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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 26, 20182 min read
Climb that mountain! Achieve your goals.
4 weeks into 2018, what percentage of New Year’s resolutions have been forgotten? Too many! Yours don’t have to be. Achieve your goals by...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 19, 20183 min read
Why I love to teach nutrition to children
What is your favorite food? Why did you pick that food? Does thinking about eating it conjure up good memories? Was it one of your...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 12, 20182 min read
Have you written “18 for 2018”?
I am a goal setter, but I don’t limit myself to resolutions only at New Year’s. However, I do annually spend some time at the start of...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jan 5, 20182 min read
What does the future hold?
What does the year ahead hold in store? We cannot look into a crystal ball, but we can determine what we would like our future to be and...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 29, 20172 min read
Lessons from a full house
Between December 18th and 30th our home hosted up to 25 members of our extended family, including 6 young children between the ages of 1...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 22, 20173 min read
Are you overwhelmed?
Raise your hand if you are feeling overwhelmed. During this season of the year, planning and preparing for events, completing projects,...
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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
Dec 1, 20172 min read
What does it take to be a successful communicator?
Successful nutrition communicators possess more than the required knowledge and skills. Successful communicators demonstrate specific...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 24, 20172 min read
The secret to holiday happiness is…
Buy less stuff - Make more memories. Are you making a list and checking it twice? I am too… but this year it is a list of memory-making...
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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
Nov 10, 20172 min read
3 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer
Simplest answer: 1. write, 2. write, 3. write. We become better writers by writing. But there is more to it than writing. If we don’t...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 3, 20173 min read
Write to be remembered
Last week I spent 5 days in South Haven, Michigan with a group of my closest friends. We have been vacationing near Lake Michigan for 12...
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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 20, 20172 min read
Convention bound? Create and cultivate connections.
LinkedIn, Twitter, webinars, and conference calls are all essential tools to keep connected in today’s workplace. In spite of these...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 13, 20172 min read
You CAN overcome stage fright!
Your mouth goes dry. Your skin flushes. You break out in a sweat. Your knees knock. Your heart races. You can’t catch your breath. You...
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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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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 22, 20173 min read
Could eating together help us live longer?
Did you know? Our country is in the midst of a “loneliness epidemic.” Consider these statistics: More than one-fourth of all American...
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Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 15, 20172 min read
What creates a successful team?
Teams with these 6 characteristics will succeed.
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