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What does home cooking look like in the 21st century?
How often is everything served at a meal in your home made 100% from scratch? What does that term even mean today? We certainly don’t...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 24, 20233 min read
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Does it matter where we eat? What difference does a table make?
Where do you eat most meals? Is it at a table, or somewhere else? How often do you eat on the couch watching TV? Or at your desk? Or in...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 22, 20233 min read
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Can everyone benefit from eating with others as much as families do?
When was the last meal you shared with others? Who did you eat with? A family member? A friend? A work colleague? A neighbor? Who do you...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 15, 20236 min read
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Are dangers lurking in our food? Conquer this misconception with truth and respect.
Do you, or others you know or work with, have a fear of a particular food or food component? If so, why? Is there truly danger lurking?...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jun 9, 20234 min read
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Can we conquer the good food - bad food misconception? Yes. With truth and respect.
One of the misconceptions about food and nutrition that drives nutrition professionals crazy is when people categorize food as all good...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jun 2, 20234 min read
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Are you feeling overwhelmed? Break tasks down and build boundaries.
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Do you experience these feelings more often than you would like? When we experience overwhelm, it can lead...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Apr 21, 20233 min read
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National Nutrition Month® - 50 Years of Celebrating Nutrition
National Nutrition Month® is a campaign of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, held each year in March, to “focus attention on the...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 10, 20232 min read
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Creating habits to succeed at your goals? Keep things fresh.
Habits are successful because… well, because they are habits. We do them with little thought and minimal effort. However, a habit may...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Feb 17, 20233 min read
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Creating habits to achieve your goals? Gain clarity on your why.
Achieving goals and creating habits can be hard! To make the process more successful and permanent, we’ve explored the importance of:...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Feb 10, 20232 min read
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Creating habits to succeed at your goals? Believe you are capable.
When you fail to achieve a goal or establish a habit, what barriers are most likely preventing your forward progress? Who or what is...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Feb 3, 20233 min read
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Want to achieve your goals? Replace or reduce negative habits.
Habits are automatic behaviors, actions we take without conscious thought. To change a habit requires the opposite – conscious thought...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 27, 20233 min read
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Creating habits to meet your goals? Make them easy and convenient.
If you visit a new website, do you appreciate it being user-friendly and easy to navigate? If you are searching for a new recipe, do you...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 20, 20233 min read
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Want to create habits to achieve your goals? Make an action plan.
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...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 13, 20233 min read
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Want to create habits to achieve your goals? Do first things first.
When do you most often set goals? At New Year’s when making resolutions is considered the thing to do? In fact, if you don’t set goals at...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 6, 20233 min read
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Want to achieve your goals? Reflect first, then take action.
Do you set New Year’s resolutions? If so, you’re not alone. Research indicates that more than 40% of Americans set resolutions at this...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 30, 20222 min read
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Why do traditions give holidays meaning? They remind us what is important.
What traditions are most important to you, your family, your community, and your audiences? When you think about the holiday season, as...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 16, 20223 min read
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How does communicating kindness improve our well-being and our world?
Kindness. What does it mean to you? It goes beyond being nice. It is demonstrating compassion, grace, empathy, goodwill, mercy,...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 9, 20223 min read
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Are you a single or multi-tasker? Which gets more done, better?
We may be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, but can we effectively and accurately complete more complex tasks or projects while...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 2, 20224 min read
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Seeking happiness? Move gratitude from just an attitude to a way of life.
The pursuit of happiness. A right listed in the U.S. Declaration of Independence along with life and liberty. A call to personal...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 25, 20223 min read
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Can gratitude lead to success? How does it impact our personal and professional lives?
Do you want to be more successful in your personal and professional life? Who doesn’t!? When thinking about factors that could lead to...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 18, 20223 min read
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