Holistic Inner Balance: Natural Mental Health Podcast
Merging modern science with ancient wisdom, this podcast is your go-to resource for natural mental health and wellness strategies to become the expert of your own emotional and physical wellbeing. With Dr. Nicole Cain’s expertise in clinical psychology and natural mental health, and cohost, Hadlee Garrison, MPH of Happy Healthy Hadlee’s, zone of genius in Ayurveda and building healthy habits, they offer a unique take on mental health with every episode. The heart of this podcast is to teach you how to be your own natural mental health expert (although there may be dabbling in other topics as well), to uncover, discover and come back to your truest self. You can expect these conversations to be filled with fun and laughter, while shedding light on the amazing wisdom at our fingertips.
Merging modern science with ancient wisdom, this podcast is your go-to resource for natural mental health and wellness strategies to become the expert of your own emotional and physical wellbeing. With Dr. Nicole Cain’s expertise in clinical psychology and natural mental health, and cohost, Hadlee Garrison, MPH of Happy Healthy Hadlee’s, zone of genius in Ayurveda and building healthy habits, they offer a unique take on mental health with every episode. The heart of this podcast is to teach you how to be your own natural mental health expert (although there may be dabbling in other topics as well), to uncover, discover and come back to your truest self. You can expect these conversations to be filled with fun and laughter, while shedding light on the amazing wisdom at our fingertips.
Episodes

Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
This episode is part 1 of a 3 part series on Ayurveda with an ayurvedic expert, Happy Healthy Hadlee!
Hadlee is a health and lifestyle change coach who helps people feel better in their bodies, have more energy, cultivate a better relationship with food, and become less stressed and more joyful in their day-to-day lives.
She graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience and a Master's in Public Health in Health Behavior and Health Education.
Her online program, called Happy Healthy Habits, combines the concepts of behavioral science, habits for optimal health, and group dynamics to help her clients make lasting, influential changes in their lives.
This episode is all about success, what is the definition of success, the different angles we can look at success, how ayurveda defines success and what all of this means for you!
Take the quiz to find your Dosha
Start the Mini Course - Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Stay tuned for the next parts coming out over the next few days!
Connect with Happy Healthy Hadlee:
Website
Instagram
👉 Take the 8 Types of Anxiety Quiz to help narrow down what solutions are right for you
👉 Click here to learn more about Dr. Nicole’s Holistic Wellness Collective, a membership designed for the mental health warrior that provides holistic protocols to find balance in your health and wellness journey
👉 Order Supplements Here
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
💕 Stay connected with me:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA is a nationally renowned expert in natural mental health, helping people transform their mental health naturally by uncovering the root cause. She has been published by Salon Magazine, Well + Good, Psychology Today, quoted in Forbes and more!
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and should not be taken as the “definitive opinion” or “absolute medical opinion” on any subject. This podcast is not a substitute for medical, psychological, counseling or any other sort of professional care. Consumption of these materials is for your own education and any medical, psychological, or professional care decisions should be made between you and your primary care doctor or another provider that you are engaged with.
*The statements made herein have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease. If you have any concerns about your own health, you should always consult with a physician or healthcare professional.

Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
58. Master Your Morning Guided Meditation
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
The first moments of each day sets forth a cascade that trickles throughout the rest of your waking hours. Starting your day with intentionality will serve as a vehicle, carrying you towards your goals of feeling liberated and supported.
If you struggle with dread, anxiety, fatigue or overwhelm in the mornings, it will inhibit your ability to show up in your life as your most authentic self.
Practicing with the Good Morning Meditation will help your nervous system to reattune towards feeling calm and centered.
This meditation will guide you through five steps:
Holding space for whatever emotions greet you as you start your day.
Listening to the infinite wisdom of your body.
Reaffirming your truth.
Acknowledging whatever may be troubling you.
Releasing and redirecting so that you can start afresh.
👉 Take the 8 Types of Anxiety Quiz to help narrow down what solutions are right for you
👉 Click here to learn more about Dr. Nicole’s Holistic Wellness Collective, a membership designed for the mental health warrior that provides holistic protocols to find balance in your health and wellness journey
👉 Order Supplements Here
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
💕 Stay connected with me:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA is a nationally renowned expert in natural mental health, helping people transform their mental health naturally by uncovering the root cause. She has been published by Salon Magazine, Well + Good, Psychology Today, quoted in Forbes and more!
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and should not be taken as the “definitive opinion” or “absolute medical opinion” on any subject. This podcast is not a substitute for medical, psychological, counseling or any other sort of professional care. Consumption of these materials is for your own education and any medical, psychological, or professional care decisions should be made between you and your primary care doctor or another provider that you are engaged with.

Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
57. Pain to Possibility Guided Meditation
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Pushing pain aside will only cause it to amplify until you can ignore it no longer. Your struggles will begin to take over your life, stealing your joy, peace, and freedom. But you can learn how to shift pain into possibility. You can learn to acknowledge the voice of your pain as a messenger teaching you how to truly heal.
Any time you feel wound up, overwhelmed, stressed, or at the end of your rope, set whatever it is that you are doing aside and practice this exercise with me.
As you rehearse the seven steps in The Pain to Possibility Guided Meditation you will notice how you can feel calm and in control no matter what emotions or thoughts arise. You will feel capable of receiving these messages and transforming them and releasing them so that you can show up as your most authentic self.
👉 Take the 8 Types of Anxiety Quiz to help narrow down what solutions are right for you
👉 Click here to learn more about Dr. Nicole’s Holistic Wellness Collective, a membership designed for the mental health warrior that provides holistic protocols to find balance in your health and wellness journey
👉 Order Supplements Here
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
💕 Stay connected with me:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA is a nationally renowned expert in natural mental health, helping people transform their mental health naturally by uncovering the root cause. She has been published by Salon Magazine, Well + Good, Psychology Today, quoted in Forbes and more!
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and should not be taken as the “definitive opinion” or “absolute medical opinion” on any subject. This podcast is not a substitute for medical, psychological, counseling or any other sort of professional care. Consumption of these materials is for your own education and any medical, psychological, or professional care decisions should be made between you and your primary care doctor or another provider that you are engaged with.

Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
56. Dissociation on Command Guided Meditation
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Sometimes, allowing in the fullness of your grief or stress can feel like too much to bear. Your nervous system goes into high alert, and you feel extreme panic, despair, anger, pain and other signs of overwhelm.
As a form of protection, your body is equipped with a natural mechanism called dissociation, which can feel like detachment, distancing or numbing.
Learning ho to mindfully rest, by inviting this protection into your life on command, will help you to relax your nervous system, harness feelings of calm, and feel confident that you are able to handle whatever stressors come your way.
If you are feeling overwhelmed, at the end of your rope, and you just need a moment of peace, join me for this meditation, today.
You are going to learn three exercises: Back into the Body, The Sky and The Sea. These you can use any time you need a reset from stress, or support going to sleep.
👉 Take the 8 Types of Anxiety Quiz to help narrow down what solutions are right for you
👉 Click here to learn more about Dr. Nicole’s Holistic Wellness Collective, a membership designed for the mental health warrior that provides holistic protocols to find balance in your health and wellness journey
👉 Order Supplements Here
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
💕 Stay connected with me:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA is a nationally renowned expert in natural mental health, helping people transform their mental health naturally by uncovering the root cause. She has been published by Salon Magazine, Well + Good, Psychology Today, quoted in Forbes and more!
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and should not be taken as the “definitive opinion” or “absolute medical opinion” on any subject. This podcast is not a substitute for medical, psychological, counseling or any other sort of professional care. Consumption of these materials is for your own education and any medical, psychological, or professional care decisions should be made between you and your primary care doctor or another provider that you are engaged with.

Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
55. Radical Acknowledgement Guided Meditation
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
If you are in a cycle of feeling stuck, overwhelmed, and frustrated in your life and circumstances, you may be struggling with burnout and thoughts of calling it quits. But take heart; the stuck-ness is an invitation to look inward and the key towards feeling free, powerful, and ready for whatever comes next in your life.
The Radical Acknowledgement Guided Meditation walks you through the steps to deeply attune to reality as it is, so that you aren’t stuck in an endless loop of doubt and discouragement. By practicing the teachings from this meditation, you will become more able able to accept each moment for what it is, reorient your focus back on your inner knowing and truth, and welcome into your life all of the wonderful things that are meant for you.
👉 Take the 8 Types of Anxiety Quiz to help narrow down what solutions are right for you
👉 Click here to learn more about Dr. Nicole’s Holistic Wellness Collective, a membership designed for the mental health warrior that provides holistic protocols to find balance in your health and wellness journey
👉 Order Supplements Here
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
💕 Stay connected with me:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA is a nationally renowned expert in natural mental health, helping people transform their mental health naturally by uncovering the root cause. She has been published by Salon Magazine, Well + Good, Psychology Today, quoted in Forbes and more!
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and should not be taken as the “definitive opinion” or “absolute medical opinion” on any subject. This podcast is not a substitute for medical, psychological, counseling or any other sort of professional care. Consumption of these materials is for your own education and any medical, psychological, or professional care decisions should be made between you and your primary care doctor or another provider that you are engaged with.

Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
54. Happy Sleepy Guided Meditation
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
If you struggle settling into restfulness, you will forever juggle feelings of stress and overwhelm and will never get the opportunity to deeply heal. By learning how to lean into calmness you will begin to experience safety in your own mind and body. The Happy Sleepy Guided Meditation, will introduce you to three gentle exercises to help you feel more calm, more relaxed, to prepare you for restful sleep, or even help you to shift from a state of anxiousness and panic into a state of happiness and peace.
The three exercises you will learn include:
How to get back into your body.
Releasing stressful, intrusive, overwhelming, obsessive and unwanted thoughts with the Blue Balloons.
Relax your nervous system step by step along the Spiral Staircase to the Place of Blissful Relaxation.
Pair this meditation with the Happy Sleepy Powder supplement bundle: https://drnicolecain.com/product/happy-sleepy-powder/
👉 Take the 8 Types of Anxiety Quiz to help narrow down what solutions are right for you
👉 Click here to learn more about Dr. Nicole’s Holistic Wellness Collective, a membership designed for the mental health warrior that provides holistic protocols to find balance in your health and wellness journey
👉 Order Supplements Here
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
💕 Stay connected with me:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA is a nationally renowned expert in natural mental health, helping people transform their mental health naturally by uncovering the root cause. She has been published by Salon Magazine, Well + Good, Psychology Today, quoted in Forbes and more!
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and should not be taken as the “definitive opinion” or “absolute medical opinion” on any subject. This podcast is not a substitute for medical, psychological, counseling or any other sort of professional care. Consumption of these materials is for your own education and any medical, psychological, or professional care decisions should be made between you and your primary care doctor or another provider that you are engaged with.

Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
What you’ll learn within the podcast:
How Megan’s personal struggles of career, children, lifestyle connected her to hormone imbalances
How helping herself is helping woman thrive
An individual approach is crucial to finding balance and healing
Woman are two times more likely than men to have an anxiety disorder
Lower levels of estrogen are connected to an enhanced fear response
The change in estrogen levels, you may be more vulnerable to anxiety, depression, PTSD (phasic vulnerability)
Regular cycles does not mean there are not imbalances
How hormones can heighten anxiety
The estrogen fluctuation can be a huge issues with postpartum depression
When testosterone gets too low, depression may rise
Megan’s mind, body, spirit, approach to anxiety and hormones
Stress is one of the most common causes of hormone imbalances and we have control over it
Conversation around boundaries, are they the cause of your anxiety?
Cortisol - the what, why, and the how
Megan’s favorite way to test cortisol!
Restoring health to the adrenal glands (with herbs)
Megan Bliss is a Nurse Practitioner that goes past the conventional medicine model to guide her clients towards a life of thriving. Megan Bliss helps smart women regain hormonal balance, enjoy optimal energy, a vibrant appearance, and balanced moods. She has a group program called Handle Your Hormones. Megan also runs monthly groups where they focus on the "Core 4" of hormone balance - Nutrition-Exercise-Mindset-Stress Reduction - and is launching her own virtual consulting practice!
Get in touch with the AMAZING Megan Bliss:
www.liveblisshealth.com
https://www.instagram.com/meganblissnp/
Monthly group: https://liveblisshealth.com/virtual-gym-community
👉 Take the 8 Types of Anxiety Quiz to help narrow down what solutions are right for you
👉 Click here to learn more about Dr. Nicole’s Holistic Wellness Collective, a membership designed for the mental health warrior that provides holistic protocols to find balance in your health and wellness journey
👉 Order Supplements Here
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
💕 Stay connected with me:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA is a nationally renowned expert in natural mental health, helping people transform their mental health naturally by uncovering the root cause. She has been published by Salon Magazine, Well + Good, Psychology Today, quoted in Forbes and more!
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and should not be taken as the “definitive opinion” or “absolute medical opinion” on any subject. This podcast is not a substitute for medical, psychological, counseling or any other sort of professional care. Consumption of these materials is for your own education and any medical, psychological, or professional care decisions should be made between you and your primary care doctor or another provider that you are engaged with.

Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
Nora Pope, FCP & Dr. Jessica Liu, ND are fertility experts with a mission to teach healthcare professionals about the power of Cycle Charting to time ultrasounds, blood tests and treatments to restore fertility and health. The energy and knowledge they bring to this episode is outstanding!
Nora Jane Pope, FCP is a retired Naturopathic Doctor and Creighton Model FertilityCare Practitioner with a private practice in Toronto from 2002-19. She is the creator of “Cycle Charting: The Key to Fertility” CE Seminars.
Along with Dr Jessica Liu, ND, she is co-creating the 2021 Healthcare Professional Continuing Education webinar “Cycle Charting, Progesterone HRT and Fertility Enhancement”.
Nora is a highly sought-after public speaker and since 2003, Nora Pope has educated physicians, midwives, pharmacists, and health experts on the scientific use of natural medicines.
She is published in several journals including NDNR and Midwifery Today.
Dr. Jessica Liu ND is a Naturopathic Doctor, with over 16 years of expertise and clinical excellence in the field of fertility, women's health and pregnancy care.
With an extensive background in natural reproductive medicine, Dr. Liu has helped hundreds of families conceive healthy babies, both naturally and with assisted reproductive techniques such as IUI or IVF. Her program, “Creating Vibrant Fertility” has a particular focus in supporting women to move through the emotional trauma of sub-fertility and pregnancy loss in order to awaken their optimal fertility potential.
She is published in Seed Science Research and has lectured as a speaker at the Canadian Fertility Show.
Here’s what you can expect in this episode:
How Nora Pope got interested in Cycle Charting
Fertility doesn't necessarily mean making babies, it’s women’s health
Dr. Jessica’s personal story and struggles with her health
Honoring and normalizing menstrual cycle
What is cycle charting? Why you should be checking in with your body?
3 months of cycle charting and fertility awareness can increase chance of successful conception up to 90%
How cycle charting can help with anxiety, depression, PTSD
The relationship between IVF and PTSD
How stress impacts fertility and infertility
Mitigating the obstacles to cure for fertility
Stay connected with them:
www.fertilityCE.com
Instagram: @fertility.ce
Facebook: @fertility.ce
👉 Take the 8 Types of Anxiety Quiz to help narrow down what solutions are right for you
👉 Click here to learn more about Dr. Nicole’s Holistic Wellness Collective, a membership designed for the mental health warrior that provides holistic protocols to find balance in your health and wellness journey
👉 Order Supplements Here
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
💕 Stay connected with me:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA is a nationally renowned expert in natural mental health, helping people transform their mental health naturally by uncovering the root cause. She has been published by Salon Magazine, Well + Good, Psychology Today, quoted in Forbes and more!
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and should not be taken as the “definitive opinion” or “absolute medical opinion” on any subject. This podcast is not a substitute for medical, psychological, counseling or any other sort of professional care. Consumption of these materials is for your own education and any medical, psychological, or professional care decisions should be made between you and your primary care doctor or another provider that you are engaged with.







