The core program runs about 8 weeks, though patients who opt into the Food Response Retraining module may take longer depending on how many foods they include in their personalized reintroduction plan.

The daily time commitment is light. Most days require just 5–10 minutes to listen, journal, or complete a challenge, with a maximum of 20 minutes.

After finishing the core program, users retain full access to repeatable practices, in-the-moment flare-up support, and the community group for ongoing maintenance and support.

The cost is $149/year after a 16-day free trial (with your referral code CARE14). That's less than a single GI psychology session, for a full year of daily support. We also offer a full money-back guarantee if a patient tries the program and doesn't feel it's the right fit.

Nerva and Curable are good programs, but they weren't built for the IBS patient you see most often: the one who's exhausted from managing symptoms, fears their gut is broken, stresses over every meal, and has quietly stopped going out because they never know when the next flare will hit.

Digestible was built specifically for that patient.

Where Nerva focuses on gut-directed hypnotherapy and Curable on pain reprocessing for general chronic pain, Digestible provides IBS-specific psychoeducation — grounding patients in an understanding of IBS as a Disorder of Gut-Brain Interaction (DGBI) that can be influenced, and even caused, by stress.

We also go beyond passive calming exercises. Digestible combines brain-gut regulation tools (guided meditations, somatic tracking, visualizations) with active tools for insight and change (expressive journaling, self-reflective questionnaires, and behavioral challenges). We believe regulation requires more than relaxation.

And Digestible is the only program that includes a structured, dietitian-led Food Response Retraining protocol. Food avoidance is often the missing piece in IBS care: it's a major source of ongoing stress, rarely provides adequate symptom relief, and yet patients often believe it's their only option. Our protocol gently guides patients through food reintroductions at their own pace, helping them examine whether their perceived food reactions are conditioned responses rather than true physiological intolerances.

We also hold a higher bar than "symptom management." IBS symptoms can be reduced — or even eliminated — and continued avoidance often makes things worse. Our goal is to help patients understand that, and give them the tools to actually move forward.

A note on the research: Current evidence suggests that dietary restriction in IBS may work through reducing the "nocebo" effect or fermentation load (pointing to visceral hypersensitivity) rather than true intolerance. Interventions that help patients expand their diet have also shown effectiveness in reducing IBS symptoms (Biesiekierski et al., 2022). And fear of food is closely linked to greater symptom severity, anxiety, and lower quality of life (Zickgraf, 2021), which is why we address it directly, with gentleness and compassion.

Digestible isn't a replacement for 1:1 medical, psychological, or dietary treatment, it's a complement. Think of it as a structured between-visit program that delivers consistent, evidence-based practices daily, reinforcing the work you're already doing.

Digestible's program integrates leading evidence-based therapies for IBS including:

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GI-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (GI-CBT)​: Over 60% of patients showed clinically significant symptom improvement in a landmark NIH-funded trial, with treatment gains maintained at 6-month follow-up. ​

Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR): MBSR led to a GI symptom responder rate of 71% following an 8-week program, with a 38.2% reduction in IBS symptom severity at 3-month follow-up vs. 11.8% in controls.

Emotional Awareness & Expression Therapy (EAET): Approximately two-thirds of patients receiving EAET had clinically significant improvements in IBS symptoms, outperforming both relaxation training and waitlist controls.