Holistic Inner Balance: Natural Mental Health Podcast

114. Adventure, Habits, Growth, and Acceptance - A Glimpse into Hadlee's Life

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR COHOST HADLEE!
In honor of her special day, this episode is all things Hadlee, what makes her HER. We explored Hadlee's exciting adventures that have shaped her perspective on life. We discussed the importance of not taking things too seriously and how Hadlee regulates herself through healthy habits and a step-by-step mentality. Alongside fun topics like karaoke songs and superpowers, Hadlee shared her best advice and her five-year plan. We wrapped up with laughs over embarrassing moments and hypothetical dinner guests, blending fun with insightful conversation.
Show Hadlee some love. We are so lucky to have a cohost like her! 
 
Additional Resources:
🤔 QUIZ: What Type of Anxiety Do You Deal With?
👉 Discover your Ayurveda mind-body constitution so you can work to balance it and optimize your health with this dosha quiz
💡Join Dr. Nicole's membership: The Holistic Wellness Collective
👉Learn more about Hadlee’s Happy Healthy Habits Coaching Program, a step-by-step program you've been searching for to actually follow through on your health and wellness goals
👉 Order Supplements Here 
📖 Buy the book: PANIC PROOF: The New Holistic Solution to End Your Anxiety Forever
 
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
 
💕 Stay connected with us:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Happy Healthy Hadlee 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! 
Hadlee Garrison, MPH is an Ayurvedic expert, academic, healer and her mission is to teach people how to transform their habits, health, bodies, energy, confidence, and all of the other things in order to lead less stressed and more joyful lives.
 
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH 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.

113. Straight Talk about Women's Health with Dr. Jolene Brighten

Dr. Jolene Brighten is a hormone expert, nutrition scientist, and thought leader in women’s medicine. She is board certified in naturopathic endocrinology and trained in clinical sexology. Dr. Brighten is the author of Is This Normal, a non-judgemental guide to creating hormone balance, eliminating unwanted symptoms, and building the sexual desire you crave. A fierce patient advocate and completely dedicated to uncovering the root cause of hormonal imbalances, Dr. Brighten empowers women worldwide to take control of their health and their hormones through her website and social medical channels. Dr. Brighten is an international speaker, clinical educator, and medical advisor within the tech community.Access Is This Normal resources:https://drbrighten.com/ITN-resourcesDr. Brighten’s website: www.drbrighten.comFollow Dr Brighten on Instagram, Tik Tok, and Youtube 
 
Additional Resources:
🤔 QUIZ: What Type of Anxiety Do You Deal With?
👉 Discover your Ayurveda mind-body constitution so you can work to balance it and optimize your health with this dosha quiz
💡Join Dr. Nicole's membership: The Holistic Wellness Collective
👉Learn more about Hadlee’s Happy Healthy Habits Coaching Program, a step-by-step program you've been searching for to actually follow through on your health and wellness goals
👉 Order Supplements Here 
📖 Buy the book: PANIC PROOF: The New Holistic Solution to End Your Anxiety Forever
 
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
 
💕 Stay connected with us:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Happy Healthy Hadlee 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!
Hadlee Garrison, MPH is an Ayurvedic expert, academic, healer and her mission is to teach people how to transform their habits, health, bodies, energy, confidence, and all of the other things in order to lead less stressed and more joyful lives.
 
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH 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.

112. Why We Suppress Anger (debrief of previous episode)

If you haven't checked out the last episode (Episode 111) , you will want to listen to that for this episode to make sense! This episode is a debrief of the last episode where we went through a live EMDR therapy demonstration. Here is what you can expect in this episode:
Is anger an emotion you ignore?
Anger is a good thing
Core emotions and other words to use for anger
How anger is an empowered state
The map of consciousness
Where is Ayurveda's place in this
When we are more prone to dosha imbalances
Strategies for befriending your anger
Watch this Episode on Youtube
Episode 111. Meeting Place
Episode 101. Fight or Flight? (Polyvagal Theory)
Episode 85. Anger Anxiety
 
