Fibromyalgia Stories of Hope
Winter 2021 Replay
Wondering what other people with fibromyalgia actually do to start feeling better?
Hear directly from our January 2021 graduates about what they did to improve their fibromyalgia — because feeling better rarely comes from one magic fix. Discover practical strategies, new ideas, and what feeling better can actually look like in real life.
Graduate interviews begin at approximately 16:32.
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Graduates left to right:
- Julie Schiffman (Washington), Certified Fibromyalgia Coach®
- Erin VanStone (Washington), Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor®
- Petr Kopet (Canada), Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor®
- Viktoriia Soukharev (Canada), Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor®
Special Commencement Speaker
Amy Velasquez Rempel, Master Business Coach and ManagerThe Integrative Women's Health Institute
Amy Velasquez Rempel
Amy Velasquez Rempel proudly represents The Integrative Women’s Health Institute (IWHI) where she works as a Master Business Coach and Manager. She has more than two decades of experience working as a clinician and with clinicians. She is a licensed physical therapist who has spanned multiple specialty areas, including wound care, trauma ICUs, outpatient, inpatient rehab working as a clinical manager, and health informatics all, amongst America’s 4th largest city’s trauma hospitals in Houston.
Her passion for women’s health began in her early 30’s, when she received a perplexing diagnosis of osteoporosis. Soon following was a landslide of medical problems that physicians could not connect together. This inspired her to become her own advocate in a medical system that continuously failed her, as it does for so many others. It was on this journey that she added endometriosis and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) to an already daunting list.
After almost 20 years, her dedication and compassion driven in from her past, combined with all of her professional skills and personal journey of pain, has empowered her to help change lives. Now, a Certified Women’s Health Coach, she gets to help other women navigate their path to reach their goals in health and in business, as she continues to pull strength from her own resilience.