Fibromyalgia Coach, Tami Stackelhouse

Fibromyalgia Coach, Tami Stackelhouse Coach, author, advocate, and patient. Founder of the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute We support research to find proven therapies and solutions.

ABOUT TAMI

Tami Stackelhouse is an award-winning author, founder of the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute, and executive producer of the fibromyalgia documentary, INVISIBLE. Tami teaches fibromyalgia patients how to take back control of their lives and health using her signature Fibromyalgia Wellness Framework℠ — so they can break free from the prison their bodies have become and begin living lives they love. Once disabled by fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition that affects one in 16 people, Tami created her Fibromyalgia Wellness Framework℠ to manage her symptoms, and ultimately, achieve remission. Not wanting to keep the gift of health to herself, Tami has used her Framework over the past two decades to coach hundreds of thousands of patients to regain control of their lives and health. Tami shares her expertise and joy through her Fibromyalgia Podcast® and award-winning books. Her latest innovation, the Fibromyalgia Wellness Style℠ quiz, offers science-based advice to help patients manage their symptoms effectively, leveraging their natural strengths. Graduates of her Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® and Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor® programs continue to pass on the gift of health by helping people all over the world with her Fibromyalgia Wellness Framework℠.

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ABOUT INTERNATIONAL FIBROMYALGIA COACHING INSTITUTE, LLC

The mission of the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute (IFCI) is to encourage hope and healing among all fibromyalgia patients. Our goal is to help individuals reduce their fibromyalgia symptoms and pain while empowering them to take back control of their lives and health. IFCI is a global leader in providing patients, advocates, and healthcare providers the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively reduce fibromyalgia symptoms and pain. Our professional training and certification program paves the way for creating a successful fibro-friendly career as a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® or Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor®. If you are a fibromyalgia patient wanting to feel better, you can find a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® on our Find A Coach page. IFCI graduates are located all over the world, making a positive impact in the lives of fibromyalgia patients. Graduates of our Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor® training program have shown remarkable success, with an average improvement of about 50% in their symptoms in just three months.*

Beyond our commitment to individual well-being, IFCI is dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of the challenges faced by those struggling with fibromyalgia. Our IFCI community contributes to advancing research by participating as test subjects, providing invaluable insight and feedback, and by sharing the knowledge gained through research initiatives. We also donate a portion of each student's tuition to various global research and awareness organizations. Additionally, we provide support to those in our fibromyalgia community with financial difficulties by offering coaching scholarships. This ensures that everyone can access the transformative benefits of fibromyalgia coaching, no matter their economic situation. Join us at IFCI as we work to support those with fibromyalgia, educating and empowering individuals and facilitating important research initiatives to find effective therapies and lasting solutions.

*Results based on the achievements of Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor® program graduates. Individual results may vary.

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“Lauren was great. I very much felt heard for the first time since I’ve been diagnosed. It made me hopeful.”⁠~ Kerri in ...
03/16/2026

“Lauren was great. I very much felt heard for the first time since I’ve been diagnosed. It made me hopeful.”⁠
~ Kerri in Oregon⁠

I want you to notice what she said.⁠

She felt heard.⁠
For the first time.⁠

That matters. 💜⁠

When someone who understands fibromyalgia looks at your real numbers — your real patterns — with you, things get clearer.⁠

You stop guessing.⁠
You stop wondering if you’re actually improving.⁠
You get direction.⁠

And direction creates progress.⁠

If you’re in that sticky middle right now — ⁠
working hard and not sure if it’s paying off —⁠

Don’t stay there alone.⁠

You deserve to feel heard —⁠
and to have real hope about what comes next.⁠

There is a better way to do this.⁠
We can help.⁠

Schedule a consultation with a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® at FindAFibroCoach.com⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠

03/15/2026

Not all coaching is created equal.⁠

Fibromyalgia is complex and highly individual —⁠
which means training matters.⁠

A Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® is trained through the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute. Our programs are approved to offer continuing education contact hours accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).⁠

That means recognized professional standards.⁠

This isn’t casual advice.⁠

It’s professional coaching⁠
designed specifically for the realities of fibromyalgia.⁠

That’s what sets a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® apart.⁠

👉 Learn more about the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute at https://fibromyalgiacoachinginstitute.com⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠

Our first goal isn’t “no more flares ever in your life.”⁠⁠It’s making your flares ⁠farther apart, ⁠shorter, ⁠and less se...
03/14/2026

Our first goal isn’t “no more flares ever in your life.”⁠

It’s making your flares ⁠
farther apart, ⁠
shorter, ⁠
and less severe.⁠

That’s one of the biggest mindset shifts I’ve learned — and taught — over the years.⁠

I talked about that (and a lot more) in my interview with Denise Walsh on Coaching for Coaches — including:⁠

My seven-year road to a diagnosis⁠
The turning point in my relationship with my body⁠
Why fibromyalgia is real — and treatable⁠
What professional, trained coaching actually looks like⁠

If you’ve ever felt discouraged because you’re not “flare-free” yet, this conversation is for you.⁠

