The Nurse Practitioner’s Lifeline

By Dr. Lauren Duroy

I help Nurse & Practitioners find balance. I believe the first step is to HealThy Mind First. Next, I specialize in helping you to be a Super Learner, Time Hack Warrior, and Energy Rockstart so yo... more

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March 17, 2025Kicking Imposter Syndrome & Haters to the Curb
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In today's episode, Dr. Lauren Duroy discusses the challenges of imposter syndrome faced by nurse practitioners and the importance of recognizing one's value in the healthcare field. She emphasizes the significance of education, experience, and the unique perspectives that nurse practitioners bring to patient care. Dr. Duroy advocates for a holistic approach to healthcare and encourages practitioners to build confidence in their abilities while navigating the evolving landscape of the medical profession.
Imposter syndrome is a common challenge for nurse practitioners.
Your worth is not determined by others' opinions.
Investing in a rigorous education is essential for confidence.
Nurse practitioners often underestimate their qualifications.
Practicing independently is a skill that needs to be developed.
Holistic approaches in healthcare are gaining traction.
Nurse practitioners play a vital role in changing healthcare paradigms.
Embracing change is crucial for future success in nursing.
Nursing education needs to prepare practitioners better.
The future of nurse practitioners is promising with evolving roles.
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in Nursing
The Power of Education in Healthcare
"You are not defined by others' opinions."
"Don't discredit your nursing degree."
"You can work smarter, not harder."

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00:00Confronting Imposter Syndrome
02:32The Value of Education and Experience
04:23Building Confidence as a Nurse Practitioner
07:18The Role of Nurse Practitioners in Healthcare
09:48Holistic Approaches in Nursing
12:27The Changing Landscape of Healthcare
14:55The Importance of Unique Perspectives
17:32Empowerment and Professional Identity
20:12The Future of Nurse Practitioners
22:38Navigating Challenges in Nursing Education
25:30The Call to Action for Nurse Practitioners
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34min
January 22, 2025 The 5 MindShifts That Transformed My Life as An NP
Hey there, fellow NPs and healthcare professionals! If you’re tired of feeling stuck in the grind—working endless hours, buried in charting, and wondering if this is really all there is—I’m here to tell you it doesn’t have to be that way.
Today, I’m sharing a bit of my story. I went from overworked and undervalued to building a career that allows me to thrive personally, professionally, and financially. And here’s the kicker: I make more now than the average MD, while staying true to my role as a Nurse Practitioner, but being a Mom and Wife first (i.e. not overworking myself).
Sound too good to be true? Stick with me—I want you to see what’s possible for YOU, too.
I want to help YOU see what’s possible. That’s why I’m inviting you to join me at our next Conference Masterclass—and here’s the exciting part: The first 30 spots are completely FREE!
At this exclusive event, I’ll show you how to build a career that allows you to thrive, step away from burnout, and embrace the life you deserve.
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47min
November 11, 2024 Feel the Fear of Failure & Do It Anyway!!

Diana Page, a nurse practitioner, shares her journey of overcoming burnout and becoming a burnout and wellbeing coach for nurse practitioners and nurses.
We are sharing the secrets to NP Career Growth in this episode and diving into how this NP built a thriving business with social media! She discusses the importance of self-care, setting boundaries, and leaving work at work. Diana also highlights the power of social media in connecting with others and providing support.
She emphasizes the need to feel the fear and do it anyway, and the importance of staying true to one's values. Diana addresses the common feeling of not being enough and the need to focus on the positive and learn from failures.
She also discusses the guilt that many women experience in giving themselves praise and accepting praise from others.
Dr. Lauren Duroy discusses the importance of setting boundaries and practicing self-care to prevent burnout in healthcare professions. She emphasizes the need to own and accept compliments, as well as the importance of saying no and setting limits. Dr. Duroy shares her personal experiences with setting boundaries and how it has positively impacted her life. She also highlights the significance of identifying core values and prioritizing what is truly important.
Dr. Duroy encourages healthcare professionals to seek support and coaching to navigate burnout and find balance in their careers and personal lives.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
01:28 Treating Patients with Epilepsy and Headache Disorders
03:19 Overcoming Burnout and Starting a Wellbeing Coaching Business
05:30 Balancing Work and Personal Life
08:21 The Transformation and Impact of Wellbeing Coaching
11:06 Feeling the Fear and Taking Action
15:21 Staying True to Your Values
17:13 Overcoming the Feeling of Not Being Enough
19:38 Guilt and Self-Praise
22:46 The Power of Setting Boundaries and Practicing Self-Care
23:40 Saying No and Setting Limits: Prioritizing What Matters
25:37 Aligning Core Values with Career Choices and Personal Life
28:25 The Benefits of Seeking Support and Coaching in Burnout Prevention

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46min
November 04, 2024Short Runways: The Secret Sauce.
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In this episode, we dive into the mindset shifts that can propel you from “I’ll get started someday” to “Let’s make it happen now.” When starting a business, urgency is everything. We discuss how embracing a mindset of urgency and momentum, rather than perfectionism or waiting for the “right time,” can get you from idea to launch faster and with more confidence.
Topics covered include:
My Ultimate Mindset Hacks for Speed: Learn how to reframe procrastination as your biggest obstacle and take decisive, bold action.

