Metabolic8 Certification
— FOR ANYONE WHO HELPS PEOPLE HEAL NATURALLY
The Metabolic8 Certification teaches you to support your clients’ metabolic health through eight foundations, with no labs required, and to coach them through the behavior change that makes the results last.
Two parts. 27 lessons. A done-for-you 8-week client program. Start anytime, with live cohorts three times a year and lifetime access.
— THE REAL PROBLEM
So results depended on supplements, and stalled when the protocol ended.
Fatigue, cravings, poor sleep, bloating, and stubborn weight, with nothing connecting them.
The plan was right. What was missing was the coaching that helps a client change.
— WHO THIS IS FOR
Give every client a foundation before labs and protocols.
Add a structured foundations and coaching plan to your care.
A complete, scope-safe framework you can use without labs.
Support the meals, minerals, sleep, and recovery that training depends on.
Match the foundations to the mineral pattern, with a bonus lesson on bringing HTMA in.
Know which foundations to address when the pattern shows up.
A practical way to coach the habits behind the numbers.
A clear starting point, even before you are certified in anything else.
— THE PART MOST CERTIFICATIONS SKIP
When a client’s meals, minerals, sleep, digestion, and stress are off, labs look scattered, supplements have little to work with, and progress stalls. And even when the plan is right, most clients never follow it consistently. Metabolic8 teaches both: the foundations, and how to coach them.
FOUNDATIONS
The daily basics every metabolism runs on.
LESSONS
What to change, and how to help clients change it.
LABS REQUIRED
Built on what you can assess, observe, and coach.
— AN HONEST NOTE
Metabolic8 teaches what to do before labs, alongside labs, and when labs are the next step. When consistent foundations have not moved a client, you will know how to refer or move into testing within your scope. For practitioners who want to work with functional labs, Clinical Mapping is the next training.
— THE METHOD
Your clients follow eight simple daily actions. You learn the physiology behind each one, how to see when it is off, what to address first, when support fits, and when to refer.
01
Blood sugar, protein, eating enough, and when to reverse diet before a deficit.
02
Hydration, electrolytes, adrenal cocktails, and the sodium and potassium pump.
03
Light, wake time, meal and caffeine timing, sleep, and shift work.
04
Muscle as a metabolic organ, walks after meals, and dosing by recovery.
05
The nervous system, daily touchpoints, and a toolkit clients use.
06
Stomach acid, bile, enzymes, and why absorption decides everything.
07
Relationships, joy, and the Wellness Wheel as metabolic inputs.
08
Clean inputs and opening the exits, bowels first.
— WHAT YOU’LL BE ABLE TO DO
✔ Assess a client without ordering labs, using the intake, Core Baseline, Body Score, at-home checks, and wearable devices.
✔ Read the routine blood work clients already have, with functional ranges and multi-marker patterns.
✔ Set calories for maintenance, reverse dieting, and weight loss, and know when a client is ready for a deficit.
✔ Choose the priority Cores and build an eight-week client plan.
✔ Know when a supplement fits, when foundations are enough, and what to check before adding anything.
✔ Read a client’s readiness and use coaching conversations that draw out their own reasons for change.
✔ Design habits that stick, plan for obstacles, and handle setbacks without restarts.
✔ Run every session with a clear framework, from the first session to graduation, and know exactly when to refer.
— WHAT GETS BETTER FOR YOUR CLIENTS
The promise and the measurement are the same eight markers, so at the end of eight weeks you and your client can see exactly what moved.
Metabolism
Food getting used as fuel, and warmer hands and feet
Energy
Steady through the day, without the afternoon crash
Sleep
Falling asleep, staying asleep, and waking up rested
Focus
Clarity, holding a thought, finding your words
Mood
Even, and stress stops taking the whole day with it
Digestion
Eating without bloating, pressure, or reflux. Daily bowel movements.
Strength
Capable in your own body, without wrecking yourself for it
Connection
Room for the people and things you enjoy
And as the foundations start working, these often improve too: Weight and body composition · Hormones · Inflammation and puffiness · Skin, hair, and nails · Blood sugar and insulin · Stress tolerance
★★★★★
“My anxiety was so bad I was missing work. It turned out to be blood sugar. Within 7 days of eating three balanced meals a day, it was gone.”
— Shannon
— WHAT’S INCLUDED
LEARN
Every lesson
Live It First
Practice cases and practice basics
Bonus: HTMA lesson
USE WITH CLIENTS
The done-for-you 8-week client program
The client handouts and forms
The Client Delivery Kit
The 5-Day and 30-Day Challenges
REFERENCE
Blood chemistry reference and tracker
The Supplement Quick Reference
Client profiles
Packaging your offer
— THE CURRICULUM
27 lessons, each with a presentation, handouts, and a knowledge check
PART 1 · 15 LESSONS
Metabolism and the energy pathway, assessing without labs, reading the blood work clients already have, all eight Cores in depth, building the client plan, supplement considerations, and knowing when foundations are not enough.
01 What Metabolism Really Is
02 Metabolic Pathways
03 Assessing Without Labs
04 Reading the Blood Work Clients Already Have
05 Nourish
06 Mineralize
07 Synchronize
08 Move
09 Regulate
10 Digest
11 Connect
12 Clear
13 Putting It Together
14 Supplement Considerations by Presentation
15 When Foundations Aren't Enough
PART 2 · 12 LESSONS
Readiness, coaching conversations, finding the client’s why, designing habits that stick, goals and tracking, obstacles, setbacks without starting over, accountability, the session framework, scope, and keeping the results.
