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
183 episodes
#182 | Why “Just Stress Less” Isn’t Working – And What To Do Instead If You Want To Feel & Function Better With An Autoimmune Diagnosis
What if the reason you feel constantly stressed isn’t because life is overwhelming—but because you’ve been trying to solve stress the wrong way?For many people living with autoimmune disease, stress feels unavoidable. Symptoms, uncertain...
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#181 | Why You Can’t Afford To Feel Stressed All The Time With Autoimmune Disease — And How To Break The Cycle
What if chronic stress is quietly weakening your immune system—and making your autoimmune symptoms harder to manage?Living with autoimmune disease already requires navigating fatigue, symptoms, and constant health decisions. But one fact...
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#180 | What Almost Winning Survivor Taught Liz Wilcox About Thriving With Chronic Illness and Autoimmune Disease
What if the very symptoms you’ve been fighting could become your strategic advantage?If you’re living with autoimmune disease or chronic health challenges, you know the tension between surviving and truly thriving. Pushing through fatigu...
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#179 | 3 Ways To Immediately SIMPLIFY Health With Autoimmune Disease (For Less Fatigue And Inflammation)
What if the reason you still feel fatigued and inflamed isn’t that you’re doing too little—but that you’re doing too much?If you’re living with autoimmune disease, chances are your health routine feels overwhelming—multiple supplements, ...
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#178 | Feel Seen & Heard At Your Next Doctor Visit (A 2-Minute Framework To Improve Communication About Your Autoimmune Disease)
Have you ever left a doctor’s appointment feeling rushed, dismissed, or like you didn’t say what really mattered?If you’re living with autoimmune disease, you know how frustrating it can be when symptoms feel complex—but your appointment...
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#177 | Tired of Being Tired? What No One Explained About Autoimmune Fatigue (And How Habits Change It)
What if your fatigue isn’t just your autoimmune diagnosis—but the result of habits silently draining your energy every single day?If you’re living with autoimmune disease, feeling tired can start to feel normal. Expected. Inevitable. But...
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#176 | Why “Find Your Why” Isn’t Working For Better Autoimmune Health Habits—And The Science-Backed Exercise To Try Instead
What if the reason your “why” isn’t working…is because you’re asking the wrong kind of why?You do want to feel better, have more energy, and make healthier choices—but when it’s 6:00 AM and the alarm goes off (or it’s 5:30 PM an...
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#175 | How to Go From Scattered Efforts To Focused Habits For Real Autoimmune Health Results
What if the reason your health isn’t improving isn’t a lack of effort…but a lack of focus?If you’re living with autoimmune disease and feel like you’re constantly adding more—more supplements, more rules, more habits—without seeing resul...
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#174 | A Behind-the-Scenes Look At A Strategy I Use to Build Consistent Habits For Autoimmune Health
Ever wonder what consistency really looks like when no one's watching—and how to keep going when it starts to feel boring?If you’re living with autoimmune disease, you know how overwhelming it can be to keep up healthy habits. T...
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#173 | How To Stop Mindless Scrolling To Get Your Energy And Focus Back With Autoimmune Disease
Are your screens quietly stealing your energy—even when you feel like you’re “just relaxing”?If you’re living with autoimmune disease, your energy is precious—and limited. Yet in a world where the average person spends hours a day on scr...
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#172 | How ChatGPT Health Can Help You & Why Humans Matter More Than Ever For Health And Happiness With Autoimmune Disease
Is AI finally the health breakthrough we've been waiting for—or just another distraction from what actually helps us heal?With the rollout of ChatGPT Health, many with autoimmune conditions are wondering: Can AI actually help me feel bet...
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#171 | 5 Autoimmune-Friendly Habits To Ease Fatigue & Build Consistency (By Helping You Move Better, Not More)
Does your goal to "move more" keep leaving you feeling exhausted, inconsistent, or stuck in a cycle of burnout?If you’re living with an autoimmune condition, your body needs a different approach to movement—one that supports your energy ...
