In this episode, I sit down with fellow Rise Up Nutrition LLC dietitian Jenna Stranzl, our first repeat guest. Catch our previous conversation where Jenna shares her story on episode 30 of the Female Athlete Nutrition Podcast.   Today we discuss the most rewarding parts of helping our clients overcome their fueling concerns, seeing how mindset shifts have led to huge transformations across their whole lives. Jenna and I talk about the education and experience required to become a dietitian, some of the different dietetic careers paths, and how to find what suits you. Despite certainly practicing what we preach, Jenna and I are still evolving our own relationships with nutrition and our bodies. New chapters and different stages of life bring new and different challenges of their own, requiring us to constantly check in and evaluate our thought patterns and behavior. We touch on struggles in our own personal and professional lives, and how working with clients has improved our own body image: the tools that we equip our clients with we also use ourselves. Being fit, fast and fueled is not defined by the absence of struggle and disordered thoughts, the difference is in how we react to them. I speak on my personal mind and body changes throughout pregnancy, and how I’ve had to shift my view of exercise and weight gain during and post-partum: the pressure to get your pre-pregnancy body back is real but not realistic or healthy! Similarly Jenna reflects on her own journey with running and challenging some lingering "food rules" like having Splenda often! The way we invest in our clients is by investing in ourselves first. And Jenna and I share how we have started coaching each other through challenges in our own lives: even dietitians need dietitians sometimes! Stay tuned for regular progress updates on social media by following @female.athlete.nutrition! Jenna’s Bio Jenna Stranzl has been a dietitian with Rise Up Nutrition since January 2021. Jenna is a marathon runner, doggie lover, registered dietitian and sports nutritionist. Notably, she has raced in the NYC Marathon and Marine Corp Marathon among many others. In addition to fueling female athletes here at Rise Up Nutrition, she is also the Sports Nutritionist for NY Islanders NHL and AHL Organization. She has worked with many collegiate and professional athletes including PGA tour, IMG Academy, Penn State and University of Pennsylvania athletics.  Follow Jenna on Instagram @_jennalee and continue to follow her journey through our Instagram page and stories @female.athlete.nutrition   This episode is brought to you by the Female Athlete System of Transformation: Click here to Book a Call & learn more Learn more about Lindsey's Services and the Team at Rise Up Nutrition: www.RiseUpNutritionRUN.com Worried that you have RED-S? Curious to know how we could help or how you can recover fast?! Download the RED-S Recovery Race & see how you place for more support: www.RiseUpNutritionRUN.com/REDS