Conversations With Anne Elizabeth

Conversation 48:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Jill Castle, MS, RD, LDN “My parents never harped on us for whether we were eating enough or what choices we were making, there was no discussion about food. I tell all my clients now there is one thing I don’t want them to do, I don’t want them to talk about food at the table. You don’t need to educate your child about food and nutrition while they are eating, just talk about anything else because it feels like pressure.” - Jill Castle, MS, RD, LDN My conversation today is with America’s Childhood Nutrition Expert and Registered Dietitian, Jill Castle A few weeks ago, I had the privilege to listen to Jill provide a presentation to the Iowa Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Since I currently do not practice in child nutrition, I was interested in learning about how this area of practice has changed.  So much of our thoughts, beliefs and practices around food start as a child and childhood nutrition is more important than ever. With the many different chall

Conversation 47: The Story, Journey and Passion of Travis Gaule “Your building up weather and building up your lifestyle after you get out of college, as long as you can control that and not worry about what society, your friends and whoever it is are doing (when it comes to money). Just do your thing and be smart about it. Part of that is getting in touch with the professionals, whether it is the financial advisor or CPA, that’s what we are here for. ” - Travis Gaule My conversation today is with Travis Gaule, Financial Advisor As we enter into the world of practicing as a registered dietitian, I think we tend to focus a lot on the excitement of being an RD and not all the other important and financial details. For those of you starting your first job, for those of you changing jobs and for those of you who might be taking the leap into being an entrepreneur, finding a smart financial partner is so important. I have been in a 3 scenarios and I thought it was very necessary for me to seek out a financial advi

Conversation 46:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Pat Hoffmann, Owner of Lonely Oak Distillery “Sometimes, you just try too hard. Sometimes, you have to let it find you. That’s what I am finding. You can search and search and search and then don’t second guess yourself. You just have to recognize, you know, what I’ve got and this is it.” -Pat Hoffmann My conversation today is with Pat Hoffmann, the owner of Lonely Oak Distillery I come from middle America, small town Iowa. And my small town, I mean small, around 200 people is surrounded by a number of similar small towns. There are many great people that come out of this tiny pocket of Iowa and I get very excited when people from there are doing great things. Pat Hoffmann, a fellow small town resident has started his own distillery, making craft spirits from the land he farms. My cocktail of choice almost always involves vodka and I was very intrigued by a delicious vodka coming from his business only a few miles away from my parents house. Pat, his wife Am

Conversation 45: The Story, Journey and Passion of Jody Gatewood, RD, LD “ I think the big thing for me was prevention. A number of my family members had diabetes and high blood pressure and it was definitely linked to how they ate. I want to help prevent a lot of health issues that are related to food. I don't want to give medicine to help you with your diabetes or blood pressure, I want to teach you about food, how that can play a big role and help people motivate themselves.” -Jody Gatewood, RD, LD My conversation today is with Registered Dietitian Jody Gatewood. Jody and I have met through our great state affiliate the Iowa Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She is taking on planning the annual meeting for next year and I admire her a ton for her willingness to do this. The ironic part of our conversation is that she never planned on staying in Iowa and she has made a comfy home with her husband and 2 kids and is thriving in her career with the Iowa State University Extension. Since I have recently found

Conversation 44: The Story, Journey and Passion of the First Anniversary of Conversations with Anne Elizabeth! “The one thing I think Registered Dietitians need to do A LOT more of in their life is to toot their own horns. Shout it out to the world that you are the nutrition expert, you are smart, capable and you are the professional all kinds of entities craving nutrition information and advice should seek out. Registered Dietitians are doing amazing things and working in amazing ways. This is why I started this podcast. I want to toot your horn for you, tell your story, share your expertise and then in turn create a kick-ass tribe of registered dietitians who support each other along this crazy, fantastic, challenging and valued journey. It all begins by starting a conversation that truly matters.” - Anne Elizabeth, RD, LD, FAND Today’s conversation is celebrating the 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the podcast with yours truly! In honor of this very special and inspiring year, I am having a celebratory giveaway of t

