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Pursuing Private Practice Pursuing Private Practice is on a mission to empower dietitians to start, grow, and scale a non-diet business.

Pursuing Private Practice offers many different resources for dietitian business owners! Jennifer McGurk, RDN, CDN, CEDRD-S is the owner of a group private practice, Eat With Knowledge in Nyack, NY. She is also the CEO of Pursuing Private Practice, an online business to help other dietitians start and grow a private practice and expand their business. Find out more at www.pursuingprivatepractice.com and www.eatwithknowledge.com

One of the things I love about being a dietitian is that there is always more to learn. You can start your career thinki...
10/01/2026

One of the things I love about being a dietitian is that there is always more to learn. You can start your career thinking you know exactly what kind of work you want to do, only to discover an area you never expected that completely pulls you in.

In Season 4 Episode 15 of The Pursuing Private Practice Podcast, Kristen Fustos , board-certified pediatric dietitian, joins for a conversation about pediatric gut health, microbiome testing, and building a private practice around your clinical expertise.

We dive deep into the science of the gut microbiome and the business of finding the offers and marketing strategies that work for your business.

Kristen shares how her niche developed through experience, curiosity, continuing education, and paying attention to the problems she kept seeing families struggle with.

This episode is a reminder that you don’t need to have every part of your business figured out from the beginning—you can keep learning, refining, and finding the approach that works best for both you and your clients.

🎧 Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

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09/29/2026

Sometimes finding your niche starts with paying attention to the work you genuinely love doing... building a private practice is often a process of trying, learning, and adjusting.

On this week's episode of the Pursuing Private Practice podcast, I'm joined by ​Kristen Fustos , board-certified pediatric dietitian, for a conversation about pediatric gut health, microbiome testing, and building a private practice around your clinical expertise.

Kristen’s story is a great example of what can happen when you build a private practice around your clinical expertise.

🎧 Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

09/25/2026

😆 That last one though 😆

✈️ I’m off to mastermind this weekend with 2 incredible business/real life friends.

🤍 To be honest I’m not sure where my business is going. I’ve been coasting for awhile serving my clients while honoring my boundaries (money and time mostly). I love this work and love the people I work with. But I am somewhat “stuck” and want to experiment with new ideas and getting this Business School curriculum to more dietitians. You all know how much freedom and autonomy there is in private practice. I want more dietitians to go for it.

💕My problem is that I only have 2-3 days/week to work on this business. A day is also 5-6 hours for me in this season of life. I’m happy, content, and feeling like I’m making a difference. Do I even want to change this in order to grow? Is this even a “problem”?

🔥 My word of the year is “elevate”. Life and business. Follow along this weekend for more of my processing.

🙌 Also proud of myself for making this post. Transitioning from my current admin to a new one soon-ish. Social media is not my strength or skillset 😆

09/24/2026

"I hope that what I’m doing with my fellow colleagues and clinicians is that I am empowering them to step into their own sense of how they want to do the work and build their own confidence.”

In this episode, we discuss why there are so many different "right ways" to do clinical work, what happens when new research challenges what you believe, and why social media rarely captures the complexity that exists inside the counseling room.

Maric reminds us that there are many right ways to build a meaningful career, and part of the work is giving yourself permission to discover yours.

🎙️ The Pursuing Private Practice Podcast (Season 4, Ep. 14)
➡️ The Art of Nutrition Counseling: Building Skills, Confidence, and Clinical Judgment
⭐ Featuring Marci Evans

🎧 Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

There is so much pressure as a dietitian to know the "right" thing to say, make the right clinical decision, and feel co...
09/17/2026

There is so much pressure as a dietitian to know the "right" thing to say, make the right clinical decision, and feel confident that you’re supporting your clients in the “right” way. But some of the most meaningful work we do with clients doesn’t come with a clear answer.

In Season 4 Episode 14 of The Pursuing Private Practice Podcast, Marci Evans , Registered Dietitian and Food and Body Imager Healer®, joins for a conversation about developing confidence in your counseling skills, recognizing when overgiving can lead to burnout, and working through complex clinical topics like food addiction, GLP-1 medications, and weight-inclusive care.

