Ketobiography

About Ketobiography

🎙️ Ketobiography is a podcast that shares real stories of healing through low-carb and ketogenic living. Guests have reversed chronic illness, improved their mental health, and reclaimed their metabolic health, showing that food can be powerful medicine. Healing is possible, one story at a time. ⚕️ 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. 👤 Robyn Dobbins didn't set out to become an advocate. She set out to feel like herself again. When ketogenic therapy put her bipolar disorder into remission, she stopped wondering whether healing was possible and started wondering why more people didn't know it was. Ketobiography is her answer. She sits down with people who found their way back and lets them tell it in their own words. Robyn is a lived-experience advocate, storyteller, and speaker, and the founder of Harbinger of Health, LLC. She is a Certified Nutrition Network Advisor, a member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners, and was featured in the documentary The Cholesterol Code (https://cholesterolcodemovie.com/). Many years into her own healing journey, she's still listening, still learning, and still moved by what people share. Robyn believes our healing stories matter, and she hopes they inspire people who feel hopeless to make a change. The more healing stories we share, the louder our voice for change becomes. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations that fuel your comeback. Visit https://www.robyndobbins.com (https://www.robyndobbins.com) for episodes, events, and updates, and read the reflections behind each episode on Robyn's Substack: https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/ (https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Robyn R Dobbins

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 May 2024

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

102 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Eat Happy Cocktail Hour: Building a Low-Carb Food Empire | Anna Vocino

   📣 Anna Vocino built Eat Happy Kitchen from a personal health need into a business in roughly 1,000 grocery stores nationwide — and she's opening up about what that actually costs. This is an honest look at pricing, pressure, and the boundaries behind a premium food brand most people only see on social media. 📋 Anna returns to Ketobiography for a conversation that skips her personal health story — you can hear that one on Less of Me Success Stories Episode 23 — and goes straight into the business side of Eat Happy Kitchen: how pasta sauce actually gets priced, why grocery distributors can make or break a small brand, and what it took to go from a self-funded pre-order launch to national shelf space. Anna also opens up about a health scare tied to business stress, and the boundary she had to set to protect herself. Plus, a first look at her new cookbook, Eat Happy Cocktail Hour, dropping October 13th. 🔑 What You'll Learn How grocery stores and distributors actually price a jar of pasta sauce Why "premium" food brands operate on razor-thin margins compared to mass brands The pre-order strategy Anna used to self-fund her first product launch How giving away free content built the trust that sustains her business today Why she had to set a hard boundary between her health and her company's stress 💡 Key Insight "This business is really important to me, but it's not worth me getting sick over." — Anna Vocino 🌐 Connect with Anna Vocino https://annavocino.com (https://annavocino.com) https://eathappykitchen.com (https://eathappykitchen.com) https://eathappycocktailhour.com (https://eathappycocktailhour.com) https://instagram.com/annavocino (https://instagram.com/annavocino) https://twitter.com/AnnaVocino (https://twitter.com/AnnaVocino) https://facebook.com/AnnaVocino (https://facebook.com/AnnaVocino) https://www.youtube.com/c/AnnaVocino (https://www.youtube.com/c/AnnaVocino) https://annavocino.substack.com (https://annavocino.substack.com) Hear Anna's personal health story on Less of Me Success Stories Episode 23: https://youtube.com/live/iibYV1YNHfg (https://youtube.com/live/iibYV1YNHfg) 🛒 Order Eat Happy Kitchen products through Robyn's affiliate link: https://eathappykitchen.com?bg_ref=2Hok4wEoek (https://eathappykitchen.com?bg_ref=2Hok4wEoek) ⚕️ 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. ⏳ Chapters 0:47 Introduction 2:07 The Retargeting Ads Are Working 3:41 Behind the Curtain of Grocery Store Pricing 7:23 Why Premium Food Margins Are a Herculean Feat 8:58 What Grocery Distributors Really Take 10:44 The New Cookbook Eat Happy Cocktail Hour 13:15 Building a Mixology Chapter Without the Sugar 31:45 Becoming a Business Mogul, Whether She Likes It or Not 39:33 Mentoring Others Through the Business Journey 43:32 Launching Eat Happy Kitchen One Pre-Order at a Time 47:46 What Grocery Distributors Don't Care About 52:53 The Health Boundary She Had to Draw 🎧 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: ketobiography@gmail.com (mailto:ketobiography@gmail.com) 🔗 Subscribe, follow, and leave a review — it helps more people find the show. 👥 Connect with Robyn: https://www.robyndobbins.com (https://www.robyndobbins.com) https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins (https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins) https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/ (https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/) 🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on YouTube or Amazon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Keto for ADHD and Anxiety | Natasha Smikles

