Empowering Dietitians

In this episode of The Empowering Dietitians Podcast, host and dietitian supervisor Jess Serdikoff Romola sits down to unpack the hold that money has over us as dietitians. It's certainly a hot button topic, with feeling underpaid being a top pain point for many in the field, and an economic climate that is leaving a lot of us feeling, well...scarce and uncertain. Yet despite all of that scarcity, very few dietitians hold wealth or money as a core value. So why, then, does it seem to dominate all of our decisions? And how can we learn to have a more abundant, or secure relationship with money that allows us to make decisions in alignment with our true values and priorities -- without ignoring the fact that money is a necessity in our society? Listen in to hear Jess' take.

PLUS, if you're looking to explore the topics of "enough-ness" and getting out of scarcity on a deeper level, there's still one week left to pre-enroll in the upcoming Empowering Dietitians course, ABUNDANCE: a course designed for the burnt out & unhappy dietitian who is ready to say F.U. to hustle culture and reclaim their time, energy, and humanity. Check out the links below for more details :)

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To connect with Jess and learn more about the support she offers:

www.empoweringdietitians.com/abundance

www.instagram.com/empowering.dietitians

In this episode of The Empowering Dietitians Podcast, host and dietitian supervisor Jess Serdikoff Romola sits down with Stephanie Clairmont, retired registered dietitian and owner of The Leveraged Practice, to discuss the issues with the healthcare industry directly contributing to dietitian burnout, and what we can do about it. You can hear in this episode how the two of us approach the issues we see in the field differently, and how there is plenty of space for both of us to support dietitians - in fact, our field is stronger because dietitians have multiple support options! 

(Speaking of support options, I am currently PRE-enrolling in my upcoming launch for my course, ABUNDANCE: a course to help unhappy & burnt out dietitians say F.U. to hustle culture and reclaim their time, energy, and humanity. Spots are limited so check out www.empoweringdietitians.com/abundance for all of the details!)

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To connect with Stephanie and learn more about the support she offers:

https://theleveragedpractice.com/lecture

www.hightouchhybrids.com

https://theleveragedpractice.com/podcast/ep-208-making-more-time-in-a-food-service-role-with-sarah-ginn/

To connect with Jess and learn more about the support she offers:

www.empoweringdietitians.com/abundance

www.empoweringdietitians.com/free

www.instagram.com/empowering.dietitians

In this episode of The Empowering Dietitians Podcast, host and dietitian supervisor Jess Serdikoff Romola hits the record button without any script or notes to share about her recent "brush" with hustle culture -- how she found herself, despite being known amongst dietitians as the one who's "so good at opting out of hustle culture" falling back into that hustle mindset without meaning to. She goes through exactly how she responded to the situation, and emphasizes the importance of vulnerability and detaching from perfection in this work.

PLUS, if you catch this when it first releases, there's still time to sign up for her upcoming masterclass, F*ck Hustle Culture: Foundations for Reclaiming Your Time, Energy, and Humanity in 2023, happening January 17th. $37 per seat. 1 CEU approved. If you're ready to say GOODBYE to the hustle mentality in 2023, this is the ideal class to sign up for! Learn more at www.empoweringdietitians.com/masterclass or sign up directly at bit.ly/hustle-masterclass. (There will be a recording so as long as you register before the event starts, you can watch the recording on your own time!)

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To connect with Jess and learn more about the support she offers:

www.empoweringdietitians.com/abundance

www.empoweringdietitians.com/free

www.instagram.com/empowering.dietitians

In this episode of The Empowering Dietitians Podcast, host and dietitian supervisor Jess Serdikoff Romola introduces season 4 of the show with a continuation from Episode 115, all about the hustle and overwhelm she got caught up in 2022. Jess catches listeners up on her process for goal setting, including revisiting her values and shifting her approach to further reject the hustle culture from the year before. Listen in to gain inspiration for yourself to shift your perspective in 2023 to embrace that anti-hustle lifestyle!

PLUS, Jess chats all about her upcoming masterclass, F*ck Hustle Culture: Foundations for Reclaiming Your Time, Energy, and Humanity in 2023, happening January 17th. $37 per seat. 1 CEU pending. If you're ready to say GOODBYE to the hustle mentality in 2023, this is the ideal class to sign up for! Learn more at www.empoweringdietitians.com/masterclass or sign up directly at bit.ly/hustle-masterclass.

