Dietitian Connection Podcast

Calling all digital dietitians! Keen to learn more about how you can truly engage with your audience online and habits for online business success? Perhaps you're just curious about whether online or offline works best for you [you'll have to listen to solve this riddle]. Tune in and take notes as Digital Comms pro Teri Lichtenstein teaches you about "Closing the gap between the digital world and the real world." Click here for the shownotes.

Are you a "non-diet" dietitian, or an aspiring one? Fiona Sutherland, "The Mindful Dietitian," takes us through her serendipitous discovery to starting a new movement of Dietitians - her journey will move you. She offers powerful advice on how you, too, can discover your calling along with useful tools on how to enter the realm of "non-diet." Click here for the shownotes.

You have a passion for a diverse range of interests – but struggle with how to combine them into a single career. Sound like you? You're not alone. But it can be done -- with great success. For a winning example of how, listen to our DC podcast with Jo Turner. Jo -- a dual-qualified Dietitian / Sports Dietitian and Exercise Physiologist -- heads up NuActive Health, an integrated approach to multi-disciplinary care. In our half-hour podcast, Jo shares how she landed on her practice's unique concept; how NuActive operates under one roof with its diverse team of Dietitians, Exercise Physiologists and medical professionals; the challenges and rewards she's faced in running her business; and much more. A skilled communicator with extensive media experience, you'll enjoy listening to Jo, and will come away with advice that can help you marry your various interests to the career you've been dreaming of. Shownotes available at dietitianconnection.com/podcasts

What is "blue ocean strategy"? According to the Harvard Business Review, it's about carving out a "previously unknown market space" – a blue ocean – where "demand is created, rather than fought over" and there is great opportunity for profitable, rapid growth. Does this sound like what you'd like to achieve with your own business? Then plan to join us for our latest DC podcast with Tara Diversi, APD, who will focus on entrepreneurship and how it applies to dietitians. You'll hear from Tara on the best time to start your own business [this will surprise you!]; capitalising on your strengths, so clients gravitate to you; creating diverse income streams; and much more. Stop competing and start creating your own blue ocean strategy – then enjoy the rewards. For shownotes: click here

2017 food trends, new opinions and social media hype calls for an interview with one of Australia's top nutrition consultants, APD: Nicole Senior. Nicole's role at Principal Nutrition Services is to provide accurate, responsible, engaging and compelling communications about food. Nicole and Kate chat about the pros of nutrition consultancy work, how technology plays a role and the seven jobs required for this position; it is certainly more than simply writing about food! For the shownotes: http://www.dietitianconnection.com/podcasts

Final year dietitian students, Mandy-Lee Noble and Anna Reeves in Queensland, Australia, have thrown their passion for food and dietetics into a new podcast, "The Dietitian's Dilemma". Nutrition and Dietetics students are frequently asked about diet and misinformation in the media. Mandy and Anna research current media issues related to nutrition and discuss them in a down-to-earth way on the podcast. Today Mandy-Lee and Anna are on the show to talk about their podcast, the bright ideas and inspiration behind it and their plans for the future. To read more on the shownotes: http://www.dietitianconnection.com/podcasts

This week we're talking to Joel Feren, APD, DAA spokesperson and Director of Hearty Nutrition in Melbourne, Australia. He chats to Kate Agnew about men's health, his approach to nutrition and exercise, the #getyourmaninthekitchen campaign and his newest project: Dudes Talk Nutrition. Joel also gives us in the inside scoop on his Masterchef audition and some advice on how we can make an impact in dietetics.

This week Glenn Mackintosh, Founder and Principal Psychologist at Weight Management Psychology in Brisbane, Australia, invites us into his studio to discuss his work. He chats to Kate Agnew about 'psycho-dietetics' and how we can can work with psychologists to help our clients achieve results. We discuss EFT (also known as 'Tapping') and Glenn tells us about his latest venture - 'Thursday Therapy'. We also chat about collaboration, curiosity and communication and why we are all in this together!

Zoe Nicholson, founder and senior dietitian at figureate and co-founder of The Moderation Movement in Melbourne, Australia joins us to discuss her work using the Non-Diet Approach and her food philosophy. She chats to Kate Anew about how her practice has changed since discovering and utilising intuitive eating in her practice. We also discuss mindfulness and how dealing with a person's psychology is absolutely fundamental to addressing food behaviours.