For anyone who has been told "your labs are normal" while still feeling anything but.

What If the Problem Isn't What You're Doing - It's the Order You're Doing It In?

Most people with chronic health issues have already tried supplements, diets, and protocols that should have worked. This book explains why the sequence matters more than the strategy - and gives you a clear, step-by-step framework to finally move forward.

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The Healing Hierarchy

Restore Function. Rebuild Your Body.
By Jarrod Cooper, ND

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The Problem

You Have Done the Work.
The Order Was Wrong.

You have done the work. You have changed your diet. You have taken the supplements. You have seen the practitioners. You have read the books, listened to the podcasts, followed the protocols.

And you are still not well.

Not because you haven't tried hard enough. Not because something is wrong with your willpower. And not because "it's all in your head" - no matter how many times you've been told that.

The problem is that most approaches to chronic health issues treat the body like a checklist. Fix the gut. Balance the hormones. Support the thyroid. Take this for energy. Take that for sleep.

But the body doesn't work like a checklist. It works like a hierarchy.

If you repair the gut before you've stabilised the nervous system, the repair won't hold. If you balance hormones before you've cleared the infections driving the imbalance, the hormones will crash again within weeks. If you push detoxification before your drainage pathways are open, you just recirculate the very toxins you were trying to clear.

The order matters. And almost nobody talks about it.

Dr. Cooper offers a refreshingly clear and practical framework for those who feel like they are doing everything right, yet still struggling with persistent symptoms. Rather than offering another rigid protocol, this book provides a thoughtful roadmap that helps readers understand what to stabilise first and where to go from there. This is an essential guide for both patients and practitioners seeking a more strategic, sustainable path to true healing.

Dr. Izabella Wentz, PharmD

The Thyroid Pharmacist | New York Times Bestselling Author of Hashimoto's Protocol

I was diagnosed with idiopathic hypersomnia. Basically means 'we don't know why you're so tired.' I had been to so many doctors. Jarrod found the underlying cause. It completely changed my life.

Molly

I'm running three to four times a week now, racing on a Saturday. I'm 59 years old. The chronic joint pain I had for years, the mood issues, the broken sleep. All of it settled once we actually worked out what was driving it. Best thing I've ever done.

Andrew, 59

I'd been off and on supplements for years. Some helped for a while then stopped. My bloods always came back fine. What nobody had done was look at everything together. Once we did that and started in the right order, the chronic issues that had been hanging around for years were finally gone.

Nicky

I was told flares were just part of having an autoimmune condition. Something I had to manage, not something that could change. That was not true. Once we found what was actually triggering the immune response and dealt with that first, the flares stopped. I stopped feeling like I was walking on eggshells with my own body.

Rebecca, 48, autoimmune condition

The Book

The Healing Hierarchy: Restore Function. Rebuild Your Body.

This book is not another list of supplements to take or foods to avoid. It is a framework - a clinical sequence I have developed over a decade and thousands of patients - that shows you where to start, what to address first, and why most protocols fail when the sequence is wrong.

Inside, you will learn:

1
How to assess where your body actually sits right now - not where you hope it is, but where the data says it is. A self-assessment tool called the Stability Score helps you understand whether you need stabilisation, guided support, or whether you are ready to work with testing and data.
2
Why your nervous system has to come first - and what happens to every downstream system when it doesn't. Sleep, blood sugar regulation, and stress response are not lifestyle bonuses. They are the foundation everything else depends on.
3
What the Healing Hierarchy is and how to use it - a specific clinical sequence that addresses the body's systems in the order that produces lasting results, not temporary relief.
4
How to interpret the three tests that reveal what standard blood work misses - the Essential Trilogy of stool testing, organic acids testing, and a comprehensive blood panel - and why testing in this combination changes everything.
5
What "Health Blocks" are and how they silently prevent recovery - gut infections, viral reactivation, environmental toxins, methylation bottlenecks, and immune dysregulation that sit beneath the surface, invisible on basic testing.
6
Why the standard medical model keeps missing what's actually wrong - and what "normal" lab ranges really mean when they are based on the average sick population.
7
Eight real patient stories that show exactly how this framework plays out in practice - from the businessman whose testosterone was low because of a gut infection, to the mother whose anxiety was driven by methylation dysfunction, not a serotonin deficiency.

