Empowering Patients' Lives: Introducing The Sherri Little Foundation
Release Date: 08/26/2025
PCOS + Fibromyalgia: When Your Symptoms Don’t Fit One Box with Lindsie Vizethann
Fibromyalgia Podcast®
When symptoms don’t fit neatly into one box, it’s hard to know where to turn. Many women with fibromyalgia are also dealing with things like painful or irregular periods, stubborn weight changes, fatigue, mood shifts, or feeling like something is off even when tests come back “normal.” When every symptom gets treated as a separate issue, it’s easy to end up with pieces of advice that never quite come together. So often, the problem isn’t that you aren’t trying hard enough. It’s that no one has helped you step back and look at the bigger picture. Bodies are connected systems,...
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Fibro Hierarchy of Needs: The Smarter Path To Better Results
Fibromyalgia Podcast®
“You’re not failing because you’re not trying hard enough. You’re probably just doing the right things at the wrong time.” - Tami Stackelhouse Have you ever felt the frustration of doing everything you’re supposed to be doing, but nothing seems to be working? You’re following the advice and showing up for yourself as best you can, but instead of things getting easier, it feels like you’re stuck or even sliding backward. That’s a really hard place to be. Over the years, what Tami has seen time and time again is that managing your symptoms is not about doing more or trying...
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Chronic Insomnia: When Your Brain Won’t Let You Sleep with Dr. Leon Lack
Fibromyalgia Podcast®
“Anxiety from insomnia triggers our fight or flight reaction and that’s not conducive to falling asleep.” - Dr. Leon Lack There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes with fibromyalgia, the kind where your body feels completely drained, but your brain just won’t turn off. You lie there, waiting for sleep to come, watching the clock, knowing how much you need rest and feeling your body become more tense the longer it doesn’t happen. Over time, bedtime itself can start to feel stressful, like something you’re doing wrong instead of something your body naturally does. What...
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Spotlight on Hope for Pediatric Pain Warriors (Podcasthon 2026)
Fibromyalgia Podcast®
“It kind of felt like it was just her and I against the world.” - Ann Garner When a child develops fibromyalgia or another chronic pain condition, it can feel incredibly isolating for the whole family. Parents are trying to understand the condition themselves while also advocating for their child with doctors, teachers, and even extended family members who may not fully believe what’s happening. As a parent without a community, it feels like you’re navigating everything on your own. For kids living with fibromyalgia, that isolation can be even harder. Their pain is invisible, and...
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How Do I Know If My Fibromyalgia Is Improving? Ask the Coach
Fibromyalgia Podcast®
“We don't go from severely symptomatic to fibro-free overnight, right? Improvement with fibromyalgia can be subtle, and it does take time.” - Tami Stackelhouse Going through life with fibromyalgia, many of us quietly hope that one day we’ll wake up without pain, fatigue, or brain fog. Unfortunately, in reality, improvement is small and can be hard to see while it’s happening. Sometimes you might feel better for a week or two and then you have a flare and you feel like you're back at square one. It can feel like nothing is changing, even if things actually are. Improvement with...
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How to Ask for and Receive Help More Gracefully
Fibromyalgia Podcast®
“Asking for and receiving help is not about being less capable. It’s about using your limited energy for what matters most.” - Tami Stackelhouse If you’ve been living with fibromyalgia for some time, you can probably identify with remembering how different thing were before when you were the capable and dependable one who everyone relied on. Shifting from being the helper to being the one who needs help can feel uncomfortable at best and heartbreaking at worst. That’s why for so many of us, asking for help brings up feelings of guilt, fear of being a burden, and a quiet voice...
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Replay: Special #4: How Do You Become a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach®?
Fibromyalgia Podcast®
Welcome to the final episode of our special Be a Coach series. So far, I’ve answered questions about our Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor® class and what it takes to become a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach®. Some of the topics covered in the first three parts of this special series were what a Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor® and a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® is, the difference between the two, who makes a good Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® and who is better suited to be a Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor®, what you need and don’t need to become a Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor® or...
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Fibromyalgia Stories of Hope & Healing #12
Fibromyalgia Podcast®
There aren't enough stories out there of people with fibromyalgia who actually got better. Too often, we’re told that we’ll need to learn to live with the symptoms we’re experiencing and that that’s going to be our new normal. But while fibromyalgia can be debilitating and will change your life, it’s not true that nothing can be done, and the stories we’re sharing today are proof of that. Hope doesn’t come from pushing harder or pretending symptoms aren’t real. It comes from learning how to listen to your body, making small shifts that add up over time, and recognizing that...
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Replay: Special #3: Why Should You Consider Being a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach®?
Fibromyalgia Podcast®
Welcome to episode 03 of our special Be a Coach Series. In this series, I answer questions about our Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor® class and what it takes to be a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach®. In episode one of the series, I explained what a Certified Fibromyalgia Advisor® is and what a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach® is. Episode two of the series was all about who makes a good coach and who is better suited to be an advisor. I also covered what you need and don’t need to become a Certified Fibromyalgia Coach®. In this episode, we’re taking a deeper look at why someone would want to...
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What A Fibro-Friendly Fresh Start Really Looks Like
Fibromyalgia Podcast®
“A fibro-friendly, fresh start isn’t about staying on track forever. It’s about gently correcting your trajectory when things drift off.” - Tami Stackelhouse Fresh starts are supposed to feel hopeful, but with fibromyalgia, they can feel heavy instead. The start of a new year brings many of us pressure to get it together, do better, and somehow reset everything at once, even when we’re already exhausted. Then, when our bodies don’t cooperate the way the plan expected them to, we start wondering what’s wrong with us. The truth is, most fresh start advice isn’t made for fibro...
info_outline*Trigger Warning: This episode contains content about suicide*
“Getting well can be expensive. Too often, the things that help us most are the things insurance won’t cover.” – Tami Stackelhouse
For too many of us living with fibromyalgia, our quality of life and access to care depend on what we can afford, not what we actually need. Coaching, acupuncture, mobility aids, functional testing, and even travelling to see the right doctor often aren’t covered by insurance. That gap leaves countless people stuck, unable to move forward on their healing journey simply because of finances.
This is why The Sherri Little Foundation was created. Founded in honor of one of Tami’s clients who recognized how financial privilege shaped her fibromyalgia care, the foundation provides micro-grants to help people with chronic pain get the support they need but can’t otherwise afford. From mobility scooters to travel expenses, accessibility modifications, or certain therapies, these grants are designed to remove barriers and give you the chance to reclaim your life.
In this episode, Tami discusses how financial barriers impact chronic pain patients, why The Sherri Little Foundation was created, Tami’s experience with out-of-pocket medical costs, Sherri Little’s story, the mission of the foundation to support those with limited resources, Tami’s personal connection to its work, the story of Lily, a 14-year-old grant recipient from 2024, examples of how grants have helped fill systemic gaps in accessibility and care, eligible uses for these grants, details of the 2025 grant cycle, including exactly how you can apply, financial and age requirements for applicants, the application process, tips for preparing application materials in advance, how the grant selection committee prioritizes applications, how you can get involved and support the mission, Tami’s hopes for the future of the foundation, and more.
This year, the application window will open at midnight on September 1, 2025. The window will close on September 7, 2025, or when 50 applications have been submitted, whichever comes sooner. Tami expects the foundation to reach its application limit on the day of opening or the following day, so don’t delay!
Note: This episode is not meant to be medical advice. Every person and every situation is unique. The information you learn in this episode should be shared and discussed with your own healthcare providers.
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