My second vlogged consulting trip – this time to the south!

I haven’t spent time in the souther states before, so it was a bit of a culture shock.

Come along on my tour of 3 cities (Memphis, Birmingham, Nashville) in 5 days to tour treatment centers – AND – I bring Shira, my service dog. 

If you would like to work with me as your (or your child’s) eating disorder consultant, please check out my website and fill ou the application to work with me.

https://thebroadwaydietitian.com/therapeutic-consulting/

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During this trip I visit several eating disorder treatment centers, go to a networking event, and explain the process I take my clients through when they work with me to find the BEST eating disorder providers and programs for their specific needs.

If you would like to work with me as your (or your child’s) eating disorder consultant, please check out my website and fill ou the application to work with me.

https://thebroadwaydietitian.com/therapeutic-consulting/

Wow, it’s already been one year since this website went live on my birthday, and what an amazing year it has been!

In the last year, The Broadway Dietitian…

-became a registered trademark!

-was accepted to speak at Broadway Con 2022 (coming this July!)

-spoke at 4 college theatre programs

-began talks to create a for-credit college health class for BFA students with a New York University, and

-started working on a health book specifically for theatre athletes (which will be the textbook)

-spoke on several theatre platforms

-published 19 blog posts

-created merchandise

All in addition to my main business Not Your Average Nutritionist! What’s next?

Stay tuned 😉

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I’m an international best-selling author!

What a crazy month this has been (also why you haven’t heard from me in a while). I was not only busy with normal life, but was in a car accident (I’m ok, but my car is not), and getting ready for a book launch!

Creating Impact: Changemakers who overcame adversity to create a positive impact in the world came out strong on Friday Oct 8th, and hit #1 best-seller in at least 6 categories in Australia, 3 in the UK, and 2 in the US (maybe more? I stopped checking at some point).

This is actually my 3rd book out in the world now. As you may know, my baby – Permission To Eat: a practical guide to working yourself out of an eating disorder during college, while celebrating the awesomeness that is you! Came out in 2019 with a bang, hitting #1 in a couple categories. But many of you don’t know about book #2, in which I was a collaborator on a college nutrition textbook! 

I’m not done writing! I love writing books, and have at least 3 more rattling around my head and computer. These next 3 are quite different; I have a novel (18K words in, and feeling overwhelmed on the process of keeping characters/settings straight), a memoir of change, and the one that will be of most interest to you: a health book for performers. 😉

Would you read it?

In the mean-time, check out Creating Impact (only $0.99 and all proceeds go to charity), and Permission To Eat. 

Both will leave you feeling empowered, and who doesn’t need more of that?

I get asked a lot what software and other tools I use in my nutrition private practice (especially now that I have a team!), so I wanted to make a round-up post of my go-to tools. These are the books, tools, and software I have found to be most useful after 9 years in practice and a lot of trial and error.

Software:

Google Drive & Google workspace

Literally my life is on google drive! It’s so great for shared documents so you can edit with your team in real time, and for writing blog posts/etc, I type directly into google drive because it autosaves and I can log-in to access my files from any computer. 

I now use Google workspace to have HIPAA compliant business-branded emails for my employees and to host google voice as the phone for our business.

Square Payroll

Square is probably the system you are familiar with when you pay at a coffee shop, or those phone card readers, but they have a whole backend payroll system that requires no equipment! I run payroll by myself easily with square. Square automatically deducts and sends taxes to the IRS, so I don’t have to calculate how much the employees actually get, I just add their hours and hit “run.” So easy.

Use the link above to get your first month free (It’s really not that expensive anyway).

Simple Practice EHR

This really is the simplest-to-use electronic health record system I’ve ever used, and it saves so much paper and time! Simple Practice does all of my client scheduling, notes, credit card billing, insurance billing, secure messaging, client forms, secure document management, and more! It was so easy to add my team and give them different levels of access. There are video/telehealth features that you can add on to your subscription for an all-in-one platform (Literally the only thing missing is fax – hey SP…).

Use the link above to get a free 30 day trial and a $50 subscription credit after you sign up for a paid account.

PicMonkey

A graphic design tool that I’ve used to make most of the images on this site and my social media. Only ~$45/year, and simple to use! I learned this before Canva, and I think it can do things that Canva can’t (plus Canva feels overused by everyone!).

Canva

But, Canva is a great program for a reason…another graphic design tool that I’ve used to make PDFs and some graphics. You probably know it already, if not check it out.

Recovery Record Phone App

Use connected to your health professional (RD, coach, or therapist) to have a trigger-free way of recording food and behaviors that your professional can see and give feedback in real-time. No calories/macros. Just what you ate, how you feel about it, and listing behaviors. Free for clients, cheap for professionals – you can link 1 client for free, and 4 for $8.99/month.

Doxy.me

This is the video platform we use for 1:1 client calls. Free, HIPAA compliant, video conferencing for health professionals…and unlike Zoom, no downloads! (So you can send it to your client the minute before a meeting.)

Tailwind

Social media scheduling app I used for Instagram and Pinterest for a long time but I recently switched to…

Later

Social media scheduling for Instagram. It’s super simple, and free for 30 posts/month! It’s great to see my posts planned out, and have a bunch of drafts saved.  

iMovie

Free video editing on macs! I use this for editing videos for youtube/whatever.

