49: Scleroderma and the AIP Spectrum - A Client Healing Story with Sarah Brookes
The AIP Summit PodcastShow Notes
Sarah Brookes joins Jaime and Marie-Noelle to unpack the idea of AIP as a spectrum rather than an all-or-nothing protocol, walk through a client's nine-month journey reversing scleroderma symptoms through diet alone, and share her own six-month reintroduction struggle and what finally helped her through it. The episode closes with Sarah's take on when AIP is not the right starting point and why nervous system regulation often needs to come first.
View Sarah's profile on the AIP Certified Coach Directory
Topics covered
How Sarah's approach to client care has evolved since becoming an AIP Certified Coach in 2017
Introducing AIP as a spectrum, not all-or-nothing
Meet the client: multiple diagnoses, multiple medications, and a request to work entirely through diet
Going all in: full elimination AIP, no restaurants, no exceptions, even on a three-week trip
The results after nine months: four stone lost, medications reduced, scleroderma patches faded
What this case teaches coaches about treating conditions that aren't primarily gut-driven
Sarah's own reintroduction story and why it took her over six months
The strategic thinking behind reintroducing individual ingredients versus whole dishes
What changed: Jan's AIP retreat and the shift from scrambling to stability
Is AIP right for everyone? When Sarah steers clients toward a different starting point
Sarah's Thyroid Energy Essentials group program and free Thyroid Energy Blueprint masterclass
Resources Mentioned:
AIP Retreats in the South of France
Thyroid Energy Essentials (12-week group coaching program)
Free thyroid labs guide (available via email signup)
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