Speaker 1: Welcome to our introduction episode where we tell you all
Speaker 1: about the ladies behind the nutrition couch.
Speaker 2: So tell us who is Leanne Ward.
Speaker 1: Well, Leanne Wood is a thirty one year old health foody,
Speaker 1: you know, lover of life. I'm up here and I
Speaker 1: live in Brisbane with my husband. Recently got married last
Speaker 1: year and we've just bought our own house which were
Speaker 1: looking forward to either renovating or potentially building.
Speaker 2: You and you're a dietitian by trade.
Speaker 3: Where did you study?
Speaker 1: So? I first did my undergraduate degree at QT in Brisbane.
Speaker 1: So I did a Bachelor of Health Science and I
Speaker 1: majored in nutrition. And then I went and I worked
Speaker 1: as a public health.
Speaker 3: Nutritionist for a while.
Speaker 1: I came back and I started a Master's of Public Health.
Speaker 1: I didn't really enjoy that, Susie. So then I went
Speaker 1: back to UNI and I enrolled in the Masters of
Speaker 1: Dietetics and I did that through the University of Queensland.
Speaker 2: And you've worked clinically run us through your work history today.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I was very fortunate. Once I graduated.
Speaker 1: As I mentioned, I worked for about a year and
Speaker 1: a half as a public health nutritionist out in the country.
Speaker 1: So I've got some of that, I guess like the
Speaker 1: health experience behind me as well, which I love and
Speaker 1: that really helps me create you know, different types of
Speaker 1: content for population health on social media. And I started
Speaker 1: as a clinical dietitian at Qwitwo Hospital up here in Brisbane,
Speaker 1: so I was doing just acute medical I was also
Speaker 1: on the surgical wards and I was in the Gasho
Speaker 1: trology clinics as well, and also running some of the
Speaker 1: women's health and weight loss clinics as well. So very
Speaker 1: fortunate to spand you know, a good five or six
Speaker 1: years as a clinical dietitian, and about two years ago
Speaker 1: launched my own business and Ward Nutrition, and I've been
Speaker 1: doing that ever since.
Speaker 2: Because I think when we first met you were specializing
Speaker 2: in gut health. But I also really know you as
Speaker 2: the first big dietian on Instagram. What are your key
Speaker 2: areas of nutrition interests now with your work?
Speaker 1: Yeah, sure, so I work with females only at the moment,
Speaker 1: so I really work with females looking for fat loss,
Speaker 1: help with emotional eating, and also help to improve their
Speaker 1: gut health as well. They're my three sort of niche
Speaker 1: or specialty areas.
Speaker 2: And what do you love most about what you do
Speaker 2: as a dietitian.
Speaker 3: Oh, Susie.
Speaker 1: I love that every day is different. No day is
Speaker 1: the same, particularly when you run your own business. I'm
Speaker 1: sure if there are some business owners listening. Every day
Speaker 1: is different, every day is crazy. I get to do
Speaker 1: really really fun stuff. There's some boring, more admin type
Speaker 1: sort of things in there as well, but I meet
Speaker 1: so many different people. I can help people all over
Speaker 1: the world versus when I was at the hospital, I
Speaker 1: didn't feel like I was making that bigger difference because
Speaker 1: I was sort of just seeing the same unwell clientele
Speaker 1: over and over again. But I love that I'm able
Speaker 1: to help people reach their pinnacle of health if that
Speaker 1: makes sense, or really optimize where they are. It's not
Speaker 1: just once they're sick in there unwell, because I was
Speaker 1: feeling like a lot of the time that for some
Speaker 1: people it was almost a little bit too late, like
Speaker 1: they were too unwell to do the things that they
Speaker 1: needed to do. So I really love that I'm able
Speaker 1: to work with people and just optimize their health all
Speaker 1: around the world.
Speaker 2: And what are you most excited about as we launch
Speaker 2: the Nutrition Couch.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to really let our listeners know Susie about
Speaker 1: topical and trending nutrition topics. So, you know, I've got
Speaker 1: my own podcast. I do a lot of interviews with
Speaker 1: experts on there, and I get really great feedback about
Speaker 1: people learning new things from other experts. I really just
Speaker 1: want to talk about you know, there's so much BS
Speaker 1: nutrition messages in the media. I wanted to spell some
Speaker 1: of that, you know, when I got around this podcast,
Speaker 1: But some of those BS messages, Susie and I want
Speaker 1: to let people know, like is this a trendy nutrition topic,
Speaker 1: is it great?
Speaker 3: What about this product?
Speaker 1: Let's talk about a little case study today, really showcase
Speaker 1: the lives of what to dietitians go through, like what
Speaker 1: we work through, what are we seeing in our practice,
Speaker 1: and what are people talking about online with us? And
Speaker 1: really let people know the ins and outs of the
Speaker 1: nutrition news and the nutrition world.
