Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Why is networking the key to your next job? It's who you know.
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...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 10, 20202 min read
Write that thank you!
Dear Aunt Betty, Thank you for the socks. Love, Billy. Did you write thank you notes for gifts when you were growing up? Back in the...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 3, 20203 min read
Lessons from a full house – Year 3
Between December 21st and January 3rd, we hosted up to 31 members of our extended family, including 6 young children between the ages of...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jun 21, 20194 min read
Is texting replacing talking?
For most of human history, conversations took place face-to-face. Then, in the late 19th century, with the invention of the telephone,...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 18, 20193 min read
Would you like to conquer miscommunication?
Have your messages ever been misunderstood or misinterpreted? Have you ever received a text or an email and weren’t quite sure how to...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 11, 20193 min read
Can we talk?
In today’s world of instant messaging, texting, email, and social media, have we lost the art of having honest-to-goodness, face-to-face...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 16, 20182 min read
Have you heard the one about…?
… the Italian chef? He pasta way. Could you use a good laugh? So could I! The more often the better. Laughter is good medicine We all...
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Guest post by Lisa Hoelscher, MPH, RD, LD
Oct 12, 20183 min read
“Passport on a Plate”
Barb and I have been friends since our student days at Purdue, and have shared many meals and recipes over the years. Recently I sent...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Aug 31, 20183 min read
Neighbors: Strangers or Friends?
If you took a walk around your neighborhood, how many residences could you name the residents? How many residences have you been inside...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jun 8, 20183 min read
The Power of Empathy in a Selfie World
The “selfie,” a self-portrait photo, was the 2013 word-of-the-year, proof of the pervasiveness of this phenomenon. Is their popularity an...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Apr 27, 20182 min read
Who is watching you?
Have you ever considered how much of what you know you learned by observing others? Children imitate their parents. Students emulate...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Apr 13, 20182 min read
Hello, my name is…
I love name tags! I try hard to learn people’s names, but using name tags is a tremendous help. Find out what a person wants to be called...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Feb 16, 20183 min read
What is the quickest way to improve customer service?
You walk into an office, a hotel, a restaurant, a store. What needs to happen for you to have a marvelous customer experience? I contend...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Feb 9, 20183 min read
3 lessons from the world of sports
February is a big month in the world of sports. We start with the Super Bowl. Let’s party! Then we add the Winter Olympics, which only...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 15, 20172 min read
Do you accept or reject?
When someone poses an idea, what is your reaction? To accept and add to it, or to knock it down? When we block the ideas of others we...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 8, 20173 min read
How Improv Connects Audiences
What does “connection” with an audience mean to you? That they aren’t asleep or playing video games on their phone? True connection...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 17, 20172 min read
Let’s get engaged!
Getting engaged is exciting, it’s memorable, and it’s planned. Audience engagement in a presentation can also be exciting and memorable,...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 27, 20173 min read
“Make new friends but keep the old…”
“… one is silver and the other’s gold” – are lines from a song I learned long ago as a Girl Scout. Good advice, especially when attending...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 6, 20173 min read
Smile and say, “Cheese”!
What's so great about smiling? Smiling is one of the quickest, easiest, cheapest, and most effective self-improvement strategies there...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 29, 20173 min read
What I learned at the table
I venture that outside of formal school I have learned more around a table sharing meals with others than in any other single place. I’ve...
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