Healthy Habits Challenge

Finally Feel Like Yourself Again — Even If Nothing Else Has Worked

The Simple Path to Less Pain,
More Energy & Better Gut Health for Adults Over 40

Eight radically simple habits to reduce inflammation, restore your energy, and rebuild your health, without restrictive diets or overwhelm.

You’ve tried everything… different doctors, supplements, diets—and nothing seems to stick…

These eight simple habits helped me reduce my pain, restore my energy, and finally feel like myself again. Now they can give you a practical place to begin.

Available in Paperback ($12.99) and Kindle ($9.99)

Instant access to $67 in bonuses after purchase.

The Healthy Habits Challenge book by Mara Gerke

If You’re Over 40 and Living With Any of These…

You’re not imagining it, and you’re not out of options. This book was written for you.

Daily pain and chronic inflammation

Low energy and constant fatigue

Blood sugar swings or metabolic issues

Weight that won’t budge

Gut issues: bloating, constipation, discomfort

CRPS, nerve pain, or unexplained symptoms

The Challenge

A Clear, Realistic Path to Finally Start Feeling Better

No quick fixes. No restrictive diets.

Just eight radically simple habits that rebuild your foundation for health, the natural way. The same way I did.

Hydration

2

Eat Nourishing Food

3

Movement

4

Gut Health

5

Nutritional Support

6

Reduce Toxicity

7

Emotions

8

Faith & Hope

Kindle $9.99 · Paperback $12.99

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What’s Included

Get the Book + 8 Free Bonuses


A complete collection of printable guides, workbooks, challenges, recipes, and trackers designed to help you put the healthy habits into action and follow through. A value of over $67—included free with your book purchase.

Determine why better health matters to you, choose your first realistic goal, and use the 30-day tracker and weekly check-ins to stay consistent as you build each new habit.

Learn why hydration matters, recognize common hydration clues, discover ways to make drinking water easier, and create a simple hydration plan that fits your body and daily routine.

A comprehensive guide to building balanced meals, shopping smarter, choosing healthy snacks, understanding cravings, preparing flavorful sauces, and following seven flexible days of meals and recipes.

Start at your current ability and build a realistic walking habit with flexible goals, supportive movement ideas, daily tracking pages, and reflection prompts.

Understand the gut–whole body connection, explore the Four R’s, observe digestion and elimination patterns, and learn about food, herbs, supplements, and natural gut support.

Identify common everyday exposures, make practical low-tox swaps, support your body’s natural elimination pathways, and explore natural cleaning recipes and holistic self-care practices.

Recognize how stress affects your body, understand your nervous-system patterns, complete a five-day stress reset, and explore breathing, movement, nature, emotional awareness, herbs, and aromatherapy.

Strengthen your sleep-wake rhythm, create a restorative sleeping space and bedtime routine, identify common sleep disruptors, and use the seven-night tracker to discover what supports your best rest.

Built to Help You Follow Through

Every guide is designed to be practical, flexible, and printable. You can begin with the habit that needs the most support and use the Accountability Workbook to track your progress one step at a time.

What These Habits Can Help You Support

A Healthier You — One Habit at a Time

  • Feel more energized throughout the day.
  • Help reduce the everyday burden of pain and inflammation.
  • Support overall digestion and a healthier gut microbiome.
  • Build habits that are easier to maintain.
  • Manage stress and improve your sleep quality.
  • Support a healthier weight and metabolism.
  • Feel more confident and in control of your daily choices.

Don’t let your current health status define you and limit your life. Create a healthier you by creating change.

Real People. Real Results.

This book gave me hope and an easy-to-follow path when nothing else worked. I lost that weight and regained my energy.”Barry

Common-sense advice in a small package; make sure you take advantage of the bonus resources found in the book. This is easy to read, easy to understand, and useful information.” – Dave

About the Author

Mara Gerke, CNHP

Certified Natural Health Professional
Gut Health Nutrition Specialist · Herbalist · Aromatherapist

After years of living with chronic pain and CRPS, Mara was exhausted, frustrated, and not getting real answers from conventional medicine. Through simple daily habits, she rebuilt her health — step by step — and now helps men and women over 40 do the same.

This book is the starting point she wishes she’d had when she felt stuck and out of options.

“It’s not about perfection. It’s about progress — one healthy habit at a time.”
Mara Gerke, CNHP

Mara Gerke CNHP Gut Health Nutrition Specialist, Gut Health Coach

Get the book plus all eight bonus resources instantly after purchase.
Take the first step toward less pain, more energy, and a healthier you.

Kindle $9.99 · Paperback $12.99 · Bonus Resources Valued at $67+

Still deciding? Read my article, “The Healthy Habits Challenge Review: Is It Worth It? Here’s Who It’s For,” to learn who the book is designed for and whether it’s the right fit for you.

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Our bodies are continually rebuilding and renewing. It’s never too late to start creating new habits and a healthier version of yourself.”

Mara Gerke, CNHP

Creating healthier habits for a healthier you