339: Anxiety Explained: Hormones, Vagus Nerve & Gut Health | Dr. Nicole Cain

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Kelly Leveque

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🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Nicole Cain to talk about her integrative, trauma-informed approach to anxiety and mental wellness. We explore how anxiety shows up in the body—through our thoughts, hormones, immune system, and gut—and what it takes to truly heal at the root.

Nicole shares insights from her book Panic Proof along with powerful tools like EMDR, hormone testing, and Ayurveda. Whether you're navigating anxiety yourself or supporting someone who is, this conversation is packed with practical, whole-person strategies to find calm and reclaim your mental health.

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Topics Discussed:

What is the root cause of anxiety and how can it be healed naturally?
How does gut health affect mental health and anxiety?
What is Dr. Nicole Cain’s approach to managing anxiety with integrative medicine?
What is the connection between hormone imbalances and anxiety symptoms?

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0:00.0	The whole messaging of anxiety right now in our culture is it's a problem that you have to live with.
0:05.4	It's just a part of the human experience.
0:07.4	And that's a myth.
0:10.1	You're listening to Be Well by Kelly Leveck.
0:16.4	Dr. Nicole Kane is a nationally recognized expert in integrative and trauma-informed approaches to mental and emotional wellness. She's the author of the acclaimed book,
0:24.7	Panicproof, and is known for blending the best of modern medicine with holistic root-cause
0:29.6	solutions. Her work is grounded in empowering individuals to reclaim their mental health
0:34.2	through personalized whole-person care. Let's welcome Dr. Nicole Kane to the show.
0:39.2	Dr. Nicole Kane, I have been so looking forward to this episode. I want to learn how to diminish anxiety.
0:46.5	I want my audience to feel like they understand what is anxiety, what are the types of anxiety,
0:51.0	and your new book, Panic Proof, is honestly, it feels like the encyclopedia
0:56.4	of anxiety. It's like, here are the different types. Here's how you can support it. And here's
1:02.0	a holistic solution, which I really appreciate. So thank you for being here and for sharing your
1:08.5	time. And I know how much time it takes to put a book together
1:12.6	and write it and share like your heart and soul and all of your education and your learnings.
1:17.6	So thank you.
1:19.6	Thank you for having me. This has been my heart and soul. And getting to talk about it and
1:25.6	share the message of hope that is in this book is literally
1:29.9	what sets my soul on fire. So delighted. I'm so excited to bless your community and to serve
1:37.3	the mental health community and everyone. Well, it's perfect timing because I think, you know,
1:44.1	what's interesting in the last couple of years is that they would I think, you know,
1:44.2	what's interesting in the last couple years
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