Pursuing Private Practice

In this episode, I'm joined by Laura Jean, the owner of Dietitian Values. We talk about how values show up in business decisions and how knowing your values can help you create the boundaries needed to build a business. Join us to have an authentic conversation about how values influence our business.   Some of the topics discussed include: Laura Jean's definition of values and how values can be a...

We are so excited to present this podcast collaboration featuring many different business coaches who work with dietitians and healthcare professionals. In this podcast, we talk about topics ranging from how we all got started, the mindset shifts we have had, how we continue to learn and grow, and how we see this space evolving. Join us as we share the secrets of building a business.    Sponsor:...

In this episode, I'm joined by ​​Samantha Barash of Tap Into Nutrition. We talk about how Sam started her business, the vulnerable mindset shifts she had to make growing her business, and the lessons she learned about her identity as a business owner. Some of the topics discussed include: How Sam found the Intuitive Eating, Non-Diet approach How Sam started her business and how it quickly grew The...

In this episode, I'm joined by ​​Elyssa Toomey to talk about our roles as non-diet, anti-diet dietitians. We are so passionate about our mission and vision for the world. Some of the topics discussed include: What it means to be an anti-diet dietitian Privilege and how it shows up in our work, both consciously and unconsciously Why anti-diet work is more important now than ever What it's like to p...

I loved recording this episode with Jessica Serdikoff Romola. I'm so excited to get it out into the world for all of you. Jess and I talked very openly and honestly about how supervision is so important for dietitians, for our career, and for all the imposter feelings that we have. Jess termed the phrase "imposter feelings" — I love it – instead of "imposter syndrome" and we talk about why in the...

I loved this episode with Victoria Myers. We talk about her 1:1 nutrition counseling private practice and how she grew and transitioned from seeing all clients to hiring other dietitians and running online programs. We talked about all of the ups and downs and challenges in between. I'm so excited for you to see behind the scenes of a successful business that runs multiple online offers and progra...

This episode with Carly Marenna is so inspiring! Carly is making big moves in her business and challenging herself to do things differently. We talk a lot about how scary it is to start a business, and Carly shares some insight around this topic that I believe will help many of you. If you are looking for a dose of inspiration (along with a little bit of tough love that you can do challenging thin...

This conversation has been a long time coming! I've been a huge plan of Amy Plano's for a long time. It is such an honor to have her on the podcast.  Amy is so passionate about helping dietitians figure out how insurance works within their private practices. We talk a lot about the challenges of accepting insurance in your private practice. We often hear about the positives of accepting insurance,...

If you are a dietitian interested in sports nutrition, this episode is for you! Jill Merkel has such an amazing story about how she combines her passion with a need in the marketplace. She actually has many different ideal clients who are all interested in sports nutrition for different reasons. She has 1:1 private practice time, an intuitive eating group, and she works with an NFL team. We talk a...

Welcome Natalie Harris to the Pursuing Private Practice podcast!  In this episode, she shares so many vulnerable moments in her career with us. So much of what she talks about is very relatable. Natalie talks about imposter syndrome and feeling undervalued by other healthcare professionals. She also talks about feelings of resentment she has had around the salaries of many dietitians. We have an h...

I absolutely loved talking to Suzanne Smith for this episode! We talk about so many different topics, but the one that I want to point out is the discussion we have about the black and white thinking that so many business owners adopt when they are building their business. Suzanne was very open and honest about her own eating disorder recovery, and I love how she talked about transferring that bla...

I want to thank Whitney Trotter for coming on to the Pursuing Private Practice Podcast for this episode and challenging me to think in a new way. Whitney has a gift for putting into words some of the more difficult thoughts and conversations that many of us are having around privileges and criticisms.  Some of the topics discussed include: How to work with clients as they are going through trauma...

Fiona Young joins me on this episode to talk about how we can merge MNT recommendations with an intuitive eating, non-diet, weight-inclusive approach.  We talk about how our own eating disorder recovery journeys have led us to want and crave healthier options for food. Nutrition is a big deal to both of us, but it's only one aspect of someone's overall health. Health outcomes are largely based on...

So your client wants to lose weight. As anti-diet dietitians, we aren't immune to our clients wanting this. In fact, almost all (if not all!) of us have had to work through this with a client in the past. So what's the right thing to do? How should we approach this? This episode is a recording from a live workshop we held with the Dietitian Business School clients, and it was so valuable that we w...

Rachael McBride joins us on the podcast for this episode, and we have such an awesome conversation. We talk about getting started in business, some of the myths that Rachael was told when she started her own private practice, strategies that have really worked for Rachael as she has continued to grow her business over the years, and what it honestly takes to build a private practice. Rachael also...

Heather Rudalavage has such a unique perspective as a business to share with us. In this interview, Heather talks a lot about being a mom and how parenthood has shaped her business. She also talks about her experience working through imposter syndrome as a business owner and shares some of the "Ah-ha" moments she has had over the years that have really helped her own her entrepreneurial business j...

This podcast episode is so inspirational to me. I have followed along as Diversify Dietetics has grown in the past few years, and it is so amazing to see this organization solve problems every single day that no other organization was able to do before them. Deanna and I talk about the formation of Diversify Dietetics (shoutout to co-founder Tamara Melton!) and the hugely positive impact that has...

I interviewed my Virtual Assistant, Annie Davis, for this fun episode. Annie is very much an organized creative, which can be a rare find! She is very creative and artistic and has a love for art, but she is also super organized, which is something I don't feel like I have anymore within my businesses. Annie helps keep things running so smoothly over here. We also give you a glimpse into some of t...

Erica and I had such an awesome conversation, and I'm so excited for you to listen in on it.  We talk about how Erica built her brand, nurtured her audience, and created a passive income stream. We also talk through her upcoming maternity leave and how she's handling the business changes that come along with that.  Erica is doing such an amazing job of being so well known in this community for the...

I have always really admired Carrie's work, and I love reading her published articles in the media. Her message spreads far and wide, and she really contributes to spreading the non-diet message in this world. In this episode, we talk about the relationship between her private practice and her media work and how these two influence each other. She combines both to create a unique business model th...

I am so inspired by this interview with Leah Tsui ! She has been able to accomplish so much after just seven months of opening up her business. Leah and I discuss what it's like to own a business with an Achiever mindset (we are both Enneagram 3's!). We talk about how it feels to be constantly battling with thoughts of doing more and getting things done.  We also walk through Leah's journey of ope...

Dawn Lundin and I have such a great conversation in this podcast interview. We talk about starting a private practice and the kind of support we needed at that time, and we talk about how the need for the support continues past the beginning days of being a business owner. Dawn shares the details with us about all of the different people who have helped her in her own business since she started. T...

Charline Adriaens joins us from Belgium for this episode! I loved having this conversation with her because intuitive eating has spread across the world in the past two decades. We discuss how culture affects Intuitive Eating, how Charline reaches her ideal clients specifically, and how she has grown her business from Belgium. This was such a fascinating conversation. Enjoy! Some of the topics dis...

I absolutely loved recording this episode with Elyssa Toomey.  We know how important supervision is, so we wanted to record an episode together to talk about the benefits of supervision, not only individual supervision, but group and peer supervision as well. I truly feel that supervision is key to growing as a professional and as a human being. Some of the topics discussed include: Why supervisio...

I'm so excited to bring Paula onto the podcast for this episode (her very first podcast interview ever!) Paula explains how she has grown her private practice over the past year and where she's at now. This is a really insightful episode about how much your business really can grow in one year, but also an honest reflection of the hard decisions that have to be made for that growth and because of...