We discuss why there are so many different "right ways" to do clinical work, what happens when new research challenges what you believe, and why social media rarely captures the complexity that exists inside the counseling room.

This conversation reinforces that being a thoughtful clinician is about developing the skills and confidence to think critically, stay curious, and make decisions that reflect both your ethics and the individual client in front of you.

🎧 Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

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09/15/2026

A lesson in becoming the kind of clinician you want to be.

On this week's episode of the Pursuing Private Practice podcast, I'm joined by ​Marci Evans , Registered Dietitian and Food and Body Imager Healer®, for a conversation about developing confidence in your counseling skills, recognizing when overgiving can lead to burnout, and working through complex clinical topics like food addiction, GLP-1 medications, and weight-inclusive care.

In this episode, we discuss why there are so many different "right ways" to do clinical work, what happens when new research challenges what you believe, and why social media rarely captures the complexity that exists inside the counseling room.

Marci also shows us that expanding your impact doesn’t require having everything figured out or giving up the parts of the work you love. You can continue seeing clients while teaching, supervising, creating, writing, or building something entirely different.

🎧 Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

09/10/2026

"The functional nutrition picture is looking at the whole body, but thinking about how food has an impact on the whole body... and sleep and our stress responses. It’s thinking about all the systems in the body, not just the digestive system."

In this episode, we discuss what it really means to look for the root cause of a client’s symptoms, why more testing isn’t always better, and how gut health, stress, sleep, and nutrition connect to hormone health.

Your clients may come to you wanting their hormones “fixed” or looking for the one test that will finally give them an answer, but this conversation is a reminder of how much deeper nutrition care can go.

🎙️ The Pursuing Private Practice Podcast (Season 4, Ep. 13)
➡️ How Functional Nutrition Uses a Holistic Approach to Uncover Root Causes
⭐ Featuring Dr. Katie Smith

🎧 Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts!

💕It’s hard to put into words what this summer has meant for me as a business owner mom. I worked ahead of schedule on po...
09/08/2026

💕It’s hard to put into words what this summer has meant for me as a business owner mom. I worked ahead of schedule on podcast recordings and projects, so I could work only 1-2 days/week for the entire summer (Business School Office Hours and supporting my clients!). My “perfect plan” didn’t work out 100% and I learned a few lessons along the way, but that’s life and a good lesson for kids that you have to be flexible.

🎆We traveled to the beach, Philly, Legoland, Lancaster, Hershey Park, and Bermuda! We had plenty of pool days, playdates, and birthday parties. We saw baseball games, rode 4-wheelers, went to parks, and hung out with our friends and family.

✨I was “mom” 90% of the time and “CEO” 10% of the time. While I’m so happy the kids are back in school tomorrow, I am truly going to miss them so much during the day.

➡️I’ll be sharing a lot more about being a mom & business owner in my upcoming free business Q&A on Wednesday Sept 16th, 12pm eastern! Let me know if you want the link to sign up. I always get questions about being a working mom and I love to talk about this topic so much. It’s not easy. In fact it’s really hard to have boundaries in both work and life. But many women have taught me the incredible skills to be able to do both well (and for that I’m so thankful!!)

Excited to host a free business Q&A next week!! Message me or comment “Q&A” and I’ll send you the link to register!
09/08/2026

Excited to host a free business Q&A next week!!

Message me or comment “Q&A” and I’ll send you the link to register!

Imposter syndrome doesn't mean you're not ready to build a private practice.When you're doing something you've never don...
09/07/2026

Imposter syndrome doesn't mean you're not ready to build a private practice.

When you're doing something you've never done before, it's completely normal to feel scared, anxious, or overwhelmed.

The problem is when we start interpreting those feelings as proof that we're not capable.

Instead, try this:

→ Embrace the fear and take the first step.
→ Take one step at a time.
→ Reflect and keep practicing.

You don't have to feel confident before you start. Sometimes confidence comes because you started.

And remember, even the things that don't go as planned can give you valuable feedback for your next step forward.

Being ready is a decision, not a feeling.

What's one thing you've done scared that you're proud of? I'd love to hear it in the comments. 💬

🔗 Here are our favorite exercises for working through imposter syndrome: https://pursuingprivatepractice.com/imposter-syndrome-exercises-private-practice-professionals/

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