After a lot of inner work, we realized that this is the final episode.
Join us as we learn about human design and how to use it to make decisions that serve our true purpose and compliment our nature.
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Welcome to Self-Mastered 2021! Dalia Kinsey and new co-host Stefanie Giannini discuss the future of the Self-Mastered podcast. We break down how we plan to combine our passions of wellness, self-help, and leadership to help listeners work towards a life of success and meaning. Join this episode to get inspired for your future. Reach out and let us know what your personal goals for 2021 are.
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Whitney is a shadow worker and intuitive success coach for creators, healers, and spiritual leaders. After 3 years of working online as a food freedom dietitian and confidence coach, Whitney revamped her entire business in quarantine to follow a new calling -- helping people who want to help people but need to heal their own sh*t first.
This episode we discuss
Making pivots in your career
Understanding what resistance is telling you
How to stop chasing money and follow your purpose
Experts vs guides; Starting before you are ready
How to avoid manifesting your worse fears
Confronting fear in your professional life
Integrating spirituality into your business and personal development
Envisioning new systems that promote wellness of the collective over individualism
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Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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Is your professional life in alignment with your life purpose? Is there a project that you want to take on that you keep putting off? Deneen Garrett (https://linktr.ee/IntimatewithWOC)is on a mission to elevate the voices of women of color through D&I and podcasting. She didn't allow fear of new tech and uncertainty stop her from launching her show "Intimate Conversations with Women of Color" . This conversation will give you clarity around some of the reasons why we keep putting off our creative projects.
This Episode we Discuss
Fear of vulnerability as a creative block
Starting small and giving yourself room to grow into your vision
The fastest way to master new skills
How to deal with creative blockages
How to network authentically
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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If we want to be balanced and well-rounded in any profession we have to make sure to stay out of echo chambers. This interview with Chef Daniel Scherotter might challenge some of your ideas about healthy eating and school meals but stay open, here is so much value here.
Chef Dan has years of experience as a restaurateur and an educator in the K-12 environment. In this interview he shares his practical knowledge about maximizing flavor and explains how focusing solely on nutrition with no regard for taste is a detriment to the eating habits of students.
This episode we discuss:
🍴The key to employee satisfaction beyond salary
🍴Offering students delicious meals
🍴Meeting students where they are with dining experience
🍴Giving students a leg up in building work and life skills through food
🍴Making simple dishes more interesting
Episode Resources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielscherotter/
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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Assistant Director of Food & Nutrition Services, Public Speaker & Educator, Leadership Development Professional Stefanie Giannini joins us to breakdown the leadership traits that shine in a crisis vs the traits that undermine our operations. Learn what it takes to become self-aware leader and amplify your personal and professional growth through trying times.
This episode we discuss:
🍎Building strong teams
🍎Overcoming fear of failure in leadership positions
🍎How to use self-awareness to become the best version of yourself
🍎The power of a learning mindset
🍎How to make room for uncomfortable emotions and setting constructive boundaries
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
Keep in touch with Dalia
Listen to my new show Body Liberation for All
https://www.youtube.com/daliakinsey
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanie-giannini-ma-sns-b9b38060/
Laura Thomas is a Registered Dietitian with more than 30 years of experience in child nutrition programs and training. Her child nutrition and training expertise appears in resources developed for Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of USDA and the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN). Her work includes school nutrition standardized recipes, cycle menus, nutrition reviews. Most recently, she developed interactive online training for the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs for the ICN and USDA FNS scheduled for release Fall of 2020. Other USDA works include the Menu Planning Guide for School Nutrition Programs and Grow It! Try It! Like It!.
This episode we discuss:
Meeting adult learning needs
Recognizing and building on existing trainee knowledge
Creating successful Zoom based trainings
Keeping your remote team connected
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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Listen to my new show Body Liberation for All
https://www.youtube.com/daliakinsey
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Melissa Halas, MA, RD, CDE has always had a passion for eating healthfully, which fueled her desire to become a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and a nutrition educator. She has over 20 years of diverse experience in clinical care, nutrition management, nutrition counseling, nutrition education, brand and product promotion, media, and writing. In 2006, she realized her true purpose…to save the world one healthy food at a time™. As a new mom, she was surprised to find limited expert resources on childhood nutrition. So, she decided to develop SuperKids Nutrition Inc., a mega nutrition resource for child and family nutrition that provides easy-to-read, credible information for parents and healthcare professionals, as well as engaging tools to educate children on the importance of eating healthy.
