Counselor Toolbox Podcast with DocSnipes

1088-Natural Ways To Beat Anxiety Without Taking Pills_ Holistic Healing

Counselor Toolbox Podcast with DocSnipes

Show Notes

00:00 Introduction & Goals

01:00 Understanding Anxiety: Symptoms and Roots

03:30 Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn & Flop: The Stress Response

07:00 How Anxiety Affects Mind and Body

10:00 Chronic Anxiety & Stress Physiology

13:00 Traditional Treatments & Their Limits

16:00 Emerging Treatments: TMS, Ketamine, Esketamine

20:00 Vagus Nerve, Gut-Brain Axis & Inflammation

23:00 Microbiome, Peptides & Mood Regulation

27:00 Key Gut Peptides & Anxiety

31:00 Natural Ways to Boost Gut Health & Peptide Activity

36:00 Diet, Supplements, and Probiotics

41:00 Intermittent Fasting for Gut, Mood & Anxiety

48:00 Sleep: The Overlooked Intervention

51:00 Building a Better Sleep Routine

54:00 Holistic Approaches: Healing Body & Nervous System

56:00 Audience Q&A - Microbiome, Diet & Mood

58:00 Final Thoughts, Gradual Change & Goodbye Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More from Counselor Toolbox Podcast with DocSnipes

Oct 16, 2026

0:00 Introduction to ACEs 1:05 Defining trauma and ACEs 3:28 Categorizing ACEs 9:09 Psychological impacts 17:28 Systemic and developmental effects 24:32 Prevalence and vulnerability 28:03 Physical and physiological impacts 31:24 Managing trauma symptoms 41:05 Attachment and cognitive impacts 52:53 Environmental and spiritual impacts 55:26 Assessment and treatment strategies

Oct 9, 2026

00:00 Introduction to Codependency

Oct 2, 2026

00:00 Introduction to Toxic Relationship Behaviors

Sep 25, 2026

00:00 Introduction to Mindfulness

See all episodes →