Conversations with Anne Elizabeth

Conversation 178:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Lindsey McCoy, MS, RD, CSSD, LD Today’s conversation is with Lindsey McCoy, a registered dietitian who has had a non-linear path to dietetics and has found her passion in helping people through her own business and podcast, Crave Nutrition. Please enjoy my conversation with Lindsey. Connect with Lindsey:   Website | Instagram | Podcast...

Conversation 177: June 2020 #EmbracetheHellYeah Conversation What makes you say “hellyeah” at the end of the day?  For any question I am asked or I ask myself, if I cannot 100% say hell yeah as my answer then it is a hell no. I want you to embrace saying yes with your whole heart and soul by enjoying every part of your authentic life. At the end of each month, I want to get more up close and...

Conversation 176:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Marissa Thiry, RD Today’s conversation is with Marissa Thiry, a registered dietitian who had a conversation on an airplane that changed her professional course and is now working her dream job at Taco Bell. Please enjoy my conversation with Marissa. Connect with Marissa by email . www.anneelizabethrd.com Copyright © 2020 OPI & AEHC Song...

Conversation 175:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Cassie and Mikayla of Mamas Maternal Health Today’s conversation is with Cassie Stockwell and Mikayla Wright, both registered dietitians who own Mamas Maternal Health, a Virtual Nutrition Counseling business specializing in pregnancy and lactation.  Connect with Cassie and Mikayla by email and on their website Mamas Maternal Health www.anneeliza...

Conversation 174:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Tony Castillo, MS, RDN, LDN Today’s conversation is with Tony Castillo, a registered dietitian who has a private practice called Nutrition For Performance with fellow dietitian Nate. Tony has a sincere passion for hydration, the value of time and coaching high performing individuals.  Connect with Tony by email , Instagram and Nutrition For Perf...

Conversation 173:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Chef Abbie Gellman, MS, RD, CDN Today’s conversation is with Chef Abbie Gellman, a registered dietitian and owner of her own culinary business.  She specializes in culinary nutrition education, culinary nutrition media, and educating other professionals in this evolving space.  Connect with Abbie by email and website Culinary Nutrition Cuisine ....

Conversation 172: May 2020 #EmbracetheHellYeah Conversation What makes you say “hellyeah” at the end of the day?  For any question I am asked or I ask myself, if I cannot 100% say hell yeah as my answer then it is a hell no. I want you to embrace saying yes with your whole heart and soul by enjoying every part of your authentic life. At the end of each month, I want to get more up close and person...

Conversation 171:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Stephanie Brown, CME Today’s conversation is with Stephanie Brown, a licensed esthetician who has a private practice called Healthy Skin By Stephanie where she focuses on skin health from a whole body approach, especially the gut/skin connection.  Connect with Stephanie by email , HEALthy Skin By Stephanie website. www.anneelizabethrd.com Copyri...

Conversation 170:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Meghan McMillin, MS, RDN, CSP, IBCLC Today’s conversation is with Megan McMillin, a registered dietitian and owner of Mama & Sweet Pea Nutrition.  She provides nutrition and breastfeeding guidance during pregnancy, after birth and during the first years of baby’s life.  Connect with Meghan by email and website Mama & Sweet Pea Nutrition .   www....

Conversation 169:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Stephanie Clairmont, MHSc, RD Today’s conversation is with Stephanie Clairmont, a registered dietitian based out of Canada and the founder and lead facilitator at The Leveraged Practice, where she shares her  own experiences to help other health professionals develop, launch and deliver health programs.  Connect with Stephanie by email and on he...

Conversation 168: April 2020 #EmbracetheHellYeah Conversation What makes you say “hellyeah” at the end of the day?  For any question I am asked or I ask myself, if I cannot 100% say hell yeah as my answer then it is a hell no. I want you to embrace saying yes with your whole heart and soul by enjoying every part of your authentic life. At the end of each month, I want to get more up close and pers...

Conversation 167:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Allison Riederer, MS, RD “The way our dietetics education system is set up, we get a lot of support as we are becoming dietitians and then it dissipates. You don’t become a dietitian by accident.  We fight so hard to become dietitians and I think sometimes people expect their career to be the victory lap and it’s just not the way it works.” Alli...

