Pursuing Private Practice

Sumner Brooks, founder of EDRDPro sits down with Jennifer on this inspiring episode of the Pursuing Private Podcast. You'll hear Sumner's journey of embracing Intuitive Eating, how a business idea kept her up all night, and how EDRDPro is uplifting the dietetics industry with training for eating disorders around the world. Together they begin with Sumner sharing her own journey of disordered eatin...

Jennifer is thrilled to welcome Tamara Melton to share her game-changing mission of diversifying the dietetics industry, on this episode of the Pursuing Private Practice Podcast. Co-founder of Diversify Dietetics, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the racial and ethnic diversity in the field of nutrition, Tamara shares the story of its launch in April 2018 and why it is so needed. W...

HAES® informed eating disorders dietitian Haley Goodrich joins Jennifer for an informative and heartwarming discussion on this episode of the Pursuing Private Practice Podcast. Co-founder of INSPIRD to SEEK, a community for weight-inclusive healthcare professionals, Haley shares her story of how she evolved to become an advocate and educator of the HAES approach to dietetics. After quickly discove...

Jennifer welcomes Christy Harrison to this episode of the Pursuing Private Practice podcast to share her journey of becoming an Anti-Diet Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. As an industry leader, Christy is a passionate anti-diet advocate, educator and published author, and you'll love hearing her story of how she built a successful business in alignment with her values...

In this informative episode of the Pursuing Private Practice podcast, Jennifer is joined by Hannah Turnbull to shine a light on the pros and cons of taking insurance in a private practice. Hannah discusses how her own eating disorder recovery drove her to choose dietetics as a career. After discovering Intuitive Eating while in school, she explains why it took a while to 'click', and how her journ...

This episode of the Pursuing Private Practice podcast is not to be missed, as Jennifer sits down with Marci Evans for an incredible conversation that will inspire dietitians at all stages of their career. As a leader in the field of eating disorders, Marci helps bust the myth of doing it all alone, and why working with teams and community is necessary to build a thriving business and to support he...

Jennifer is delighted to welcome Amber Thomas to this informative episode of the Pursuing Private Practice Podcast. As a Registered Dietitian specializing in Cancer Nutrition, Amber shares her journey and expertise of bridging an Intuitive Eating, weight-inclusive practice with oncology nutrition. Having specialized in oncology for her entire dietetics career of 16 years, Amber tells how she becam...

There are many pathways to a full-time private practice, and Jennifer's guest Glenys Oyston shares her journey of an incremental process to realizing her dream. Listen to her inspiring story of discovering Health at Every Size, niching down, and overcoming impostor syndrome on this episode of the Pursuing Private Practice podcast. Glenys tells us about her experience of being a restrictive dieter...

Think you need to wait for life to settle down before starting your private practice? Julia Werth didn't think so. Growing her practice did not take a back seat to planning a wedding for Jennifer's guest on this episode of the Pursuing Private Practice Podcast. You'll be delighted to hear Julia's story of how she successfully balanced both, and manages a dual career as an Intuitive Eating Register...

Jennifer welcomes Heather Caplan, founder of WIND, to the Pursuing Private Practice Podcast. Providing events focused on continuing education and connection for weight-inclusive dietitians, WIND fills a gap in the industry by bringing dietitians together for community, education and connection where weight-inclusive care is the norm. The story of how WIND was conceived, launched and has evolved is...

Jennifer kicks off 2020 by welcoming Intuitive Eating industry leader Evelyn Tribole to the Pursuing Private Practice Podcast.  This first episode of the year is full of Evelyn's personal insights, reflections and stories on the Intuitive Eating movement, and is not to be missed. With the much-anticipated release in 2020 of the 4th edition of Intuitive Eating: An Anti-Diet Revolutionary Approach,...

Anne Elizabeth Cundiff brings her 18 years of dietitian experience to this episode of the Pursuing Private Practice podcast, and shares with Jennifer how her passion has evolved to helping other dietitians on their journey of achieving career success. Anne recalls how early in her career in 1998, she didn't have any support while pursuing her education and career choices, and felt alone and isolat...

