12/09/2025
Most of us were trained to look for mentors who look like us.
Same age. Same body. Same identity. Same aesthetic. Same “professional vibe.”
It feels safe. Familiar. Comfortable.
But as I shared in my latest podcast interview:
“Learning from someone who doesn’t look like you is key.”
Because when we only learn within our own reflection, we unintentionally limit what we believe is possible, for ourselves and for our clients.
The dietetics field still skews young, thin, and homogenous.
That’s not a moral failing.
It’s a systemic pattern.
And when all of your teachers, supervisors, and peers look the same, you can absorb ideas like:
“This is what a ‘healthy body’ looks like.”
“This is what a successful RD looks like.”
“This is how I’m supposed to sound, show up, or take up space.”
But expansion happens when we learn from people whose identities, bodies, backgrounds, and lived experiences differ from our own.
It challenges the defaults we absorbed in training.
It widens our understanding of care.
It deepens the way we see the humans sitting across from us.
If this resonates, I talk more about this on my recent interview with , including what true professional growth looks like outside the mainstream mold.
Listen here → link in bio
(Highly recommend this one!)
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