A whole lot of AFPA college students and grads have unimaginable information, actual consumer wins, and a ardour to influence extra folks. What they don’t all the time have is a straightforward technique to flip that worth into one thing purchasers can use time and again, even exterior of classes. That’s the place publishing will be highly effective, not as an enormous life aim, however as a sensible technique to assist folks, construct credibility, and prolong your influence.
AFPA graduate Kim Logan, a Intestine Well being Vitamin Specialist and creator of Intestine Well being Made Easy: Your Every day Tracker, did precisely that. She turned her expertise and evidence-based coaching right into a 30-day guided tracker designed to assist readers determine patterns affecting their intestine well being and make extra knowledgeable, sustainable decisions. Right here’s how she introduced the undertaking to life, what the method actually regarded like, and why creating your individual useful resource may be extra achievable than you assume.
Kim Logan is the founding father of Grammy Going Inexperienced, a wellness enterprise devoted to creating intestine well being and anti inflammatory dwelling really feel easy, reasonable, and doable. Via her YouTube channel Intestine Well being Made Easy, she shares science-backed schooling and sensible way of life methods to assist folks managing power irritation and autoimmune-related challenges.
Intestine Well being Made Easy: Your Every day Tracker is one among her newest tasks, a 30-day guided journal designed to assist readers determine patterns affecting their intestine well being, with built-in suggestions and assets to assist knowledgeable, sustainable wellness decisions.
What sort of suggestions have you ever acquired from folks utilizing the tracker?
Previous to publishing, I supplied a free PDF model of the tracker to buddies, household, and colleagues for sincere suggestions. This led to 21 5-star opinions inside weeks of publishing. The general sentiment is Intestine Well being Made Easy: Your Every day Tracker is easy-to-use, eye-opening, and a game-changer for total well being.
Essentially the most significant end result that I’ve seen thus far is from the consumer who impressed me to jot down the ebook. Although she has by no means offered with digestive or autoimmune points, she has suffered from persistent nervousness and panic assaults for many of her life. Lately, by way of stress and poor consuming habits, she gained 50+ kilos. As a result of a lot of my social media focuses on meals and its influence on intestine well being, she got here to me in search of a “food regimen.” I defined that we might be working by way of extra of a sustainable way of life “improve” fairly than a fad.
Once I began compiling movies and free guides that I’ve created for stress, anti-inflammatory meals decisions, sleep administration, motivation, motion, and so forth., I spotted it will be helpful to compile this data in a single place together with common self-assessments and day by day tracker pages, so folks may determine triggers AND decisions that work for themselves.
This explicit consumer reported again inside the week that, whereas she nonetheless had nervousness, she was in a position to handle it extra successfully with out going into full panic assaults (suggesting the gut-brain connection). Inside a month, she had misplaced 11 kilos. She continues to be sending me movies of her new recipes that always embrace prebiotic fiber and cultured probiotics.
How did finishing the Intestine Well being Vitamin Specialist Certificates form the best way you approached this undertaking?
With out this program, I might not have the credibility to jot down and publish this ebook. My curiosity in intestine well being stemmed from private expertise with an autoimmune illness. My physician didn’t advocate that I make any dietary or way of life adjustments to handle the situation, so I did it alone after studying a ebook referred to as Intestine Examine by Dr. Steven Gundry. As soon as I acknowledged the impact my intestine well being had on my situation, I wished to grasp the science and analysis out there, and someway I discovered AFPA! From there, I used to be in a position to study extra about what occurred to me and commenced to assist others.
What particular information or frameworks from AFPA confirmed up instantly in your ebook?
The ebook highlights the influence that food regimen, motion, stress administration, and prioritizing sleep has on the intestine microbiome. These 4 sides have been elementary to the Intestine Well being Vitamin Specialist program and have given me a strong construction when working with/presenting to others.
What did the Amazon publishing course of truly appear to be for you?
