Pre Work
This is where we provide you with the information and tools to set you up for success. In this module, I’ll give you the overview of how the course works, what you can expect, and how to get the most out of the program
Does This Sound Like You?
Have you been at the mercy of symptoms like constant fatigue, bloating, joint pain or you have overwhelming feelings of depression or anxiety or are unable to lose weight not matter how hard you try?
Are you embarrassed when you make plans with friends & family, then cancel because you’re exhausted or sluggish for no reason you can identify? Have relationships been strained because others don’t understand how you feel and the impact it has had on your life?
Have you been to doctor after doctor who have ignored your symptoms and told you that how you feel is all in your head? Or have you gotten an official diagnosis from your doctor, are taking medication, but have yet to find relief from your symptoms or flares?
Does autoimmune disease run in your family, you have yet to be diagnosed, but you are starting to experience various symptoms without a known cause?
You Are Not Alone 
Your Body Might Be Under Assault from an Autoimmune Disease
According to the National Institutes of Health, up to 23.5 million Americans suffer from an autoimmune disease—and the prevalence is rising.
Autoimmune disease often takes years to be properly diagnosed and even after diagnosis, without the proper nutrition and lifestyle support, sufferers often fail to find wellness solutions that help mitigate their flares without proper support.
Everyone with autoimmune disease has different factors that triggers it, which makes it difficult to pinpoint the root cause for each person. Without knowing the root cause or causes, it makes it that much harder to live with the disease.
I Created The Autoimmune Health Restoration System to Help You Break Free From Your Symptoms So That You Can Live Your Best Life In Spite of Autoimmune Disease.
I Understand What You Are Going Through Because…
I am Just Like You
The Autoimmune Health RESTORATION System is
Comprised of 3 Distinct Phases of Progression:
Phase 1, The Dangers of Choice: A Holistic Review for those Living with Autoimmune Disease, is where the choices and behaviors that impact autoimmune health are reviewed. In this phase, you will complete various assessments designed to recognize wellness inefficiencies that interrupts your daily functionality, evaluate your wellness behaviors, and survey the effectiveness of your previous wellness efforts.
Phase 2 is where you are guided through The Habitual Practice Autoimmune Health Program. In this stage, we implement a holistic approach that trains you to recognize optimal health versus deficiencies, optimizes behaviors that demonstrate positive reform, and regulate and amend lifestyle management techniques that impede optimal health.
The foundation of this Phase is the Autoimmune Protocol. The Autoimmune Protocol is a diet that teaches you how to identify the foods you love that help YOUR immune system, so that you feel healthier, happier, and are better able to manage your autoimmune disease.
In this phase, we also begin to address the lifestyle habits of Sleep, Stress and Movement that are critical to optimal autoimmune health.
In the third Phase, The HEALCoach Wellness Circle, I guide you in transforming your old habits to a newly cultivated formula, which in-turn inspires you to operate with healthy intentions, not lose hope despite chronic health conditions, move forward, and nurture a lifestyle that produces lasting results by way of healthy eating and active living.
The Wellness Circle is our ongoing monthly membership-based mentoring & educational support with featured guest trainers. Here is where you continue the work from Phase 2 and then enter the Maintenance Phase of AIP. You will receive access to exclusive trainings on health-related topics that are critical to your autoimmune health journey, but cannot be covered fully in Phase 2.
I’ve Been On This Journey
My vast sum of progressive health coach training, innovative teaching methods, and integrative experiences allows me to provide this highly formulated and valuable training and coaching via The Autoimmune Health Restoration System for those with autoimmune disease at any stage of their wellness journey.
Through my experience in navigating my own RESTORATION SYSTEM, I have:
You Deserve to Live YOUR BEST Life Possible…
In Spite of Your Autoimmune Disease
That’s why I want to share The Autoimmune Health Restoration System. It’s designed to help people like you take better control of their autoimmune disease using the best of MY successes with the AIP and my training as a certified autoimmune coach.
Let me help you take back your LIFE so that you can finally figure out what optimal health looks like for you and how to remain in that place of health and vitality.
The Autoimmune Health Restoration System help you identify exactly which foods choices and lifestyle habits are giving you the symptoms that are ruining your life. You’ll build a nourishing group of foods and lifestyle habits that make you feel strong and healthy and restore a sense of hope of a better quality of life.
I support you every step of the way. You deserve to live a life of freedom from your symptoms!
My main goal when I began working with Jamie was to work through my fatigue and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis symptoms. I wasn’t finding any hope with doctors and I needed help navigating through other options. What helped me the most while working with Jamie in our 1-on-1 sessions was learning how to be more proactive in working with my doctor by taking control of my care, getting proper lab tests, being prepared with questions to ask my doctor and keeping all of my records.
