Key Takeaways from the CBG Mentorship Program

After working as a Registered Dietician with professional and amateur athletes in Mexico for 17 years—including some Latin American Games athletes—Georgia Georgacopulos moved to Houston, TX less than three years ago and everything changed.

Her RD credentials from Mexico aren’t recognized in the United States, so Georgacopulos found herself having to pivot.

She maintained 25 nutrition clients in Latin America and continues to work with them virtually, but also wanted to build her book of nutrition clients in the United States, as well.

But to do this, she wanted to understand a bit more about how things are done in the United States, as well as what she can and cannot do in terms of scope of practice, as she is now considered a Nutrition Coach rather than an RD.

“CBG is well known in the community and it caught my attention,” said Georgacopulos, who also works in the nutrition department of her local school district.

Then she discovered CBG has a Mentorship Program, so she hopped on board and began working with CBG Coach Amanda Jeffrey to learn CBG’s coaching methods.

And even though Georgacopulos went into the mentorship program already with a vast breadth and depth of both nutrition and coaching knowledge, she said the program was incredibly valuable to her on many fronts.

Five Key Takeaways from the Mentorship Program

1. The CBG Blueprint: Right away, the blueprint model spoke to her, Georgacopulos explained, as the approach is similar to what she was doing in Latin America, where she said people haven’t really embraced macro tracking. That being said, the CBG blueprint has only added to her toolbox and has bolstered her ability to educate her clients in a simple, easy-to-understand way.
2. Onboarding: The Mentorship Program was also really great for uncovering best practices for onboarding a new client, she explained.
3. Follow-Up: Similarly, Georgacopulos said the Mentorship Program gave her a wealth of knowledge about best ways to follow up with clients online as well as how to build clients’ accountability. She credits Coach Jeffrey with giving her many practical tools and processes to make follow up more effective.
4. Scope of Practice: Further, all of Georgacopulos’s questions and concerns about scope of practice and what she can and cannot do in the United States as a nutrition coach were answered, giving her the confidence she needed to move forward building her book of US-based clients to go with her Latin American ones.
5. Working with Performance Clients: Finally, working with Coach Jeffrey specifically was incredibly valuable to Georgacopulos, as both nutrition coaches are passionate about performance clients.

“We exchanged a lot of ideas. She’s also focused on performance, so we had very interesting, useful conversations about nutrition and nutritional strategies for athletes,” Georgacopulos said.

After taking the Mentorship Course, Georgacopulos said she would recommend this resource to any aspiring or current nutrition coach.

“The fact that you work with a coach or a mentor in the program is great because you’ll learn a lot from listening to other coaches’ experiences. They have all this knowledge regarding how to approach clients with different needs, situations and goals, and it taught me a lot,” she said.

What’s Next

Georgacopulos was so pleased with what she took away from the four-month Mentorship Program that she is now moving into CBG’s Business Program.

Run by CBG founder Justin Romaire, the Business Program is focused on all of the ins and outs of running a nutrition business. The Business Program focuses on admin, marketing and sales, social media, and everything in between to help coaches build a profitable nutrition coaching business.

Ultimately, Georgacopulos, who has already picked up a handful of US-based clients, is confident CBG is giving her all she needs to flourish as an online nutrition coach based in Houston and she couldn’t be more excited about it.

“This is what I know and what I love doing,” she said.