Pursuing Private Practice

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...

Dietitians support clients in many ways throughout the intuitive eating journey. Nutrition counseling is always individualized and personalized for each individual client, however many clients need support in similar areas. Join the conversation to talk about the top 10 strategies that dietitians can use with clients in nutrition counseling. You will learn HOW dietitians support clients in differe...