Her meal prep ideas and learning how to incorporate small changes to make being healthy more convenient were also helpful. Transitioning to an AIP (Autoimmune Protocol) diet was once overwhelming. However, Jamie worked with me and taught me how to make small changes one step at time that I could easily incorporate into my lifestyle.
I have started incorporating crockpot meals (and just cooking more in general) and using whole foods and not processed boxed foods. I even still make my lemon water in big mason jars!
Jamie’s support was helpful and it was real. It was the information that the doctors did not or would not provide. Having her to hold me accountable was the piece that I was missing on my journey to better health.
I started working with Jamie because I was having trouble with feeling exhausted and not being able to lose weight. I also got diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and wanted help dealing with that.
My goals were to lose weight and feel less fatigued. While working with Jamie, I found that my goals shifted based on what was happening in my life. My life had become very stressful, so my priority changed to stress management.
Jamie has a myriad of resources to share! The information she provided me was not only about food but included helpful aromatherapy products, teas, meditation, and encouragement to be physically active again.
Jamie is extremely knowledgeable and shares that knowledge in a productive and encouraging way. I was really amazed at the depth of her research, and she constantly came back with the information I was having a hard time finding or was confused about. She is encouraging and realistic which I like too because I am not perfect, but can continue to make good changes in my life and not feel like I have to be perfect.
Jamie helped me with several areas of concern, stress, fatigue, and autoimmune disease. She worked with me on how to eat for autoimmune disease as well as how to better manage stress. I am very grateful to have worked with Jamie, she has definitely helped me feel better about myself and hopeful about the future.
I am grateful to have worked with Jamie. She has definitely helped me feel better about myself and hopeful about the future. I was really down when I first started working with her and now I feel I can make the changes that will continue to improve my health.
Additionally, Jamie made me feel less alone because she too has autoimmune disease and knows firsthand how it feels. She is very supportive and knowledgeable and that really helped me feel empowered to make changes to feel better.
I would highly recommend Jamie to anyone who wants to feel better. Her support using food as the focus helped me discover different ways to eat and to feel better. Her support in other areas of my life helped me reduce stress and get active again to enjoy life and have fun.
Before I started the program, I primarily struggled with weight gain, fatigue, and low self-esteem. During the program, I learned that I can eat healthy, but still have what I want sometimes. I have been able to make lasting changes that don’t seem impossible to maintain. I have started cutting back on my food intake, but I am still able to get fuller faster. I have also started having yummy shakes for breakfast. I never thought that would be something I would do, let alone like, but here I am!
My favorite part of the program was trying new foods and seeing results. As a result of the [detox] program, lost weight and increased my self-esteem, mood, and energy. Understanding how food can affect my mood and energy was eye-opening. I can finally fit back into some of my pants that had gotten a little too tight. I would recommend it to people looking to live a maintainable healthy lifestyle, eat better, lose weight, and feel better about themselves.
I sought the services of Jamie because I was feeling extremely tired and wasn’t losing weight. I was working out with a trainer with the goal to lose weight, but I was steadily gaining weight. This caused a lot of frustration and stress in my mind and body because it wasn’t functioning as it should. My pain points were my feet, headaches, body aches, and swollen feet and ankles.
My goals upon starting my session with Jamie were to lose weight, have more energy, and just feel better.
Jamie was able to help me work toward these goals by helping me pinpoint things that are stressors in my life by acknowledging these things help to lower my stress levels. Then, we worked on a plan to keep my stress levels low. We also worked on me eliminating foods for a while to heal my gut and slowly reintroduce to figure out foods that are causing symptoms of pain.
The most significant overall change I have noticed has been my energy levels and weight loss. I have more energy now than I did when I started working with Jamie. I have lost a total of 19 pounds to date. My husband says I am less moody. Thank God!
Jamie made me feel supported, cared for, empowered, and like I wasn’t going crazy. When you take everything you know about nutrition and apply it to your life, but it doesn’t work it does something to your self-esteem.
Jamie provided me with a listening ear, her personal testimonies, and needed resources to walk through this program. I am most grateful for Jamie being transparent, relatable, having a listening ear, and for her knowledge.
I would describe Jamie as someone who is passionate about what she does. You can tell that this is her calling, passion, and purpose in life. She loves what she does. I would recommend Jamie to anyone who is struggling with weight loss, body pain or anyone who is stuck and just need to try something different.