Conversation 43: The Story, Journey and Passion of Heather Osby “If I am in it, then I am all in it. I was working out 4 days a week, doing CrossFit, some yoga and barre and I just wanted to be healthier and do more. If a little is good then a lot must be better right? So I was exposing myself to a lot of semi-questionable nutrition sources and it got to the point where I was almost unhealthy with it. For example, (I believed) healthy was being a raw vegan. My thought process was nothing else was okay and I was really mentally unhealthy about that. That is what I thought you needed to be to be healthy.“ - Healthy Osby My conversation today is with fitness expert, CrossFit Level 1 Coach, Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach and Postnatal Fitness Specialist, Heather Osby. I have had the joy of knowing Heather when I moved to the beautiful city of Des Moines, Iowa, I was connect with her to be my house-hunting warrior. After looking at over 100 homes and then deciding to build, I think that's when she decided she d

Conversation 42: The Story, Journey and Passion of Lori Graff, RDN, LD, CPCC, AFAA “The first thing you have to do is, you have to keep an open mind...all the time. It is what got you where you are to start with, especially as dietitians. You had some sort of notion to say “hey, nutrition matters” where others weren’t saying that. So you are asking (the important) questions and the minute you stop asking questions like how and why something works, then you’re just going to be lost in the field of medicine right now.” -Lori Graff, RDN, LD, CPPC, AFAA My conversation today is with Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Lori Graff. Miss Lori Graff has always had me in awe of the wealth of knowledge she knows. She has more knowledge of health and nutrition in her pinky finger than I do in my whole brain. I admire this Registered Dietitian for being on the forefront of integrative health. She is a lifelong learner who is very passionate about disease prevention by taking the food and nutrition route first. I have known

Conversation 41: Checking in with Jena Hunt, RD, LD Today we are doing something a little different. Since I love talking with my favorite people, I am going to check in with some of my previous podcast guests from time to time. Wayyy back in October of 2016, I started this little labor of love and graciously had on my first guest, Jena Hunt. Jena was my first guest and she aired as Episode 1. If you listened to Episode 1, you remember Jena was expecting her first child at that time and starting a diabetes program. I thought it would be fun to see how things are going in her exciting world. I hope you enjoy my conversation quickie with Jena. ~AE   www.anneelizabethrd.com Copyright © 2017 OPI & AEHC Song: One Of These Days Artist: The Gemini www.thegeminimusic.com Music used by permission. All rights received. © ASCAP OrtmanMusic     --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anneelizabethrd/message

Conversation 40: The Story, Journey and Passion of Lyndi Buckingham-Schutt, RD, LD “It is so important to let them know what you do and who you are. Talking to someone, when you’re a dietitian, there is a lot more to that. I remember when I starting looking for jobs, I just can’t put into the search engine “Registered Dietitian” I needed to look at other things because maybe the job is not asking you to be a Registered Dietitian but it can fit into this role or bring something they didn’t know they needed into this role. With the position I am taking, it didn’t call for a Registered Dietitian but it’s going to benefit so much by having a Registered Dietitian doing that job.” - Lyndi Buckingham-Schutt, RD, LD My conversation today is with Registered Dietitian, Lyndi Buckingham Schutt I had a great conversation with Lyndi who is not only a Registered Dietitian, but she is a PhD candidate and graduate research assistant. She is currently working diligently on finalizing her thesis. Lyndi has volunteered her time

Conversation 39: The Story, Journey and Passion of Alison St. Germain MS, RD, LD “It is hard to get the buy in with intuitive eating...If you allow this process to happen, you have such a peace and you love to eat. You are also are able to maintain a healthy, I really don’t want to use the word weight because that is used so loosely, but your body is healthy because your body eventually eats what it is suppose to. As a society we micromanage everything so much, including our food and our exercise, everything is so external. This is more taking a step back and looking internal of I’m going to eat because I am hungry, not because it is noon.” - Alison St. Germain MS, RD, LD My conversation today is with Registered Dietitian, Alison St. Germain Alison has had a very interesting start when she was deciding what to study in college. She starting out wanting to be a lawyer and then dietetics found her. She has worked in a variety of settings from long term care and private practice to her current role with the Diet

