Autoimmune Health Secrets | Ease Fatigue & Improve Your Health With Autoimmune Disease Using Simple Feel-Good Habits
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!
Episodes
237 episodes
#236 | Can Easing Fatigue With Autoimmune Disease Actually Be Fun? I Say Yes. (Welcome To ENERGY Camp ⛺️⚡️🔋)
What if creating more energy isn’t about adding another healthy habit to your already-overwhelming to-do list—but experimenting with a completely different way of thinking about your energy?If you’re living with autoimmune disease and fa...
#235 | The Sneaky Connection Between IBS, Stress & Autoimmune Disease + 3 Simple Nervous System Habits That Help
What if improving your gut health has less to do with finding the perfect probiotic, supplement, or diet—and more to do with helping your gut and nervous system feel safe?When you’re living with autoimmune disease, it’s easy to get overw...
#234 | What Happened After A Month Of Practicing This Tiny Habit That Takes No Extra Time Or Energy (Especially Helpful With Autoimmune Disease)
What if changing the very first thing you think about in the morning could help you start your day with more peace and less dread?When you’re living with autoimmune disease, it can be easy to wake up already thinking about what you h...
#233 | 6 Boring But Effective Habits That Build Stronger Bones With Autoimmune Disease
Want stronger bones without adding another complicated health protocol to your already-full plate?When you’re living with autoimmune disease, supporting your bones can sound like one more thing you’re supposed to be doing. But bone healt...
#232 | What I Wish I Knew Before I Was Diagnosed With Osteoporosis In My 30s (Why Bone Health Matters With Autoimmune Disease)
What if your bones are changing right now—and you won’t know there’s a problem until years from now?With autoimmune disease, there are already plenty of health concerns competing for your attention, which makes bone health easy to push i...
#231 | If You’ve Ever Thought, “I Need to Do Something Different” For Your Autoimmune Disease, This Listener’s Secret Is For You
What if the health breakthrough you’ve been looking for isn’t another piece of information—but putting yourself in the right places often enough for that information to finally click?When you’re living with autoimmune disease, it’s easy ...
#230 | In Just 60 Seconds, I Explain My Entire Philosophy On How I Have Improved My Health AND Make Autoimmune Disease Suck Less
What if your best health isn’t behind you—even after an autoimmune diagnosis?An autoimmune diagnosis can feel like the beginning of a slow decline, leaving you wondering if you'll ever feel like yourself again. In this episode, I'm chall...
#229 | "Why Does Health With Autoimmune Disease Feels Like A Game Of Whack-A-Mole?" (And The Only Framework You'll Ever Need For More Energy And Balance)
What if the reason you're still exhausted isn't because you're doing too little—but because you're focusing on only one piece of your health?If you've ever felt like improving your autoimmune health is an endless game of Whack-A-Mole—fix...
#228 | “Help! I'm Overwhelmed. What Habit Should I Focus On First To Feel Better With Autoimmune Disease?” Here's The Answer That Works Every Time.
Should you work on your gut health, sleep, stress, movement, mindset, hydration, or nutrition first? When everything feels important, it's easy to feel stuck and do nothing at all.If you're living with autoimmune disease, overwhelm isn't...
#227 | You've Read Atomic Habits Once (Or Twice) And Your Health With Autoimmune Disease Still Feels Hard. This Is My Answer To “Now What?”
You've read the books, highlighted the pages, saved the posts, and bought the planner... so why do your habits still refuse to stick?If you're living with autoimmune disease, the challenge usually isn't knowing what to do. It's figuring ...
#226 | “How Do I Stay Consistent In An Inconsistent Body?” My Answer To Maintaining Healthy Habits With Fatigue, Flares, & Every Other Autoimmune Disease Symptom.
How do you stay consistent when your body changes the rules without warning?Living with autoimmune disease often means navigating fatigue, flares, unpredictable symptoms, and energy that can disappear overnight. It's easy to believe cons...
#225 | "How Do You Stay Hopeful When Your Future With An Autoimmune Disease Feels Uncertain And Scary?” My Answer Revealed PLUS A Mindset Shift To Help You Feel Better, Too.
Can a scary autoimmune diagnosis still lead to a healthy, fulfilling, and joyful life?When you're living with an autoimmune disease, it's easy to feel like your future has already been written for you. Words like chronic, pr...
