The Leveraged Practice Podcast
Ep. 219 Why I Retired from Dietetics
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Stephanie opens her heart to her fellow licensed health professionals in today’s episode. She gets real about her painful decision to give up her license as a registered dietitian, and sends a powerful message to anyone who has felt small or neglected after tons of hard work and sacrifice—the message that they’re not alone.
Many people have spent years or even decades living the bulk of their day-to-day lives in their identity as a registered healthcare practitioner, in much the same way they identify as wives, mothers, or sisters.
Listen in as Stephanie shares her almost decade-long journey to becoming a registered dietitian and the struggles she faced not only in earning her qualifications, but in building a brand, starting and scaling a business, and making a real impact in her field—all with a genuine desire to add value to the lives of her clients and colleagues.
She also talks about how she had to take a few steps back even after hitting the six-figure mark in her business, highlighting the limitations of endless self-sacrifice and perfectionism. Finally, she reveals why she ultimately had to surrender her RD license and how she navigated not just the often-scary legal repercussions that surrounded her particular decision, but the intense shame that came with it.
This episode is dedicated to everyone who has given years to a profession in dietetics, has gone through scores of personal and career losses, and has given up much of what they desired in the present moment in order to experience the fulfillment of purpose and passion that set them on this path in the first place.
Key Topics:
Your professional title as your identity (6:12) Releasing the RD (10:05) Finding purpose and happiness in the dietetics world (15:13) Building a well-known brand as an RD (20:55) Why Stephanie retired from the dietetics profession (21:21) Releasing shame from surrendering your RD license (40:25) Community matters in this profession (45:10)
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