The Lane 9 Podcast

Rebecca Scritchfield is back! You may know her as the author of Body Kindness, one of your favorite (self-described) Diet Culture Dropouts, or the host of the Body Kindness podcast. Or, you may not know her yet, but you will now! Rebecca and I go way back, so it's easy to settle in and get real with each other. 

Interested in the Anti-Diet Approach to Dietetics? Watch this one-hour webinar to learn more! With full registration, you also get a 1:1 mentoring call and an event workbook with research and suggested readings. 

I ask her about: 

- How and why she transitioned her sports-focused private practice in DC to one in which she teaches the Non-Diet (or Anti-Diet) approach and works with eating disorders and body image therapy

- The process of writing a book (!!!), and what to do with that stack of edits that reminds you to keep at it

- Her new mentorship program available to any and all dietitians (or RDs2be) that want to practice the Anti-Diet (or Non-Diet) approach to dietetics -- applications are due 10/31! Put in yours here: bodykindnessbook.com/learnandgrow

If you're a dietitian for Body Kindness, join Rebecca's group, in partnership with Leslie Shilling, RD4BC. 

Rebecca Scritchfield, MA RD | @ScritchfieldRD on Twitter, @RebeccaScritchfield on Instagram 

bodykindnessbook.com

Amy Shen, a freshly minted RD, joins the show from South Carolina! The conversation gets real very quickly, when she dives into how dieting in college made her feel crazy, and led to a career in nutrition. Because of that, she now identifies as an anti-diet dietitian. She's learning about and practicing intuitive eating, and working her first job in an Eating Disorder treatment center. 

If you're interested in the Anti-Diet Approach, purchase the "Dietitians Taking the Anti-Diet Approach" webinar! Panelists include Christy Harrison, Robyn Nohling, Anne Mauney, and Kim Hoban. HeatherCaplan.com/Events

We dive into in internship experience, anti-diet nutrition, and a new app in the world for helping Eating Disorder patients get (free!) help before or after they reach out to a healthcare professional. (App: Recovery Record: Eating Disorder Management) 

Amy Shen | amybethshen.com @Amy.Beth.Shen on Instagram

Rebecca Scritchfield, dietitian and author of the book Body Kindness, is on the show! We go way back, as DC dietitians, to my first exposure to private practice and being her first dietetic intern (circa 2009). This episode is REAL real, covering everything from business ventures that actually cost money to running a "surprisingly low-tech" private practice. We talk about her transition to her second career in dietetics, answer a listener question (below) and get real about our big projects and transitions. 

BIG project: Rebecca just launched her extensive mentorship program, which we chat about on the show. Applications are due by 10/31! She'll be working with a small group (only 6-8) RDs to develop anti-diet and weight-neutral counseling and dietetic skills. Apply here: http://www.bodykindnessbook.com/learnandgrow/

Listener Question: 

I am a RD working in the public health/community nutrition field. I love what I do! However, during grad school I was exposed to sports nutrition which included counseling and team education. I would like this to be my "side hustle". What are your must-have resources for those of us who are trying to start a private practice? Any software, books, budgeting, marketing tools, printing options, etc you recommend? 

Events for RDs: Check out the RD Real Talk Round Table series, which launched this month with 5 events and covering everything from the Anti-diet approach to Women's Health to Job Searching in Nutrition. No deadlines to register, and seats are still open! (HeatherCaplan.com/Events)

Rebecca Scritchfield, MS RD: @ScritchfieldRD (Twitter, Instagram) 
Body Kindness podcast host, Body Kindness book author

BodyKindnessBook.com 

Anne Mauney, aka Fannetastic Food, is back on the podcast! She’s also joining me as a panelist for the first RD Real Talk Round Table event, Dietitians Taking the Anti-Diet Approach. To register for the event, go to heathercaplan.com/events

We chat about how she decided to start her private practice as an anti-diet dietitian right away, what resources she has found invaluable in developing her practices, and—to keep it real—some mistakes she has made along the way. We also share a real-talk-moment about the diet-y things we used to recommend. Oof.

She advocates for having mentors and a mastermind group to feel supported as you this on. For starters? Our panel discussion, with fellow anti-diet dietitians, Christy Harrison, Kim Hoban, and Robyn Nohling.

Links mentioned on the show:

• Kim Hoban’s post about the event, “An Apology”
• Robyn Nohling’s announcement, “Round Table Talk with RDs on Intuitive Eating and HAES”
• Molly Kellog’s Motivational Interviewing training(s)

Amy LaFalce, a fellow Arlington-based dietitian, is on today! She's the Northern Virginia Site Director for the Virginia Tech Dietetic Internship and mom of three kiddos. She's open and real about what internship directors are looking for in candidates, her goals for the VT program, and some BIG changes coming up to internship education requirements. (Hi, Master's degree.) 