Urgency vs. Perfection: Why waiting for everything to be “just right” stalls more businesses than failure.

Setting High-Stakes Goals: Tips for setting meaningful deadlines that hold you accountable.

Daily Practices to Build Momentum: Simple steps you can incorporate now to keep your business moving forward.
If you’re ready to stop putting off your dreams and start creating impact and income, this episode is for you! Tune in to discover how urgency can be the key to launching your business faster and more effectively.

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29min
July 31, 2024 The 4 Reasons Why NPs Won't Make It To Xple-6 and 7 figures
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Warning: "Do not listen to this podcast if you aren't ready to be transformed."
Summary

Dr. Lauren Duroy, DNP, APRN, FNP-C discusses the barriers that hold nurses and nurse practitioners back from achieving financial freedom and success. She emphasizes the importance of breaking through these barriers, and HOW to do it! Dr. Duroy shares her personal experiences and challenges listeners to change their mindset and take action to create abundance in their lives.
Takeaways:
Many nurses and nurse practitioners struggle to achieve financial freedom and success due to various barriers.
Overthinking and fear of sales are common barriers that hold people back from reaching their goals.
Scarcity mindset and the illusion of time can limit one's ability to create abundance in their life.
Changing one's mindset and taking action are essential for breaking through these barriers and achieving financial freedom. Overcoming scarcity mindset and the fear of sales is crucial for financial success.
Believe in the value of your work and the impact it can have on others.
Recognize and challenge scarcity mindset and make decisions quickly.
Invest in your own health and sell the value of health to others.
In this conversation, Dr. Lauren Duroy discusses the mindset shifts necessary for financial success. She shares personal experiences of overcoming a scarcity mindset and the fear of sales and emphasizes the importance of believing in the value of one's own work and the impact it can have on others. She encourages listeners to recognize and challenge their scarcity mindset, make decisions quickly, and change their minds slowly.
Lastly, we highlight the significance of investing in one's own health and the importance of selling the value of health to others.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Transformation
02:20 Financial Freedom for Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
04:14 Breaking Through Four Barriers
08:15 Shifting from Limited to Abundant Mindset
20:03 Time Management and Prioritization
27:47 Unlimited Potential to Help Others
32:18 Taking Action and Creating Abundance
32:28 Breaking Free from Scarcity Thinking
39:59 Making Decisions and Embracing Change
44:52 The Value of Health and Investing in Yourself
47:10 Sales as a Means of Helping Others and Creating Transformation

Keywords

nurses, nurse practitioners, financial freedom, success, barriers, overthinking, scarcity mindset, fear of sales, illusion of time, abundance, mindset, financial success, scarcity mindset, fear of sales, belief, value, health, decision-making

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1h 2min
June 26, 2024How Your Microbes Order Pizza (Gut-Brain Connection)
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Dr. Lauren Duroy, DNP discusses the gut-brain connection and its impact on mental health. She shares her personal journey with gut issues and mental health struggles, highlighting the importance of addressing gut health for overall well-being. Dr. Duroy explains how microorganisms in the gut can influence neurotransmitters and signals to the brain, leading to symptoms such as anxiety and depression.

She also explores the connection between gut health and conditions like autism, allergies, asthma, and eczema.

There is additioanlly extensive discussion on children with autism and their gut flora, leading to neurologic damage and weaker connections in the brain.

She specifically shows several specific microbes that have been associated with autism, including proteobacteria, bacteroides, propionic acid-producing bacteria, clostridium, candida, and bifidobacterium. Dr. Duroy also emphasizes the importance of a balanced gut microbiome and the potential benefits of psychobiotics, such as lactobacilli, in improving symptoms of autism.

Keywords: gut-brain connection, mental health, gut health, microorganisms, neurotransmitters, anxiety, depression, autism, allergies, asthma, eczema, nutrition, vitamin deficiencies, gut dysbiosis, treatment options, autism, gut microbiota, imbalances, neurologic damage, weaker connections, proteobacteria, bacteroides, propionic acid-producing bacteria, clostridium, candida, bifidobacterium, psychobiotics, lactobacilliTakeaways
The gut-brain connection plays a significant role in mental health and overall well-being.

Microorganisms in the gut can influence neurotransmitters and signals to the brain, leading to symptoms such as anxiety and depression.

