Returning to Wholeness: A Story with Psychiatric Nurse Neseret Bemient

In this week's episode, I have an in-depth conversation with a former psychiatric nurse, Neseret Bemient, on returning to wholeness and alternative ways of healing. Neseret shares her journey as a psychiatric nurse and what her role entailed, her diagnosis of medication-induced bipolar disorder, and how her childhood experiences as a refugee were an integral part of her journey. She also talks about the benefits of holistic medicine, including the ketogenic diet, and shares her insights on spirituality in healing and the issues she witnessed  in psychiatric care.  Chapter Markers Added!

About Neseret:
Neseret has 17 years of experience as a Psych Registered Nurse. She currently offers holistic coaching programs that provide the skills and support needed to overcome mental ill health and addiction concerns. She speaks openly online about navigating the current mental health system without losing your sanity and how to nurture your brain with metabolic therapies, including the ketogenic diet, for optimal brain functioning. As a holistic Mental Health Advocate, she uses her years of service and experience as a Mental Health and Addiction Nurse/RN in the conventional mental health system to support individuals.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/neseretbemient?app=desktop
Twitter: https://x.com/JourneyofHope4U

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Chapters

• 1:44 Confessions of a Psych Nurse Youtube Channel - Why did you start it?
• 8:00 The Power of Language in Mental Illness
• 11:56 How did you become a Psychiatric Nurse
• 13:36 Main role as a Psychiatric Nurse
• 20:21 Medicication Induced Bipolar Disorder - what is it? and what led up to those events
• 21:59 Neseret's life trajectory and her story
• 40:57 Why mental disorders are still on the rise
• 45:20 Treatment with medications
• 50:39 Is our life narrative an integral part of our healing?
• 54:24 Tapering off antidepressants
• 1:02:10 What is the mental health system doing well and needs improvement on?
• 1:12:40 Informed Consent and choice as patient
• 1:21:16 Understanding life events, and listening to your body
• 1:25:40 None of us experience mental ill health the same way
• 1:30:16 Are we creating stigma about medications?
• 1:33:17 Different ways that a personal can heal
• 1:36:54 What would be a key takeaway from this epsiode?