Ketogenic Mental Health Therapy, Brain Fog Recovery & Advocacy | Nicole Laurent

📣 Nicole Laurent is a licensed mental health counselor who spent over a decade on pain medications for trigeminal neuralgia — and lost most of her cognitive function in the process. Her recovery through ketogenic metabolic therapy didn't just change her life; it redirected her entire career toward integrating nutritional therapy with psychotherapy for mental illness and neurological challenges.📋 In this conversation, Robyn hears Nicole's full story for the first time — from daily migraines and near-overdose experiences to a harrowing detox that left her at 97 pounds and barely able to get to the bathroom, to slowly rebuilding her brain through ketogenic therapy. They also talk about the ethical risk Nicole took in bringing this intervention into her practice, the case studies she publishes to build the evidence base, the psychotherapist training she created so other clinicians stop unknowingly steering clients away from keto, and the nonprofit she founded so that finances never stop anyone from accessing this treatment.🔑 What You'll LearnHow Nicole recovered from opioid dependency and severe cognitive impairment using ketogenic metabolic therapyWhy ketogenic therapy can address the biological roots of mental illness in ways traditional psychotherapy alone cannotThe ethical and licensing challenges of integrating nutritional therapy into a licensed mental health practiceHow Nicole's psychotherapist training helps clinicians ethically support — rather than discourage — clients pursuing ketogenic dietsHow Brain Fog Recovery Source provides access to metabolic mental health care for those who can't afford it💡 Key Insight"Bodies heal, brains heal, new therapies come into the world. … When you're in that dark place, you can't remember that your now is not your forever. … It's a metabolic intervention to be open and hopeful if that's possible for you in the moment." — Nicole Laurent🌐 Connect with Nicole LaurentWebsite: https://www.mentalhealthketo.comNonprofit/scholarship inquiries: [email protected] contact: [email protected] website for a list of all social media.⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.⏳ Chapters0:47 Introduction and Guest Welcome2:03 Nicole's Personal Healing Story9:46 Challenges of Detox and Cognitive Recovery15:00 Discovering Ketogenic Therapy and Regaining Function16:58 Professional Shift and Ethical Motivation20:28 Training, Certification, and Community25:52 How Nicole's Practice Works28:19 Psychotherapist Training and Advocacy33:23 Publishing Case Studies for Mental Health36:10 Launching Brain Fog Recovery Source Nonprofit47:19 Final Advice and How to Connect with Nicole🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.🌱 Know someone with a keto success story? Nominate them to be featured: [email protected]🔗 Subscribe, follow, and leave a review — it helps more people find the show.👥 Connect with Robyn: https://www.robyndobbins.com https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on Amazon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.