Nerva reviews

My IBS was affecting all aspects of my high-stress life. My prescription meds were not working and I was losing hope. Nerva changed everything. As a long time meditator and yogini I have to admit I was at first sceptical. But Nerva has the guided meditations spot on and they provide just enough reading on the science to help with understanding of the gut-brain connection. Their unique selling point is that they help you build calm positivity while strengthening resilience through the inevitable ups and downs of life. I’m sold and very grateful for this holistic approach. It works folks!

I was SO skeptical at first. And I found it really hard to relax in the meditations. I’d fall asleep and I thought it wasn’t working. My symptoms flared up a bunch too. So I stopped using it. After a couple of weeks I ate gluten. This would normally be a huge trigger for my IBS. But miraculously it wasn’t!! 🤯 I ate gluten for a whole week. No pain. None of my normal symptoms. The results are truly amazing and I cannot recommend it enough. My symptoms have calmed right down. I am so grateful to the Nerva team. Thank you!!

My IBS was affecting all aspects of my high-stress life. My prescription meds were not working and I was losing hope. Nerva changed everything. As a long time meditator and yogini I have to admit I was at first sceptical. But Nerva has the guided meditations spot on and they provide just enough reading on the science to help with understanding of the gut-brain connection. Their unique selling point is that they help you build calm positivity while strengthening resilience through the inevitable ups and downs of life. I’m sold and very grateful for this holistic approach. It works folks!

I was sceptical of how well this could work and also thought it was quite expensive. I ended up taking the plunge when it was on sale, figuring it had a good money back guarantee. But I won’t be needing a refund. This has really helped my symptoms and I’m now able to eat some foods I’d been avoiding too. Great programme.

Like many of us, I found myself down a research rabbit hole during a particularly bad flare up. I was so frustrated just wanting a straight answer about what I could eat that wouldn’t make it worse. One of the articles mentioned this hypnotherapy app and I was skeptical but desperate. Would I really no longer have to log my food and avoid so many favorites? Either way I was willing to take the risk and give it a go and I’m so glad that I did. We all know that IBS is exacerbated bu stress, but I didn’t realize that so much of my problem was caused by essentially living my life in fight or flight. With a brain running forever on panic mode so many normal functions go by the way side. Nerva helped me rewire and be all over less anxious and more resilient. I have a better relationship with my gut, appetite, etc. I eat what I want, but I rarely want very much of “trigger foods” but it now feels less like a stressful avoidance and more like listening to my body. I haven’t had a pain flare up since starting the program and think about my IBS less than I have in years.

I was very skeptical about this when I began but, now, in my third week, I am a believer. I look forward to this time every day and believe I am learning much about myself. In my 5th week and continue to believe this is a great program for me! I have felt great since I began. However, I had a bit of a setback today with some bowel issues. I will stay positive and know tomorrow will be better. I will say that following this session and deep breathing my gut seemed to settle a bit Finished the program and I can’t recommend highly enough! It has been a tremendous improvement for me and I learned about myself and some strategies to help myself. The support was amazing with quick responses and good information. I will continue with maintenance. I think overall this is a great program and strongly recommend it.

I was very skeptical about this when I began but, now, in my third week, I am a believer. I look forward to this time every day and believe I am learning much about myself. In my 5th week and continue to believe this is a great program for me! I have felt great since I began. However, I had a bit of a setback today with some bowel issues. I will stay positive and know tomorrow will be better. I will say that following this session and deep breathing my gut seemed to settle a bit

I purchased this app as I was at the end of my tether with my IBS. I had tried other things including the FODMAP diet which helped but did not feel like it was getting to the root of the issue. I was a bit skeptical, but After about 2 weeks of doing the daily hypnosis I suddenly realised my bloating and abdominal discomfort had improved quite a bit... I continued and am now on week 5 and amazingly I am barely suffering with any symptoms! And like the sessions suggest, if I do get any symptoms they don’t seem to bother me as much anymore. I am so so grateful to have discovered this amazing little app! It really feels like a huge breakthrough and have already recommended to a few friends.

I was very sceptical that this would work but thought I’d give it a try - I’ve noticed a huge improvement in my symptoms and although they’ve not disappeared entirely they are much more manageable. I would go as far to say they are the best they’ve been in years, something which I was not expecting. Worth the expense - would highly recommend!

I was a bit skeptical, but I am noticing improvement in my symptoms only three weeks into the program. I’ve had IBS, GERD, SIBO and other digestive ailments for over 30 years. So grateful for this program as wells as the low FODMAP diet, which has also helped me. Thank you! ❤️

I was skeptical at first, especially because I don’t seem to be particularly susceptible to hypnosis, having tried many apps and in person hypnotherapy without much success. However, I was desperate and with so many great reviews I decided to give Nerva a chance. This program has definitely improved my symptoms. I still have pain some days but it has diminished considerably and my bowel movements are a lot more regular (I have IBS M) and most of the time painless. At the moment of this review I am on week 5 of the 6 week program and I expect to continue improving as I continue to listen to the hypnosis sessions every day.