This episode we discuss
🍎Getting the most out of your free time
🍎Connecting with the people you love in a meaningful and energizing way
🍎How to teach children to eat in a present way
🍎The connection between physical inactivity and fatigue
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
Keep in touch with Dalia
Listen to my new show Body Liberation for All
https://www.youtube.com/daliakinsey
Purchase a copy of Decolonizing Wellness
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After overcoming disordered eating as a teenager and training in the ‘Non-Diet’ approach as a clinical Dietitian, Kali is a passionate advocate for health free from diets. She believes that you don’t need to starve yourself or punish your body in order to be healthy. In fact, Kali’s advocates a joyful approach to health, aligned with self-compassion, mindfulness and positive body image. Visit Kali's site and subscribe to her new My Food Culture Podcast https://www.mfcmyfoodculture.com
This episode we discuss:
Food Culture and School Nutrition in Australia
How to raise balanced eaters
The biggest risk factor for developing an eating disorder
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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Cordialis Msora-Kasago, MA, RD has a unique understanding of both the science of improving health through changing diets and lifestyles as well as improving health on the African continent. Cordialis believes in the power of good nutrition and healthy lifestyles for both prevention and management of medical conditions and works to help consumers cut through all the conflicting diet and lifestyle information circulating in both mainstream and new forms of media. The African Pot Nutrition works to translate the science of healthy living into bite sized action plans that you can incorporate in your day to day activities. No gimmicks, magic bullets just science driven results.
In this episode we discuss:
Zimbabwean cultural foods
Diversity within the African continent
Shared foods in Africa and in the African diaspora
Examples of high nutrient Zimbabwean foods
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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This week Shawn O’Neal gives us a fascinating glimpse into the world of child food service in Taiwan.
This episode we discuss:
How to approach mastering new skills (from cooking to language)
The key to happiness in any environment
The fundamental differences between Taiwanese and American student food demands
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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Listen to my new show Body Liberation for All
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Whitney Bateson, MPH RD has spent nearly a decade in the child nutrition industry, developing menus, training, and marketing programs for districts across the country during her time in contract foodservice management. Seeing a need for more focused marketing services for the nutrition industry, two years ago Whitney founded Whitney Bateson Digital Strategy to deliver marketing services specifically for nutrition professionals and the school nutrition industry. Her agency specializes in web design, marketing consulting, and graphic design. Whitney has a passion for teaching others how to more effectively talk about and promote the great work nutrition professionals do everyday.
Download the Marketing Tools go.whitneybateson.com/sn-marketing-project-plango.whitneybateson.com/sn-social-media-template
This episode we discuss:
The difference between merchandising and marketing
How to conduct market research in school nutrition
5 steps to create a marketing plan in one sitting
How to keep employees engaged with the marketing plan
Measuring your success
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator Author and Chef Marlisa Brown has been supporting patients managing nutrition related illnesses in Manhattan and on Long Island since the start of the COVID pandemic. Today's she shares what is working for individuals living with diabetes, high blood pressure, and celiac disease as they navigate special diets during COVID. Today we discuss The cause of binge eating in quarantine What to do when gluten free products can't be found in stores Why hydration is a crucial part of diabetes management How and why to include children in your cooking process Marlisa has made numerous television appearances including 5 years on “International Healthy Cooking” for AHA. She is author of “Gluten-Free Hassle Free”, and “Easy, Gluten-Free”, other contributions include: Shape, Food Service Management, Newsday, Parenting Magazine, Weight and Training for Dummies. She has developed many programs including, Richard Simmons’ Food Mover Program, cookbooks, recipe cards, Kathy Smiths’ Project You II for Diabetes, Jorge Cruises’ 3-Hour Diet Cookbook, Dr. Vincent Pedres’ Happy Gut & Leslie Sansones’ Walk Away the Pounds.
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Ervin Watson has been training teams for over 20 years and been an inspirational speaker and motivator for 15 years. This decorated veteran of the US Air Force is an entrepreneur, and author, a loving father and husband. Ervin has been studying bias and researching ways that it clouds our decision-making and weakens our teams.