Speaker 3: So bring on episode one, can't wait and Susie tell
Speaker 3: us a little bit about yourself. Who is Susie Burrow?
Speaker 2: So I am forty three years old and I live
Speaker 2: in Sydney. I am married to a radio broadcaster who
Speaker 2: is very keen to give me tips on how to
Speaker 2: be a good podcaster. And I have five year old
Speaker 2: twin boys, and I'm just coming out of that period
Speaker 2: of full on motherhood. I've got a bit more time
Speaker 2: and hence embarking on some new projects.
Speaker 3: Wonderful.
Speaker 1: And tell us about your background as a dietitian. Where
Speaker 1: did you study and how do you get started?
Speaker 2: I always wanted to be a dietitian right from when
Speaker 2: I was fifteen. I studied at the University of Woongong
Speaker 2: Nutrition and Dietetics long time ago now, and I, like you,
Speaker 2: work clinically for many years in community health and also
Speaker 2: childhood obesity, and then I dabbled in media and always
Speaker 2: had a private practice. In recent years back in Sydney,
Speaker 2: I have worked in sports nutrition, primarily weight control, and
Speaker 2: I've gone on to study and master's of coaching psychology.
Speaker 2: So I really really enjoy behavioral change aspects of work
Speaker 2: and working with women primarily as well helping them to
Speaker 2: get to their nutrition goals. And yeah, that's it.
Speaker 1: And at the moments, use what interests you in the
Speaker 1: area of nutrition. What are you currently working in the
Speaker 1: nutrition space?
Speaker 2: I think the area that shifted most in the past
Speaker 2: five seven years has been an increasing understanding of the
Speaker 2: role of hormones and weight control. So women working, juggling
Speaker 2: a lot of things, and the impact on hormones and
Speaker 2: the impact on weight control, that's probably a real area
Speaker 2: of interest to me. And behavioral change. You know, you
Speaker 2: talked about helping people be their best self, and I
Speaker 2: guess that's where I see nutrition fitting as a platform
Speaker 2: to feeling, looking and performing at your best. But clinically, yeah,
Speaker 2: it would definitely be I guess hormones and weight control
Speaker 2: is probably the key real interest area for me.
Speaker 3: And you do a lot of media work as well,
Speaker 3: don't you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, just by chance of doing quite a lot of
Speaker 2: writing keeps me up to date with what's happening. I
Speaker 2: think when you see clients clinically, you're constantly aware of
Speaker 2: what people are interested in and what they're reading, and
Speaker 2: makes you keep up to date with all the latest
Speaker 2: diet trends. And my husband's in the media, so we're
Speaker 2: sort of always on and looking what's new and exciting.
Speaker 2: And I guess that's why we thought it would be
Speaker 2: great to come together and the Nutrition Couch to bring
Speaker 2: that to people who are also interested in nutrition.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, And Susie, what do you love most about being
Speaker 1: a diet or what you do at the moment. What's
Speaker 1: your favorite thing about that.
Speaker 2: I think I really like talking to people and hearing
Speaker 2: the ins and outs of their lives. Maybe I'm just
Speaker 2: really nosy, but nutrition Everyone eats, and everyone's interest in
Speaker 2: food to a certain extent, and it's an easy way
Speaker 2: to get to know people and relate on a common basis.
Speaker 2: And yeah, I guess that's the underlying interest. I'm not
Speaker 2: as interested in the nutrients and the technical science of
Speaker 2: nutrition as such. Oh we need to know that as dietitians.
Speaker 2: But I am really interested in people and helping people
Speaker 2: be their best self and feel better. And I think,
Speaker 2: you know, getting to know people intimately as you do
Speaker 2: when you're consulting nutrition is really enjoyable, fulfilling part of
Speaker 2: what we do.
Speaker 3: And tell us.
Speaker 1: With the launch of our podcast and Nutrition Couch, what
Speaker 1: are you most excited about? Oh?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I have wanted to do this podcast, I think
Speaker 2: for about three years now, and it's taken me a
Speaker 2: while to find the right person in the sense of
Speaker 2: someone who I really like, has got great energy, but
Speaker 2: also someone who's a clinician, because I really respect clinicians
Speaker 2: who are doing the going in the trenches with clients
Speaker 2: and really working through issues and taking them from where
Speaker 2: they are to goal. And I think there's just a
Speaker 2: massive opportunity in the market. There's a lot of podcasts
Speaker 2: out there with amazing interviews. Of course you have one
Speaker 2: of them, but I think there's no one really covering
Speaker 2: the news of nutrition regularly, and I think it's just
Speaker 2: I know people are going to love it. They're going
Speaker 2: to love hearing about what's new in the supermarkets. They're
Speaker 2: going to love to bring their listener questions to us
Speaker 2: to discuss. They're going to love the insights of two
Speaker 2: practicing dieticians who do this every day. And I cannot
Speaker 2: tell you how excited I am to launch The Nutrition Couch.
Speaker 1: Oh I cannot wait for Episode one.