Resolve IBS and IBD Naturally
This podcast is for you if you are struggling with symptoms of IBS and IBD and want to get to the root cause of your symptoms so you can take back your health through a holistic, whole-person approach.
Resolve IBS and IBD Naturally
Episode 71: Hypnosis for IBS, Anxiety & Autoimmune Healing, with Juliana Sloane
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What if healing your gut isn’t just about food, supplements, or antimicrobials — but about rewiring the brain?
In this powerful conversation, Courtney sits down with hypnotherapist and meditation teacher Juliana Sloane to explore the science-backed connection between hypnosis, neuroplasticity, vagus nerve regulation, and chronic conditions like IBS, IBD, anxiety, chronic pain, and autoimmune disorders.
Juliana shares how her personal journey through illness led her to modern hypnotherapy — and why hypnosis today looks nothing like outdated stage stereotypes. Instead, it’s a collaborative, neuroscience-informed process that helps shift entrenched neural pathways related to fear, pain, stress, and self-criticism.
Together, Courtney and Juliana unpack how chronic stress physiology dampens vagus nerve tone, lowers digestive function, and perpetuates IBS and autoimmune flares — even when diet and supplements are dialed in.
You’ll learn:
- What hypnosis actually is (and isn’t)
- How trance states support vagal tone and stress regulation
- The role of neuroplasticity in shifting chronic symptom patterns
- Why anxiety and IBS are so tightly linked
- How hypnotherapy can transform long-standing fear around food and symptoms
- The difference between guided hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis tools
- A simple neuroscience-backed visualization technique to calm symptom flares
- Why nervous system regulation is essential for lasting gut healing
Courtney and Juliana also discuss media consumption, childhood self-criticism, and how unconscious belief patterns can quietly sabotage physical healing — even when someone is “doing everything right.”
If you struggle with IBS, IBD, anxiety-driven flares, or autoimmune symptoms that worsen under stress, this episode will expand your understanding of the gut-brain connection — and offer practical, empowering tools to support real change.
Connect with Juliana Sloane
Website: https://julianasloane.com
Free Gentle Hypnosis Meditation: https://julianasloane.com/free-hypnosis-recording
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianasloane
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianasloane/
Link to a free 30 minute Gut Check Call
Disclaimer: None of the content discussed is meant to be taken as medical advice. All information presented is for educational purposes only and listeners and viewers assume all responsibility around implementing any changes to their health and medical regimen.