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Libby sat down with Zoe & Becca to get clear on binge eating, getting the full picture of your client, and how to provide a safe space for overall healing.  Becca King is a Registered Dietician Nutritionist who helps young women like herself who have ADHD and struggle with binge eating, chronic dieting, and body image issues find food freedom and improve their self-esteem. She's passionate about using the principles of intuitive eating and a weight inclusive approach to nutrition.  Zoey is a social worker who works primarily with individuals struggling with eating disorders, in particular binge eating disorder.  Zoe has been able to not only motivate people towards full recovery but also help many people come out of the woodwork and get the support that they deserve.    Zoe says, “So as a social worker, the clients that I've seen with binge eating disorder are some of the smartest, most resilient people that I probably ever worked with. These are actually really, really determined, good people. But the pr

Marissa Kai interviews Caitlin Mudd in today’s episode.  Caitlin is a Registered Dietitian based in Franklin, Tennessee. She started her career as a clinical dietitian; however, through her own previous struggles with binge eating, she discovered her passion to help women heal their relationship with food. Caitlin takes an intuitive eating approach to support women with PCOS in ditching the strict diets advised to them, so they can stop bingeing and eat the foods they love without guilt or anxiety.  “Get on your stories and show your face!  When you show your clients’ wins, it shows that you're credible that you're knowledgeable and that you're confident in what you're providing.  Share your personal stories.  It shows that you're human.”  - Caitlin Mudd Topics covered: Getting laid off and able to start building a private practice Steady growth through Instagram Niching down to support your ideal client Guest Resources: Connect with Caitlin on Instagram: @pcos.binge.nutritionist  Free Resources from Libby:

Yaa Boayke got to chat with Emily in today’s episode.  Emily Bergey (BURR-GHEE) is a Registered Dietitian and health & wellness coach from Pennsylvania. She has been practicing as a dietitian for 6 years, with the majority of her practice being in long-term care. For the past 4 years, she has been a Regional Dietitian, supporting the nutritional well-being of residents within six long-term care communities. Now she has gone from helping seniors gain weight, to helping young women who have struggled with being "skinny", finally gain the weight they want in a healthy and sustainable way. Emily teaches her clients how to eat enough calories & protein without feeling overwhelmed or sick, so they can gain weight to feel curvy, energized, and confident. Emily loves to use her creativity, humor, and compassion to inspire herself and others.  “I google searched, "how to gain weight." All that comes up is, "How do you lose weight?" "Eat away at that belly fat!" "How to lose fat, blast fat”, when you're really

Yaa Boayke gets to interview Randi Karlinsky in today’s episode.  Randi is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Personal Trainer from the suburbs of Chicago. She spent a year in bariatric surgery followed by 5 years in corporate wellness. After getting furloughed and ultimately losing her job to COVID, while pregnant with her first child, Randi decided it was time to start her private practice. She focuses on helping women with a history of yoyo-dieting break out of the cycle by simplifying weight loss through portions and an all foods fit approach. Randi strongly believes in the body positive movement and loves helping her clients find ways to appreciate their bodies at all sizes regardless of weight loss goals. “There's nothing wrong with making a lot of money.  If you're putting the work into growing a business, that's something to be proud of.  As long as you put your mind to it and work hard, there's no amount that you can't make.  You deserve to make your worth.” -Randi Karlinksy Topics Cov

Marissa Kai talks with Emily Marashian in today’s episode.   Emily is a Registered Dietitian, Nutritionist and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor who practices a weight-inclusive nutrition approach following the Health at Every Size® principles. Her passion for both nutrition and running began during her years as an Army Intelligence Officer. This led her to pursue a second career in nutrition after leaving the service, but years of trying to conform to strict military, dietitian, and runner identities caused Emily to adopt a very disordered relationship with food and body. Emily has worked hard to overcome her challenges since discovering Intuitive Eating. She now helps runners to stop compulsively overeating and to hit their running goals by helping them shift their mindset away from restrictive dieting behaviors and learn how to eat intuitively.  Emily lives in sunny San Diego, CA with her husband and 3-year-old son, and is due with another baby boy this October.  “When I first started my IG feed, I just

