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Katie Shepherd is a Registered Dietitian and owner of Food Explorers. After working in community and retail Dietetics, Katie decided to take the plunge into entrepreneurship and combine her two passions: cooking and working with kids. Food Explorers aims to teach children about the joys of cooking and learning about food and currently spreads this message both in-person and virtually in 6 states.

In this episode of the Make More Money as a Dietitian Podcast, Christine and Katie talk about how her dream of Food Explorers was born, how she has transitioned to virtual classes during the pandemic, and how she's making money as a dietitian.

In this episode of the Make More Money as a Dietitian Podcast, Christine and Lisa discuss how she's making money as a dietitian with her unique gift of creating food pun swag and merchandise.

Lisa Andrews is the owner of Sound Bites Nutrition in Cincinnati where she shares her nutrition knowledge through teaching, counseling, cooking demos, and freelance writing. She is the author of the Healing Gout Cookbook and upcoming Complete Thyroid Cookbook. Lisa is active in her state and will serve as a House Delegate representative for Ohio and is currently co-chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee and nominating committee. She has been president, chair on professional issues and media representative as well. Lisa's line of food pun swag, Lettuce beet hunger supports those suffering food insecurity in Cincinnati. She has over 25 designs to "chews" from.

Joy Diggs is a personal trainer and registered dietitian located in Houston, Texas. She has spent the past 10 years helping people prioritize their health and improve their quality of life! She owns Digg Deep Fitness & Nutrition, where she pushes her clients to become their best, stressing the importance of proper nutrition and exercise.

In this episode of the Make More Money as a Dietitian Podcast, Christine and Joy discuss creating multiple streams of income and building community within those streams in order to make more money as a dietitian.

If you're offering freebies as part of your marketing strategy, you may fear you're giving away too much. But, does giving away too much for free really prevent people from working with you? Can you really give away too much?

On this episode of the Make More Money as a Dietitian Podcast, Christine addresses a topic that came in by request by a listener: how to know if you're giving away too much for free. And, she talks about all of the things you should consider when offering freebies and nurturing potential clients.

Andrea Mathis, affectionately known as Andy is the creator of Beautiful Eats & Things. As a registered dietitian who also has a past and passion for food, she wanted to approach nutrition through a realistic approach and teach others that achieving optimal health and enjoying food is possible!

In this episode of the Make More Money as a Dietitian Podcast, Christine and Andy have an enlightening conversation about how Andy has combined her passion for food and cooking and inspire others they can have a healthy relationship with food and love the process.

Do you really believe that you can make more money? While some dietitians say they want to make more money, they often get tripped up by fatigue and other stumbling blocks that prevent them from truly reaching their goals.

On this episode of the Make More Money as a Dietitian Podcast, Christine talks about the overwhelm, frustration, and all the things in between that you may be feeling when it comes to online marketing. And she shares how you can shift your mindset to get past this fatigue.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE

• Fatigue is real.
• Where fatigue comes from.
• The deeper beliefs you have about money.
• How you can shift your mindset to overcome the overwhelm.

Jessica Torro is an adjunct professor and has recently taken on the new role as Grant Program Manager, and Rachel is a department chair and associate professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. And they are spearheading a grant that is helping to bring in more diversity and inclusion in our profession.

In this episode of the Make More Money as a Dietitian Podcast, Christine chats with Jessica and Rachel about diversity and inclusion and what they are doing to support these things with their students and community.

Do you know your niche? Narrowing your niche means you must be comfortable saying no to money - by saying no to those who don't have the specific problem you solve. And most registered dietitians aren't ready to say no. They aren't ready to let money and opportunities pass them by.

On this episode of the Make More Money as a Dietitian Podcast, Christine talks about rethinking your niche. And she explores if picking your niche is an important first step as a registered dietitian. And she gives amazing guidance on how you can know when you're ready to say no and narrow your niche.

In this episode of the Make More Money as a Dietitian Podcast, Christine and Deanna, co-founder of Diversify Dietetics, have an incredible conversation about how Deanna met cofounder Tamara Melton and the idea of Diversify Dietetics was born. They have a raw and honest conversation about the lack of diversity in the industry and how that has impacted them directly.

Some level of discipline is required in our personal and professional lives in order to succeed. But not all definitions of discipline are inspirational as they include restrictive or even threatening words. So how can we welcome discipline into our lives, without being scared off?

In this episode of the Make More Money as a Dietitian Podcast, Christine discusses how you can redefine discipline in order to embrace discipline in order to empower your dietetics path. And she shares how she redefined discipline for maximum success in her own life.