Before I started working with Jamie, I spent years trying to figure out what would work for me and failed many times on my own. Right before I started seeing her, I was feeling hopeless and had given up on myself because nothing seemed to work for me. Once I started sessions with Jamie, I’ve not only improved, but I also feel a lot more empowered in my journey to get better.
My main goal when coming to see Jamie was to relieve some of the fatigue I was experiencing so I could start living my life again. I was losing my quality of life because I was too tired to stay awake for anything anymore. In addition to not being able to control my fatigue, I was also exp
eriencing symptoms like brain fog, weight gain, and body aches, all of which made me feel hopeless enough to finally seek help.
Every session, Jamie gave me clear information and suggestions of what changes I could be making in my life to help improve my symptoms. A lot of what Jamie helped me with during my sessions was a diet that would work for me as well as informing me about diet in general. We also worked on lifestyle changes that would help me.
Jamie always made me feel supported and empowered during my journey. I believe this helped me tremendously because I felt capable of implementing all of the changes in my life when I had someone rooting for me like that.
Not only did Jamie send a ton of resources for me that related to what we discussed in sessions, but anything else I wanted more information on she was willing to seek out and send to me.
I am most grateful for how Jamie listened to everything I had to say. I never felt like she was overlooking any issues and all of the problems and concerns I had been addressed.
My fatigue is by far where I have seen the most change. I was sleeping 16-20 hours a day and feeling exhausted and overall terrible anytime I was awake. Throughout my time working with Jamie, I have cut my time asleep in half AND I am feeling more awake, clearer, and stronger during the hours I am awake.
Jamie is a lively, caring, dedicated person who is easy to talk to and loves what she does a lot and I believe that these traits make her excellent in her work.
What I loved about this program was that it was the total package. All of the pieces of the program fit together like a puzzle. The recipe guide, the shopping list, the affirmations, the food diary, and the guide, were all very informative and helpful. It was a great experience and I learned a lot of things that I didn’t know before. My ah-ha moment was learning more about the importance of eating seasonally to nourish your body optimally. Working with Jamie was a very positive experience. She is a committed professional who truly cares about her clients. I have recommended her to everyone in my circle.
You are NOT Crazy,
and Your Symptoms Are NOT All in Your Head!
You are not expecting your illness to go away. You just want to be able to manage your symptoms and get more control over your body and have a life with a more normalcy, that includes
Having more energy
Getting Better sleep
No more uncontrollable stomach pain
No more unexplained aching joints
I want this for you!
Together we can walk on your journey to better health and a better quality of life with autoimmune disease.
The Autoimmune Health Restoration System will help you finally break FREE of the shackles placed on you by your autoimmune symptoms!
Here’s What the System Includes:
This is where we provide you with the information and tools to set you up for success. In this module, I’ll give you the overview of how the course works, what you can expect, and how to get the most out of the program
Here is where we set the foundation for lasting change and optimal health as we begin your journey to thriving and not just surviving with autoimmune disease. Let’s be real…..this is not just a diet. This is a lifestyle change where a dramatic shift in how you think needs to take place. In this module we address self-awareness so we can address any potential barriers to success in the program and get clarity on not only what you from the program, but on what you want for your life for years to come.
In this Module we review the choices and behaviors that impact autoimmune health and then you will be guided through a behavior and wellness assessments that exposes areas that may be impacting your autoimmune disease.
In this Module we move back to go forward by strategically working through the Autoimmune Protocol. We assess the optimal way for you to individually walk-through AIP so that you can get guidance, support and answers to questions that may have deterred your success in the past. You will be guided through Steps 1-3 of AIP with the help of me as your coach and strategist and support from others who are going through the program with you. In addition, you will receive additional support for the habits you need to amend based on your assessments from Phase 1.
In this Module we discuss the next steps and we move into our recurring monthly program. Although AIP is a structured elimination and reentry program, everybody’s experience is different and it may take longer for you to determine what is triggering your autoimmune symptoms nutritionally.
At the end of the three months, you are still supported on your journey with the support of a health coach no matter what stage in the process you are in.
In the HEALCoach Wellness Circle is where we also address the lifestyle habits that impact your autoimmune disease. Here we use your assessments from your pre-work to tailor your autoimmune wellness path in order to optimize your results AND help support you in maintaining (The Maintenance Phase) the results you obtained by completing the protocol.
I know from firsthand experience what it is like to suffer from unexplained symptoms. I know how depressing and scary it can be just to try to make it through the day. I know the loneliness and anxiety that comes from not thinking anyone will understand what you’re going through.
Through my own battle with autoimmune disease, I’ve created a program to help you reverse your symptoms of fatigue, brain fog, and joint pain through diet and lifestyle.