Additional Resources:
🤔 QUIZ: What Type of Anxiety Do You Deal With?
👉 Discover your Ayurveda mind-body constitution so you can work to balance it and optimize your health with this dosha quiz
💡Join Dr. Nicole's membership: The Holistic Wellness Collective
👉Learn more about Hadlee’s Happy Healthy Habits Coaching Program, a step-by-step program you've been searching for to actually follow through on your health and wellness goals
👉 Order Supplements Here 
📖 Buy the book: PANIC PROOF: The New Holistic Solution to End Your Anxiety Forever
 
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
 
💕 Stay connected with us:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Happy Healthy Hadlee 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! 
Hadlee Garrison, MPH is an Ayurvedic expert, academic, healer and her mission is to teach people how to transform their habits, health, bodies, energy, confidence, and all of the other things in order to lead less stressed and more joyful lives.
 
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH 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.

111. Therapy Demonstration - Meeting Place (from EMDR Therapy)

What if the programs aren't working for you? What if the way you see the world is holding you back from feeling calm, in control and fulfillment in life?
We are digging into EMDR, which is a way to understand why we feel the way we feel and to recalibrate the way we think.
What is EMDR
Little t vs. big T traumas
What are adaptive mechanisms
How adaptations can get stuck and cause suffering
Dr. Nicole takes Hadlee through a demonstration of Meeting Place
How to do meeting place on your own
 
Other Podcasts on EMDR:
80. What is Trauma and How to Heal with Paul Krauss, MA, LPC
83. The Most Effective Therapy for Healing Trauma with Michael Baldwin and Deborah L. Korn, PsyD
 
Resource for finding a therapist:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
(filter by EMDR and IFS)
 
Additional Resources:
🤔 QUIZ: What Type of Anxiety Do You Deal With?
👉 Discover your Ayurveda mind-body constitution so you can work to balance it and optimize your health with this dosha quiz
💡Join Dr. Nicole's membership: The Holistic Wellness Collective
👉Learn more about Hadlee’s Happy Healthy Habits Coaching Program, a step-by-step program you've been searching for to actually follow through on your health and wellness goals
👉 Order Supplements Here 
📖 Buy the book: PANIC PROOF: The New Holistic Solution to End Your Anxiety Forever
 
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
 
💕 Stay connected with us:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Happy Healthy Hadlee 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!
Hadlee Garrison, MPH is an Ayurvedic expert, academic, healer and her mission is to teach people how to transform their habits, health, bodies, energy, confidence, and all of the other things in order to lead less stressed and more joyful lives.
 
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH 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.

110. When in Doubt, Check Your Gut

This podcast is taken from a presentation Dr. Nicole did on how the gut impacts our mental health, specifically anxiety.
Exploring the research of the gut brain axis
What is gut anxiety
The impacts of antibioitics on your gut and mental health
Conventional approaches to gut anxiety
Holistic approaches to gut anxiety
Functional testing for gut microbes
Nurture the gut microbes from a young age
How the hormones are impacted by the gut (sex hormones, thyroid and adrenals)
Cases of gut anxiety
 
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Additional Resources:
👉 Take the 8 Types of Anxiety Quiz to help narrow down what solutions are right for you
👉 Discover your Ayurveda mind-body constitution so you can work to balance it and optimize your health
👉 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
👉 Click here to learn more about Hadlee’s Happy Healthy Habits Coaching Program, a step-by-step program you've been searching for to actually follow through on your health and wellness goals
 👉 Order Supplements Here
 
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
 
💕 Stay connected with us:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Happy Healthy Hadlee 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! 
Hadlee Garrison, MPH is an Ayurvedic expert, academic, healer and her mission is to teach people how to transform their habits, health, bodies, energy, confidence, and all of the other things in order to lead less stressed and more joyful lives.
 
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH 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.
 

