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/

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RESOURCES

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In this episode of the Dietitian Career Success Podcast, I’m joined by male fertility dietitian Dara Bergen, MPH, RDN, CDCES. Dara takes us inside this overlooked nutrition niche, including the nutrition interventions she uses, the health markers she follows, and the outcomes she tracks.

In This Episode:

✅ Why sperm health deserves more attention in fertility nutrition

✅ How nutrition and metabolic health can affect male reproductive health

✅ The specific lab values and metabolic markers Dara considers when working with clients

✅ How sperm analysis can be used to track measurable outcomes over time

✅ How dietitians can build on their existing skills to learn about this niche focus area

Dara shares how her experience in metabolic health, behavior change, and goal setting prepared her to work with male fertility clients.

CONNECT WITH DARA BERGEN, MPH, RDN, CDCES

Male Fertility Dietitian:
https://malefertilitydietitian.com

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dara-bergen-rd/

RESOURCES

Let Employers Find You: Create your brief Resume Profile on NutritionJobs
Search All Dietitian Jobs: www.nutritionjobs.com
Featured Dietitian Jobs: www.nutritionjobs.com/featured-jobs
Free Newsletter: Get on The List
Hire Dietitians: Post your jobs on NutritionJobs so dietitians can find your jobs
Podcast Call-Out: Become a Featured Top Employer www.nutritionjobs.com/products
Sponsorships and Advertising: Partner with Stacey at NutritionJobs www.nutritionjobs.com/products

Let's Connect
Instagram and Facebook — @nutritionjobs
LinkedIn — /nutritionjobs and /staceydunnemke
YouTube — @nutritionjobs

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As we move into more nontraditional roles as dietitians, many of us are joining meetings with marketing, operations, product development, finance, technology, corporate leadership, and other decision-makers. Unlike patient-care meetings, no one may call on us or clearly define when it’s our turn to contribute.

In this career quickie episode, I’m sharing practical ways to prepare for these new types of meetings, get your voice into the room, and communicate your expertise with confidence and authority. You’ll learn how to recognize when your perspective is needed, introduce your ideas clearly, and make recommendations that are easier for others to understand and act on.

In this episode:

✅ A simple strategy for getting your voice into the conversation before speaking starts to feel intimidating
✅ How to stop weakening good ideas with qualifiers and dismissive language
✅ A practical framework for presenting in a meeting: the problem, supporting it with research, explaining its impact, and recommending a solution - IRIS:

I - Identify the Problem
R - The Research behind the Problem
I - The Impact of the Problem
S - A Solution to the Problem

Whether you’re new to the workforce, entering a nontraditional dietitian role, or finding yourself at a table with a completely different group of decision-makers, this episode will help you contribute with friendly confidence and persuasion!

LINKS MENTIONED

Speak Up In Meetings: https://www.nutritionjobs.com/speak-up-in-meetings

RESOURCES

Let Employers Find You: Create your brief Resume Profile on NutritionJobs
Search All Dietitian Jobs: www.nutritionjobs.com
Featured Dietitian Jobs: www.nutritionjobs.com/featured-jobs
Free Newsletter: Get on The List
Hire Dietitians: Post your jobs on NutritionJobs so dietitians can find your jobs
Podcast Call-Out: Become a Featured Top Employer www.nutritionjobs.com/products
Sponsorships and Advertising: Partner with Stacey at NutritionJobs www.nutritionjobs.com/products

Let's Connect
Instagram and Facebook — @nutritionjobs
LinkedIn — /nutritionjobs and /staceydunnemke
YouTube — @nutritionjobs

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