The 4-Step Method to Stop Panic & Rewire Your Brain with Dr. Nicole Cain

Feb 10, 2025

In this insightful discussion, Dr. Nicole Cain, a licensed clinical psychologist and anxiety expert, shares her transformative journey through anxiety. She reveals how childhood experiences shape stress responses and explains the difference between fear and anxiety. Listeners learn a powerful 4-step method to rewire their brains and stop panic attacks in their tracks. Dr. Cain emphasizes the importance of viewing anxiety symptoms as messages from the body and provides practical techniques, such as breathing exercises, to foster resilience and regain control.

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Intro

00:00 • 4min

Navigating Anxiety: A Personal Journey

04:25 • 11min

Managing Anxiety and Enhancing Productivity with Organization

15:34 • 5min

Breath, Body, and Anxiety Management

21:02 • 29min

Healing Through Connection

50:31 • 9min

Understanding EMDR and Panic Proof Method

59:34 • 3min

What if there was a way you could stop a panic attack in its tracks? In this episode, psychotherapist Dr. Nicole Cain is here to give simple and powerful tools to overcome anxiety in any situation. Nicole shares why traditional treatments don’t always work, how your childhood experiences shape your stress responses, and tools you can start using today to heal your nervous system. She also breaks down the 4-step method to rewire your brain, reroute your body’s stress signals, and stop panic for good.

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HIGHLIGHTS

00:00 How childhood and generational beliefs create anxiety patterns.

06:30 The turning point after Dr. Nicole’s dark cycle of anxiety.

09:30 What’s the difference between fear and anxiety?

12:45 The stoplight method to track anxiety patterns.

17:15 How do childhood memories create automatic fear responses?

24:15 4-step method to reprogram your brain in just 90 days.

29:15 The science behind breathwork & vagus nerve activation for instant calm.

38:45 3 minute reprogramming hack to shift your nervous system.

46:00 Why do so many people struggle with anxiety? (hint: it’s not just stress).

53:15 What is EMDR therapy and how can it help you clear trauma faster than talk therapy?

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