“It’s the unworthy [feeling] that bothers me the most in our profession. Because why in the world would you be unworthy when you have gone through all of these things and you’ve studied all of this and you have the validation [of a degree]?” [00:18:07] Kirsten You’ve probably heard it before: “You have to spend …
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“Get back to why you entered nutrition in the first place. What do you love about it? And cut out all the noise.” [00:17:33] Kirsten Ask any Registered Dietitian, and chances are they know a handful of peers who’ve left the profession. Maybe it was the low pay, the long hours, or even the lack …
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“It’s not going to happen overnight, but that’s the fun part because you get to experiment with it and you get to unlearn all of the shit that society put on you.” [00:18:16] Celestina Brunetti We’re all different, so why would we run our businesses the same way? When you do the inner work and …
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“We’re not against people giving their opinions or sharing their viewpoint. We are against playground bullies that hide behind an app and feel the need to voice things in such a fashion that they hopefully would never do in real life in front of a person.” [00:01:56] Kirsten Showing up online for your business is …
“If you’re qualified, if you can produce the value and the transformations, and you’ve proven time and time and time again that you are the woman for the job, why should you apologize for the compensation?” [00:13:56] Kirsten Let’s fucking talk about money! In our field, there’s this expectation that you go to school, pay …
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“Like your doctor should do the doctoring. Your dietitian should do the dieticianing.” [00:20:56] Kirsten We place a lot of trust in doctors. And while we do believe they’re usually great at “doctoring,” in our experience, they’re not so great at “dietitianing.” We’ve witnessed so many clients suffer for years from symptoms their doctors couldn’t …
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“I want money from the right aligned people who want to be in my space because something that I said or did or a way that I showed up resonated with them.” [00:07:43] Kirsten If you’ve ever taken an online business course, you’ve probably been encouraged to “sell in the DMs.” While this tactic might …
“We’re saying it’s important to be authentic to you and step into that, but also know that it’s probably going to be uncomfortable as shit and that’s part of the process.” [00:17:31] Brooke Much of our industry operates within the “old paradigm”: hustle hard, pay your dues, don’t break the status quo. But frankly, we …
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“I’ve waited for 20 years and here we are. We can’t wait for other professionals to do it. But when I then say we have to make noise, it’s noise toward the consumer, but also noise to other professionals.” Kirsten [28:34] It is unnerving how many medical professionals don’t know the difference between a Registered …
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Ep. 1: Who We Are & Why We’re Here “It was a huge turning point of kind of stepping into what I knew I was really good at and just having the confidence to do it.” Kirsten [00:05:58] It’s time to take up more space. We want to open the door for tough conversations and …