If you’re sick and tired of being sick and tired, I’m here to help you take control of your health so that you have the energy to live your best life!
FAQs
A: A Health Coach is a supportive mentor and wellness authority who works with clients to help them feel their best through food and lifestyle changes. Instead of prescribing one diet or way of exercising, Health Coaches educate and support clients to achieve their health goals and tailor individualized wellness programs to meet their clients’ needs.
Health Coaches also focus on disease prevention, stress reduction and creating balance in all areas of life. Health Coaches take a whole-‐body, holistic approach to wellness. This means that they go beyond food and diet to explore the many ways that a client can improve their quality of life and find lasting health and happiness. It also means that they consider things like career satisfaction and fulfilling relationships as being influential to client success.
A: Health Coaches look at how all areas of your life are connected and show you how they affect your health as a whole. They guide clients through a deeper understanding of the food and lifestyle choices that work best for them and help them implement lasting changes.
People know they need to eat healthy and workout. But tailoring it for their symptoms/health conditions or staying the course when life happens is the major barrier to their success. Health coaches help remove those barriers.
Health coaches help fill the gap between modern medicine – pills and surgical intervention – with a preventative, holistic approach that teaches and empowers the client to understand the link between a healthy lifestyle and a healthy mind and body.
A: A common misconception is that coaching is the same as therapy, when in fact they are quite different. Therapy is intended to help people recover from emotional or other psychological disorders. People who choose therapy generally feel that they are not functioning well, and are seeking greater self-understanding by exploring the reasons why they feel this way. Often, the therapeutic conversation is exploring old issues, past emotional pain and discomfort with a desire to find resolution and healing from the past.
Coaching recommendations are not intended to replace the advice of medical professionals. It is intended to help individuals achieve their personal goals. Individuals come to coaching when they are eager to make changes in their lives that they believe will lead to higher functioning, health and/or happiness. They are asking how to learn new skills and behaviors that they can incorporate into their routines to better their lives.
Coaches never diagnosis a client, and the coaching conversation is present and future-oriented. As a coach, I believe the only reason to spend time looking back is to learn from the experience and to take that knowledge to help you move forward. It is imperative that the coach knows when to refer a potential or current client to a therapist. Occasionally, clients might be working with a therapist and coach at the same time.
A: Coaches come from all kinds of backgrounds and careers. The common thread amongst them all is a deep and burning desire to help people live lives of meaning and purpose so they can reach their greatest potential.
Health Coach
A Health Coach is a supportive mentor and wellness authority who works with clients to help them feel their best through food and lifestyle changes. Instead of prescribing one diet or way of exercising, Health Coaches educate and support clients to achieve their health goals and tailor individualized wellness programs to meet their clients’ needs.
Health Coaches also focus on disease prevention, stress reduction and creating balance in all areas of life. Health Coaches take a whole-‐body, holistic approach to wellness. This means that they go beyond food and diet to explore the many ways that a client can improve their quality of life and find lasting health and happiness. It also means that they consider things like career satisfaction and fulfilling relationships as being influential to client success.
Health Coaches can work independently in their own business, alongside medical professionals, or in other wellness settings such as yoga studios or wellness centers. The ultimate benefit for someone who works with a Health Coach is the ongoing support and guidance that doctors are rarely able to provide.
Registered Dietitian
Registered Dietitians are overseen by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics,and must therefore follow a certain set of guidelines in terms of the recommendations they can make to patients. While this ensures a certain level of standard practice, it leaves less room for individualized support and does not take into account the non-‐dietary aspects of life that facilitate or prevent healing (such as anxiety about work, lack of sleep or adequate hydration, or time for relaxation).
Being in more conventional settings, RD’s are generally less able to provide ongoing support to patients, and their focus is more on disease-‐management and the elimination of symptoms rather than achieving a higher level of thriving in life. The advantage of being a Registered Dietitian is the generally wider acceptance and recognition within the medical field.
A: Many people who have worked with trainers or dietitians, both of whom are qualified to help people within their subject-matter expertise, but may not always have the knowledge or skills to help people make changes they can sustain for the long-term (once their prescribed plan ends).
The flaw in these approaches is that most people know exactly what they need to do to develop healthy lifestyle habits. It’s taking action on this knowledge that is the challenge. Coaches are trained to ask the tough questions that will have you exploring your deepest motivations for change, finally connecting your heart and head so that acting on what you know you need to do becomes second nature.
A: The main reason to see a Health Coach instead of, or in addition to, your primary care physician is to uncover the root cause of your health issues vs. simply treating the symptoms as modern Western medicine typically does. Most MD’s receive little to no training in nutrition and functional medicine (i.e. how all aspects of our bodies work together to create a state of ease or disease) and cannot offer patients insight into how basic things like diet and lifestyle affect their health. They are trained to diagnose and treat symptoms of disease vs. looking at the whole being to uncover the root cause of disease.