Rebecca Henson is interviewing Jenn Braun in today’s episode.  Jenn is a Registered Dietitian and Personal Trainer from Connecticut, who has helped hundreds of clients reach their wellness goals in the most realistic ways. She works with working moms that are looking to feel more confident in their bodies through weight loss by enjoying all foods while balancing their families and careers. Jenn believes that women can do it all, but it starts with taking care of themselves first through their nutrition, movement, and mindset. Jenn is a working mom herself and has found her passion as she has gone through similar challenges as the women she works with, including body changes post-pregnancy, mom guilt, and adapting to life and work after children. “I wanted to be able to, from the beginning, create that boundary of serving my clients, while also making sure that my husband and my daughter were taken care of as well because they're in this with me.” -Jenn Braun Topics Covered: How Jenn learned all sides of how

Yaa Boayke gets to chat with Erin Wickersham in today’s episode.  Erin has been a registered dietitian for 13 years with over a decade of experience in the weight loss field. She has a robust background in helping people lose weight via traditional weight loss methods and weight loss surgery. After having 2 children, Erin had a hard time transitioning to being a full time working mom and struggled with weight gain and difficulty losing weight. This experience sparked an intense desire to help other working moms find the strategies, tools, and support they need to prioritize losing weight and making time for themselves. She uses a portion control approach and 1 meal for the entire family philosophy to make weight loss simple. Erin is currently on her own weight loss journey and wants to show other working moms that you can live your life, eat normal foods, enjoy ice cream with your kids, and still lose weight.  “I can help people differently than other dietitians, and just because I'm currently in a larger bod

Yaa interviews Dougmary and Kausar in today’s episode.  Kausar Rasul and Dougmary Esquijarosa, are co-founders of Become Fit Forever ( aka BFF). They are certified Fitness and Nutrition coaches specialized in women.  After becoming moms and going through their own transformations they realized that working moms have too much on their plate and needed support, expertise and accountability to lose post pregnancy weight and live a healthy lifestyle with their family.  Their approach is to become their client’s biggest cheerleaders by holding them accountable and making it easy through their step by step signature program.⁣ “We decided to launch Become Fit Forever, that's why it's BFF, because it's about being friends, being together in this craziness and in that moment we decided to go virtual.“ -Dougmary   “With Libby's method, we just got super clear and now our ideal client is a working mom, she's 37 years old, and she has two kids and she wants to lose 15 pounds in 90 days. It has made our messaging so much

Marissa talks with Katie Filippi on today’s episode.  Katie is a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer in Hawaii.  She just finished her 1st year of being a dietitian. Katie is the founder of Nutrition Clearly where she hosts 100% virtual group boot camps to help clients find clarity and balance in their approach to fitness and nutrition through intuitive eating.  “Food is more than just what nourishes our physical bodies. It's social, emotional, mental, cultural, it's what connects us to other people.” - Katie Filippi Topics touched on:   Showing up and going for it when you question yourself Listening to what your clients are asking for Planning your content around the group & their goals   Guest Resources: Connect with Katie  on IG: @katiefilippi_rd Free Resources from Libby Are you ready to start your journey? Apply today for my Dietitian Boss Group Coaching program!

In today’s episode, Libby is talking with Dr. Heather Finley. Heather founded Nourished Functional Health to provide personalized nutrition and wellness solutions by using cutting edge science alongside evidence-based medical nutrition therapy. Heather niched down to gastrointestinal issues due to her own journey with GI issues and today Heather and Libby recount how far Heather has come in her business, doubled her income, and hired an associate!  “I looked at my schedule. I was booked every minute of every day with one-to-one clients, group calls, all these things that I was doing. And I seriously had no more time left in my day to spend more time marketing, spend more time on sales calls, unless I wanted to be working seven days a week, 24 hours a day, there was no way I could continue to grow and scale without help." -Heather Finley Topics covered: Time Management Knowing your worth Hiring an associate Long-term goal setting  Guest Resources: Connect with Heather on Instagram: @gutbrain.nutrition Free R