  Conversation 38: The Story, Journey and Passion of Nicole White, MBA, RD, CSSD, LDN “If it’s not a good fit; if it’s the work environment, if it’s your boss, it it’s you, if it’s the people you work with, whatever it is, then you shouldn’t have to be unhappy. Work should be, what I believe, and I know not everyone get’s this luxury, something fun. That’s why I like it so much here (University of Iowa). I just get to come and do different things everyday and interact with so many different people. ” - Nicole White, MBA, RD, CSSD, LDN My conversation today is with Registered Dietitian, Nicole White In the past year, the University of Iowa’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics hired a Registered Dietitian to be their Director of Sports Nutrition. Sports Nutrition is quickly becoming a popular job opportunity for Registered Dietitians and working with all types of college athletes. So, I was very excited when I reached out to Nicole and she agreed to be a part of this podcast. Nicole shared some great infor

Conversation 37: The Story, Journey and Passion of RD-to-be, Sarah Manders “I always liked going to the grocery store with my mom and that fueled my food interest. My mom read the nutrition labels and I learn from watching her do that when we were shopping. We always had dinner together as a family. Being an intern now is all very fascinating, now I am applying everything I learned in school. ” - Sarah Manders, RD-to-be My conversation today is with RD-to-be and Dietetic Intern, Sarah Manders I absolutely love talking with dietetic students and interns because I see myself in these passionate and excited people. Sarah is an RD-to-be with a lot of passion but is also completely open to the dietetics world and what it has to offer. She is early into her internship but is keeping an open mind to all the possibilities this profession has to offer. Our conversation got me excited again and reminds me why I am a dietitian today. Please enjoy my conversation with Sarah. Connect with Sarah: sem@iastate.edu   This Epi

Conversation 36: The Story, Journey and Passion of Rachel Wall, RD, LD “By working in Extension, I get to have feelers within a lot of areas of nutrition. One of the other things I love about my job is the team I get to work with. I feel we are very supportive of each other. There are 12 Nutrition and Wellness Specialist across the state that do the nutrition and wellness programming. I think the great part is, even though I might not see them everyday, we can divide and conquer. Extension gives you the opportunity to explore your personal interests. ” - Rachel Wall RD, LD My conversation today is with Registered Dietitian Rachel Wall. Rachel and I had a great conversation today. Rachel radiates passion for being a Registered Dietitian and is flourishing as a Nutrition and Wellness Specialist for the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. I didn’t not get a lot of experience with Extension when I was in my internship and I think it is very important for many of us to look more into this career opportun

Conversation 35: The Story, Journey and Passion of Dorothy McClure, RD, LD “I was used to trying to help fix people and mend them (as a clinical dietitian), all these high risk things and then all of a sudden, I come to long term care and it was really hard for me at first. To think about that people are coming there to live their life out and maybe not go home, that was really hard. But, I enjoyed listening to their stories and learning from them and all their past experiences. ” - Dorothy McClure, RD, LD My conversation today is with Registered Dietitian Dorothy McClure. My conversation today has brought a lot of light to long term care for me. I was once also a clinical dietitian and it was something that was never on my radar. Dorothy has opened my eyes to all the wonderful things long term care offers for registered dietitians and for the clients. Dorothy is not only a registered dietitian, but she manages a staff of clinical dietitians, works as an integral part of a team of other allied health professi

Conversation 34: The Story, Journey and Passion of Amber Pankonin, MS, RD, LMNT “It gets lonely. I think that’s another thing about being an entrepreneur, you’ve got so much stress, with launching a business and doing all these different things and there is that social aspect. You don’t have the camaraderie you once had. That’s where I really turned to social media and building those relationships online with other dietitians who were doing similar work and I felt like I have some community here.” - Amber Pankonin, MS, RD, LMNT My conversation today is with Registered Dietitian Amber Pankonin. My conversation today is with one of my favorite boss ladies. She owns StirList and is known as RD Amber in our social media world. Amber is passionate about food, nutrition science and agriculture as a Nutrition & Agriculture Communications Consultant and adjunct instructor. In her bio she writes, “when I grow up, I’d like to be a photographer or maybe a backup dancer because Amber has always had a creative side. S

