123: Answering Common Questions about Being a Health at Every Size Private Practice Dietitian
Nutrition Matters Podcast · Paige Smathers
July 11, 20181h 36m
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Show Notes
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be in private practice? Have you wondered about how it works to be an entrepreneur who is offering a counter-cultural approach to food and nutrition? Jessi Haggerty, RD is a fellow dietitian in private practice who also has a podcast, and joined me on the podcast to answer the most common questions we get about our work. We go through the following questions and more:
- How we got started
- What we were most afraid of when we started
- How we finally made the leap of faith
- What happened when we started to take our businesses seriously and started making commitments
- Our process of how to organize your business
- What to consider when getting started with private practice
- How to network and get referrals
- How to decide about insurance
- Why we both started enforcing our policies (especially cancelation policies) and why it's hard to do it sometimes
- How to keep yourself accountable to finish tasks and stay on schedule with due dates
- Attracting clients with a HAES and non-diet approach
- Getting over the fear and taking the plunge
- How to deal with impostor syndrome
- Whether or not it's true that you should get clinical experience before opening a private practice
- How to navigate branding and marketing
- EHR (electronic health records) versus paper charting
- Whether or not we get sick of talking about food and body image all the time
- Jessi's website and podcast
- A Dietitian's Guide to Starting a Private Practice
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