In last week’s post, we explored the importance of communication skills in elevating the nutrition expert to a nutrition authority . ...

Are you an expert or an authority? Wait! Aren’t they synonyms? Their meanings are related but are not quite the same. What are the...

How do you fund your projects, research, operating budget, and more? If you answered grants, you are familiar with the stress of seeking...

Do others know what you expect? Do you communicate your expectations clearly? If others told you what they think you expect, how well...

What creates effective communication? This series of posts shares 8 key principles. Here are the first seven: Communication is relational...

What creates effective communication? This series of posts shares 8 key principles. Thus far, we have covered these six: • Communication...

What creates effective communication? This series of posts shares 8 key principles. Thus far, we have covered the first five:...

Misconceptions are a nemesis to food and nutrition professionals. On one extreme are claims that a little gummy chew will melt away...

Would you rather receive feedback or feedforward? Since feedback is universally dreaded and feared, you would likely choose feedforward...

Has your communication ever been misinterpreted? Have you ever misinterpreted the messages or intentions of the communication of others?...

When we are overwhelmed, where does the fault lie? With ourselves or others? If we are honest, we must admit our role in taking on more...

Are you feeling overwhelmed? Do you experience these feelings more often than you would like? When we experience overwhelm, it can lead...

What does it mean to you to feel overwhelmed? Like a juggler who can’t keep all your props in the air? Like you’re drowning? Or buried?...

How do you decide what to communicate when there’s so much to say? Doesn’t our audience deserve the benefit of all we know about the...

When you open your mouth to speak, what is the first sound you utter? Is it um or ah as you decide what to say? When you give a speech or...

Habits are successful because… well, because they are habits. We do them with little thought and minimal effort. However, a habit may...

Achieving goals and creating habits can be hard! To make the process more successful and permanent, we’ve explored the importance of:...

When you fail to achieve a goal or establish a habit, what barriers are most likely preventing your forward progress? Who or what is...

Habits are automatic behaviors, actions we take without conscious thought. To change a habit requires the opposite – conscious thought...

What have you wished for that hasn’t come to fruition? Stop and think – did you have a plan in place to make that wish a reality? Likely...