   📣 Natasha Smikles is a registered psychiatric nurse with about 20 years in mental health care who was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. She shares how she went from ADHD medication to a ketogenic diet, and what changed for her. 📋 Natasha spent most of her career in Manitoba, working in acute psychiatry and crisis services and building a dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) program in Winnipeg. In this conversation with Robyn, she walks through the day a dog bath led her to ask whether she had ADHD, what the medication did for her and cost her, and what happened when she tried a ketogenic diet again. She also talks about how that experience changed her work, and about the Metabolic Psychiatry Summit she is co-hosting. 🔑 What You'll Learn - How an adult ADHD diagnosis can follow years of building systems and rituals to cope - Why Natasha stopped ADHD medication, including the day food tasted like cardboard - What changed on a ketogenic diet: steadier mood, clearer memory, and no panic attacks - Why a DBT therapist began to wonder whether biology should come first - What the Metabolic Psychiatry Summit offers, and why lived experience is a big part of it 💡 Key Insight "I couldn't regulate my nervous system to be able to do it. It was like a biological thing that had to be fixed." — Natasha Smikles 🌐 Connect with Natasha https://www.natashasmikles.com https://www.instagram.com/natasha.smikles/ https://x.com/NatashaSmikles https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-smikles-93753523a/ 💚 Metabolic Psychiatry Summit October 21-25, 2026 https://summit.robyndobbins.com This is an affiliate link and not a sponsor of Ketobiography. ⚕️ 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. ⏳ Chapters 0:47 Introduction 3:08 Psychiatric Nursing, DBT, and Metabolic Psychiatry 4:24 Diagnosed with ADHD as an Adult 8:00 The Dog Bath Day That Raised the ADHD Question 15:47 ADHD Medication, Anxiety, and Side Effects 21:55 First Try at a Ketogenic Diet in 2016 25:36 Chris Palmer, Brain Energy, and Starting Keto for ADHD 26:32 Calmer Mood, Clearer Memory, and No More Panic Attacks 30:09 Fixing the Biology First: A DBT Therapist's Career Shift 35:01 DBT and Ketogenic Therapy With Clients 43:08 The Metabolic Psychiatry Summit and the Ripple Effect 49:49 Painting Nails in Acute Psychiatry: Impact You Never See 🎧 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: ketobiography@gmail.com (mailto:ketobiography@gmail.com) 🔗 Subscribe, follow, and leave a review — it helps more people find the show. 👥 Connect with Robyn: https://www.robyndobbins.com (https://www.robyndobbins.com) https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins (https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins) https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/ (https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/) 🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on YouTube or Amazon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Sugar Addiction Recovery and Metabolic Psychiatry | Mike Collins

   📣 Mike Collins has been sugar-free for over three decades, and he believes sugar meets every clinical requirement of a substance use disorder. The founder of SugarAddiction.com and the Quit Sugar Summit breaks down the science, the stigma, and what's coming next. 📋 Mike, known as the original Sugar-Free Man, walks through how growing up with a mother who equated sugar with love shaped his own journey — and how that experience, paired with his background in addiction recovery, led him to found SugarAddiction.com and eventually the Quit Sugar Summit. We talk about raising his kids sugar-free from the womb, the science connecting fructose to the brain's reward system, and the intersection of metabolic psychiatry and addiction recovery driving his upcoming Metabolic Psychiatry Summit. 🔑 What You'll Learn Why Mike believes sugar meets the clinical definition of a substance use disorder How raising his kids sugar-free from birth shaped his view on food and the brain The nonprofit fundraising model behind the Quit Sugar Summit What's coming in the upcoming Metabolic Psychiatry Summit Why he won't name one "right" diet after interviewing every camp from vegan to carnivore 💡 Key Insight "Treatment is discovery, and meetings are recovery." — Mike Collins 🌐 Connect with Mike Collins https://sugaraddiction.com (https://sugaraddiction.com) https://sugardetox.com (https://sugardetox.com) https://www.facebook.com/personinrecovery (https://www.facebook.com/personinrecovery) https://www.instagram.com/realsugarfreeman (https://www.instagram.com/realsugarfreeman) https://x.com/SugarDetox (https://x.com/SugarDetox) 🎟️ Register for the Metabolic Psychiatry Summit https://quitsugarsummit.com/psychiatry-summit (https://quitsugarsummit.com/psychiatry?a_aid=9n9k017dxmcdd&a_bid=a9e1b0ea) ⚕️ 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. ⏳ Chapters 0:47 Introduction 3:22 Mike's Mother and Growing Up on Sugar 7:10 Raising Kids Sugar-Free From the Womb 9:03 Founding SugarAddiction.com 10:38 Fructose, the Brain, and the Sugar Addiction Theory 12:27 Quit Sugar Summit's Nonprofit Fundraising Model 18:51 Is Sugar a Substance Use Disorder? 21:54 Metabolic Psychiatry Meets Addiction Recovery 26:55 Why Mike Won't Name One Official Diet 38:01 12 Years of Quit Sugar Summit 41:52 Inside the Metabolic Psychiatry Summit 1:04:34 What Is Therapeutic Ketosis? 🎧 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: ketobiography@gmail.com (mailto:ketobiography@gmail.com) 🔗 Subscribe, follow, and leave a review — it helps more people find the show. 👥 Connect with Robyn: https://www.robyndobbins.com (https://www.robyndobbins.com) https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins (https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins) https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/ (https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/) 🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on YouTube or Amazon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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