Are you looking for work, or open to a career change? Would you like job offers to come to you? How do most people find jobs? According...

As we enter this century’s decade of the “Roaring 20’s,” wouldn’t it be wonderful to have 2020 vision, looking into the year ahead with...

Often, our image of how an event will play out is overly idealistic. Holiday events are a good example of reality not measuring up to expectations. We imagine a picture-perfect Norman Rockwell scene and get something closer to Home Alone chaos instead. Our expectations exceed what our resources of time, energy, patience, and finances can bear. In an attempt to recreate old memories or the feelings of holidays long ago, we may not realize that our memories have deleted the mi

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

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...

After work, today, our oldest son, Joey, along with seven other adventurers (at last count), are driving more than 20 hours from Indiana...

This week the USA turned 243 and this blog turned 2. Happy Birthday! This is my 104th blog post since launching NutritionCommunicator.com...

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...

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

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...

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...

“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 the holidays stress you out? If so, you are not alone. Surveys show that about two-thirds of Americans report their stress level as very or somewhat elevated during the holidays.(1) Another study found 31% of us describe our holidays as “frantic.”(2) That makes me sad – how about you? Planning and preparation can be keys to a stress-free h

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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