This episode we discuss:
Defining and identifying bias
What real diversity and inclusion looks like
Confirmation Bias
Communication and validation as keys to healing trauma
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/us/in-tamir-rice-shooting-in-cleveland-many-errors-by-police-then-a-fatal-one.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/25/emmett-till-long-wait-for-justice https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/emmett-till
Food Service Director Shannon Ebron shares her journey into school nutrition and insightful professional insights that she has learned over the years as a child nutritionist, school cook, nutrition educator, and grant writer.
This episode we discuss:
Using social media to connect with district employees
Effectively communicating with administration
Breaking down barriers to grant writing
The best resources for new school nutrition employees
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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Listen to my new show Body Liberation for All
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In today's chat with Amanda Venezia and Marlon Gordon we get to sneak peek behind the curtains of First Taste TV, an innovative new platform especially for food service professionals showcasing cutting edge products, services, technologies and equipment.
This episode we discuss:
Serving children by supporting the professionals that feed them
The value of sharing your gifts Innovation in small districts
Thriving and adapting in a post COVID world
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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Mindfulness trainer Josta Kolkman from Simply Unplug explains how mindfulness can help us through difficult times. Josta offers us a simple guided meditation in the later part of this week's interview. Right now we all need moments of calm to ground and center us so that we can continue walking our individual paths and working on the things that we find meaningful.
This episode we discuss:
A simple definition of mindfulness
Health benefits linked to mindfulness
Mindfulness with or without meditation
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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As a public health advocate Stephanie is passionate about supporting schools. Kids spend over 1,000 hours at school per year. Nourishing Principles see the school environment as a perfect place to boost student health and happiness for life. Stephanie believes that incorporating more physical activity into the school day, especially in the classroom, allows students to release energy and focus so that they are ready to learn. This, along with providing healthful foods in the cafeteria fuels students and enables them to reach their utmost potential.
This episode we discuss:
Making the most of summer feeding
Getting involved in political advocacy
Using community partnerships to reach more hungry children
Maximizing the Food Buying Guide as a menu planning tool
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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Listen to my new show Body Liberation for All
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https://www.thenourishedprinciples.com/
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Kathleen Gage has owned and operated her business for over 26 years. An expert in changing with the times, Kathleen is known as the “no-nonsense, common sense” marketing strategist, speaker, author, and visibility expert. Her clients are driven by making a difference through their own unique voice.As a result of discovering the life-changing power of plant-based eating in her sixties, Kathleen has proactively shifter her focus to working with those who are open to the possibility of what plant-based eating can do for them and their bottom-line. Randy Behr M.A., CSCS, MORR-CSPS, Cooper’s Biomechanics & Fitness, 25 + years in sports & fitness; coaching, teaching, strength & conditioning as an Athletic Director, Health Educator, Sports Information Director, P.T. Education Director and Fitness Director with the NJCAA, USA Track & Field, Arena Football League, Olympic Training Center, YMCA, Military and the California Football Association. He has trained over 1,000 athletes in multiple sports to include football, baseball, basketball, rugby, soccer, track and field, swimming, volleyball, tennis, mixed martial arts and golf. In addition, he has presented internationally and a published writer. This episode we discuss The connection between self-care and productivity Steps you can take today to better care for yourself How to shift your outlook and get out of a funk The key to finding an exercise routine that sticks
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
Keep in touch with Dalia
Listen to my new show Body Liberation for All
https://www.youtube.com/daliakinsey
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www.PlantBasedEatingforHealth.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleengage/
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http://behrsportsperformance.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/randy-behr-1006461a/
Former Child Nutrition Director and founder of Lunch Assist Jennifer McNeil answers pressing questions about running compliant menu service during COVID19.
This episode we discus:
FFVP clarification during closures
Making farm to school purchases
Emergency procurement and micro purchasing
Funding for programs that are under stress
Positive things and creative problem solving Jennifer is seeing in districts around the country
Resources
Self-Mastered (originally School Nutrition Dietitian) has come to an end
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Listen to my new show Body Liberation for All
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/lunchassist
Acronyms Mentioned CACFP Child and Adult Care Food Program
https://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp
FFVP Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
https://www.fns.usda.gov/ffvp/fresh-fruit-and-vegetable-program