Pursuing Private Practice

Courtney Vickery joins us for this episode of the Pursuing Private Practice Podcast to have a real and honest conversation about how she got into the field of eating disorders. Courtney talks about her own eating disorder recovery and relates this to her ability to do challenging things in her business now.  Courtney is new to private practice (although you wouldn't know this by looking at her con...

This conversation is SO NEEDED in the field of dietetics! Jessica Oswald joins me today to talk about being a multi-passionate business owner and wanting to serve two separate ideal clients. This means she will need to implement two separate marketing strategies and set up two separate sales funnels in her business. We talk rebelling against the "rules" of dietetics and making our own path. I enco...

Stephanie took a leap of faith and started her business this year. We have such a great conversation during this interview about her feelings around starting her own business, how she's balancing working full time and running a business, and everything she has learned along the way. We talk a lot about having the courage to try new things and just being open to seeing what works. I hope this inspi...

This is such an awesome interview! Courtney Bellino joins me on this episode of the podcast to talk about where she's at in her business: fully booked!! Courtney opened her private practice just six months ago, but she's ready to scale! We talk through the process of growing a private practice by hiring a dietitian and/or virtual assistant. We talk about both the logistical ins and outs of hiring...

I've really been wanting to focus more on interviewing brand new dietitians, and it was so great to get Katy's perspective! She is currently in her dietetic internship and is in the beginning stages of starting her own business. Katy's dietetic internship has been very unique given the healthcare situation in the midst of the COVID pandemic. At one point she was not even allowed to enter the hospi...

Jen Haefele is a member of the Pursuing Private Practice program, and I absolutely love the energy she brings to the group. This interview is a true reflection of her positive energy. She talks about her goals and dreams, and she talks about the future of her career.  I love to talk with dietitians who are in her position - she is just beginning her journey into private practice. I tend to intervi...

I'm so thrilled to bring this episode to you today, for a couple of reasons. Bri and I talk about how she works with her clients to improve their body image. This is an area of client work where many clinicians feel inadequate, and it's so helpful to hear Bri's take on this. We also talk about Bri's unique business journey. Her journey is so interesting because it's almost like she accidentally gr...

Did you know you don't have to have clinical experience before opening up a private practice?! In today's episode of the Pursuing Private Practice Podcast, Alex Raymond and I have a really honest conversation about clinical experience. Clinical experience is completely different from the experience of owning and running a private practice.  So many internship preceptors preach to their interns tha...

https://pursuingprivatepractice.com/In this episode, Robyn Goldberg and I are deep diving into the process of writing and publishing a book, and we focus specifically on the business aspect of this amazing endeavor. Robyn recently released a book, The Eating Disorder Trap: A Guide for Clinicians and Loved Ones . The book is awesome, and while I'm so excited for everyone to hear more about the book...

This is Elyse's second appearance on the Pursuing Private Podcast, and I could not be more excited to welcome her back! We are celebrating the release of the 4th edition of Intuitive Eating . We talk about so many different aspects of Intuitive Eating in this episode. If you haven't listened to her first episode on the podcast, The Evolution of Intuitive Eating , I encourage you to do that! That e...

Today's guest, Kirsten Ackerman, has built her own thriving private practice. She is the author of the incredible book, The Intuitive Eating Plan: A Body Positive Approach to Rebuilding Your Relationship With Food. Kirsten is a self-proclaimed multi-passionate entrepreneur. She has so many things going on in her professional life, and this podcast episode gives us a glimpse of that. On top of runn...

Melainie Rogers is someone that I have looked up to for a very long time. I was lucky enough to get to know her while I was living in New York City, even though I wasn't necessarily practicing in the eating disorder field like I am now.  I've always known about her and her treatment center and I'm just in awe of what she's built. It's such an honor for me to have her on the podcast. She talks abou...

My guest today is Nicole Mareno, and this was her first ever podcast interview! And she does such a fantastic job. She explains her story, talks about everything she went through in her own recovery, discusses how she uses her special skills as a registered nurse to work in the field of eating disorder recovery, and how she integrates her work as a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor to make a bi...

I'm so excited to finally bring you an episode with Stefani Reinold. She is one of my best business friends. We have had many different versions of this conversation privately, and we kept saying, "We should record this!" because we knew that it could be helpful to others as we are all processing our own version of the new normal with the COVID-19 pandemic.  Stefani brings so much to this conversa...

Fiona is the first guest that I interviewed post-Coronavirus outbreak. This episode is the perfect way to open up the really difficult conversations that we are going to be having moving forward as the crisis continues and both our clients and ourselves attempt to navigate the uncertainty. The work that we do with our clients is completely different than it was prior to this crisis.  This is an un...

The topic of self-care is more important than ever, and Jennifer welcomes Anna Sweeney to better understand and define what it means, on this inspiring episode of the Pursuing Private Practice Podcast. Anna shares her journey of discovering Intuitive Eating while working as an eating disorder dietitian, and how she regrets the way she had been previously working with clients, motivating her to lea...

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...