Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
It’s just a typo
You pull up in front of a school and the sign out front advertises an upcoming event as follows: Leteracy Night Dec 8th at 5:00 Would...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 4, 20192 min read
Who is your “arch-nemesis”?
Miscommunication is the failure to communicate adequately. It occurs in a multitude of ways, including communication that is confusing,...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Aug 23, 20193 min read
Miss Perception - What does it mean?
Meet Miss Perception, also known as “Did I hear or read that correctly?” Miss Perception is a contestant in my “Mis-Communication”...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
May 31, 20193 min read
Am I making myself clear?
Recently, my husband had a medical test in which the result read: “The trachea bronchial tree and esophagus are grossly unremarkable.” In...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
May 10, 20193 min read
Don’t be Mr. E
Who is Mr. E and why shouldn’t I be him? Good question. He is the guest contestant in the “Miss Communication” pageant. In this pageant,...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Apr 12, 20192 min read
How do you craft words that work?
Communicating effectively is a challenge. Miscommunication is rampant – we misunderstand, misinterpret, misspell, mispronounce, and more....
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Apr 6, 20192 min read
Miss Communication conquers miscommunication
Have you ever been misunderstood? Or misinterpreted? Have you ever relayed a message with a mistake or a misprint? Have you ever...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 22, 20193 min read
Miss Aligned leaves you out
Meet Miss Aligned, also known as “not speaking the same language, even when it is all English.” She is another contestant in the Mis(s)...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 15, 20192 min read
Believe it… or not
When I was young, a favorite feature in newspapers and magazines was “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” fun fact cartoon. It was fascinating to...
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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
Jun 22, 20182 min read
Double check your work… always.
Admonitions to “measure twice and cut once” or to “proofread before hitting send” are likely based on learning from painful, yet...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Feb 23, 20183 min read
Is a picture truly worth 1,000 words?
Where are you, Sherlock Holmes? I would like to enlist your help in solving the mystery of the unsupported data. It appears that the...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Aug 18, 20172 min read
And the award goes to...
This week at my local Toastmasters meeting I stepped way outside my comfort zone… I gave my first ever humorous speech. I shared the...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Aug 11, 20172 min read
Sew many virgins of Miss Communication
Let’s meet 10 of them: Starting with Miss Understanding, when what you said and what I thought you said are NOT the same. Much like the...
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