Tami Stackelhouse

Tami Stackelhouse encourages hope and healing as a coach, author, speaker, and founder of the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute. A fibromyalgia patient herself, Tami has gone from disabled to thriving. Her compassion, gentle support, and fun coaching style help women with fibromyalgia take back control of their lives.

Tami lives in the suburbs of Portland, with her husband, Scott, and their three cats: Sam, Jesse, and Sniglets. On sunny days, you'll find her on the back of Scott's Harley. When it's raining, she will be by the fire, reading a good book, and rubbing Sam's big Belly of Happiness and Joy.

She has been an instructor, presenter, panelist, and writer for organizations such as the National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association (NFMCPA), Oregon Health & Science University, The Frida Center for Fibromyalgia, Oregon Fibromyalgia Information Foundation, and Molly’s Fund Fighting Lupus. She co-founded the Fibromyalgia-ME/CFS Support Center, Inc., a nonprofit support community, and served as their Vice President from 2011 to 2015. She currently serves as a mentor for the FibroAcademy support group.

As a patient advocate, Tami began working closely with the NFMCPA and Oregon doctors in 2013 to petition policymakers to move fibromyalgia onto the Prioritized List of conditions covered by Medicaid reimbursement. As of 2017, that battle is still on-going. Oregon remains the only state in the US that does not cover fibromyalgia treatment on their state health plan.