To start, I used to be not conscious that to self-publish on Amazon, I needed to undergo Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP Amazon) which required an account setup. From there, I watched movies particular to the kind of ebook I used to be publishing (low content material due the tracker pages). Right here, I additionally realized about “bleed” and the way which will have an effect on printing. The method was pretty easy however required a variety of manhours. As a result of my ebook has tracker pages, I wanted graphics, so I created the design in Canva with particular dimension parameters. Then, I downloaded the PDF and uploaded that to KDP Amazon.
At this level, I used to be guided to pick out title, writer(s), classes, key phrases, print particulars, and so forth. As soon as all of this was verified, I uploaded my content material then was given the choice to create my cowl by way of KDP or create my very own. I selected to create and add my very own cowl. I used to be in a position to launch a preview and approve from there.
Publishing is just one a part of the method, nevertheless. To be a profitable writer, there must be a strong plan for advertising and marketing.
How lengthy did it realistically take from concept to revealed?
I can inform you the precise time as a result of it was an electronic mail that I despatched that impressed me to create the tracker! On 10/6/2025, I compiled a number of of my YouTube movies together with some free guides for a consumer. I had despatched the identical data to a special consumer the day earlier than and likewise despatched her a meals journal from Amazon. I spotted that gifting purchasers meals journals was not going to be price efficient, and that’s when the thought of compiling the data together with 30 days of day by day monitoring pages was born! Intestine Well being Made Easy: Your Every day Tracker was revealed on 11/17/2025. The caveats to this reply are: I already had created the movies and free guides which might be included within the ebook, so that point is just not included in idea-to-publish, AND if I have been to do it over, I might have spent extra time on the quilt and launch.
What was tougher than anticipated? What was simpler than anticipated?
I might say the method was extra tedious than anticipated—that means many little components to the method and frustrations alongside the best way. However, the choice to publish on Amazon makes the method simpler.
If somebody is intimidated by self-publishing, what would you inform them actually?
My sincere reply is the publishing half is just not one thing to be intimidated by. It’s the advertising and marketing half that’s troublesome, humbling, takes intentional effort, and probably requires a monetary funding. That’s the place I’m proper now.
How does it really feel to see your identify on a ebook folks should buy, use, and profit from?
It’s a sense of accomplishment as a result of I do know that I caught out by way of the method of making one thing that WILL truly assist folks.
Many AFPA college students dream of writing a ebook however by no means begin. What’s the most important mindset shift that helped you progress from “sometime” to “completed”?
For me, the shift was that I’ve skilled and realized the science about one thing that may assist others. Sure, I can doubtlessly earn a living from ebook gross sales, however the worth of what’s inside far outweighs the worth of this ebook.
How does this ebook match into your larger imaginative and prescient to your work?
Intestine Well being Made Easy: Your Every day Tracker has a number of purposes in my larger imaginative and prescient as a wellness coach. First, for anybody who outright buys the ebook, there’s an choice for them to subscribe to my weekly publication, “Intestine Examine with Grammy Going Inexperienced,” the place I share suggestions, motivation, and sensible methods to enhance total wellness. Via this article, I’ll ultimately market a web based course (which is taking me for much longer to provide than publishing the ebook). Moreover, as soon as I start working extra frequently with one-on-one purchasers, the ebook will function our framework (and can be a part of their consumer package deal). Lastly, as a result of there are YouTube movies included, I hope to extend view time and subscribers on my channel Intestine Well being Made Simple.
Anything you need to share?
Sure! There are two methods to purchase Intestine Well being Made Easy: Your Every day Tracker. It’s out there on Amazon or as a printable PDF on my web site.
It’s an important useful resource for people all for making sustainable upgrades to their wellness. However, it’s also an important instrument for coaches as it’s a tangible asset for purchasers to work by way of together with their coaches’ steerage. I’d love to listen to suggestions from anybody who decides to make use of it with their purchasers!
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