Where your focus goes, energy flows!
Reading Time: 4 minutes Where your focus goes, energy flows! “Where your focus goes, energy flows!” What a great phrase to describe a part of what we are doing in Motivational Interviewing. A training participant shared this recently, and I love it! As a...
Language & Focus Matters in Motivational Interviewing
Reading Time: 4 minutes Language & Focus Matters in Motivational Interviewing Whether you work directly in nutrition and fitness or not, nearly ALL of our clients will bring up diet, food, nutrition, and exercise at some point. And we know that how we respond...
Roots of Change: Creating Change Plans with Motivational Interviewing
Reading Time: 5 minutes Roots of Change: Creating Change Plans with Motivational Interviewing Sometimes I get asked, “I make change plans with my clients, and then they don’t follow through. Why aren’t they following the plans we created?” I’m going to tell a...
Do You Use Motivational Interviewing All of the Time?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Do You Use Motivational Interviewing All of the Time? “Can I use Motivational Interviewing all of the time?” I hear this question a lot as a Motivational Interviewing trainer. My short answer is no, we don’t want to use Motivational...
The Vampire Rule Applies To Motivational Interviewing
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Vampire Rule Applies To Motivational Interviewing I was recently telling a new friend about Motivational Interviewing, and he asked, “Have you used Motivational Interviewing on me in conversation?” I corrected him, “You don’t use...
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