Dr. Scott Rower

04/15/2025

🌿 New Podcast Episode 🌿
If you live with a GI condition like Crohn’s or IBS, you know how tough symptom flares can be.

Something I use personally to get through my own GI flares is something I call my Flare Recovery Plan. It's a simple, personalized guide to help reduce decisions & keep me from making it worse due to stress & anxiety.

This podcast episode explain what a Flare Recovery Plan is, why it's worth the effort & how to start your own.

🎧 Listen here: https://youtu.be/62PgX_BCCwg?si=m5WP5GIBo3SrTfqF

This episode introduces a simple but powerful tool to support you during flares of digestive symptoms - The Flare Recovery Plan. This personalized, written g...

04/11/2025

Free Resource for anyone with a chronic GI condition.

Flares of GI symptoms can be overwhelming. I’ve been there too. I took a little time to write up a practical tool that I personally use to get through flares that I call my Flare Recovery Plan.

It's a simple guide to get through flares with less panic and more clarity.

👉 https://www.restanddigest.org/blog/how-to-get-through-a-gi-flare

Struggling with a GI flare? Learn how to create a personal Flare Recovery Plan that will help you to know what to do when a digestive symptoms hits. It will help you reduce stress, avoid common mistakes, and heal faster.

03/12/2025

✨ Guided Breathing Practice | Breathing to Soothe Digestive Symptoms ✨

The previous episode was focused on guided breathwork for GI urgency & pain. This time, I'm bringing you a gentle, all-purpose breathing practice to support any GI condition.

💨 Less talking, more space to sink into the practice.
💡 A simple way to calm the gut-brain connection.
💙 Designed to help regulate your nervous system & ease digestive symptoms.

🎧 Listen here: https://www.restanddigest.org/podcast

For more resources on the gut-brain connection, visit 👉 restanddigest.org

Available on: The Rest & Digest PodcastBy Scott Rower PhDThis podcast is for anyone with a GI disorder looking to learn effective mind-body concepts & skills based on the science of GI psychology.Hosted by Dr. Scott Rower, a psychologist with Crohn's Disease, it delves into the crucial connection be...

02/28/2025

✨ New Podcast Episode: Guided Breathing Practice | Easing GI Pain & Urgency

This episode is a guided breathing practice designed to ease digestive symptoms, specifically gastrointestinal pain & urgency.

It helps you to activate your body's "rest and digest" response and along the way I'll explain how stress affects digestion & why this breathing technique can help manage symptoms & build resilience.

Please share with anyone you know that struggles with GI pain or urgency.

🎧 https://www.restanddigest.org/podcast

11/11/2024

How Your Gut, Brain & Emotions Are Linked01:00 The Gut-Brain Connection & Dysregulation03:48 Changes in the Gut06:43 Changes in the Brain10:30 Changes in Emo...

10/22/2024

Digestive issues are rarely JUST physical conditions, they are mind-body disorders.

Understanding how the gut-brain connection plays an important part in this & who are the people most likely to benefit from the science of GI psychology

In this episode, Dr. Scott Rower, a clinical psychologist with personal experience with Crohn's disease, delves into the relationship between digestive disor...

07/27/2024

Introducing the Rest & Digest Podcast. Join Dr. Scott Rower, a clinical psychologist as he introduces the fascinating world of GI psychology. Discover the powerful connection between your brain and gut, and learn practical mind-body strategies to manage your digestive health.

06/26/2024

Register here --> www.restanddigest.org/gut-brain-101