Overcoming Nutrition Roadblocks | Julia Mitchell

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (0:00)
Welcome to The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show. This is a very special episode. I sit down with our lead nutritionist, Julia Mitchell.
We give you behind the scenes what we do in our clinical practice. Julia Mitchell covers the top three things that you can do to achieve the body composition of your dreams. Julia Mitchell is extremely informative and engaging. We provide you with exactly the tactics that you need to take away to become the best version of yourself. If you are someone who has struggled with weight, weight gain, weight loss, whatever it is, we've got you covered. As always, this episode is free of charge. Please, if you like it, allow us to continue. Take a moment to subscribe, share it. If this content is something that you're interested in, there is my free newsletter, which you can find on my website, drgabriellelyon.com.
And now, without a moment to lose, let's get into the show.
Julia Mitchell, welcome to the show. I feel like this is a talk show host almost slash game show moment, but it's not. And Julia, you are the lead nutritionist in the practice, a very special human. I want to let the listener know about how I met you.

**Julia Mitchell** (1:26)
Oh, you want me to tell that story?

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (1:27)
You know what? You tell the story, even better.

**Julia Mitchell** (1:31)
So first of all, thank you so much for having me.
It's really grateful to be here. I guess I will start by saying I was very inspired by you and still are to this day.

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (1:45)
Oh, thanks.

**Julia Mitchell** (1:46)
And one day, I was thinking about what I really wanted to do with my life. And I knew I was passionate about nutrition. I knew I was passionate about helping people reach their full potential and really get over a lot of the obstacles they face as it relates to their health.
And when I thought about that, I always thought about you and the content you were putting out and what I was seeing on your socials at the time. This was a couple years ago.
And I thought to myself, man, I really want to work for Dr. Gabrielle Lyon. I want to contribute to her mission. I want to be part of everything that she is doing. So I sent you an email and said, hey, I'm a mom of two.
I live in the middle of nowhere in Canada. I love what you're doing and I want to be a part of it. And you actually responded, which blew my mind, and asked for a little video resume. And then I said, forget this whole video thing. Why don't I fly to New York to meet you? And so I bought a ticket on my own dime, and I flew to New York and kind of forced you to have a meeting with me.

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (3:00)
And it was, it was awesome. This is now, is it two years later?

**Julia Mitchell** (3:05)
Coming up on two years.

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (3:06)
You know, I'm actually the lucky one. And people always ask me, how do you find these amazing people? How do you find these amazing people that help contribute to the mission? Because I'm one person, I cannot do this alone. And here's what I tell them.
They find you.

**Julia Mitchell** (3:24)
And they elbow their way into your life without you having a choice.

**Dr. Gabrielle Lyon** (3:28)
And I'm so happy. And I'm so happy, not only because you showed up in my life, but the way that you've showed up in the practice, you are part of the clinical practice, and also the way that you show up and help us create amazing content. You're so organized and so thoughtful. I couldn't do it alone.
One of the amazing parts about you, which there are many, is a little bit about your background. You not only were always or became very interested in health and nutrition, I'd love for you to share a little bit about that, but you also did and do bison ranching. Is that the right word?
So share a little bit about you and who you are and how you became so interested in this.

**Julia Mitchell** (4:12)
Sure. I would say I've always been interested in nutrition, health, fitness, this space for a couple of decades now. Since I was in my late teens, early 20s, it's been something I've been interested in. And finally, when I was in my early 30s, I realized, like, why don't you just make a career out of this instead of trying to fight it?