To watch the interview, tap the link in my bio, ⁠
head to my YouTube channel,⁠
and look for the Tami’s Collaborations playlist.⁠

🎥 Check out our full conversation on YouTube⁠
Healing Thru Fibromyalgia⁠
👉 https://youtu.be/6WcrY5V0QnM

🎧 Listen anywhere podcasts are found⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠

I remember the first time I knew something was changing.⁠⁠I was in a flare.⁠Old me would have panicked.⁠Spiraled.⁠Wonder...
03/13/2026

I remember the first time I knew something was changing.⁠

I was in a flare.⁠
Old me would have panicked.⁠
Spiraled.⁠
Wondered what I’d done this time…⁠

But a few weeks earlier, I had started tracking my activity.⁠

This time, instead of guessing,⁠
I looked back at my data.⁠

And it was obvious.⁠

I hadn’t “randomly crashed.”⁠
I had accidentally done twice as much as I normally do.⁠

No wonder my body was mad. 😂⁠

For the first time, the flare made sense.⁠

That was the turning point.⁠
Not because I stopped flaring.⁠
But because I understood why.⁠

Sometimes progress isn’t fewer flares.⁠
It’s more understanding.⁠

💜⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠

03/12/2026

“It is just as important to know where you are right now⁠
as it is to know where you’re going.”⁠

If you were driving to New York, the directions from Seattle would be very different than the directions from Florida.⁠

The same is true with fibromyalgia.⁠

Without a starting point, you can’t tell if you’re improving.⁠

And that uncertainty creates a lot of unnecessary doubt.⁠

This clip explains what I mean — and why simple measurement tools are part of my Fibromyalgia Wellness Framework℠.⁠

🎥 Watch the full interview on YouTube⁠
How Do I Know If My Fibromyalgia Is Improving?⁠
👉 https://youtu.be/gTlBWIub_G8 ⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠

New on The Fibro Compass℠:⁠How Do I Know If My Fibromyalgia Is Improving?⁠⁠If you live with  , you’ve probably wondered ...
03/11/2026

New on The Fibro Compass℠:⁠
How Do I Know If My Fibromyalgia Is Improving?⁠

If you live with , you’ve probably wondered at some point:⁠

Am I actually getting better… or is this just a good day / week?⁠

Improvement with fibromyalgia is subtle.⁠ Gradual.⁠
And that makes it easy to miss or second-guess.⁠

In this week’s article, I walk you through:⁠
• The signs of progress most people overlook⁠
• Why symptom reduction isn’t the only way to measure improvement⁠
• How to tell the difference between a flare and a true setback⁠
• What real confidence in your progress actually feels like⁠

If you’ve been working to improve your fibromyalgia and feel like you’re treading water without getting anywhere — this will help you see progress more clearly.⁠

📖 Read the full article on The Fibro Compass℠:⁠
How Do I Know If My Fibromyalgia Is Improving?⁠
👉 https://fibro.coach/InXX2E⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠

03/10/2026

HOW DO I KNOW IF MY FIBROMYALGIA IS IMPROVING?⁠
Ask The Coach Series⁠

Episode 180 of the Fibromyalgia Podcast® is live now!⁠

How do you actually know if your fibromyalgia is improving?⁠

Not just… “I think I feel better.”⁠

But a real confidence that things ARE changing for the better.⁠

This is a question that came in recently and I knew I had to cover it here on the show.⁠

We don’t go from severely symptomatic to fibro-free overnight, right?⁠

Improvement with fibromyalgia can be subtle.⁠
And it takes time.⁠

That also means it can be hard to see.⁠

As a coach, one of the things I watch in my clients are their fibro flares.⁠

I don’t watch for them to never have a flare.⁠

Instead, I’m looking for your flares becoming less severe, shorter, and farther apart.⁠

Another sign of progress is not being as grouchy from the pain, canceling plans less often, and having a little more energy for your family in the evening.⁠

In today’s episode, I’m going to show you how to measure improvement — both on your own and with the tools we use as coaches — so you can stop second-guessing yourself and clearly see what’s working… and what might need to be adjusted.⁠

Watch on YouTube, or listen for free in your favorite podcast app or on my website at: FibromyalgiaPodcast.com/180⁠

To subscribe or follow the podcast for free on YouTube or in your favorite podcast app, click here: FibromyalgiaPodcast.com/subscribe⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠

“Even though I’m currently feeling worse rather than better, I no longer feel helpless and have lots of ideas about what...
03/09/2026

“Even though I’m currently feeling worse rather than better, I no longer feel helpless and have lots of ideas about what I can do in the coming months to feel better.⁠

“Maybe I was too optimistic in the beginning or not really honest with myself. Maybe it's not really worse. Maybe I'm realizing more and more what the situation really is.”⁠

~ Sabine, Germany⁠

Clarity doesn’t always feel good at first.⁠

When you stop pretending.⁠
When you stop pushing.⁠
When you start seeing what’s actually happening in your body.⁠

It can feel like things are getting worse.⁠

But sometimes what’s really happening is this:⁠

You’re becoming more honest.⁠
More aware.⁠
More strategic.⁠

And that’s where real change begins.⁠

Helplessness fades.⁠
Options appear.⁠
You begin to see what you can actually influence.⁠

