The question the summit ended on

So what do I do next?

Three days of the summit answered a lot of questions, and left most people holding that one. The honest answer depends on where you are right now — so rather than have you guess, tell us. We'll point you to the support that actually fits your life.

No obligation, and nothing is decided without you.

Dr. Kara Wada and nurse practitioner Jennifer Henning sitting together reviewing patient materials at the Immune Confident Institute
The care team at the Immune Confident Institute, where every path on this page begins.
Support at three depths

Care that meets you where you actually are.

Some people leave a summit ready for a guided season with a team beside them. Some want to start small and understand their body first. Some just want to stop doing this alone. All three are real answers.

12 weeks · clinical or coaching

Immune Confident RISE™

A guided 90-day journey, at the depth that fits. Where licensure allows, that's doctor-led medical care with our team holding the whole picture. Anywhere else, RISE Core brings the same structure through education and coaching. Every tier includes a full year of Stronger with Sjögren's.

4 weeks · start small

The Immune Confident OS Builder

A short, self-paced course that walks you through the same operating system our patients learn first — for when you want to start understanding your body without committing to a season of it.

12 months · available anywhere

Stronger with Sjögren's

The community membership — ongoing education, a physician-designed movement plan, and a room full of people who never need your symptoms explained to them. It's the always-open floor, and it's included free with every RISE tier.

What happens when you send it

A real person reads it, and writes back.

The form takes about five minutes. It asks where you live, what you've been dealing with, and what feels realistic for you right now. Nothing you have to look up, and no medical records to gather.

Someone on our team reads what you wrote and replies with the one option we'd suggest for you, and the reasoning behind it. If none of them fit yet, we'll say that too.

Then it's yours to think about. Nothing is booked, charged, or decided by sending this.

Tell us where you are

You'll hear back from us this week.

If money is the barrier

Don't spend money you don't have. Still apply.

Some of you are doing everything right and the money simply isn't there. We hold a small number of subsidised community spots each year through the ACCESS fund, and there's a box on the form to tell us that's where you are. Checking it will never count against you. It only stops us suggesting something that would make your life harder.

If not yet is your answer

That's a real answer, and it costs you nothing. Every 2026 session stays free to rewatch through July 31, and this page will still be here when you've had time to rest. Applying isn't a race — it's just the way to stop carrying the next decision by yourself.

Whatever you choose

We believe you, and we're honored to be part of your story.

That's how the summit ended, and it's the honest frame for this page. You deserve a team that believes you — not one person who does, but a practice built so that believing you is the standard. Choosing to spend some of your energy on your own body, after everything it has already taken from you, is an act of hope. We don't take it lightly.

Find my next step

You always have the final say.