Step 1
Check-in on your week: gut symptoms, stress, energy, sleep, and any notable flares or “surprisingly good” days.
Gut Health & Digestion
Calm your gut so you can eat, move, and live without constantly paying for it.
When your gut isn’t happy, it touches everything—your energy, mood, focus, sleep, and willingness to leave the house. Gut health and digestion aren’t just about what you eat; they’re tied to your nervous system, stress, movement, and recovery. Brandon helps you understand how your brain, body, and gut are connected, and supports you in building patterns that reduce flare-ups and make day-to-day life more predictable—without rigid, all-or-nothing food rules.
What this really feels like
Gut issues don’t just live in your stomach. They shape how safe and capable you feel in your own body.
On the outside
- You deal with frequent bloating, cramping, or “mystery” stomach pain.
- Your bowels are unpredictable—constipation, diarrhea, or swinging between both.
- You get urgent “gotta find a bathroom now” episodes that make you nervous to travel or be far from home.
- Certain foods seem to wreck you, but you’re not sure exactly which ones or why.
- You’ve noticed your gut symptoms flare when you’re stressed, underslept, or overwhelmed.
On the inside
- You feel self-conscious about your belly, your digestion, or how often you have to think about bathrooms.
- You’ve done tests, Googled everything, or tried different protocols and still don’t feel reliably okay.
- You might have labels like “IBS,” “gut issues,” “sensitive stomach,” or just “my digestion is a mess.” Whatever you call it, it’s exhausting to constantly negotiate with your gut.
- You’re not weak for being affected by this. Your body is trying to protect you, even if it’s doing a terrible job of it right now.
Why quick fixes have not worked
Most gut health advice is either oversimplified or overwhelming. These quick fixes can be pieces of the puzzle, but they rarely address the full picture of how your nervous system, history, and daily patterns affect digestion.
What’s really going on:
- Your nervous system and stress levels heavily influence digestion and gut sensitivity.
- Your meal timing, chewing, and pace of eating matter, not just what’s on the plate.
- Your sleep, movement, and recovery affect inflammation and how your gut feels.
- Your history—illness, food poisoning, medications, injuries, trauma—can leave lasting imprints on your gut.
- Extreme restriction can backfire, increasing anxiety around food, social isolation, and stress (which often makes symptoms worse).
- If you only chase the “perfect gut diet” without addressing stress, nervous-system load, and realistic patterns, you may see short-term changes—but flare-ups, fear, and confusion tend to come back.
- Brandon’s work is about looking at the gut–brain–body connection and building changes that your system and your life can actually sustain.
How Brandon works with gut health & digestion
Brandon is not a doctor or dietitian. His role is to help you work with your nervous system, habits, and daily patterns so your gut has a better chance to settle—ideally alongside support from your medical and nutrition team when needed.
4-step process
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Clarify your gut pattern
Map what’s really happening: when symptoms show up, what they feel like, how often, and what else is going on around them (stress, sleep, travel, training, certain foods). You’ll look for patterns in timing, context, and triggers, not just individual “bad foods.”
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Spot your biggest drivers
Identify the main factors that seem to amplify your gut issues: rushing meals, eating while stressed or distracted, irregular meal timing, certain patterns of food (rather than single ingredients), low movement, constant nervous-system activation, or recovery debt. The aim is to find the two to three levers most likely to bring some relief.
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Test small, nervous-system–friendly experiments
Run realistic experiments: slowing meals down, adjusting timing and structure of eating, pairing certain foods differently, adding gentle movement or walks, using nervous-system drills to downshift before or after meals, and setting up “safe meal” days during high stress. Each experiment asks, “Did my gut feel a little calmer, the same, or more upset?”
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Build a gut-friendly rhythm you can live with
Create flexible routines that respect your gut without taking over your life: simple go-to meals, strategies for eating under stress or travel, planning around known triggers without fearing every bite, and daily practices that support your nervous system and digestion together. The goal isn’t perfection; it’s more predictability and less fear.
What progress can look like
Gut health work is rarely a straight line, but the overall direction can change. Clients who focus on gut health & digestion with Brandon often notice:
Fewer intense flare-ups and less time stuck in the bathroom.
Less bloating and discomfort after typical meals.
More predictable digestion from day to day.
Less anxiety around eating out, traveling, or being far from home.
A clearer sense of which patterns—food, stress, sleep, movement—are worth paying attention to.
Feeling more at home in their body instead of constantly braced for the next gut episode.
What to expect in a session
Sessions around gut health and digestion are designed to feel safe, curious, and non-judgmental. Brandon knows this can be a vulnerable topic.