A: Yes, if you are under the care of a primary care medical or naturopathic doctor it is highly recommend that you continue to see him or her. A Health Coach is not a doctor trained to diagnose or treat disease or chronic illness. However, they are highly trained in nutrition and dietary theories that allow them to help clients determine which foods work best for their bodies so they can use food as medicine. Health Coaches are also highly trained in coaching clients to look beyond food to assess where targeted lifestyle shifts are needed to reduce stress and risks for chronic disease.
A: If you are currently taking medication while working with a Health Coach, you should continue to work with your primary care physician to monitor if and when you can reduce or completely stop taking your prescribed medication. The majority of chronic diseases are preventable given the proper diet and lifestyle choices, so it is very possible that you will no longer need medication and can begin to transition off of them while working with a Health Coach.
The average time with a doctor is 7 minutes per visit in the US. That is not a lot of time for individual recommendations on how to live healthier and prevent disease.
Medical quotas require that a certain number of patients are seen per day. In addition, your insurance dictates the level of care you get. This leaves you underserved.
Health coaches are an affordable layer between you and the medical system. Health coaches are able to work hand in hand with you to create a better patient experience to produce a superior health outcome than just working with your doctor alone.
A: The amount of time you should work with a Health Coach is dependent on your goals and what you want to achieve. The average time it takes to form new habits is 3 months, so the majority of people will work with a Health Coach for a minimum of 3 months to kick start progress to living a healthier life. After that initial 3 months, you can choose to continue working with your Health Coach to help you take your health to the next level and achieve more long-‐term goals.
A: Together, we will explore concerns specific to you and your body and discover the tools you need for a lifetime of balance. As we work together, you will develop a deeper understanding of the food and lifestyle choices that work best for you. I will work with you to create your unique lifestyle plan that targets the strategies to overcome your obstacles. I’ll assist you in implementing lasting changes that will empower you to live a more balanced, fulfilled life. Your plan will be personalized for your needs and will address concerns that are specific to you and your body. I am committed to teaching you a set of skills you will be able to use for the rest of your life!
A: YES! Everything discussed between you and your Health Coach is completely private and confidential.
A: The amount of time and effort you put in is ultimately determined by your motivation and drive to take action and make a change in your life. While each coaching session is approximately 1 hour, every hour afterwards is time you can use to make choices and take steps to becoming a healthier, happier YOU!
Clients who are committed to making changes and taking action are the ones who see the best results throughout the coaching process and for the rest of their lives. What you get is determined by what you give and the ACTION STEPS you commit to taking. You are the only one who can change your health and your life.
Change is not always easy, change does not happen overnight and healthy habits take months and/or years to cultivate and become routine. Every second of everyday should be spent taking baby steps and making progress towards what you want to achieve for your health, your personal wellness and ultimately for your life.
A: Maybe. If you are thinking about working with a Health Coach because you think you should, or because someone in your life is asking you to, then you might not be ready yet to embark on the journey to self-‐improvement and taking ownership of your health and well-being.
AIP uses diet and lifestyle to help reduce symptoms of autoimmune disease by eliminating potentially inflammatory foods to give the body the opportunity to heal. AIP encourages nutrient-dense foods such as meat, vegetables, and fruit, and avoids the following foods during the strict elimination phase:
The Autoimmune Protocol is also about self-care: getting plentiful sleep, restorative movement, managing stress, and fostering positive social connections are just as important as food in your healing journey.
Absolutely! It can take years and multiple doctors to officially be diagnosed with an autoimmune disease – you shouldn’t have to wait that long to feel better! In fact, healing is an easier process for your body if you start making changes when symptoms are still mild.
The diet and lifestyle recommendations that I make are based on balancing your Foundations of Health, which are basic aspects of our physiology that all other functions rely on to be healthy. That means that they will be beneficial to your health whether you have a diagnosed disease or not.
I believe in bioindividuality – your plan will be personalized to give you exactly what YOUR body needs to heal and be healthy.
That’s ok! Many of my clients aren’t following AIP – some because they have different needs, and some because they aren’t ready to make that commitment. My goal is to work with you on a plan that both helps you heal AND that fits in your lifestyle.
I can help you get back on track! We will troubleshoot what happened and where you are now, then come up with a plan together that will work for you.
Adding a Health Coach to your patient's wellness team will:
Your patients will get the in-depth attention they need while becoming more actively engaged in their own health care.