Gut health is connected to conditions like autism, allergies, asthma, and eczema.

Addressing gut health through nutrition, addressing vitamin deficiencies, and treating gut dysbiosis can have a positive impact on mental health and various conditions.

Conventional medicine is also recognizing the importance of gut health and developing medications to target inflammation and symptoms related to gut dysbiosis. Children with autism often have imbalances in their gut flora, which can lead to neurologic damage and weaker connections in the brain.

Specific microbes, such as proteobacteria, bacteroides, propionic acid-producing bacteria, clostridium, candida, and bifidobacterium, have been associated with autism.

A balanced gut microbiome is important for overall health, and psychobiotics like lactobacilli may have potential benefits in improving symptoms of autism.
Exploring the Gut-Brain Connection: Impact on Mental Health

Understanding the Role of Microorganisms in the Gut-Brain Connection The Role of Gut Microbiota in Autism

Specific Microbes Associated with Autism
"Dive into one of my favorite things to learn about, teach, explore: your gut-brain connection."

"Expose the cool things about the gut-brain connection and its impact on anxiety and depression."

"Gut-brain access is mainly connected by the vagus nerve, with more communication from the gut to the brain."

"It's kind of a lifelong battle for the child."

"The earlier the onset for vitamins, for decreasing or eradicating any overgrowth, pathogenic overgrowth in the gut or anything like that, by getting those back into balance sooner, the child's outcome and severity of the autistic symptoms are improved."

"Proteobacteria, those are trended to be increased in autistic."
TitlesSound BitesChapters
00:00 Introduction to the Gut-Brain Connection
09:17 The Vagus Nerve(s) and Communication between the Gut and Brain
10:15 Cravings as Indicators of Gut Imbalances
25:58 Pharmaceutical Approaches to Gut Dysbiosis
28:32 The Role of Gut Microbiota in Autism Spectrum Disorder
29:59 Early Intervention and the Severity of Autistic Symptoms
30:58 Microbes Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder
32:19 The Importance of Psychobiotics in Gut and Mental Health
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56min
April 23, 2024You Need To Take Up More Space
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In this conversation,

Dr. Lauren Duroy discusses the importance of overcoming insecurities and stepping into confidence. She shares her personal journey of being introverted and a people pleaser, and how she learned to let go of the need for perfection.
Dr. Duroy encourages nurses & practitioners "to take up space" and embrace their worth. She emphasizes the power of getting uncomfortable and humbling oneself in order to reach new levels of success. Dr. Duroy also promotes her upcoming passive clients challenge and highlights the value of investing in oneself.
Keywords: confidence, insecurities, introversion, people pleasing, perfectionism, taking up space, worth, discomfort, humility, success, passive clients, investing in oneself.
Key Takeaways
How to overcome insecurities and embrace confidence. It is essential for personal and professional growth.

Letting go of the need for perfection allows for more freedom and passion in life.

Taking up space and recognizing one's worth is important for nurse practitioners and professionals in any field.

Getting uncomfortable and humbling oneself is necessary to reach new levels of success.

Investing in oneself and participating in challenges or programs can lead to transformative breakthroughs.
Getting Uncomfortable: The Path to Success

Taking Up Space: Empowering Nurse Practitioners
"Drop any kind of insecurities, feeling less than, feeling inhibited and completely drop that fear of going for or even just living your life completely in confidence."

"What you have to offer, the things that the viewpoint, the passion, everything that you have, the knowledge that you have, that you bring to the table is important."

"In order to go up, you have to first dip to lower levels. That's humbling. That's hard. But it's worth it."
TitlesSound BitesChapters
00:00 Overcoming Insecurities and Embracing Confidence
06:18Taking Up Space and Empowering Nurse Practitioners
14:31Investing in Yourself: The Key to Breakthroughs

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30min
April 16, 2024 Multiple Sclerosis Healing & Health and Wellness Business Building
On this episode, Dr. Lauren Duroy, a Family Doctor of Nursing Practice interviews, Aleiah Kennedy, a Health Coach who very transparently shares her journey of leaving the Dental Industry and going ALL IN on holistic intervention to save her husband when conventional treatment for MS (Multiple Sclerosis), and secondary progressive ms were not aligning with their need for recovery.

With a baby on the way, they knew they had to have a better outcome than the 40% chance of improvement that the pharmaceuticals offered.
While we can't say there is a cure here, we can share one "crazy" story following a natural treatment option for multiple sclerosis.

This interview also goes into depth with how the enemy is deceiving us in what we perceive to be normal in today's health society and sick treatments.