Jennifer is delighted to have Beth Rosen as her guest on this episode of the Pursuing Private Practice Podcast. As a non-diet Registered Dietitian for over 20 years, Beth shares her journey of gaining expertise in the area of digestive health within the niche of intuitive eating. From her early career in corporate wellness, Beth reflects on her discovery of HAES and Intuitive Eating, and how her a...

Jennifer is joined by Paige Smathers, RDN, CD to explore the important topic of burnout for dietitians in private practice, and to share insightful and relevant strategies to prevent it. Together they explore the definition of burnout, and shine a light on the causes of it from not only the complexities of the dietitian industry and our clients, but also from the anxiety and uncertainty that the o...

Jennifer welcomes special guest and industry leader Elyse Resch for an inspiring and informative talk about the evolving movement of Intuitive Eating, and how it's transforming the way Registered Dietitians practice in our field.   Following Elyse's Intuitive Eating presentation with Evelyn Tribole at FNCE 2019 with over 2,000 attendees, together Jennifer and Elyse continue the discussion about ho...

Jennifer welcomes back Elyssa Toomey, RD. In this episode, they continue their discussion on the topic of meal planning. Together, Elyssa and Jennifer break down the 5 benefits of meal planning , and how it gives clients permission to eat nourishing foods regularly, with structure and flexibility based on their unique needs. Listen in as they discuss how meal planning: Promotes balanced nutrition...

Diana Rice, RD, LD, CLEC joins Jennifer to share how she became a Dietitian as a second career specializing in family nutrition after working in media as a journalist, in order to blend her passion for writing and food with her expertise in nutrition. Together, Diana and Jennifer discuss her path of discovering intuitive eating and how she already naturally lived in alignment with its philosophy,...

Alexis Conason, Psy. D., CEDS, joins Jennifer to discuss her behavioral approach to treating clients with binge eating disorder, and shares her journey of transitioning from a weight-centric to weight-inclusive, intuitive eating approach. When early in her career she discovered what wasn't working with her patients, Alexis describes her discovery of the HAES and mindfulness approach which fundamen...

Adina Pearson, RD and owner of Adina Pearson Nutrition joins Jennifer for a discussion and supervision session about her path of starting a private practice in a small community with a limited number of potential referrals.  With a focus on eating disorders and food struggles, Adina's goal is achieving a sustainable client load with work-life balance as a busy mother of two. Together Jennifer and...

In this episode of the Pursuing Private Practice Podcast, Kimmie Singh talks with Jennifer about the importance of understanding weight stigma as a dietitian and how weight stigma impacts our profession. She shares her insight on the importance of understanding bias, and how bias has impacted her as a dietitian living in a larger body. Learn what we can do as a healing profession, wanting to help...

Lindsay Stenovec, founder of the Intuitive Eating Moms Club shares how work-life balance can change and shift as you grow as both an entrepreneur and a parent. On this episode of the Pursing Private Practice podcast, Lindsay shares how being a mom changes the way you run your business. She and Jennifer talk about support and community, "control", the ability to adapt, and how to be flexible as an...

Taylor Wolfram joins Jennifer McGurk on the Pursuing Private Practice podcast to talk about the intersections between Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size® and veganism. Listen in as they discuss:   How Taylor grew her business from part-time to full-time (and the reasons why she had to grow slow)   How Health at Every Size® and ethical veganism intersect and have common core values in body a...

Julie Duffy Dillion, has a weight inclusive dietitian practice and discusses her journey as a dietitian and how she jumped into opening her own private practice and how her practice evolved over the years. She shares the importance of knowing what's best for your own private practice and why you need to learn to say no. Saying "no" is crucial to growing your practice. You need to be able to say "y...

Erica Leon joins the Pursuing Private Practice podcast to talk about her career in a "traditional dietetics" and her journey to Intuitive Eating and a non-diet approach. Learn how she found Intuitive Eating, how she works with clients from a Health at Every Size® approach, and how she niched down into working with women in mid-life. Erica takes us through changes and decisions in her own business...

Jessica Setnick joins the Pursuing Private Practice podcast to discuss her journey to eating disorders private practice, as well as how dietitians can use professional speaking to enhance their career. In this episode, you will hear how: • Jessica started her private practice specializing in eating disorders • She evolved to create products and services for other Registered Dietitians • Jessica is...