and still don’t have the healthy habits you want, this show is for you. Adjacent to functional medicine, holistic health, AIP diet, and the Wahls Protocol, this is guidance from a health and wellness coach to help those navigating chronic illness feel better and thrive.

  8. Oct 6

    #242 | Unsure How Coaching Works? Bring 1 Of These 4 Things To Your First (& Free) Coaching Session To Feel + Function Better With Autoimmune Disease

    Send us Fan Mail Want support making changes in your health—but have no idea what you’d even ask a coach? You may already know a lot about what could help you feel better with autoimmune disease. But knowing what to do and actually doing it are two different things. Coaching can help you cut through the overwhelm, get unstuck, and figure out your next step—even when your thoughts feel like a tangled mess. In this episode, you’ll discover: Four simple things you can bring to coaching, even when you don’t know where to start.How coaching can turn overwhelm and uncertainty into a clear next step.Why watching someone else get coached can lead to breakthroughs of your own.Press play to discover how coaching can help you turn what you already know into action that moves your health and life forward. Schedule your FREE, personalized Pop Up Coaching Session HERE. (you'll be able to add to your calendar in your time zone after sign-ing up) New episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Menu of support options to work with me HERE. Free quiz HERE. Join the Consistency Challenge HERE. Personalized Energy Audit HERE. Explore CLUB Habit Hub HERE.  Sign-up for emails HERE. Book your 1-on-1 call HERE. Privacy Policy, T&C, Medical Disclaimer. This podcast explores health & wellness with autoimmune disease—multiple sclerosis (MS) and others—how challenges like fatigue, brain fog, flares, & symptoms related to the nervous system, inflammation, & mitochondria can be supported by healthy habits in food, movement, sleep, and rest, while fostering consistency, self-care, & a resilient mindset. If you’ve read Atomic Habits by James Clear and still don’t have the healthy habits you want, this show is for you. Adjacent to functional medicine, holistic health, AIP diet, and the Wahls Protocol, this is guidance from a health and wellness coach to help those navigating chronic illness feel better and thrive.

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Ever wonder the real reason autoimmune disease leaves you exhausted, overwhelmed, and unsure what to do to actually feel better? Welcome to Autoimmune Health Secrets, the podcast revealing the smarter, simpler way to create habits that ease inflammation, boost energy, and bring back confidence in your health and life. Hosted by Dr. Amy Behimer, a nationally board-certified health and wellness coach living with multiple autoimmune diagnoses—including MS—Amy shares the science, stories, and small steps that make big health changes feel good and last for good. By listening, you’ll learn how to: • Build feel-good habits that can make or break your health with autoimmune disease while also lessening fatigue and uncertainty • Simplify healthy living without feeling like you’re either “on” or “off” the consistency train • Shift from managing autoimmune disease to creating autoimmune health in your everyday life It’s no secret that better habits lead to better health, especially with an autoimmune diagnosis. What’s missing is an approach to make them fun, effective, and inevitable.  Enter The Habit Hub Approach to Autoimmune Health—six spokes of mindset, food, movement, rest & relaxation, connection, and “good stress”—to strengthen your body, steady your mind, and finally feel like yourself again. Start with #1 to kick off your autoimmune health journey to feeling and functioning better. Or, if you stop your scroll on an episode that speaks to you, lean in and trust it's the perfect place to start!

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