It’s been a lifesaver!! I can’t express how grateful I am. I was hesitant at first about the ability of hypnotherapy to help, and about the money, but I’m convinced. It’s been incredible. I now want to try hypnotherapy for other issues I’ve struggled with as well, it’s been so helpful! I love how optimistic it’s making me feel. I have come to the conclusion that my gut symptoms were caused both by high FODMAP foods and by stress. But even more so, I had developed a mind-body link that was keeping me in a stress response around certain behaviors (eating, driving, sleeping being some of them) that would trigger an attack. I’ve never yet had a time that using a Nerva hypnotherapy session during one of these attacks hasn’t worked immediately (and I mean within the first few minutes of the session usually). PS. I am eating a low FODMAP diet as well, so I can’t speak to using the Nerva system alone, but I will say that the diet alone was not eliminating my symptoms. Adding the Nerva program helped tremendously!!

I was skeptical at first but decided to give the app a try because it seems that I tried pretty much everything else, and I must say it made a big difference for me. Most of my symptoms have disappeared or are down to a level that is totally manageable.

I was a bit hesitant about purchasing this but I am so glad I did! IBS was severely unpairing my every day life before this app and I am now significantly better and can go about my life again and am no longer losing many nights sleep to stomach pain! I wanted to wait until I had completed the programme to review it and I would say it has definitely been worth it and I will be continuing to do the sessions occasionally going forward

Update: June 2026 Flares started up again early this year, I hadn’t used the app for a while but picked it up again in late Mar 2026. After just a few sessions my flare eased. I completed the program from start to finish in mid May and have been using 3-4 x week since. I’ve had only one flare during that time around week 4 that passed after 2 days and since then feeling very good with no substantial symptoms. I still avoid my high FODMAP trigger foods mist of the time, but don’t have to be as strict. When I start to feel discomfort coming on it tends to fade quickly and doesn’t escalate as it used to. This has worked better than anything else I’ve tried. ————- I first tried the Nerva app in March of 2024 when I was experiencing an IBS flare worse than I had in many years. The flare was undoubtedly caused by the stress of an in process international move where I was to start a new job. I saw an ad for the app and was skeptical, then read that Monash University was behind it and decided to give it a try. I didn’t expect much, but I saw a significant symptom production within the first week which I know it’s not common. But it did continue through the program and after. I stopped for the last few months and when another flare started. I went back to the program and again I’m experiencing a significant reduction of symptoms. I’ve been following a modified Low FODMAP diet, which also helps to an extent, but finding a more lasting effect and consistency with this program.

I was a bit skeptical at first in honesty. But I was so desperate willing to try anything. I was so bad with my stomach to the point where I was hospitalised a lot. And I have a lot of on going problems but honestly having stomach problems is unbearable. What I recommend to anyone trying this, is be open, read the information they give you. You must commit you must do it everyday. Make it a routine if you missed it in that time make it up and find time at some point in the day. I got to a really good stage but I fell really ill recently and was given antibiotics which really messed with my stomach lining. And then everything was triggering me so I’m back everyday now. I do recommend doing a blood test to find your allergies to see if there’s anything you can reduce even if you’re a bit allergic to it makes you more aware. I also think this app helps encourage you to be healthier and kinder to yourself. I know it feels expensive but omg so are pro and pre biotics, degas tablets, stomach spasm tablets (hyoscine butylbromide) herbal things, and not to mention any tablets your gp prescribes that til this day I don’t even know if they work do they do anything? I honestly think it’s worth it. I have taken a year to write this review because I wanted to make sure that if there was someone out there in the same position that I’m in then they get a good honest review. The healthy journey you’re on is hard, that’s what’s led you to my review and I just want you that this journey you’re on, you’re not alone and that you’re incredible for trying things to help yourself. That’s not easy, so firstly take a bow. And I hope that your pain eases, and so does your mind. You got this. You can find me if you need a chat via my username online 🤎 I’m not perfect and I have other health things to worry about but this is such a great tool to have in my life. Ps. If the app glitches and the sound isn’t coming on, you have to close and open the app if it still doesn’t work then your phone on and off it’s annoying but I think it’s to do with the phone and bother app hope that helps anyone I had to learn lol

