We welcome Bal this episode, a dietetic manager with contagious energy. 

She bravely talks about times that she's "been broken" through her dietetic journey and she also shares her 360 journey from being a student to a student lead placement provider now. She gives advice to other managers out there, she shares her experiences of leadership she's been under and also what manager she aspires to be.

"Be kind to others"

We hope you enjoy a different perspective !

Love Soeng Ha and Ras x

Please reach out to Bal on LinkedIn: Balbinder Sembi

We talk with Kuldip, where his last career had impacted his health and led him to start a path into Dietetics. Now working as a Community Dietitian, he shares very honestly about his professional and personal reflections. He has health and wellbeing at his forefront which is apparent in his work and personal development. We discuss his challenges as a British Asian male and in the latter parts of the episode he gives lights to why he has chosen to wear a turban, practice Sikhism as well as touching on the punjabi diet.

Kuldip has no social media, following his ethos! If you'd like to get in touch with him, let us know via our social media.

Instagram: newtrition_perspectives

Twitter: @Newtrition_P

We hope you enjoy :)

Soeng Ha and Ras

In this episode, we welcome another amazingly well spoken RD2B Kaego. Kaego is a 4th year dietetic student at Nottingham interested in clinical dietetics.

Kaego discusses her lived experiences and the challenges with people not knowing about the role of a dietitian and touches misconceptions around dietetics from patients who are from ethnic minority backgrounds.

In the second half of this podcast, Kaego talks about foods from her Nigerian culture, including tips regarding food fortification and weight management.

P.S sorry for the sound quality on the host's side!

Enjoy!

Ras & Soeng Ha x

You can follow Kaego here!

https://www.instagram.com/kaegoskitchen/

https://www.kaegoskitchen.co.uk/

In this episode, we welcome two of the most wonderful dietitians Rhia and Harpreet from British Sikh Doctors Organisation (BSDO). 

Rhia & Harpreet talk about their journeys through dietetics, misconceptions of dietetics, their work with BSDO, health inequalities for those from ethnic minority backgrounds and the importance of getting names right. 

In the second half of this episode, they touch upon Sikhism and current affairs with the Indian farmers protests. They also chat about Sikhism and nutrition with some fabulous advice about food fortification, weight management and tips for working with patients who are Sikhs.

Enjoy!

Ras & Soeng Ha x

Follow them here!

https://twitter.com/Veggie_Nut

https://twitter.com/BritishSikhDocs/

Charlotte is a Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian and she confidently talks about living with Bipolar Disorder. Fine Arts was her beginnings and since becoming a Dietitian she has valued the strong importance of self care at any stage of life. 

We recognise that there is still stigma to talking about mental health and especially acknowledging this with our patients. Charlotte highlights such great points that she has found useful in helping her with managing her condition alongside work. She has experienced first hand of what antipsychotic medication can do to physical health and the amount of self blame she carried during this time. Her career journey has made her an even better dietitian and an invaluable communicator with her patients.

She concludes that at the end of the day people with mental health can live a normal life with the right support!

Great listen not to miss, we hope you enjoy.

Soeng Ha and Ras x

P.S Follow Charlotte on twitter @_Char_RD

From being told she would not succeed as a student dietitian to a consultant dietitian who co-authored Carbs & Cals World Foods book, we welcome the effervescent and confident Salma Mehar.

Salma chats to us about her journey into dietetics starting with attending a dietetic appointment with her Mum and recognising how much more she could offer if she chose dietetics as a career. We think it’s inspirational to hear her big ideas and growth throughout dietetics and the work she has done to help patients and colleagues on a population level scale.  In the second half of the podcast, Salma chats about her cultural journey and gives us some great nuggets of information and resources about Ramadan and working with patients from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Apologies for the slight cut between the two sections of the podcast, there was a slight technical error!

You can find Salma on twitter: @SalmaMehar1

We hope you enjoy!

Ras & Soeng Ha x

Hello! A fun episode today as we speak with Cherry Mo and her experiences as a Chinese Dietitian. We talk far east Asian body size standards and troubles explaining the dietetic career choice to family. Cherry also shares her difficulties in fortifying her dads' diet when he'd lost significant weight from disease and retold her fortified blended soup disaster. Does western forms of food fortification work for the chinese diet? 

She also shares her take on Chinese New Year! 

We hope you enjoy!

Soeng Ha & Ras x

In ep 10, we welcome the incredible Yusuf Hammad, who is a passionate dietitian trying to make nutritional information accessible to all. He starts off chatting about his journey into dietetics, including how his Mum had a big role to play in him choosing this profession. Yusuf talks about some uncomfortable truths about how he's had to change the way he talks and dresses in order to fit in within the profession. He also talks about his lived experiences with racism from patients.

In the second half of this podcast, we chat about Ramadan and what dietetic colleagues could do to help those who are fasting. We get a super in depth journey about Palestinian food (which we certainly had not heard of!) and Pakistani food with some fabulous tips at the end.

This is another episode not to miss!

We hope you enjoy!

Ras & Soeng Ha x

You can find Yusuf on Instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/yusuf_r.d/ 

A quote that inspired our guest!

On this episode we have the lovely Sabrina, who is a final year student about to go into her last placement and doing an exciting dissertation on the comparisons of ethnic food shopping habits online verses brick and mortar stores. Sabrina opens the conversation to the stigma around taking a year out and the struggles with the transition from sixth form/college to university. She tells her lived experiences being diagnosed with dyslexia at university and its challenges as a student.

We really hope you enjoy!

Ras and Soeng Ha x

Get in touch/follow our guest on Instagram: @_sabji

How can we distinguish between mental health vs personality? This week we have Claire, a palliative care Dietitian who gives us a glimpse into her journey into managing mental health alongside work. For a topic that's not so often talked about, we bring Claire's open views through her lenses into the podcast. She encourages to lead by example to value our mental health and seek help when needed. We also highlight the duty of the workplace to provide an environment that is sensitive to our colleagues needs and support required.

We hope you enjoy!

Soeng Ha and Ras x

Please reach out to Claire on Twitter: @claireirlamrd