Yaa gets to chat with Jill on today’s episode!  Jill Mongene is a Registered Dietitian and former tax accountant, run coach, and metabolic specialist. Jill became a dietitian at age 48 after helping her husband, a 34-year widebody international commercial airline pilot, with his celiac disease, high blood pressure, and prediabetes.  Jill went directly from her internship into private practice. As a former tax accountant, she spent over 10 years behind a desk with no vacations and filing thousands of tax returns with little human contact. Funny that during her didactic program, a professor told her she would never get an internship if she did not have kitchen experience.  With over 15 years of experience working with commercial and cargo Arline pilots, she was able to help improve their health for more successful results in the Federal Aviation Administration Medical Certificate Exam.  She is passionate about making nutrition easy and fun to reduce the stress pilots face now, during COVID, and always.  “My hus

Marissa Kai gets to have a conversation with Mya Kwon in today’s episode. Mya is a non-diet Dietitian, who finds the title "Food and Body Therapist" to better describe what she does. Maya specializes in helping chronic yoyo-dieters break up with the diet culture, learn how to eat intuitively by listening to their bodies, and heal body image struggles through a health at every size approach.  She is based in Seattle, where she runs a private practice on the side while working full-time at a University where she has a dual role--half-time as a nutrition counselor in the Student Counseling Center and half-time as nutrition faculty for the dietetics department. She is passionate about helping women stop the war against their bodies and make peace with food and body to live their full lives. “I don't believe that weight should be in the center of nutrition and health and that it can actually do a lot of harm. Instead, look at the whole person..., not just the physical factors, but emotional and mental... prioritiz

Yaa gets to chat with Sam in today’s episode.  Sam Armstrong is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian, Sports Dietitian, and Silver Level Swim Coach from Brisbane, Australia. She has over 10 years of experience working with adolescent athletes.  Her goal is simple; she wants to ensure that no teenager is limited from reaching their goals by the food they eat. This drive comes from Sam's own past, where she was a very successful teenage athlete until sickness, eating disorders and a general lack of understanding of her health and nutrition eventually drove her out of the sport she loved.  These days she loves to work with teenagers to empower them to know how food affects their growth and performance, but also to help their families by providing simple food solutions.  “Good nutrition is free speed. So no matter what sport you're doing, whatever your athletic goals are, if you eat better, you'll get there faster.” -Sam Armstrong  Topics covered: Knowing your worth & charging accordingly Dietitian “perfection

Rebecca Henson interviews Carol Aguirre in today’s episode. Carol is a Registered/Licensed Dietitian and owns Nutrition Connections, her private practice. She specializes in vegetarian and plant-based diets. She has been plant-based for years as a means for weight loss and fully transitioned to a vegan diet only recently. Carol is newly married to her husband Scott and they live in Fort Lauderdale, FL with their two dogs Sophia and Princess.  “It's new vegans who want to lose weight. ...It's women that I'm referring to and they all have the same goal, so it makes it a lot easier to always talk about the same subject all the time. It's not talking about a little bit of this, a little bit of that. It's always the same exact topic now and I have a goal. So it makes it way easier.” -Carol Aguirre  In the episode, they touch on: Inspirational books Finding motivation through Facebook Community Group Making the leap and going for it Showing up & showing your face on IG Guest Resources: Find Carol on IG: @veg

Rebecca Henson interviews Casey Young on the show today.  Casey specializes in working with busy moms desiring weight loss and improvement in body composition. She helps her clients make changes to their diet and incorporate strength training so they can become more fit, lose weight, gain confidence, and have more energy for their families. Casey is a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer with over 16 years of experience in the health and nutrition field. She was inspired to start her private practice a year and a half ago after seeing so many women struggle with making sustainable lifestyle changes. Since then, she has helped dozens of her clients reach their health and fitness goals by providing guidance, support, and accountability.  Casey is married and a mom of three active boys. She is a self-proclaimed fitness fanatic and enjoys running, biking, and strength training. “Your calorie budget is that, it's a budget...and if you want to put a cookie in your budget, go ahead, you may have to gi