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To connect with Jess and learn more about the support she offers:

www.empoweringdietitians.com/free

www.instagram.com/empowering.dietitians

In this episode of The Empowering Dietitians Podcast, host and dietitian supervisor Jess Serdikoff Romola wraps up season 3 of the show with a reflection of the year in preparation to look ahead to set goals for 2023. Whether you call them new year's resolutions, intentions, or goals (or maybe even nothing at all because you usually don't set them!!) the very first step is often an overlooked one - and that's reflection. So while November may seem a little early to be chatting through goals, it's actually a fantastic time to take a step back and reflect on how 2022 has been for you. Listen in to hear how Jess does it (live, during the show!) and to find out what she's focusing on moving into the new year.

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In this episode of The Empowering Dietitians Podcast, host and dietitian supervisor Jess Serdikoff Romola chats through one of the things that she was definitely not taught in school: how to network, pitch, and make requests compassionately and effectively. Because this isn't something we are taught as dietitians, at least not typically in our formal undergrad or internship training, it can feel intimidating, and it can be easy to have our best intentions land...well, not as we intended...with the person we're contacting. So how do we, as dietitians, better build connections and ask for support from other professionals? And, in turn, how can we learn to receive requests from our colleagues and peers with more compassion and empathy? Listen in for Jess' thoughts!

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www.empoweringdietitians.com/free

www.instagram.com/empowering.dietitians

Jess Serdikoff Romola, dietitian supervisor and host of The Empowering Dietitians Podcast, is joined in this episode by Sara Griffin, owner and founder of the company Edge Nutrition, dedicated to supporting other dietitians looking to boost their confidence in nutrition support. Sara was previously on the show back in 2021 (see below!), and is back now to not only update us on how she has grown and evolved as a practitioner -- but also to chat through her passion for client and professional advocacy. For all of the dietitians who feel undervalued and underpaid, and are frustrated with the field -- listen in for our top tips on how to find an advocacy style that fits your unique personality and strengths!

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To connect with Sara:

www.instagram.com/edge_clinical

www.edge-clinical.com (use code albumin to get $25 off her courses!)

To connect with Jess and learn more about the support she offers:

www.empoweringdietitians.com/free

www.instagram.com/empowering.dietitians

In this episode of The Empowering Dietitians Podcast, host and dietitian supervisor Jess Serdikoff Romola builds on the conversation from last week's episode (see below if you missed it!) by addressing how we respond to other dietitians who are practicing in a way that we disagree with. While there are many issues in our field that can spike in-fighting, arguing, and out-right bullying, none lately seem quite as divisive as the debate between weight centric (/weight-normative or "pro" weight loss) care vs. weight inclusive care -- and while Jess has discussed these issues periodically on the podcast in the past, it's time for a fully updated episode. Listen in to hear Jess' take as she refuses to accept the issue as black-or-white, and to get her takeaways on how she believes we need to move forward as a profession.

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To connect with Jess and learn more about the support she offers:

www.empoweringdietitians.com/group

www.instagram.com/empowering.dietitians

And don't forget about The Conversation Corner Jess is hosting with Celestina Brunetti and Laura Jean on November 10th at 2pm ET!

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In this episode of The Empowering Dietitians Podcast, host and dietitian supervisor Jess Serdikoff Romola addresses one of the biggest frustrations within the profession of dietetics: the sheer number of people who are not dietitians who insist on doling out nutrition advice. While some of this advice is innocuous, and some actually legitimate, a lot of it flies in the face of what we, as dietitians, know to be true and helpful -- yet they're the ones receiving all of the attention and respect instead of us, and it pisses us off, right?? In this episode, Jess shares her potentially surprising take on the situation, reminding us that there is a fine line between asserting our expertise and falling into a supremacist habit of attempting to assert dominance over another group by wielding our credential as a source of power and superiority. Yeah...she went there. Are you really surprised, though?

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To connect with Jess and learn more about the support she offers:

www.empoweringdietitians.com/free

www.instagram.com/empowering.dietitians

And don't forget about The Conversation Corner Jess is hosting with Celestina Brunetti and Laura Jean on November 10th at 2pm ET!

Sign up at http://eepurl.com/h7D9hn

Jess Serdikoff Romola, dietitian supervisor and host of The Empowering Dietitians Podcast, is joined in this episode by Shani Jordan-Goldman, a fellow dietitian and the owner of Nutrition Cheat Sheets, a company devoted to supported new RDs in the ways Shani wished she'd had available to her when she was starting out. In this episode, the two dietitians chat about their experiences as students and new dietitians, their genius plan to start their own internship to do things differently (maybe some day!), and the changes they want to see in the profession moving forward.

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To connect with Shani:

www.instagram.com/nutritioncheatsheets

www.nutritioncheatsheets.com

To connect with Jess and learn more about the support she offers:

www.empoweringdietitians.com/free

www.instagram.com/empowering.dietitians