Originally recorded live: August 1, 2024 | Episode notes updated June 2026

📣 What happens when a mental health crisis that lasted months finally breaks — not through another medication, but through bone broth and eggs? Less of Me Success Stories welcomes back Christy Kriese, who shares how carnivore became the turning point in a 30-year battle with severe depression and anxiety.

📋 Christy Kriese spent decades cycling through depressive episodes that left her unable to eat, unable to sleep, and unable to leave her house for months at a time. After a brutal episode triggered in the fall of 2023 — one her psychiatrist linked directly to a prior post-viral illness — she reached out to host Robyn Dobbins, who she'd connected with on social media months earlier. What started with bone broth and a few bites of food a day became a full shift to carnivore, and the changes that followed went far beyond what either of them expected. Robyn and co-host Scott King talk with Christy about trauma, medication, faith, and what it means to keep showing up for your own healing even in the hardest stretches.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How Christy's childhood trauma and family history shaped decades of recurring depressive episodes
• Why her psychiatrist connected her worst episode to a prior post-viral illness
• How bone broth and small bites of food became the entry point back to eating
• What changed physically and mentally once she committed fully to carnivore
• Why finding an accountability partner mattered as much as the diet itself

💡 Key Insight

"You can't expect something that you're not putting the work in for, and it is work at the beginning." — Christy Kriese

🌐 Connect with Christy Kriese

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Instagram: https://instagram.com/melovinjesus22

Facebook: https://facebook.com/christy.kriese

🌐 Connect with Your Hosts

Robyn Dobbins: https://robyndobbins.com/ | https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

Scott King: https://linktr.ee/lessofmewithnsng

📚 Resources Mentioned

Brain Energy by Dr. Chris Palmer: https://www.chrispalmermd.com/

Valerie Anne Smith (Episode 6): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7pdkfdoxNI&list=PLprjnr7AxUnwrJ95EP88Sv74mqlgZjGmp&index=8

⚕️ 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 Welcome and show introduction

2:10 Introducing Christy Kriese

3:21 Childhood trauma and the roots of anxiety

7:25 First major panic attack and early depressive episodes

13:20 Medication, motherhood, and years of stability

16:47 A post-viral illness changes everything

21:20 A breaking point and the first psychiatrist visit

27:51 A difficult medication trial and a turning point

34:14 Reaching out to Robyn — bone broth and first bites

38:53 Tracking the changes — mental and physical shifts

44:40 Community Q&A

1:03:05 Final advice and closing

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