#224 | "Why Do Smart People Still Struggle To Change Their Health Habits With Autoimmune Disease?" My Answer PLUS One Overlooked Way To Make It Feel Easier.
What happens when a pharmacist with four autoimmune diagnoses realizes that information alone isn't enough to change health outcomes?If you're living with autoimmune disease, chances are you've spent countless hours researching symptoms,...
#223 | The Only 4 Reasons You Eat (And Why Understanding Them Is The First Step To Building Healthier Food Habits With Autoimmune Disease)
Have you ever wondered why you eat—even when you're not hungry?If you've ever finished a meal or snack feeling guilty, found yourself mindlessly snacking, or struggled to stick with restrictive food plans, you're not alone. For people li...
#222 | The 2 Beliefs I Wish Everyone With Autoimmune Disease Would Steal From Me To Think, Feel & Habit Better, Starting Today
What if just two simple beliefs could completely change how you experience life with autoimmune disease?Living with autoimmune disease can make it feel like you're constantly trying to catch up—managing symptoms, second-guessing your cho...
#221 | How To Become Freakishly Consistent With Healthy Habits For Autoimmune Disease (Get My *Free* Playbook)
What if becoming healthier isn't about more motivation—but about becoming freakishly consistent?If you've ever felt like you're constantly starting over with your health habits, this episode will change the way you think about consistenc...
#220 | Gut Health, Brain Fog, Fatigue & More: The One Food Protocol That Supports It All With Autoimmune Disease
What if one food habit could improve your energy, brain fog, sleep, inflammation, and gut health—all at the same time?If you're living with an autoimmune disease, it's easy to feel like every symptom needs its own solution. Fatigue, brai...
#219 | What's the Best Diet for Autoimmune Disease? Here's What 40 Years Of Nutrition Research Actually Revealed To Help
What if the best diet for autoimmune disease isn't a diet at all?If you're exhausted by conflicting nutrition advice and wondering why one person's "miracle diet" didn't work for you, this episode offers a refreshing perspective. Instead...
#218 | Stop Learning And Start Doing THIS Instead. (A Listener's Secret Revealed For Less Fatigue And Better Health With Autoimmune Disease)
Are you stuck waiting to "feel motivated" before you take care of your health?In this inspiring listener spotlight episode, a listener shares the surprising shift that helped her stop overthinking, start following through, and finally bu...
#217 | The Overlooked Root Cause of Burnout And The 4 Questions To End It (While Also Improving Your Fatigue & Health With Autoimmune Disease)
You've cleaned up your diet, prioritized sleep, and tried all the health tips—but what if the real driver of burnout is something deeper?In this episode, I'm sharing the mic with burnout expert Filipa Bellette about the hidden beliefs an...
#216 | When Support Groups Make You Feel Worse (And The Type Of Connection You Still Need With Autoimmune Disease)
Have you ever joined a support group hoping to feel better—only to leave feeling more overwhelmed, discouraged, or stuck?If you're living with autoimmune disease, you already know how important support can be. But not all support is crea...
#215 | Building Legacy & Longevity Through Daily Habits (The Ripple Effect Of A Different Approach To Health With Autoimmune Disease)
What if the most powerful legacy you leave with autoimmune disease isn’t in your lab results—but in the habits your family watches you practice every day?When you’re living with autoimmune disease, it’s easy to get pulled into chasing be...
#214 | The Hidden Levels Of Habit Change Most People Miss With Autoimmune Disease (And How To Master All 3)
What if the reason you still feel stuck with your autoimmune health isn’t your habits…but the level of habit change you’ve been focusing on?If you’ve been eating well, trying to stay consistent, following routines, and still feeling ment...
#213 | The Infobesity Epidemic: When Trying To Improve Your Autoimmune Health Starts Making You Feel Worse
Are you stuck in a cycle of constantly researching autoimmune health advice…but still not feeling better?If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by endless podcasts, books, social posts, or AI-generated health advice, this episode will hit home....
#212 | The Opposite Of What Most People Tell You To Do To Reduce Stress & Autoimmune Fatigue
What if the key to reducing autoimmune stress isn’t avoiding stress altogether… but intentionally adding the right kind?If you’re living with autoimmune fatigue, inflammation, or constant overwhelm, you’ve probably been told to ...