109. Does Red Light Therapy Really Work?

What is red light therapy? Is all red light therapy created equal? Is it placebo or is it real? Answering all of those and more in this episode:
Different types of light
PBM therapy - what is it?
The impact on inflammation and oxidative stress
Benefits of phototherapy
What is red light therapy?
Is there a wavelength that is better for you?
What about infrared light?
UV light for mood disorders
Thoughts on tanning beds
Difference between UVA and UVB
What the research says about fluorescent lights
4 main benefits of far infrared light
 
Additional Resources:
👉 Take the 8 Types of Anxiety Quiz to help narrow down what solutions are right for you
👉 Discover your Ayurveda mind-body constitution so you can work to balance it and optimize your health
👉 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
👉 Click here to learn more about Hadlee’s Happy Healthy Habits Coaching Program, a step-by-step program you've been searching for to actually follow through on your health and wellness goals
 👉 Order Supplements Here
 
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
 
💕 Stay connected with us:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Happy Healthy Hadlee 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! 
Hadlee Garrison, MPH is an Ayurvedic expert, academic, healer and her mission is to teach people how to transform their habits, health, bodies, energy, confidence, and all of the other things in order to lead less stressed and more joyful lives.
 
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH 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.

108. Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone - Is it all it’s cracked up to be?

Can we push ourselves too far out of our comfort zone? Can getting out of your comfort zone too much cause burnout? If so, how do you get out of your comfort zone without burning out? That's what we'll be discussing in this episode, along with:
What does it mean to have a growth mindset
Expanding your comfort zone bubble
What can we do to ground ourselves after getting out of our comfort zone
How the nervous system may respond to getting out of comfort zone
Our window of tolerance
Hyper-arousal vs hypo-arousal & comfort zone
How to use breathing to regulate (breath work)
The biggest tips for behavior change
What to do if you are in a hyper-arousal state (overstimulated)
What to do if you are in a hypo-arousal state
Mentions:
Episode 101: Fight or Flight - How to Leverage the Vagus Nerve
 
Additional Resources:
👉 Take the 8 Types of Anxiety Quiz to help narrow down what solutions are right for you
👉 Discover your Ayurveda mind-body constitution so you can work to balance it and optimize your health
👉 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
👉 Click here to learn more about Hadlee’s Happy Healthy Habits Coaching Program, a step-by-step program you've been searching for to actually follow through on your health and wellness goals
 👉 Order Supplements Here
 
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
 
💕 Stay connected with us:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Happy Healthy Hadlee 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! 
Hadlee Garrison, MPH is an Ayurvedic expert, academic, healer and her mission is to teach people how to transform their habits, health, bodies, energy, confidence, and all of the other things in order to lead less stressed and more joyful lives.
 
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH 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.

107. Opting Out of Family Gatherings

Do you enjoy getting together with family or are you on the other end of that spectrum and dread it? Or are you somewhere in the middle? How do you want your holidays to look? In this episode, we'll talk about:
Choosing to do what is best for you
Dr. Cain's experience with family gatherings
Why can't we do what we want to for the holidays?
Disappointing others before disappointing yourself
What is your ideal holiday experience?
Are there small steps to make your current experience more enjoyable?
Examples of opting out of certain aspects of family gatherings
5 steps for opting out
Additional Resources:
👉 Take the 8 Types of Anxiety Quiz to help narrow down what solutions are right for you
👉 Discover your Ayurveda mind-body constitution so you can work to balance it and optimize your health
👉 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
👉 Click here to learn more about Hadlee’s Happy Healthy Habits Coaching Program, a step-by-step program you've been searching for to actually follow through on your health and wellness goals
 👉 Order Supplements Here
 
💻 Check out the available online courses:
Ayurveda: The Key to Your Success
Mapping Out Your Benzo Taper
 
💕 Stay connected with us:
Dr. Nicole on Instagram
Happy Healthy Hadlee 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! 
Hadlee Garrison, MPH is an Ayurvedic expert, academic, healer and her mission is to teach people how to transform their habits, health, bodies, energy, confidence, and all of the other things in order to lead less stressed and more joyful lives.
 
Disclaimer: This podcast was created by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH for educational purposes only. These are the opinions of Dr. Nicole Cain, ND, MA and Hadlee Garrison, MPH 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.