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#170 | 4 Simple Words Quietly Sabotaging Your Health And Habit Goals With Autoimmune Disease
Have you ever told yourself, “I’m just not consistent”—especially when it comes to your health?If that phrase sounds familiar, this short but powerful episode is for you. I'm explaining how these four little words might be the v...
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#169 | Your Autoimmune Questions Answered — And The Surprising Habit That Connects Them All
Struggling with fatigue, inconsistent habits, or feeling stuck in your autoimmune journey? What if all your health frustrations shared a single root cause?In this episode, I'm answering five powerful questions from real listeners—and unc...
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#168 | This New Way To Think About Consistency Will Stop You From Ever "Falling Off Track" With Healthy Habits (Autoimmune Edition)
Does your healthy habit journey feel like a rollercoaster of "I'm doing so good!" to "I've totally fallen off"? You’re not alone—and you’re not doing it wrong.If you’re living with autoimmune disease and constantly battling to stay consi...
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#167 | Forget Perfection—Why Consistency Unlocks More Energy, Less Symptoms, & Better Health With Autoimmune Disease
What if the real reason your health habits aren’t sticking isn’t willpower—but a missing skill no one ever taught you?If you’ve ever started a new health habit—only to lose steam when life got busy or symptoms flared—you’re not ...
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#166 | Overwhelmed By All The Food Advice For Better Health And Less Autoimmune Fatigue? This Is The Only Protocol You’ll Ever Need
Are you constantly second-guessing your food choices, wondering if you're eating too much, too little, too often—or if any of it is even working?For those living with autoimmune disease, the daily decision of what to eat can feel overwhe...
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#165 | What You NEED To Know About The New Nutrition Guidelines For Your Autoimmune Health
Did the food pyramid just flip upside down—and is it finally working for your health instead of against it?If you’ve ever felt confused, overwhelmed, or straight-up frustrated by changing nutrition advice—especially while managi...
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#164 | The 3-Minute Mindset Exercise I’ve Made A Daily Habit For A Decade To Strategically Improve My Autoimmune Health
What if the thoughts quietly running in the background of your mind are actually shaping your health and happiness—and you don’t even realize it?If you're living with an autoimmune disease, chances are you’ve struggled with fatigue, inco...
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#163 | The Hidden Power Of Mindset: What Your Thoughts Are Doing To Your Habits And Health With Autoimmune Disease
Is the way you're thinking about your health actually making your health and autoimmune symptoms worse?Mindset talk is everywhere in the wellness world—but what does it really mean when you're living with an autoimmune diagnosis? If you’...
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#162 | 3 Vulnerable Goals I Set For The Year—And The One Strategy Guaranteed To Help Me Reach Them (And Better Health With Autoimmune Disease)
What if the most powerful health strategy isn’t a supplement, diet, or protocol—but an identity?Whether you're already deep into your wellness journey or feeling like you're “behind” this year, this episode flips the script on traditiona...
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#161 | 4 Must-Have Habits To Show Your Mitochondria Love Today (For More Energy & Improved Health With Autoimmune Disease)
Feeling exhausted despite doing all the "right" things for your autoimmune health?In this episode of Autoimmune Health Secrets, I'll talking all about the tiny yet powerful energy producers inside your cells — your mitochondria ...
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#160 | Why Knowing What to Do Isn’t Enough To Feel Better With Autoimmune Disease (And The Strategy That Makes Healthier Habits Stick)
Why do you still feel stuck even when you know what to do for your autoimmune health?If you're managing Hashimoto's or another autoimmune condition, you've likely been told what to eat, what to avoid, and how to "fix" your healt...
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#159 | Should You Go Gluten-Free With Hashimoto’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Or Any Autoimmune Disease?
Is going gluten-free actually necessary for autoimmune conditions like Hashimoto’s, MS, and RA...or just another trendy wellness myth?If you’re managing an autoimmune disease and feel overwhelmed by conflicting advice, this episode bring...
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#158 | Ask Just ONE Question To Shift Your Mindset, Habits & Health Toward Healing With Autoimmune Disease In The New Year
What if asking just one simple question could shape your entire year with autoimmune disease for the better?As we head into a new year, many living with autoimmune conditions are overwhelmed by fatigue, uncertainty, and the pres...
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