This is my first week using Nerva Hypnosis. I started with doubts, having spent my whole life coping with IBS-D and searching for relief. I am an 84 year old retired trauma Informed mental health counselor. I am also a complex trauma survivor. During this first week I am noticing subtle changes in my conscious awareness of tension in my body and in my outlook on life. I am using breath many times during the day to relieve tension. I am also feeling a fragile sense of hope that I could feel better living with this body for the rest of my life❣️ I have been using NERVA hypnosis and breathing techniques for more than a year now. It has been a very challenging year for me at 85 and 1/2 years of age….many losses including my home and most of my belongings in Hurricane Helene. I use a hypnosis session every morning as my body awakens to tension and bowel activity. I seldom have explosive diarrhea anymore and for the first time in my life that I can remember, I experience regular formed bowel movements. I still have IBS symptoms during the day but am able to reassure myself that they are not a dangerous illness. Then I am able to cope with the symptoms with breathing and go on with my day. Eating is still a challenge as many foods in the USA exacerbate my symptoms. I have been using a plant based nutritional supplement from a company in California called Kate Farms which has helped me maintain my weight and soothes my digestive system. I am so grateful to have Nerva hypnosis sessions always available to help me cope with stress and anxiety in my everyday life. I can imagine using them also to ease my way through the dying process when that occurs for me. Thankyou NERVA❣️

This is my first week using Nerva Hypnosis. I started with doubts, having spent my whole life coping with IBS-D and searching for relief. I am an 84 year old retired trauma Informed mental health counselor. I am also a complex trauma survivor. During this first week I am noticing subtle changes in my conscious awareness of tension in my body and in my outlook on life. I am using breath many times during the day to relieve tension. I am also feeling a fragile sense of hope that I could feel better living with this body for the rest of my life❣️ I have been using NERVA hypnosis and breathing techniques for more than a year now. It has been a very challenging year for me at 85 and 1/2 years of age….many losses including my home and most of my belongings in Hurricane Helene. I use a hypnosis session every morning as my body awakens to tension and bowel activity. I seldom have explosive diarrhea anymore and for the first time in my life that I can remember, I experience regular formed bowel movements. I still have IBS symptoms during the day but am able to reassure myself that they are not a dangerous illness. Then I am able to cope with the symptoms with breathing and go on with my day. Eating is still a challenge as many foods in the USA exacerbate my symptoms. I have been using a plant based nutritional supplement from a company in California called Kate Farms which has helped me maintain my weight and soothes my digestive system. I am so grateful to have Nerva hypnosis sessions always available to help me cope with stress and anxiety in my everyday life. I can imagine using them also to ease my way through the dying process when that occurs for me. Thankyou NERVA❣️

I received this as an Ad on Instagram, which I’m sometimes sceptical of. After seeing the Ad a few times I looked into the app more and thought I might give it a trial. I’ve suffered with IBS for 9 years since the passing of my mom, and I’ve always known that stress/anxiety shows in me as primarily gut symptoms but also in my throat area, and my thought pattern. My symptoms were so physical that I was suspected of having Crohn’s disease which my dad has. My mom also passed of bowel cancer. My anxiety particularly around travelling was so bad that it was stopping me from driving, being a passenger, going abroad, etc. I tried private therapy for these issues but it was incredibly expensive. The price of the app was less than one session of private therapy so I thought I’d try it. I’m about 6 weeks in, haven’t been 100% consistent or fully utilised the readings and breath things, but I notice a huge difference. A huge reduction in flare ups, and when I am travelling or having a flare up I listen to a session and I genuinely can feel the pain stop until I feel very calm and comfortable. Usually my symptoms are so bad when I’m travelling I have to get to a bathroom straight away, but there have been times where I’ve felt that way, listened to a session and the pain/urge has gone away and I can complete my journey comfortably. It’s incredibly really. I feel I have some of my life back for the first time in years, and it makes me feel optimistic that I can continue improving until I can live ‘normally’. I re-listen to the sessions over and over, and plan to restart the whole treatment from the start to keep building consistency.

This app worked impressively well for me. I have struggled with ibs-c for ten years and had become anxious and depressed alongside which often exacerbated it (and vice versa). After completing the Nerva course once I have been almost symptom free for three months. This is really promising. I can genuinely feel my digestion improving in the middle of most sessions on the app, and the maintenance program is well set up if you experience a flare. It’s also been so nice not to have to restrict foods as aggressively. I can eat chickpeas and cheese and lentils again. Magic. Update: after being symptom free for a couple of months I haven’t been using Nerva, so I was really appreciative (and honestly surprised bc this is so rare) when they emailed me to remind me that my automatic renewal was coming up. I got in touch to opt out for now (on a budget, but will come back if/when I get ibs symptoms again). Devina at their customer service was very helpful. Thank you Devina! Just a really solid company and tool, I really hope more people give this a shot. IBS (like so many chronic conditions) can really put you in a place where you don’t want to get your hopes up about yet another intervention and then be disappointed. I know some folks I’ve recommended it to were also skeptical bc they didn’t feel their IBS was related to mood/mental health. I get it, but people the science is there! There is so much that goes on in our nervous systems that we can impact with our concentration. Just give it a try. You don’t have to believe it’s going to work. You don’t have to will it to work. You just have to sit down and listen to the dreamy lady and try to visualize what she says. The program meets you wherever you’re at, even if that’s 99.5% skepticism and .5% openness. And at worst, you’ll get a meditation out of it. Time well spent.