What does it look like to build a creative, non-traditional dietitian career rooted in nutrition, nature, storytelling, food literacy, and entrepreneurship?

In this episode of the Dietitian Career Success Podcast, I’m joined by Stacey Woodson, MS, RDN, LDN, the Earth-Centered Dietitian, to explore how dietitians can combine their interests, skills, and passion projects to create a career that is uniquely their own.

Stacey Woodson has brought together nutrition, urban agriculture, food literacy, storytelling, children’s books, media, speaking, consulting, and entrepreneurship. But she didn’t build it all at once. Her creative side gigs gradually became a distinct and financially sustainable dietitian career.

In This Episode:

✅ Learn how to combine what you know with what you genuinely enjoy

✅ Learn how to start small, pitch your ideas, and learn from the no’s

✅ Hear how to capture and share your work so one opportunity can lead to another

✅ A practical three-step path you can use to begin building your own unconventional career

✅ How she organizes multiple income streams, manages competing priorities, developed skills she wasn’t born with, and turned personal interests into workshops, media appearances, consulting work, speaking engagements, and paid opportunities.

CONNECT WITH Stacey Woodson, MS, RDN, LDN
Website: staceywoodson.com
Children’s books: staceywoodson.com/books
Instagram: @earthcentereddietitian
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-woodson-ms-rd-ldn/

LINKS MENTIONED

NutritionJobs Work Journal Template

Dietitian Side Hustles to Boost Your Salary

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Book: Dietitian Side Hustle: A Comprehensive Guide for Starting a Side Hustle, Making More Money, and Loving What You Do by Katie Dodd*

RESOURCES

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