Conversation 166:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Jennifer McGurk, RDN, CEDRD-S “Part of my passion is having other professionals in my private practice who are going through their own eating disorder recovery and I love working with them. I love working with nutrition students, social workers, psychologists and other registered dietitians are sometimes my clients. It’s so great to be able to s...

Conversation 164: March 2020 #EmbracetheHellYeah Conversation What makes you say “hellyeah” at the end of the day?  For any question I am asked or I ask myself, if I cannot 100% say hell yeah as my answer then it is a hell no. I want you to embrace saying yes with your whole heart and soul by enjoying every part of your authentic life. At the end of each month, I want to get more up close and pers...

Conversation 163:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Katie Smith, PhD, RDN, LD Thank you to Midwest Dairy for sponsoring this podcast.  I am celebrating National Ag Day and National Ag Week on the podcast today by having a conversation with Katie Smith, who is a registered dietitian and a farmer. We talk about her passions of both professions and what dietitians should know about agriculture.  Ple...

Conversation 162:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Rita Saeed, MS, RDN “I have been off the (social media) grid awhile now, because it became so exhausting, especially when it wasn’t fun anymore. I’m the type of person who really follows her heart and I really follow my passion and my intuition. If something doesn’t feel fun for me anymore and it feels more like a chore and I’m not getting joy o...

Conversation 161:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Laura Koch, MS, RD, LMNT “One of the hardest things I was told when I started my job was our patients are not going to get better. They are either going to die or their are going to get a transplant. That was one thing that was a bit hard to come to grips with. I think for me, being able to help people maintain a good quality of life for the tim...

Conversation 160:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Alice Figueroa, MPH, RD, LD “To be a really empowered dietitian and someone who works in the health industry, we all need to become aware of the issues going on in our community so we can become advocates. We do have a science background and we are the authority when it comes to food safety and nutrition. I think it’s really important for RD’s t...

Conversation 159: February 2020 #EmbracetheHellYeah Conversation What makes you say “hellyeah” at the end of the day?  For any question I am asked or I ask myself, if I cannot 100% say hell yeah as my answer then it is a hell no. I want you to embrace saying yes with your whole heart and soul by enjoying every part of your authentic life. At the end of each month, I want to get more up close and p...

Conversation 158:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Moe Schlachter MS, RD, LD, CDE “The beauty of our profession is sometimes we’re talking about really serious illnesses and diseases and the mood in the room can be a little grim - but sometimes we get to connect with our clients and back to memories of their mom, their grandma and their family meals and dinners to visit a time in the past,  whic...

Conversation 157: December #EmbracetheHellYeah Conversation What makes you say “hellyeah” at the end of the day?  For any question I am asked or I ask myself, if I cannot 100% say hell yeah as my answer then it is a hell no. I want you to embrace saying yes with your whole heart and soul by enjoying every part of your authentic life. At the end of each month, I want to get more up close and person...

Conversation 156:  The Story, Journey and Passion (so far) of RD2Be, Liz Davitt “I can definitely tell a mindset difference between my undergraduate classes to my graduate classes (while taking them at the same time).  Graduate classes, I feel people are truly there to learn and grades are kind of out of the window. With undergraduate classes, people still care about grades a lot, that’s great but...

Conversation 155:  Transitioning from Vegetarian, A Registered Dietitian Perspective with Carrie Moody, RDN With a new documentary out and the many discussions I have had with clients and other registered dietitians about following a plant based diet, I wanted to talk a little bit more about someone who has navigated this type of lifestyle. There is so much nutrition noise when it comes to food, e...

Conversation 154:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Elise Compston, RDN “I knew I wanted to see myself in managerial positions and I wanted to see my career take off and keep going onto the next thing and for me, I had to swallow my pride and ask why that is so important?  Why is that the thing holding me back? I had to look at my priorities and what is actually important to me is not going to be...

Conversation 153: November #EmbracetheHellYeah Conversation What makes you say “hellyeah” at the end of the day?  For any question I am asked or I ask myself, if I cannot 100% say hell yeah as my answer then it is a hell no. I want you to embrace saying yes with your whole heart and soul by enjoying every part of your authentic life. At the end of each month, I want to get more up close and person...