OARS for Self Change! A Little Activity!
Reading Time: 3 minutesDid you know that we can apply elements of Motivational Interviewing to our own dilemmas? Today we are exploring how to use OARS skills, the ‘microskills’ of Motivational Interviewing, with ourSELVES! Kinda cool! (Also, this email is loaded...
What Fenway Taught Me About Affirmations
Reading Time: 2 minutesI want to introduce you to Fenway, our 2 year-old West Highland Terrier. His previous owner had to rehome him a year ago, and we drove all the way from Asheville, NC to Indiana to get him. We fondly refer to him as our little Mid-Westie! He is...
Keeping things focused with SUMMARIES!
Reading Time: < 1 minutesThis is the fourth message in a 4-part series on OARS skills! Click here to read the first three posts on Open-ended questions, Affirmations, and Reflections. This week we’re doing a deeper dive into the OARS tool of SUMMARIES! In...
Wouldn’t it be nice if you had all the time in the world?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf we had all of the time in the world, we might go boating without OARS. But as helping professionals, we have limited time AND our goal is to work with people to support change. So we gotta have some tools to guide the conversation! In...
Affirmations shine a spotlight on a client’s strengths, efforts, and intentions.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Motivational Interviewing, OARS skills are used to guide conversation. We are metaphorically ‘rowing’ toward change with our OARS! This is the second message in a 4-part series on OARS! Click here to read last week’s post on Open-ended...
Hillary Bolter