“ Be enthusiastic, and share your ideas with your colleagues.”
Today, she travels the world as a 70-year-old-speaker.
“ I have given talks on nutrition entrepreneurship and sound nutrition in over half of the States in the U. S., most of the provinces in Canada, all the provinces in South Africa, and in England and Australia. Recently my talks have been in Kiev, Stockholm, Johannesburg, Shanghai, with many more ahead,” says Maye. In her talks, she shares“ the best anti-aging tips: eat well. People are scared of eating and turn to fad diets. I give them science and common sense,” notes Maye. But, she says, dietitians still“ have a lot of work still to do in communicating nutrition messages.”
Maye has reached the peak in dietetics in three countries.
She was the first Representative of the Consulting Dietitians of Southern Africa; President of the Consulting Dietitians of Canada; Chair of the Nutrition Entrepreneurs and won the Outstanding Nutrition Entrepreneur Award in the USA.
Maye has also started a private practice in eight cities, in three countries! This put her in the challenging position of having to write the dietitian registration exams three times:“ Once in another language, Afrikaans; once in Toronto at 42,( however, studying in English was great); and once in the United States at 48, where I had to go backwards in time to learn imperial measurements. At least, when I speak at international meetings, I can use metric values, so nothing was lost there!” says Maye.
© Dietitian Connection 8 Infuse | October 2018- Special FNCE issue