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Maximize your conference experience
Do you attend professional conferences? If you are a credentialled food and nutrition professional, do you attend FNCE? …otherwise known...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 18, 20194 min read


Take the next step!
When you are facing a big project or task, are you more inclined to get started right away, or put it off? If you are in the 20% of the...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 27, 20192 min read


What is your “14er”? Part 2
After work, today, our oldest son, Joey, along with seven other adventurers (at last count), are driving more than 20 hours from Indiana...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Aug 30, 20193 min read


4 Lessons from 2 Years of Blogging
This week the USA turned 243 and this blog turned 2. Happy Birthday! This is my 104th blog post since launching NutritionCommunicator.com...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jul 5, 20193 min read


5 Questions that Inspire Action
How do you and the audiences you serve view life – as the unfolding of events that happen by chance – or as a process of self-directed...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
May 24, 20193 min read


Is your communication hurricane proof?
Well-constructed communication is like having a foundation that is unshakable. This photo shows our February house on Cape San Blas,...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Feb 8, 20193 min read


It’s time to write “19 for 2019”
Are you looking for an effective approach to writing New Year’s resolutions? A year ago, I read about author Gretchen Rubin’s plan to...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 4, 20192 min read


Goals are > wishes
Brian Tracy, in The Power of Discipline, said, “A wish is a goal with no energy behind it.” I agree – goals are greater than wishes. I am...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 7, 20183 min read


Making a list and checking it twice
“Making a list and checking it twice...” That familiar song lyric can apply not only to Santa at this time of year but to all of us. Do...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 30, 20183 min read


Entering the final stretch
As we enter the final weeks of another year, what word best describes your state of mind: Panic? Dread? Anticipation? Excitement?...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 23, 20182 min read


Maximize the impact of your conference experience
The conference is over, your suitcase is waiting to be unpacked, hundreds of emails need to be read or deleted, piles of “real” mail need...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 26, 20183 min read


4 ways to excel at traveling
Do you dread traveling… or dream about it? Travel can be more rewarding and less stressful if you are intentional about just a few...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 19, 20182 min read


Countdown to a convention
Who’s going to FNCE? That’s short for Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo – the annual meeting of the Academy of Nutrition and...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 5, 20183 min read


The Making of a Model
How would you illustrate nutrition communication? The first chapter in Communicating Nutrition: The Authoritative Guide introduces the...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jul 13, 20183 min read


A Day of Disasters
If you’ve been communicating in a professional setting for any length of time, you surely have a “disaster story” – a time when...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
May 25, 20184 min read


Who are your heroes?
I was honored this week with induction into the Purdue University Nutrition Science Hall of Fame. This is the department where I studied...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
May 4, 20184 min read


What are YOU putting off?
Procrastination. We all do it – delay or postpone doing something. Is there something you’re putting off? Something you avoid doing even...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 30, 20183 min read


Climb that mountain! Achieve your goals.
4 weeks into 2018, what percentage of New Year’s resolutions have been forgotten? Too many! Yours don’t have to be. Achieve your goals by...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 26, 20182 min read


Have you written “18 for 2018”?
I am a goal setter, but I don’t limit myself to resolutions only at New Year’s. However, I do annually spend some time at the start of...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 12, 20182 min read


What does the future hold?
What does the year ahead hold in store? We cannot look into a crystal ball, but we can determine what we would like our future to be and...

Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 5, 20182 min read
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