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!
Autoimmune Health Secrets | Ease Fatigue & Improve Your Health With Autoimmune Disease Using Simple Feel-Good Habits
#216 | When Support Groups Make You Feel Worse (And The Type Of Connection You Still Need With Autoimmune Disease)
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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 created equal. Many people walk away from support groups feeling drained, frustrated, or convinced that groups simply aren't for them. In this episode, I'm explaining why some communities fail to provide real support, how the right kind of connection can transform your health journey, and what to look for in a group that actually helps you move forward.
After listening, you'll discover:
- Why a negative support group experience doesn't mean support or community isn't right for you.
- How to tell the difference between simply sharing a diagnosis and being part of a truly supportive, growth-focused group.
- A practical way to evaluate whether the people, communities, and health resources in your life are helping you create better habits and better health.
Press play now to learn how the right kind of support can help you feel more hopeful, take meaningful action, and build the habits that create lasting improvements in your health and life.
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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.