Who This Is For

Wherever You Sit, the Book
Meets You There

This book was written for you if:

You have been struggling with your health for months or years and nothing has fully worked.
You have been told your test results are "normal" when you know something is still wrong.
You are tired of chasing individual symptoms - fixing one thing only to have another thing fall apart.
You have spent money on supplements, practitioners, and protocols without lasting improvement.
You are ready to understand your body as a connected system, not a collection of separate problems.
You want a clear sequence - not more information, but the right information in the right order.
You want to be proactive about your health - whether you are dealing with a chronic condition, optimising for longevity, or simply want to understand what is actually happening inside your body.

This is not a one-time read. The framework and the testing method inside this book are designed to be used over and over - every time you retest, every time your circumstances change, every time something new appears. It is a system for the rest of your life.

This book is probably not for you if:

You are looking for a quick fix or a single supplement recommendation.
You want someone to tell you exactly what to take without understanding why.
You are not willing to look at foundational factors like sleep, diet, and stress before jumping to advanced protocols.

Everything Included With Your Order

Everything You Get
With Your Purchase

The Healing Hierarchy - Digital Book

The complete book in PDF and ePub format - covering the full framework from stabilisation through optimisation, with eight detailed patient case studies showing how the sequence works in practice.

Member Portal Access

Instant access to your private member portal at TheHealingHierarchy.com. Download the book, access the companion workbook, and find every resource referenced in the chapters. Your portal grows as you progress - from the book to testing to your own data.

Free Implementation Workbook

Chapter-by-chapter exercises, self-assessments, and reflection prompts designed to turn what you read into what you do. You don't need it to benefit from the book, but readers who use it tell me the exercises made the difference between understanding the concepts and actually applying them.

Free Resources

All the clinical tools referenced in the book - the Healing Hierarchy Decision Tree, the Sensitization Threshold Self-Assessment, movement and breathwork guides - available through the member portal at no additional cost.

About the Author

Jarrod Cooper

ND, Naturopathic Doctor and Functional Medicine Practitioner

The issue is rarely about what people are doing. It is about the order they are doing it in.

I'm Jarrod Cooper. I'm a naturopathic doctor and functional medicine practitioner based in Perth, Australia, running a telehealth practice that works with patients across the country and internationally.

Over the past decade, I have worked with thousands of people with chronic, complex health conditions - autoimmune disease, chronic fatigue, gut disorders, hormonal dysfunction, mood and cognitive issues, and everything in between.

The pattern I kept seeing was always the same. Intelligent, motivated people who had already tried everything. They had done the diets. They had taken the supplements. They had seen multiple practitioners. And they were still unwell - not because they lacked effort, but because nobody had shown them the order.

That pattern is what led me to develop the Healing Hierarchy. It is the framework I use in my own clinical practice every day. It is how I assess every patient, how I sequence every protocol, and how I decide what to address first and what to leave until later.

This book is that framework, made available to everyone - not just the people who can access my private practice.

I wrote it because I believe the sequence matters more than the strategy. And I believe you deserve to understand why things haven't worked, so you can finally make them work.

Common Questions

FAQs

Is this book for practitioners or patients?+

It was written for you - someone who wants to understand their own health and take an active role in their recovery. The language is accessible, the case studies are relatable, and the framework is designed for you to use.

Is this a physical book or digital?+

Digital. You get the PDF and ePub immediately after purchase via the member portal. The book is also available in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover on Amazon if you prefer a physical copy.

I've already tried functional medicine. How is this different?+

A lot of what passes for functional medicine has become supplement prescribing based on symptoms - swapping pharmaceutical drugs for natural alternatives without actually addressing the root cause in the right sequence. This book is different because it focuses on the order you address things in, not just what you address. That distinction - the sequence - is what separates temporary improvement from lasting recovery. If protocols have worked for a while and then stopped, or if you have seen a functional practitioner and still feel stuck, the sequence is almost certainly why.

Do I need to buy supplements or tests to benefit from this book?+

No. The book gives you the framework and the understanding. You can act on that knowledge in whatever way makes sense for your situation - through your GP, through your own practitioner, or through the testing options available at TheHealingHierarchy.com when you are ready.

What if I'm already working with a practitioner?+

This book will make you a better patient. You will understand why your practitioner is sequencing things the way they are - or you will have informed questions to ask if the sequence doesn't match what you have learned.

I'm not chronically ill - I just want to optimise my health. Is this still relevant?+

Yes. The framework applies whether you are recovering from chronic illness, preventing future disease, or optimising for performance and longevity. The Essential Trilogy of testing gives you a baseline of data that most people - even healthy people - have never seen. Understanding where you sit right now is the starting point for any health goal.

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