Beryl and Dina dish about their childhood food experiences, being fearless entrepreneurs, and their roles as mentors in the dietetics profession.

Beryl Krinsky is the Founder of B.Komplete (https://bkomplete.com/), a corporate wellness firm that offers a variety of onsite and virtual services for companies to enable their employees the tools they need to better manage their health conditions and to achieve optimal wellness, and the Komplete Business Dietetic Internship (https://kbdinternship.com/), a program that provides direction, support, organization, management, research, development, and education to future Registered Dietitian Nutritionists.

Beryl herself is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and entrepreneur with a Master of Science in Food Science and a Master of Business Administration in Food Marketing. She volunteers for the New Jersey Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as a State Media Representative, and for Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) as a Dietetic Educational Program Reviewer. Beryl is passionate about living a healthy and balanced lifestyle and loves yoga, walking, hiking, biking, cooking, meditation, spending time outdoors, and always learning.

Find and follow Beryl's companies on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bkomplete/ and https://www.instagram.com/kbdinternship/.

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Karyn and Dina dish about their commitments to creating a kinder, better world and finding their personal and professional purposes in life.

Karyn Ross is an award-winning author, artist, TEDx speaker, internationally recognized consultant, and coach. She is also the owner of Karyn Ross Consulting and The New School for Kind Leaders, and the Founder and President of The Love and Kindness Project Foundation, a registered public charity and grass-roots movement, spreading kindness person to person around the world.

Listeners can enter a giveaway to receive a FREE copy of Karyn's newest book, The Kind Leader: A Practical Guide to Eliminating Fear, Creating Trust and Leading with Kindness. Winner will be chosen at random on November 23, 2022. Visit https://www.instagram.com/dishwithdina/ for details on how to enter giveaway.

Connect with Karyn through her website (https://www.kindleadership.org/), on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/the_kind_leader/), or TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@karynkindness).

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TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNING: disordered eating, self harm

Linda and Dina dish about their New Jersey upbringings, emotional eating, and starting new chapters in their lives.

Linda Rietmann has changed careers as often as she's changed her clothes. She graduated Montclair State University with a degree in sociology, then went onto Stockton University where she earned her teaching certificate, followed by teaching second grade for a short period. In 2018, Linda graduated from Institute for Integrative Nutrition (https://www.integrativenutrition.com/). She currently manages Stretch Zone in Barnegat, NJ (https://www.stretchzone.com/locations/barnegat/) while revamping her business, Balance Health Coaching, LLC. She is recently divorced after 25 years, loving her new life, and growing and healing every day.

You can check out Linda's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BalanceHealthCoachingNJ. 

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TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNING: eating disorders, weight

Dina and Dasha compare stories about growing up in different immigrant households, discuss venturing private practice, and their thresholds for spicy foods.

At the time of this recording, Dasha Hardin was a dietetic intern with Keith & Associates Distance Dietetic Internship who wrapping up the last week of her internship, but she's since passed her national exam and is officially a Registered Dietitian!

Dasha lives in Augusta, GA and works at a local hospital. She recently launched Broad Wellness, where she provides virtual and in-person nutrition counseling with an anti-diet, weight inclusive approach to help her clients peel back the layers of what nourishment means to them and re-navigate their relationship with food.

Born in Ukraine, Dasha came to the United States at 7 years old and grew up exposed to a mix of different cuisines as a child. She can be found across most social media platforms as @wellnessisbroad. You can also check out Dasha's website at https://broadwellnessgroup.com/.

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Andishe and Dina share their love of education, their experiences with being bullied in childhood, and strategies to overcome stress and anxiety when taking an exam.

Andishe Farahmand is a passionate Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with an MPH degree, based out of California. Her own personal struggles with taking the national dietetics exam led her to develop resources to help her tutor students in a fun and easy way. Andishe has had more than 1,000 dietetic interns who have passed their exam through her individual classes, her A-Z Series, or her 1:1 tutoring.

Check out Andishe's services on her website, https://www.passthedietitianexam.com/. You can also follow her on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/passthedietitianexam/) and join her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/passthedietitianexam/.

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Tera and Dina chat about the joys of road tripping, discovering foods and flavors from all over the country, and taking time to sit down and eat a meal with loved ones.

Tera Naset, MS, RD, CDCES earned a Master of Science in Human Nutrition from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Indiana University and has worked in strategy and operations consulting. Tera has spent years in her role as a clinical dietitian working with adults suffering from chronic conditions and metabolic diseases that stem from insulin resistant (like diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome).

Tera and her husband John love to shop for, cook, and eat amazing food. They are raising two healthy little foodies of their own, Madeleine and Francis.

You can find Tera at https://www.teranasetnutrition.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/tera.naset.nutrition/. Tera's book, Healthy Little Foodie, can be found on Amazon.

Also mentioned in this episode:

· RD2RD Marketplace (https://rd2rd.com/)

· Weston A. Price Nutrition Conference (https://www.wisetraditions.org/)

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Alison and Dina discuss relationships with their grandparents, seasonal foods across the globe, and the power of the written word.

Alison Wong is a food anthropologist who holds an MA in anthropology of food from SOAS University of London, and a BS from Macaulay Honors College at Lehman College in NYC. As a writer, she examines her experiences with Chinese-American identity politics and her relationship with her heritage and food. She currently lives in London and New York and has recently published a food autoethnographical piece titled, “Mirroring Ngin Ngin” in The Children of the People. Listeners can enter a giveaway to receive a FREE copy of the book. Winner will be chosen at random on October 28, 2022. Visit https://www.instagram.com/dishwithdina/ for details on how to enter giveaway.

You can find Alison on Twitter at https://twitter.com/woalison.

Also mentioned in this episode: The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. Learn more here: https://juliacameronlive.com/.

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Dina reflects on another dozen interviews and recaps guest interviews from Season 3. Stay tuned for Season 4 coming September 2022!

To learn more about Dina, visit http://www.dishwithdina.com/ or follow @dishwithdina on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and most other social media platforms. Send comments and questions to [email protected].

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Dina and Karen share memories of holiday gatherings and discuss how to meet clients where they're at.

Karen Bukolt, MS, RDN, CDN is an innovative and organized nutrition and wellness professional based out of New York City. Karen provides wellness coaching for individuals and groups who are looking to create harmony in their lives, whether it be their physical, emotional, or spiritual health. She also conducts virtual cooking demos and webinars that you can find on her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/EpicureNutrition.

Learn more about Karen at https://www.epicurenutrition.net/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/epicurenutrition/, and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/EpicureNutri.

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TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNING: body weight loss and gain

Amber dishes about experimenting with recipes and flavors from other cultures, the pros and cons of social media, and her own specialized brand within the dietetics field.

Amber Trejo is a personal trainer and second career Registered Dietitian. She holds a Master’s Degree in nutrition and human performance and lives in NYC. She runs her own wellness consulting company, Naked Wellness, where she helps her clients find healthy and sustainable approaches to nutrition as well as strength and empowerment through weightlifting and boxing.

Learn more about Amber at https://nakedwellness.us/ or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/_nakedwellness_/.

FYI: To clarify some things Amber mentioned in this episode, please see the following articles: (1) Food Color and Autism: A Meta-Analysis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32006369/; (2) “Yoga mat” chemical azodicarbonamide in food https://www.fda.gov/food/food-additives-petitions/azodicarbonamide-ada-frequently-asked-questions.

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