That’s not going backward.⁠
⁠That’s growth.⁠

Sabine didn’t get there on her own.⁠
She did this work with the support of her coach, Kerstin, and her Advisor class community.⁠

If you’re ready for clarity and a plan — ⁠
not just hope, but direction —⁠
you don’t have to figure it out by yourself.⁠⁠

👉 Learn more at:⁠
https://FibromyalgiaCoachingInstitute.com⁠ ⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠

If you prefer watching over listening…⁠⁠There’s a full video library waiting for you.⁠⁠On my YouTube channel, you’ll fin...
03/08/2026

If you prefer watching over listening…⁠

There’s a full video library waiting for you.⁠

On my YouTube channel, you’ll find:⁠

👀 Clear explanations of what’s really happening in fibromyalgia⁠

👀 Why so many tests look “normal” — and what that actually means⁠

👀 Practical tools for sleep, energy, pacing, and nervous-system support⁠

👀 Short teaching clips⁠

👀 Full interviews and deeper conversations⁠

Some people learn best by listening.⁠
Some by reading.⁠
Some by watching.⁠

However you learn best — there’s something there for you.⁠

🎥 Find my channel at: ⁠
https://YouTube.com/

Start anywhere.⁠
There’s more there than most people realize. 😉⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠

“There’s more that we can do for ourselves than I think we realize.”⁠⁠^^ That line came up during my interview on The Ex...
03/07/2026

“There’s more that we can do for ourselves than I think we realize.”⁠

^^ That line came up during my interview on The Exchange Show with Berthanna Oxendine — and it’s something I care deeply about.⁠

Because “there’s nothing you can do” is most definitely not the end of the story with fibromyalgia.⁠

In this conversation, we talked about:⁠

🎙️ Why so many tests come back “normal” — and how isolating that can feel⁠

🎙️ How we only know pieces of fibromyalgia, but not the whole picture yet⁠

🎙️ Why small, consistent changes matter more than one big fix⁠

🎙️ And how hope and practical tools can exist together⁠

If you need hope and practical next steps, this one’s for you.⁠

To watch the interview, tap the link in my bio, ⁠
head to my YouTube channel,⁠
and look for the Tami’s Collaborations playlist.⁠

🎥 Check out our full conversation on YouTube⁠
The Exchange Show with host Berthanna Oxendine and guest Tami Stackelhouse⁠
👉 https://fibro.coach/L4AyXs ⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠

Over and over, when I’m talking with new students and clients, I hear:⁠⁠“I tried that… but I stopped because it didn’t h...
03/06/2026

Over and over, when I’m talking with new students and clients, I hear:⁠

“I tried that… but I stopped because it didn’t help very much.”⁠

And I always ask:⁠

But did it help at all?⁠

If something improved your pain by even one point,⁠ that’s not “it didn’t work.”⁠

That’s a one-point improvement.⁠

There is no single magic bullet that will fix fibromyalgia.⁠

But there are a lot of small things that each help a little.⁠

Two percent here.⁠
Four percent there.⁠

Most people stop because the improvement feels too small to matter.⁠

But small improvements add up.⁠

That’s how I got better.⁠

Not because of one huge breakthrough — or even a few big ones.⁠

But because I kept the things that helped — even a little — and kept looking for the next thing that helped a little.⁠

Today, ten years later, my fibromyalgia is in remission.⁠

And it started with keeping the things that helped — even a little.⁠

Before you add something new this week, try this:⁠

Is there anything you stopped doing because it “only helped a little”?⁠

If it helped at all, that’s something to keep.⁠

Go back and try one of those again this week.⁠
Then look for the next small thing you can add.⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠

Fibromyalgia progress doesn’t look like a sprint.⁠⁠It looks more like the tortoise who just keeps going.⁠⁠In my article ...
03/05/2026

Fibromyalgia progress doesn’t look like a sprint.⁠

It looks more like the tortoise who just keeps going.⁠

In my article “Starting Small,” I talk about why this matters so much:⁠

Most “traditional” goals assume steady energy and predictable bodies — but fibromyalgia doesn’t work that way.⁠

Fibromyalgia is a long game.⁠
Played over years, not weeks.⁠

With fibromyalgia, progress is built on:⁠

🐢 doable baby steps⁠
🐢 tiny goals that rebuild your confidence⁠
🐢 adjustments instead of overhauls⁠
🐢 consistency your body can handle⁠
🐢 slow steps, taken one at a time⁠

This week, Lauren reminded us that progress often goes unnoticed — and how to not let that happen.⁠

Next week on the podcast, I’ll walk you through how to actually measure that progress —⁠ so you’re not left guessing.⁠

Progress isn’t quiet because nothing is happening.⁠

It’s quiet because it’s shifting slowly, calmly, and in small ways.⁠

📖 Read my article on The Fibro Compass℠⁠
Starting Small: How Small Steps Create Big Wins with Fibromyalgia ⁠
👉 https://fibro.coach/ro6Dtb ⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠⁣⁠

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