Who is
Jill the Health Coach?
About Jill Gordon
Jill Gordon is a published author, Certified Natural Health Professional, Master Neurolinguistic Programming Practitioner, and Holistic Health Counselor, whose work focuses on redefining aging, vitality, and what it truly means to feel well. She helps women over 50 feel like themselves again.
Jill became a health coach after witnessing the power of food and lifestyle shifts when she helped her daughter overcome autoimmune challenges. That experience shaped her belief that real change comes from understanding the body, reducing overwhelm, and making practical choices that actually fit into real life.
Jill has worked with over 1,000 women who were tired of feeling stuck, sluggish, or disconnected from their bodies. Her approach focuses on real food, energy boosting habits, stress reduction, mindset, and simple daily practices that support hormones, digestion, and overall wellbeing. Clients often say they feel heard, supported, and empowered rather than pressured or judged. Jill’s mission is to help women stop fighting their bodies and start working with them. She believes life after 50 is not a decline, but an opportunity to feel stronger, clearer, and more confident than ever.
Jill Gordon is the author of You’re Over 50—Not Effing Dead, Choose Effing Gratitude, and Get Effing Inspired. Through her writing, Jill challenges outdated beliefs and encourages readers to reconnect with their bodies, their mindset, and their sense of possibility.
Jill’s Education
Jill’s perspective on health was shaped long before she pursued formal credentials. In 2005, her family faced a life-altering moment when her daughter Rachel was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. After conventional treatments and medications stopped working and chemotherapy was presented as the next option, Jill and her family began searching for a different approach. That search led them into the world of holistic health and nutrition, where they learned how profoundly food and lifestyle choices impact the body. By nourishing Rachel’s body with the fuel it needed and eliminating what was weakening it, her health dramatically improved. Rachel has been symptom-free since 2007 and remains healthy today.
This experience sparked Jill’s lifelong commitment to understanding the relationship between food, the body, and long-term health.
Jill received her foundational education through the National Holistic Health Association where she studied natural health philosophies and holds the designation as a Holistic Health Counselor. She continued to study approaches that emphasize prevention, balanced living, and supportive approaches that respect individual lifestyle choices while favoring the least invasive methods of health maintenance as a Certified Natural Health Practitioner.
She continued her education through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, completing its Health Coach Training Program. Then she became certified as a Digestive Health Specialist through the Loomis Institute of Enzyme Nutrition. There, she deepened her understanding of how proper digestion, absorption, assimilation, and elimination play a critical role in maintaining homeostasis and overall well-being.
Recognizing the powerful role mindset plays in long-term health, Jill pursued advanced training and is certified as a Master Clinical Hypnotherapist and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, with additional certifications in T.I.M.E. Techniques and Emotional Freedom Techniques. These disciplines expanded her understanding of how subconscious beliefs and long-held patterns influence behavior, habits, and health outcomes.
Since 2011, Jill has remained deeply committed to continued education in holistic nutrition, preventive health, and the mind-body connection. Over the years, she has observed two common themes across nearly every health journey. The first is a lack of awareness around the profound impact food has on the body, often treating our bodies with less care than we give our cars. The second is the influence of deeply ingrained beliefs that quietly undermine even the strongest intentions.
These insights form the foundation of Jill’s writing and educational work today. Her books are rooted in lived experience, education, and a belief that aging does not have to mean decline. Jill’s mission is to offer honest, empowering perspectives that help people rethink what is possible for their health and their lives at 50 and beyond.
Because getting older does not mean giving up. And it certainly does not mean you are not effing alive.