In today’s episode, Marissa chats with Dione. Dione Milauskas is a Registered Dietitian, published researcher, and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor based out of Louisville Kentucky. Dione helps women with prediabetes who have spent years dieting and eating very low carb learn how to lower their through blood sugar and A1c through intuitive eating. After being diagnosed with prediabetes herself, Dione recognized the need for an approach to managing prediabetes that didn’t focus on weight loss and eliminating whole food groups. She is passionate about helping women with prediabetes ditch dieting and learn how to live a life without feeling guilty for eating carbs. Her virtual practice, Intuitive Eating with Dione, helps her balance pursuing her passion for helping women with prediabetes with being a wife and mom of two little boys.   “I was in a job that, sure, I liked it for the most part, but it's nothing compared to now. I love my job now and I have the flexibility that I want and the work/life balance t

In this special episode, Libby reconnects with Fatimah and gets to hear all about her journey over the past few months and how life has changed since their last talk in June! Fatimah is a registered dietitian providing virtual nutrition coaching services to people living with paralysis and spinal cord injury. By combining her professional expertise as a dietitian with her personal experience of being married to someone living with spinal cord injury, the coaching program has allowed people with paralysis to regain control of their weight and bowel issues so they can feel more confident and live longer happier lives.  “...Our days are better because I'm a nicer person when I do something for myself... I'm finally finding my professional side. Surprisingly, and all of a sudden my work excites me, and in a way that it's like I don't mind, I put my kids to bed... It's like 8:30...I can work for two hours because it's not something I hate, it's something that I like.” -Fatimah Fakhoury Today they touch on: Why

Marissa Kai chat’s with Rachel Muzzy on today’s show.  Rachel Muzzy is an integrative dietitian who runs her virtual private practice from Kansas City, Missouri. She helps young women overcome bloating and digestive issues by figuring out the root cause of their symptoms. Her clients are empowered to take control of their health by understanding the connection between the gut, diet, and lifestyle. Rachel started her practice in the Spring and plans to transition into full-time private practice early next year.   “People are not looking for you to be perfect. They're not trying to pick apart everything that you say.” -Rachel Muzzy   In today’s episode… How to set short term and long term business goals Trial and error to figure out what works Taking a look at analytics to help you with your marketing strategy   Guest Resources: Connect with Rachel on Instagram: @bloat.free.nutritionist Free Resources from Libby Are you ready to start your journey? Apply today for my Dietitian Boss Group Coaching program!

Today, Libby talks with Katie Newton.  Katie Newton is a registered, licensed dietitian nutritionist and a group fitness instructor from a small southern town called Dothan (dough-then), Alabama. She has worked as a dietitian for 7 years and is extremely passionate about helping women get their bodies back with a healthy lifestyle and good nutrition to promote weight loss. She began in two clinical settings but broke free 3 years ago to pursue a combination of fitness and nutrition with Orangetheory Fitness and private nutrition practice. She loves helping the busy, working woman understand macros and metabolism for what is "real life" in your 30s and beyond. You can find Katie on Instagram for more of her candid life stories revolving around food and lots of wine. Her website is katienewtonconsulting.com   “I need to be in my element instead of just studying something at the last minute to make a client happy when really it's like, Oh man, I don't want to dread working with someone. I want to be so excited o

In today’s episode, Marissa Kai gets to talk with Cortney Berling.  Cortney Berling is a Registered Dietitian, avid runner, new mom, and military spouse! After having her daughter 9 months ago she opted not to return to her previous job at a diabetes center. Instead, she started her own virtual nutrition coaching practice! Cortney loves being able to mesh her love of running and nutrition to help female runners learn how to fuel their bodies’ right to avoid the harmful impacts of underfueling. She is on a mission to help change the mindset that runners have to be thin to win!   “For me showing my audience that I'm training, that I'm a runner, that I'm eating right to fuel my training is really important because then they know that I'm walking the walk and not just talking the talk.” -Cortney Berling   Today’s episode covers: How to leverage videos for your IG strategy The results of marketing one thing (and being really great at it) That stay at home mothers can build a thriving virtual practice  Rolling adm