Tech:

Canon G7x mark iii camera is what I use for both vlogging and still photos. It’s a great point-and-shoot pocket-size camera. You probably see a lot of vloggers using this camera – very popular, for a good reason – I did my research.

Blue yeti microphone for podcasting or anywhere I need good sound quality on my computer. It plugs right into a USB.

Asus Zenbook laptop. My main laptop for probably 7 years now. This slim PC does it all (except iMovie)!

13”Macbook Air M1 (2020). When I started doing my own video editing I wanted to try a mac, and this being my first one has not disappointed! The battery life is incredible, and I love the way it scrolls on the track pad.

Green screen The pandemic sent my vocal classes to zoom, and to keep up with productions we were asked to have backgrounds for our scenes…enter this cool pull-down green screen, a’la school projector screen of my childhood. I love not having to set it up every time I want to use it, and it tucks neatly away in its roll when not in use.

Trainings/ courses / masterminds:

Fearless Practitioners – Adrienne Paczosa, RD, LD, CEDRD-S

has great courses on HIPAA/Insurance, PP paperwork, and “Boss Club” mastermind group for starting/growing your private practice!

I just finished her private practice “accelerator” group program, which helped me get a better understanding of the numbers in my business. 

Female Entrepreneur Association

FEA had the biggest impact on the design/branding of my business of anything I have done. It’s a monthly membership of masterclasses, and through it I learned how to do graphic design, write a book, learned about the law of attraction, and sooo much more.  The founder, Carrie Green, also wrote this great business book.

Elegant Excellence by Hilary Rushford

Had a huge impact in how I saw my business as systems that I could outsource more to staff, and deciding what is actually essential versus busy work. A must-do course! Plus she is super fun to watch (former musical theatre/broadway performer).

Money Mentality Makeover and Drop The MF Money Struggle by Amanda Frances

The money queen has changed my mindset around receiving money, and I seriously saw a big increase when I started watching & applying her insight to being open to receiving more money. She also was the first person to actually get me excited about journaling – go figure!

She also has a great book that I read before buying her courses.

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Here is a round-up of my favorite business books for female entrepreneurs.

She Means Business by Carrie Green

Carrie Green is one of my business idols. I was a member of “The Female Entrepreneuer association” for at least 3 years, and learned sooooooo much from how to create graphics for my website, to email list building, mindset work, writing a book, and more. She published this book a few years ago and I would recommend it to any newer business owner/those looking to start a business. She uses a lot of personal examples of how she built FEA, and her first failed business. Carrie is a lovely human being that I had the honor to be interviewed on her podcast,  and she runs a multi-million dollar business entirely online from her home in the UK. 

Clockwork: Design Your Business To Run Itsself by Mike Michalowicz

If you need to hire employees this is THE book. I found Clockwork to be so helpful when it came to figuring out what I needed help with in my business and how to create a great job posting that attracted quality applicants (I mean, look at my employees – pure gold). 

The author also teaches us to protect the “Queen bee Role” in the business at all costs, and how to figure out what that is. I recall spending many weeks on this book taking notes and applying to my biz. 

Profit First by Mike Michalowicz

Everything this author writes is gold for business. Profit first is a method of making sure you actually get paid consistently from your business. If you are not an entrepreneur you are probably thinking, “why would you not get paid consistently?” but if you work for yourself you know. Expenses, payroll, all the things…we get what’s left over. This book flips this concept on it’s head and makes sure you get paid first and make a profit while still paying your bills. Since applying these ideas I have been paying myself a salary (I know!) since January. This is the most money I’ve ever taken myself from my business, and we still have enough to cover everything. Mind-blown.

You Are A Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero

I actually liked this book much better than the first “You Are A Badass” book she wrote in terms of the stories and take-aways, but in general, I love Jen Sincero’s writing style. This book really introduced me to the idea of loving money and it not being a bad thing to have money. 

More depth-work on this in…

Rich as F*ck by Amanda Francis

The “money queen” Amanda Frances has a unique way of teaching manifesting through her book and courses (I’ve purchased 2 of them now, and they are so different than anything I’ve ever taken.) I highly recommend “Money Mentality Makeover.” (Please use this link, so I can get my first affiliate sale, it doesn’t cost you any extra).

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

I was introduced to this book through my favorite online course I’ve ever taken – Elegant Excellence by Hilary Rushford. Essentialism gives it’s premise away in the title, it’s about figuring out the essentials to do in work/life and cuttin gout the rest. I can’t remember the specifics from this book, but I remember loving it. 

Good To Great in the Social Sectors by Jim Collins

This book was a text we used in college in my leadership minor, and it taught me to “get the right people on the bus,” meaning hire the right people and everything gets better. When searching for employees/contractors you need to find people who complement your skills, not provide the same skills. I used this when hiring my staff, and I am sooo happy with my employees. I got the right people, I let them do their thing (after training), they appreciate not being micro-managed, and my life is so much easier.

There have been many other business books I have read and plan to read, and I’ll probably do a part-2 to this in the future.

I’d like to know what are your favorite business books and why? Please comment below so we can all learn!

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