Then we put the "Cherry on the Top" by talking about some barriers and limiting beliefs that stop many much-needed practitioners from entering the Functional Medicine world. If you want to learn more about personalized lifestyle medicine and how to build your very own High-Quality Health Program, don't forget to join us on the next Challenge at

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Key Takeaways
*Starting a business in the health and wellness field requires dedication and hard work.
*Being a health coach in the Institute for Functional Nurses program is a valuable experience.
*Building a successful business takes time and effort, but it is possible with the right mindset and strategies.
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50min
February 28, 2024 3-Step Breakthrough Wealth Strategy in Functional Medicine Business
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Dr. Lauren Duroy discusses the concept of passive income in this Breakthrough Wealth Strategy and how it can provide freedom and change lives! She emphasizes the need to adopt a different mindset, a different Business model, and leave behind the hustle-and-grind mentality.
And you just need 3 Pillars in your business: Someone Say "Simple!"
Simple Scales and Complex Fails!
Dr. Duroy shares her own experiences with passive income and provides disclaimers about the time and effort required to build it. She introduces the three pillars of a successful business: passive component, leverage, and fortitude.
Dr. Duroy explains the importance of each pillar and how they contribute to building a sustainable and scalable business. She also discusses the horse and snail analogy to highlight the difference between having a vision and suppressing it. Dr. Lauren Duroy discusses the power of funnels in marketing and how they can help overcome objections and increase sales. She explains the difference between funnels and websites and how funnels can be used in functional medicine. Dr. Duroy also emphasizes the benefits of passive systems and cash injections for business growth. She encourages healthcare professionals to invest in themselves and build profitable offers. Finally, she highlights the importance of leveraging other people's knowledge and audiences and the three pillars of a profitable passion project.
Takeaways
Passive income can provide freedom and change lives by allowing individuals to monetize their knowledge and skills without trading time for money. The three pillars of a successful business are a passive component, leverage, and fortitude. Most do not even include social media marketing.
Building passive income requires adopting a different mindset and being willing to put in the initial work and maintenance.
Having fortitude and resilience is crucial for overcoming challenges and staying committed to your vision. Funnels are powerful marketing tools that can help overcome objections and increase sales.
Passive systems and cash injections are both important strategies for business growth.
Investing in yourself is crucial for personal and professional development.
Leveraging other people's knowledge and audiences can help expand your reach and impact.
Chapters
00:00
00:01 Introduction to Passive Income
02:49 The Three Pillars of a Business
09:24 The First Pillar: Passive Component
10:22 The Second Pillar: Leverage
13:29 The Third Pillar: Fortitude
21:27 The Importance of Fortitude
23:09 Never Stop Solving Problems
24:11 The Second Pillar: Passive Income
26:29 Introduction to Funnels
28:20 The Power of Funnels
29:09 Using Funnels in Functional Medicine
30:36 Difference Between Funnels and Websites
32:22 The Benefits of Passive Systems
33:44 Cash Injections for Growth
35:06 Balancing Passive and Cash Injection Strategies
36:04 Investing in Yourself for Growth
40:42 Building a Profitable Offer
46:04 Creating Passive Income in Functional Medicine
49:31 Leveraging Other People's Knowledge and Audiences
50:47 The Three Pillars of a Profitable Passion Project
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52min
February 01, 2024The Power of Mindset in Functional Medicine Private Practice
SummaryDr. Lauren Duroy discusses the common fears and doubts that can hold individuals back from pursuing their calling. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing and overcoming the tactics of the enemy, who seeks to stop individuals from fulfilling their purpose. Dr. Duroy encourages listeners to believe in themselves and trust that they have everything they need to succeed. She also highlights the significance of starting before feeling fully ready and focusing on where one wants to go rather than where they currently are. Dr. Lauren Duroy discusses how to build a passive income functional medicine practice and provides a free blueprint for getting started. She emphasizes the importance of taking action and learning during the process. The conversation concludes with Dr. Duroy expressing her passion for helping others and encouraging feedback.Takeaways
Fear and doubt can often stop individuals from pursuing their calling.

Recognize and overcome the tactics of the enemy who seeks to hinder your progress.

Believe in yourself and trust that you have everything you need to succeed.

Start before feeling fully ready and focus on where you want to go rather than where you currently are. Building a passive income functional medicine practice requires setting a clear vision and taking action.

Dr. Duroy offers a free blueprint for starting a passive income functional medicine practice.

Taking action and learning are essential for success in building a passive income practice.

Dr. Duroy encourages feedback and is passionate about helping others.
Chapters00:00
Overcoming Fear and Doubt
03:00The Enemy's Tactics
09:45Believing in Yourself
15:21It's Never the Right Time
25:04You Don't Have to Know Everything
31:49Focus on Where You're Going
43:35Introduction and Free Blueprint
44:03Building a Passive Income Functional Medicine Practice
44:33Taking Action and Learning
45:02Setting People Free
45:29Closing Remarks

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