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...
Could YOU Use a Change?
Reading Time: 2 minutesDid you know we can use Motivational Interviewing with ourselves?? This is going to be a 3-email series on utilizing the tools of Motivational Interviewing with YOU. You may have seen this image before, as I use it to describe essential...
Who’s Problem Is It?
Reading Time: 3 minutesA kid, scissors, and a VERY short haircut Story Time!! I’m going to tell you a story about my feisty younger daughter. When she was 4 or 5 years old, I was in the kitchen doing dishes and she was playing by herself in the other room. She...
Working with Someone who is Stuck in a Hole?
Reading Time: 2 minutesI was recently talking with a training participant who shared about his work with a client who is really struggling with depression and motivation. He said, “I’m just trying to get him out of that hole! I keep telling him what to do and...
Hillary Bolter