Lisa Blackwell

Lisa Blackwell

Job Description

Working directly with the general public (outpatients/clients) to review their current everyday nutrition and their health.
– we work together to discuss their current life schedule (assess what they’re doing) and their needs or wants (set goals) related to their overall nutrition & health
– what are their pain points (symptoms of not feeling well 2nd to food or medical condition) and what they’d like to change and why
– what are their barriers to moving forward on their health goals (ie. time limitations, knowledge – food basics/nutrition, skillset – like food prep/cooking, tools – plan or steps to move forward)
– provide a plan on what to focus and work on, on their own
– follow up after a few weeks to review what worked, didn’t and what struggles along the way then collaborate & brainstorm solutions
– evaluate what’s working and not and how to move forward together or if ready to move forward on their own.

My main focus currently: women over 40yr old, dealing with the struggle of midlife, physical barriers to wellness (stress, tiredness, age related symptoms) and simplify kitchen dynamics and provide solutions to manage home cooking with ease AND have fun!

Relevant School Subjects

Health and Physical Education

Areas Of Expertise

Medical & Health

Career Story

Kinda Random 🙂 (focused on creativeness and thinking outside the box) Determine problem and find a creative solution (my forte :))

High school focus on Arts…led me to Interior Design…then to Landscape Design

Change of focus but still using creativity lead me to:
– return to adult school learning (after kids, in my 30’s) to take Sciences…focus towards Nutrition (needed to take more Science classes to apply)
– Interest in Nutrition…Registered Dietitian, lead me to learn 1) there were limited number of accredited post secondary schools that were acceptable to be a dietitian and 2) it needed to be a Full-Time program
– Completed 4 year Bachelor of Applied Science Degree, while also working PT as a Dietetic Assistant and Foodservice Supervisor on weekends (in local hospital)
– Applied for 3 years before getting a dietetic internship at an affiliated hospital (10 month practicum)
– Graduated from Dietetic Internship, wrote Dietitian’s of Ontario exam to get my RD (Registered Dietitian) status
WORK:
– PT contract at hospital as an outpatient RD in End Stage Renal Disease with dialysis patients (covered hemodialysis, peritoneal, home dialysis)
Other Work:
– PT consulting work with Loblaws and did nutrition presentations and grocery store tours, then…
– PT consulting work 1-2days/month with Wellspring (cancer support) doing nutrition presentation and cooking session combo for outpatient cancer patients
– PT consulting 1day/wk with Niagara College (Food and Wine Institute) teaching culinary students a basic nutrition class
– Started own Entrepreneur RD work: saw clients in the community in their homes for general healthy eating, added on Nutrigenomix (DNA testing), created my own Online Program for women over 40 to master their home cooking with ease.

Currently:
– Doing some entrepreneurial work online from home AND PT consulting work as a online mentor and RD for a women’s health program
– Working with fellow RD to create local support for women over 40 with overall health and nutrition.