Just what is the relationship between Stages of Change & Motivational Interviewing
Just what is the relationship between Stages of Change & Motivational Interviewing Many people confuse the Stages of Change with Motivational Interviewing. They aren’t the same thing, but they work super nicely together. (Fun fact, they both came out around the...
Let It Begin With Me
Let It Begin With Me I went camping last weekend. We took a break from gearing up around the start of school, paying attention to social media, news, freaking out about the state of our country and world, thinking about work… I read a novel, sat around a campfire with...
Underlying messages of Reflective Listening
Underlying messages of Reflective Listening Have you ever gone to a friend with a dilemma, and they in turn give you advice, or talk about their own experience with a similar dilemma?Maybe that advice or perspective was just what you needed. Or maybe, you really just...
Bill Miller & Motivational Interviewing as a Way of Being
Bill Miller & Motivational Interviewing as a Way of Being I was recently chatting with someone about Motivational Interviewing as a way of being. A way of being?I thought it was a skill set? An Evidence-Based Practice? Motivational Interviewing is actually all of...
Breaking MI down into Baby Steps!
Breaking MI down into Baby Steps! When I think about “Baby Steps,” I can’t help but recall Bill Murray in the movie What About Bob, when he has the goldfish around his neck in a jar and is shuffling down the street muttering to himself, “Baby steps to the market, baby...
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