From Missed Promotions to Thriving Home Care Business with Lina Briek

Lina Briek kept getting passed over for the promotions she wanted. The thing holding her back inside the system turned out to be the same thing that built her a business outside it.A dietitian and PhD researcher, Lina founded Tube Dietitian, a Melbourne business supporting adults living with feeding tubes at home, after fourteen years across rural and metropolitan hospitals.This one is for any health professional who has been told to slow down, dim their enthusiasm, or wait their turn. Lina is candid about how a secondment outside her specialty reshaped how she saw her work, why rural roles taught her more than the prestige posts, and what it took to put a price on her worth after years of being valued by pay scales and awards. If you've ever sensed that the system rewards staying small, there's a lot here worth sitting with.We ExploreWhat happens when your natural energy gets read as something to manageWhy rural and grade-one roles can build confidence faster than prestige postsHow a secondment outside your specialty can change the way you think about your workThe point where job security starts working against youPricing your worth after years of being valued by pay scales and awardsTimestamps01:40 Becoming a dietitian and an early bet on nutrition04:03 What families in intensive care really care about06:29 Why rural grade-one roles build confidence fast12:17 "Your confidence is very American" and healthcare hierarchy20:20 The COVID shift that pushed nutrition aside25:19 Pricing your worth after public hospital pay scales28:31 The $5,500 legal lesson that protected the business30:25 The secondment that changed how she saw her work34:34 When "coaching" really meant suppress your energy41:28 Why she wouldn't take the straight-line career pathAbout Lina BriekLina Briek is a dietitian, PhD researcher, and founder of Tube Dietitian, a Melbourne-based business providing specialised nutrition support for adults living with feeding tubes at home. With fourteen years of hospital experience spanning rural general practice to metropolitan ICU, she bridges the gap between hospital discharge and long-term home care. Her research looks at the state of home tube feeding in Australia, with a particular focus on real food approaches.LinkedIn: Lina Briek's ProfileBusiness Website: Tube DietitianCareer Cliniq ResourcesInspired but unsure about your own next steps? The StreamAhead Assessment helps you see which healthcare work streams align with your interests and life right now, including the ones you might not have considered.Follow the show and find me on LinkedIn or Instagram.