Small talk – it gets a bad rap – it’s fashionable to dislike and make fun of. Does small talk deserve a negative image? Or does it have...

Do family meals matter? What difference do they make? What does the research say? Family meals are associated with many benefits Research...

Did you experience family meals growing up? Do you experience family meals today? I have asked those questions to hundreds of audience...

Can you recall a great conversation during a meal? Maybe it lasted well past the food was eaten and the dishes were cleared away. You...

Meals eaten with family are valued around the world. They are valued for not only the nourishing food they provide but more so for the...

For many years, when I presented about family meals, I collected feedback from my audiences about their experiences with and beliefs...

Would you like to communicate with future generations and share special memories with your children’s children and beyond? Would you like...

What makes in-person conventions far superior to virtual ones? Besides the pleasure of traveling to a far-off location and getting a...

If someone asked you, “Are you a leader?” How would you respond? a) Yes, always b) No, never c) Sometimes, it depends Many...

Communication is most effective when the sender and recipient acknowledge one another in the manner each one prefers.

Do your menus need a revamp? Do you find yourself eating the same things over and over and over? Boring! This year’s National Nutrition...

A week ago, I was walking on the beach on beautiful Cape San Blas, Florida, enjoying our final days of rest and relaxation. Today, I sit in my office looking out onto a cloudy day in Indiana, making progress on my too-long to-do list. Would you agree that life is a balancing act of work and play, clouds and sunshine, hard and easy? Without one we often fail to appreciate the other. Each year for the past five years, my husband and I have spent the month of February on the “Fo

Not only on Valentine's Day but every day, people need to love and be loved. Experience it as a noun and a verb. Value love.

February is a big month in the world of sports. We kick off with the Winter Olympics, which only come once every four years. Can’t miss all that skiing and skating! Then we add the Super Bowl. Let’s party! Throw in college basketball and you have a sports junkie’s dream. Who cares if the weather outside is frightful?! As a lukewarm sports follower, I recognized 3 lessons sports can teach all of us, whether we know a single statistic or can identify a single athlete. Sports ca

In this season of Thanksgiving, we are encouraged to have an “attitude of gratitude.” Really? Even in 2021, nearly two years into a pandemic, one might ask? Yes. Gratitude is needed now, more than ever. How does one achieve such an attitude when there is so much fear, anxiety, division, and uncertainty in our lives? Is it even possible? At times like these, gratitude does not come easily or naturally to most of us, as it tends to be a response to positive circumstances, not

Happy World Food Day!! World Food Day is celebrated each year in October, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

Are you attending FNCE? That’s short for the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo – the annual meeting of the Academy of Nutrition and...

Research has found that more frequent family meals are significantly associated with improved diets, healthier weights, greater family cohesiveness, improved academic performance, and less risk-taking behaviors, to name a few.

What do tragedies and hardships teach us? Do we come out stronger and more resilient, or are we more defeated and divided? Historical...

Discrimination, prejudice, unequal treatment, harassment – just a few of the negative consequences resulting from the biases humans hold...