Health & Wellbeing Coaching · For Tech

You optimize
systems all day.
Optimize your
own biology.

Sustainable wellbeing for engineers, founders, and operators — built on board-certified clinical method, not wellness theatre.

Certification NBC-HWC
National Board Certified
Training Duke Health
Integrative Medicine
Experience 10+ years
Coaching & leadership
Method Evidence-based
Mindfulness-informed
Now accepting clients
Credentials

Held to the highest professional standards in the field.

Health coaching is unregulated. These are the certifications that aren't. Amanda holds the two most respected credentials available.

NBC
HWC

National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach

NBHWC · The Industry Standard

The highest credential in the field, jointly developed with the National Board of Medical Examiners. Recognized by leading health systems and held by fewer than 10,000 coaches nationwide.

DUKE

Duke-Certified Health & Wellbeing Coach

Duke Integrative Medicine · 2023

Trained at Duke Health & Wellbeing, one of the most respected integrative-medicine programs in the country. Grounded in the science of behavior change and the evidence base of mind-body health.

10+
YRS

A Decade of Leadership in Tech

Coach · Tech CEO · Practitioner

Acting CEO of a database consulting firm. Amanda doesn't theorize about the pressures of the industry — she has lived them, recovered from them, and now helps others do the same.

How we work

Three doorways
into the work.

Coaching meets you where you are. Choose the format that fits your season — whether you want a single transformative arc, a low-commitment first taste, or to bring this work to your team.

— 01

One-on-one packages

A multi-month partnership where the focus is entirely your wellbeing. Reframe your thinking, transform your relationship with stress, and move toward goals that actually matter to you.

Explore packages
— 02

Workshops

Dip a toe into the wellbeing space at a live workshop. Designed for the curious, the skeptical, and the burnt-out — small group, high signal, no fluff.

See upcoming
— 03

Teams & companies

Bring evidence-based wellbeing to your engineering org or leadership team. Tailored content, measurable outcomes, and a direct line to ROI through retention and performance.

Inquire for teams
Built for the industry I've worked in

The body keeps the on-call schedule. Eventually it submits a ticket.

Engineers and operators run on stimulants, suppress symptoms, and push through warning signs — until the nervous system writes its own incident report. I help you read the signals earlier, and respond with something other than another sprint.

Tell me what's going on
  1. 01

    You can debug a memory leak in production but can't tell what's draining you.

  2. 02

    Sleep, posture, and meals have become optimizations you keep deprioritizing.

  3. 03

    You've tried five apps and four diets. Nothing has stuck because nothing was personal.

  4. 04

    A diagnosis, a flare, or a loss has rewritten the rules — and your old playbook doesn't compile.

  5. 05

    You want sustainable change, not another 30-day challenge that ends in week three.

Words from people who've done the work.

Client reflections

Talking with Amanda, it is immediately apparent how much she genuinely cares. She is extremely perceptive and can somehow see through to the root of whatever issue may be. With grace and skillful curiosity she simply asks reflective questions that guide you to your own answers.

M
Megan Darnell
Thrive RN Health & Wellness Coaching

I've had sleep onset insomnia for years. With Amanda, I successfully pushed my sleep back by two hours and finally understood the beliefs that were keeping me stuck. She is supportive, understanding, and insightful.

D
D.P.
One-on-one client

Amanda creates a welcoming space where one can gain insights on how to move forward. She has a gift for helping others advance through important goals.

E
Erik S. McGregor
BEing Human · Owner & Coach

My life is going to be different because of working with Amanda. Her deeply insightful, wise questions and her willingness to offer an opportunity to face something difficult head on — with such grace and compassion — is a gift. I have learned to be accountable to my goals while practicing self-compassion.

M
Marguerite C.
One-on-one client
Amanda Nystrom NBC-HWC · Duke Cert.
About Amanda

From fighting limitations to working with them.

I spent most of my life fighting against my limitations. Chronic conditions, hypermobility, the slow erosion of an overdrawn nervous system, profound loss — they made me angry, confused, and convinced "just one more thing" would fix it.

Reframing the word "limited" to "unlimited with exceptions" made a huge difference. I began to see opportunities where there hadn't been previously, and started living in the moment instead of drowning in fear.

I came to this work through Duke's certification program, then passed the National Board exam — the highest credential in the field. Today I coach from a place I had to build myself: a slower life off-grid in Montana, a regulated nervous system, and a practice grounded in the science of behavior change.

  • Rest is productive
  • Self-compassion outperforms self-criticism
  • Boundaries are clinical infrastructure
  • Beautifully imperfect is the only kind of human there is
Read the full story
Begin

Your nervous system is asking for a retro.

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