New patients to IBLess will need to commit to a minimum 3 months. 

Lifestyle changes don't happen overnight, right?

After 3 months, you can choose to continue on, or give up your seat (numbers are kept small for better patient care).

• IBLess programs are fully eligible for dietitian benefits (except the stand alone podcast option, as there is no individual Dietitian support included there)
• If you do not have Dietitian coverage under your extended health, you can claim your program fees as a non-refundable tax credit at tax time.
• We will issue those with Dietitian coverage receipts at the end of each month if one 1:1 session or one group coaching session was attended live (or if you attend all, whichever was first) to cover the monthly fee.
• Your initial registration fee will be partly covered if you have Dietitian coverage on your extended health as well, as this is mainly the cost of an initial consultation. Sweet right?
• The receipt can then be submitted to your insurance plan. Or you can sign up for direct billing if your insurance plan is found under Telus eClaims. This is a new!

IBLess programs IBWellth or IBThriven are different (and better) because you get to see the Dietitian 1:1 and have access to help (and the best resources) in between sessions. 

Specifically:

• check ins every 4 weeks (with email reminders sent to you to book in)
• Unlimited posting of your questions Monday to Friday
• Email support if you prefer to just mail the Dietitian 
• Bi-weekly live group meetings (with people who have your exact IBS subtype and know what it's like)
• Practical tools that make the steps totally doable in real life
• An IBS-M Private Podcast if you prefer to learn on the go and/or fill in any knowledge gaps without being on your desktop computer
• Bonus perks
• And so much more above and beyond what you get in a 1:1 Dietitian session

1:1 traditional models may work less conveniently with your schedule, there isn't an easy way to get help along your journey, when you need it.

With IBLess programs, on the other hand:

• A Dietitian is there, every day, to answer your questions on the same day (if you ask a question between business hours)
• Weekly opportunities on alternating Thursdays at 10am for group calls, so you can always just drop in then
• More timeslots to choose from for 1:1 check-ins every 4 weeks to keep you supported but not interfere with your life
• The tools and resources are world-class, and help support your journey all on their own, breaking down the steps in easy to follow instructions (even if you are the least tech savvy person alive)

If you show up, ask questions, and put everything into action in each simple step, it's estimated that 4 out of 5 people will experience 60-80% symptom reduction within 6 weeks.

PS: That's better than any medication invented and used in IBS so far

Life can get in the way, which is why we require the 3 month commitment.

This helps position you with enough time to learn, and incorporate, the steps (like gut-directed hypnotherapy) into your daily life- and probably become an enjoyable part of your day (like most clients have found). 

Oh goodness, no.

Though we cover the easiest way to effectively use low FODMAP tools, it's so much more than the Low FODMAP Diet for IBS. You can get various levels of quality of Low FODMAP Diet help most anywhere nowadays.

I help you decide if this is a tool you would like to be guided with later down the success steps for your subtype of IBS.

First we address your gut and brain mixing up signals that are coming from experiencing the normal process of digestion.

We layer on the other parts of the method to squash that constipation-diarrhea cycle while the magic of gut-directed hypnotherapy takes root to calm your stress-symptom cycle.

Lots of cycles that we address here!

Glad you asked. 

We use the Nerva App to deliver your gut-directed hypnotherapy (GDH) conveniently from your smartphone in 15-17 minute daily sessions. 

This is what's included as part of your registration fee.

You'll be send a code to unlock your free access for a duration depending on your IBLess program choice (3 months comes with IBWellth or 1 year comes with IBThriven).

You might be wondering "why not just get the Nerva app and not join IBLess?"

Fair point. You certainly can (and we highly recommend you invest in it if you don't have the means to join IBLess).

However, most client prefer to reduce their symptoms ASAP, and not continue to struggle for the weeks that GDH requires to calm the gut-brain connection

It also guarantees you have Dietitian support along the way, like troubleshooting symptoms you if you happen to be the 1 in 5 that doesn't find 60-80% relief with Nerva.

The IBLess monthly program also helps you navigate your diet and nutrition after you experience the 60-80% symptom relief through Nerva (for the 4 in 5 people that obtain relief), troubleshoot any remaining symptoms like stubborn bloating, and unlearn the Low FODMAP Diet (interestingly this takes the most time as some people have been restricted for years. The concept of adding back foods in can be terrifying when one was used to battling diarrhea and navigating FODMAPs for years- and understandably)! 

We have options if you want to pay a flat rate. We've previously charged close to $1000 for our hybrid programs.

However, if you haven't sensed this already: we are a heart-based practice, and we genuinely want people with IBS to get better and feel normal again, with as few barriers as possible, like money. Hence the "pay-as-you-go" model of IBLess programs. 

The monthly fees are less expensive than our 1:1 sessions, and provide more value, like continuous support and resources so long as clients are in the program.

Also, someone may only need the 3 months commitment to nail down their IBS, whereas another person may need 4 months, or longer, if they are complicated, or are slower to embrace the tools and methods of the program.

So long as you need support, you can remain in your program. When you're all better, or ready to head off into the sunset, you can exit as it pleases you (so long as it's after the 3 months).

We are proud of offering world class IBS care at a relatively affordable, pay as you go, monthly rate.

Ooooh this is the trillion dollar question...

Studies show that chronic stress, or a traumatic incident, can lead to physiological changes in the body.

One of these changes can be a dysbiosis (either growing large amounts of less desirable gut bugs, which in turn make too much of certain types of gasses like hydrogen, methane, and/or hydrogen sulphide gas) which can lead to IBS symptoms.

But, these changes from stressors can also lead to increases in our gut's sensitivity, and this can cause inappropriate signals to and from the gut and brain.

This means those with IBS start to react to the normal processes of digestion, because IBS is a DGBI (a disorder of the gut-brain interaction).

True, IBS Mixed clients can come with a side of their respective gut bug problems like SIBO, IMO and ISO for example (it's about 1/4 each for SIBO and IMO per the research).

These stand for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, intestinal methanogen overgrowth, and intestinal sulphide overproduction, respectively.

And certainly this may call for treatment such as via antibiotics (or a combination of antibiotics/supplements/medications) to attempt to eradicate it...

But, even when certain people have positive breath tests for SIBO, ISO or IMO, these don't exactly relate to the level of symptoms including abdominal pain that someone with IBS experiences.

Ding ding! This tells us that IBS is more complicated then just blaming a dysbiosis of the gut (in other words a lack of harmony amongst our natural intestinal bacteria, viruses, and fungi).

However, when we address the gut-brain interaction FIRST, as opposed to just treating SIBO/IMO/ISO with antibiotics and other herbals, we address just as large (or larger) of a portion of someone with IBS's constellation of symptoms (without the need for expensive medications that have variable results in actually making someone with IBS feel better, long term).

Complicated stuff- but these are the considerations we aim to take off your plate, and address them only when it looks like its necessary. 

Rest assured, our specially trained Dietitians follow you closely, and know when we need to bring in the big guns, like talking to your Dr. about SIBO/, IMO, ISO, breath testing, and antibiotic therapy, if it comes to that.

But for now, everything you need to address your IBS (a disorder of the gut-brain interaction) is already included in this program. Yay.