Format1:1 coaching via secure video (or in-person when available).
LengthApproximately 50 minutes for a standard session.
Shape of a typical session:
Step 2
Review of experiments or changes you tried around meals, movement, or nervous-system practices.
Step 3
Discussion of what seemed to calm or aggravate your gut, and possible reasons why.
Step 4
Agreement on one to three specific, realistic experiments for the next block (not a full restrictive overhaul).
Step 5
Reassurance that you don’t need perfect data or food logs to start—you can show up with “it’s a mess” and build clarity from there.
About Your Coach
Meet Brandon Day
Brandon Day is a Pain and Performance Coach who pays close attention to how the gut, nervous system, and the rest of the body interact. He’s not a GI doctor or dietitian, and he doesn’t diagnose or treat medical conditions. Instead, he helps you understand patterns, reduce nervous-system load, and build routines that support your gut alongside any medical or nutrition care you’re already receiving.
Focus Areas
Gut health and digestion support, stress and nervous-system regulation, energy and fatigue, pain and performance, sustainable training and recovery, realistic habit change.
How He Works
1:1 remote sessions, targeted experiments instead of rigid protocols, emphasis on nervous-system safety and lifestyle patterns, coordination with your existing healthcare providers when useful.
What Clients Say
“I’d been chasing the perfect gut diet for years. Working with Brandon, we focused on patterns and nervous-system support instead of endless restriction. My symptoms aren’t gone, but they’re calmer and way less scary—and I actually feel like I can live my life.”
Common Questions
Common Questions
Do you treat IBS, IBD, SIBO, or other gut diagnoses?
No. Brandon does not diagnose or medically treat IBS, IBD, SIBO, or any other GI condition. If you have or suspect a gut condition, you should be under the care of a physician and, ideally, a registered dietitian. Coaching can complement that care by helping you implement lifestyle and nervous-system changes that support your gut day to day, within the guidelines your healthcare team has given you.
Do I need a diagnosis before working on gut health & digestion?
Not necessarily. Many people have chronic gut issues without clear labels, or have been told they have “IBS” without much practical guidance. If you have new, severe, or worsening symptoms—blood in stool, unexplained weight loss, fever, severe pain—you should see a doctor first. Once serious issues are ruled out or being treated, coaching can help you work on patterns and nervous-system support.
Will I have to cut out a long list of foods?
Not by default. For some people, certain restrictions may be medically necessary and should be guided by a doctor or dietitian. Brandon will never override that. In coaching, the focus is less on building a forever “bad foods” list and more on noticing how combinations, timing, pace of eating, and stress affect your gut. You may experiment with adjusting certain foods, but the aim is clarity and calm—not endless fear and restriction.
Is this going to be a strict gut-healing protocol?
No. Brandon doesn’t prescribe medical protocols or sell supplements. Instead, you’ll look at your real life and build small, testable changes around stress, nervous-system state, movement, meal structure, and routine. If you’re already on a protocol from a doctor or dietitian, coaching can help you implement it more smoothly and adjust your lifestyle around it.
What if talking about digestion and bathrooms feels embarrassing?
That’s normal. Gut issues are intimate and often come with shame or embarrassment. Brandon is used to talking about digestion in plain, respectful language and framing it as a normal part of being a human with a body. You’re not expected to share more than you’re ready to, and your comfort is part of the process.
How many sessions will I need?
It depends on how long you’ve been dealing with gut symptoms, what other factors are involved (stress, pain, sleep, diagnoses), and what your goals are. Some people find a short series of three to six sessions helpful to gain clarity and start feeling more stable. Others choose longer-term coaching as part of a broader 100-day or multi-phase plan. You’ll discuss a realistic path after the first session.
Can you coordinate with my GI doctor or dietitian?
Yes, with your permission. Brandon is happy to work within the recommendations your healthcare team has given you and to communicate with them when appropriate. His role is to support you in applying those recommendations in a way that fits your actual life and nervous system.
Are sessions remote or in-person?
Sessions are primarily held online via secure video, so you can join from home or wherever you feel comfortable—often ideal for talking about gut issues. If you’re local and interested in in-person work, you can mention that in your intake form and Brandon will let you know what’s currently available.
Your gut doesn’t have to control every decision you make.
Living with unpredictable digestion is exhausting. Planning your day around bathrooms, avoiding certain situations, or feeling self-conscious after every meal isn’t how you’re meant to move through the world.
You don’t have to keep guessing which food, hack, or protocol is “the answer” or blaming yourself when your gut acts up. If you’re ready to understand how your gut, nervous system, and daily patterns fit together—and to start building more calm and predictability—Brandon is here to help.