Motivational Interviewing Checkup…How Am I Doing?
Motivational Interviewing Checkup…How Am I Doing? We go to the doctor and dentist for checkups to stay healthy.I can launch a pretty good case that practicing Motivational Interviewing keeps us healthy as helping professionals…so what about a MI checkup?How are you...
3 Questions Answered about Motivational Interviewing
3 Questions Answered about Motivational Interviewing 3 Common questions about MI: Just what is MI? Why is it called MI? And why is it so important? What is MI? The 2023 definition of Motivational Interviewing is that “MI is a particular way of talking with...
Is MI manipulation? Not when it’s all about the Spirit!
Is MI manipulation? Not when it’s all about the Spirit! I met with Dayna Guido recently for a planning session on our upcoming live webinar, the Interplay of Motivational Interviewing & Ethics. We sat in her beautiful home office, her puppy Kefi bounding...
A Little Bit of the Soul (the movie) of Motivational Interviewing
A Little Bit of the Soul (the movie) of Motivational Interviewing I recently rewatched the Disney movie Soul, the story of a middle school band teacher about to make his big music break when he falls into a hole and dies. (Don’t worry, I didn’t spoil anything there,...
Sink your teeth into Motivational Interviewing
Sink your teeth into Motivational Interviewing I LOVE teaching advanced Motivational Interviewing courses. Helping people sink their teeth into the meat of MI is so satisfying. I hear participants share about the energy shift that happens when they are not efforting...
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