Conversation 33: The Story, Journey and Passion of Lisa Nolting, RD, LD “Food Service is definitely an area that could benefit from more dietitians, not just for their nutrition expertise, but for our management and our leadership skills. I think that’s what school food service really needs in addition to being able to follow the (school meal program) guidelines.” - Lisa Nolting, RD, LD My conversation today is with Registered Dietitian Lisa Nolting. My conversation today is with a new friend of mine and I absolutely enjoy talking with her every time I see her. We met through the Iowa Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and I found Lisa’s passion for food service and management to be inspiring, since it is something I have always been a little scared of. In our conversation, Lisa takes me through some her of her bravest moments as a new dietitian and what brings her joy in being a dietitian in a K-12 school system and in her current job with Iowa State University. At Iowa State she has a wide variety of respon

Conversation 32: The Story, Journey and Passion of Tanya Hargrave-Klein, MS, RD, LD “I fell into dietetics by chance. I had already been working in the fitness world. During undergrad, I taught group fitness classes and I worked in a worksite health promotion program. That really interested me because I liked the marriage of fitness and the nutrition. I loved the wellbeing and wellness work. I was very comfortable in exercise physiology and it allowed me to really dig deep in the kinesiology arena and get that expertise as well (masters degree). I had expertise in both the nutrition and fitness world. I wanted to be on the front end, the prevention side, that is where I felt my talent was.” - Tanya Hargrave-Klein, MS, RD, LD. My conversation today is with Registered Dietitian Tanya Hargrave-Klein When I moved to the Des Moines area, about 9 years ago, I started working with a project involving wellness interventions at elementary schools in the area as a contractor with the Academy of Nutrition and Dieteti

Conversation 31:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Amanda Kruse, RD, CD “How can I help myself, how can I help others like me (a college athlete).  I  really thought originally, that I’m either going to be a coach or a sports dietitian. The more I went to school, learning about food service, I realized I could work in a university with students that were still at the impressionable age to make good choices. I’m a food service girl, currently working with K-12 kiddos but that’s where I started, in college dining services.  That was  the cool thing, having a dietitian there as a resource to be able to help students eat safely and healthfully. It was fantastic. ” - Amanda Kruse, RD, CD My conversation today is with Registered Dietitian Amanda Kruse. While I was continuing my adventure in Indianapolis, then president-elect of the Indiana Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Amanda Kruse just got done putting the final touches on their annual meeting. It was about 9:30 pm and I knew upon first meeting her, passion

Conversation 30:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Christina Ferroli, PhD, RD, FAND “We (registered dietitians) are the best kept secret. Dietitian’s need to keep exploring what is truly possible and not tend to set limits on themselves. I’m a little rebel raiser. Push the boundaries a little be and bee aware of the possibilities.” - Christina Ferroli, PhD, RD, FAND My conversation today is with Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Christina Ferroli. This spring, I had my first and very fast trip to Indianapolis, Indiana where I had the joy to meet some wonderful dietitians with the Indiana Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Christina, so graciously took time out of her busy day to sit down with me and share her story of passion and purpose, while also serving as the president of the Indiana Academy. Christina is dietitian who thrives on experiences. She has worked with Purdue Extension for over 20 years. She enjoys working with the aging population, creating opportunities for other registered dietitians, has

Conversation 29:  The Story, Journey and Passion of Jessie Hatch, MS, RDN, CNSC, CD “When I was finishing my degree, I had an amazing professor who instilled just a lot of passion and a lot of desire for life-long learning and she encouraged me to pursue a master's degree which ended up being a rollercoaster ride because she passed away during my project. So for awhile, I actually took a few steps back to find out if medical nutrition therapy was where I really needed to be. Those professionals that have gone before make you realize this is worth your time (dietetics), it is going to be hard work but you will love it and it’s worth it. I am always looking for opportunities that are meaningful to me.” - Jessie Hatch, MS, RDN, CNSC, CD My conversation today is with Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Jessie Hatch. . Jessie has such a beautiful and poetic dietetic journey so far. She found an interest in nutrition at a young age with her family having a garden and always eating her fruits and vegetables. When she