01 Why Knowing Isn’t Doing
02 Readiness and the Stages of Change
03 Coaching Conversations
04 Finding the Client’s Why
05 Designing Habits That Stick
06 Goals and Tracking That Motivate
07 The Real Obstacles
08 Setbacks Without Starting Over
09 Accountability and Support
10 The Coaching Session Framework
11 Scope and When Coaching Isn't Enough
12 Keeping the Results
— DONE-FOR-YOU CLIENT PROGRAM
Every lesson, handout, check-in, and client message is already written. Add your name and start.
BEFORE WEEK 1 Welcome
WEEK 1 Nourish
WEEK 2 Mineralize
WEEK 3 Synchronize
WEEK 4 Move
WEEK 5 Regulate
WEEK 6 Digest
WEEK 7 Connect
WEEK 8 Clear and graduation
— FILL YOUR PROGRAM
A free challenge you run with your own community: registration and thank-you pages, promotion posts, daily posts and emails, three live session presentations, a 23-page client manual, and follow-up emails that invite participants into your program.
A 30-day Metabolic8 challenge you run with your own community, in two versions: one Core at a time, or all eight every day. It includes the daily focus for all 30 days, the Daily 8 tracker, Body Score check-ins, a Day 30 reflection, and an implementation guide with the timeline, live sessions, posts, and follow-up emails that invite participants into your program.
— HOW IT WORKS
Start the day you enroll and move through the lessons on your schedule.
Join a live cohort for questions, coaching practice, and case review alongside your Live It First 56 days.
Every lesson, presentation, handout, and future update, for as long as the program exists.
— LIVE IT FIRST
Before you coach the Core 8, you live it. You take your own Core Baseline and Body Score, practice the Daily 8 for 56 days alongside your lessons, and reflect on it each week. You learn where it is easy, where it is hard, and what it feels like to change, so you can coach it from experience.
Your own results become the most believable story you can tell a client.
— EARN YOUR CERTIFICATION
✔ Complete all Part 1 and Part 2 knowledge checks with a score of 80 percent or higher.
✔ Complete Live It First: your own 56 days, with your Day 1 and Day 56 scores and a one-page reflection.
✔ Submit the Part 1 case study and the Part 2 coaching case study.
✔ Use the Metabolic8 framework with your clients, with confidence and within your scope.
— WHAT IT DOES FOR YOUR PRACTICE
Metabolic8 becomes your own eight-week offer, with every handout, form, and client message already written.
Clients feel changes in energy, digestion, and sleep within weeks, and you have the coaching skills to keep them going.
When foundations are in place, lab findings are clearer and protocols have something to build on.
— WHO BUILT THIS
Amber Sullivan, FDN-P, is the founder of Functional Health School and the creator of Metabolic8 and Clinical Mapping. After 13 years as a teacher, she built her practice around one rule: the Core 8 is what every client does first, before labs, before supplements, before anything else.
— WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Individual results vary. These are personal experiences, not guaranteed outcomes.
★★★★★
"My husband is eating more than ever and actually losing weight. I am shocked."
— Victoria
★★★★★
"When I first changed my diet, I was really hungry. That stabilized quickly and I have lost 40 pounds. I am going to keep going."
— Mike
★★★★★
"I have been bloating constantly. Within 7 days of using the Gut Healing Food List and the Digest handout, I am bloat free."
— Stacey
— ENROLL
FOUNDING MEMBER PRICE: 50% OFF
$997 $1,997
or $347 for 3 months
Founding member pricing is for the first cohort. The regular price is $1,997.
✔ Part 1 and Part 2: 27 lessons with presentations and knowledge checks
✔ Live It First, with your guide and weekly journal
✔ Every practitioner handout, client handout, form, and worksheet
✔ The Client Delivery Kit, client profiles, and packaging guide
✔ The done-for-you 8-week client program
✔ The 5-Day Sugar Detox Challenge and the 30-Day Challenge
✔ The blood chemistry reference and tracker
✔ Bonus: Bringing HTMA Into Metabolic8
✔ Bonus: the Metabolic8 ebook, as optional reading
✔ Live cohorts three times a year
✔ Lifetime access and future updates
One client in your own eight-week program can cover your investment.
— QUESTIONS
Do I need to order labs?
No. The certification is built on what you can assess, observe, and coach, and it shows you how to use the routine labs clients already have.
Is this for me if I am not certified in anything yet?
Yes. It gives you a complete, scope-safe framework to start with, and it stays useful as you add other trainings.
I already work with functional labs. Will this help?
Yes. Foundations make lab findings clearer and protocols work better, and Part 2 gives you the coaching skills most lab trainings skip.
How do the live cohorts work?
Three times a year, a live cohort runs alongside the Live It First 56 days, with calls for questions, coaching practice, and case review. Start the lessons anytime and join the next cohort.
Do I have to complete the 56 days myself?
No, but it is highly recommended. Live It First is part of the certification, because practitioners who have lived the Core 8 coach it far more effectively.
Do I need HTMA training for the bonus lesson?
No. The bonus lesson covers what you need to bring HTMA into Metabolic8, and it is optional.
Can I use the handouts and client kit with my own clients?
Yes. They are made for your clients, and the done-for-you 8-week program includes every lesson, handout, and message you need to run it under your own name.
How long does it take?
1-2 hours per week. Most practitioners complete it alongside their own 56 days.
— TWO WAYS TO START WITH YOUR NEXT CLIENT
Foundations first. Not perfect. Consistent.