We answer two listener questions: 

1. What to expect in the DI interview process

(If you're currently a dietetic intern, or thinking about the internship, check out the internship-specific RD Real Talk Round Table event coming up soon! The panel discussion, 1:1 mentoring call, and event workbook may be exactly what you need. HeatherCaplan.com/Events) 

2. What RDs think about sugar detoxes

So, we switch gears a bit to the latest in whether or not "sugar addiction" is a real thing. (Side eye to you, Gary Taubes.) Here's the article referenced: Sugar addiction: state of the science. 

Kim Hoban, a corporate wellness dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, is back to help me bring you more information about the RD Real Talk Round Table series! She's got a VIP seat at the table, as a panelist for the first event, Dietitians Taking an Anti-Diet Approach. In this mini-sode, we chat about how she adopted the anti-diet approach, how it's been integral to her nutrition career, and how our profession can stick together despite opposing views. 

To save your seat at the table: Register here!

(You can buy one seat for one event, a listen-only option, or a package of events!) 

To follow Kim and her work: @KimHobanRD (Twitter, Instagram) and KHNutrition.com 

Janet Helm joins the show from Chicago! She's the Chief Food and Nutrition Strategist at Weber Shandwick. You may know her from her work in starting the Nutrition Blog Network, and of course, through all things PR. 

Recently, she published a blog post on her site, Nutrition Unplugged, titled "United We Stand, Divided We Fall as Dietitians". She addresses the public squabbles that have happened amongst RDs and why she thinks it must stop if we want to salvage our credibility and professional integrity. So, we talk about THAT. 

Thoughts or comments from the show? Email RDRealTalk at Gmail dot com. Let's chat. 

Janet will be speaking at FNCE next month, too! Catch her and a Google Exec. covering "Second Century Communication Tools for Dietitians" on Tuesday, October 24th. 

Links from the show: 

• United We Stand, Divided We Fall as Dietitians
• True Health Initiative
• Nutrition Blog Network

Janet Helm: NutritionUnplugged.com, @JanetHelm (Twitter)

Katie Proctor, RDN and MBA, is on the show today! She joins us from Colorado, where she started her own business to help BA dietitians raise the bar. She's a marketing and communications guru, and took many nontraditional RDN job routes. She's real about easy is it to provide tips but how hard it can be to follow them yourself. We talk a lot about being an entrepreneur, connecting with brands and consumers through social media, and of course, real talk moments. 

RD Real Talk Round Table announcement! Check out the RD Real Talk weekly newsletter for first dibs on promotions, and the new events page to register: heathercaplan.com/events 

First up: Dietitians Taking the Anti-Diet Approach (10/5/17)
Featuring Anne Mauney (Fannetastic Food), Christy Harrison (Food Psych host), Kim Hoban (KH Nutrition), and Robyn Nohling (Real Life RD)

Listener question: With social media being so over saturated with various nutrition/ wellness accounts, how do you make yourself stand out?

Katie provides a totally different perspective on this one, which I learned so much from! She's been on the marketing side, working with influencers (including dietitians) What do they look for and how can you catch their eye? She's on it. 

If you do nothing else after this episode, follow her on Instagram! You get almost daily business tips and get to connect with a real-talking business strategist. It's good stuff. 

Katie Proctor: elevatewithkatie.com | @elevatewithkatie (Twitter and Instagram)

Sara Haas, a culinary dietitian based out of Chicago, is on the show today! She just announced her first cookbook, in partnership with Elizabeth Shaw (episode 18), a recipe collection for fertility! Sara shares why she selected her internship of choice, gets real about her first job, and explains both why she chose to pursue culinary training and how she got into media and freelance work.

In the intro, you’ll hear about a new project I’m launching with RDs who have been on this podcast! Subscribe to the RD Real Talk newsletter (link in the @RDRealTalk Instagram profile) for first dibs on the details next week.

Listener question: What do you wish you knew as an undergrad studying nutrition?

Career questions: How do you build a career as a spokesperson? Recipe developer? Freelance writer?  What inspired a Fertility Foods cookbook?

Fun fact: She’s speaking at FNCE, 2017! Check out her session here.

Sara Haas, RDN @cookinRD (Twitter and Instagram) | sarahaasrdn.com

Molly Goodson is here! She's not a registered dietitian. She's the founder of The Assembly in San Francisco, a space for women to work, workout, and connect. She used to be my boss (in the days of Spright), but is also a good friend, one of my favorite San Francisco people, and former podcast co-host. This is essentially a happy hour conversation, recorded. We have a lot to catch up on! (My wine glass is empty for this round.) 

In conversation:

• You may or may not remember Logan Paul 
• THE ASSEMBLY (check it out if you're in SF!)
• "Why we fell for clean eating" 
• How things change (for us) in two years

Molly's stuff: @mollygoodson (Twitter), @theassemblysf (Instagram)