A Mother's Journey to Holistic Health & Healing · Marissa Prieto, Holistic Registered Dietitian & Well-Being Coach

27. Heal Anxiety Naturally With These 10 Holistic Strategies

February 25, 2025·34 min·10 clips

Marissa opens with a soft welcome and a check in. She introduces episode 27 as a conversation about anxiety, names herself as a mother of three, a holistic well being coach, and a registered dietitian, and points listeners toward her free YouTube meditations, Mindful Meditations with Marissa, for short guided practices that help with grounding, relaxation, peace, joy, and a positive day. Anxiety stays front and center. She says the topic matters to her personally because she has lived with anxiety throughout her life and has spent about 13 years working with women and mothers who carry that same tension in daily life. She gives the scale of the issue, citing an estimate from the National Institute for Mental Health that about 24.4 million people experience anxiety and that it is twice as common in women. She does not make the issue sound simple. Instead, she reminds listeners that anxiety can show up in different forms, including postpartum anxiety, and that ongoing symptoms deserve attention rather than self blame. Medication is not treated as a defeat. She says some people may need Western medicine and mental health medication alongside holistic habits, and she frames that combination as potentially even more powerful because a calmer mind can make room for regular practice. The tone stays permissive. When the practices are not helping enough, she urges listeners to speak with a doctor or trusted healthcare professional instead of waiting too long or feeling weak for needing more support. The episode then turns practical. She begins laying out holistic strategies, saying she is listing them in no special order, and explains that these steps are meant to calm the nervous system, reduce fight or flight, and help rewire the experience of anxiety over time. She keeps repeating the same steady reassurance: anxiety is something you can work with, not your identity, and the body’s tension does not get the final word. The conversation stays warm. She encourages listeners to pause and revisit the advice if they need to, thanks them for listening, asks for reviews and shares, points them back to her meditation channel for more support, and mentions that she has exciting news and new programs coming soon.

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Practical anxiety guidance that makes room for holistic habits, medication, and medical support.

Marissa treats anxiety as something lived, not abstract. She draws on her own experience, 13 years in the field, and her work as a holistic well-being coach and registered dietitian to speak to mothers and women in particular.

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For when you want gentle, holistic ways to work with anxiety without treating medication or doctor support like a failure.

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