by Hillary Bolter, LCSW, LCAS | May 23, 2023 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
Acceptance Is an Inside Job Do you sometimes struggle with accepting a client? What about when they are making ‘poor’ choices? What about when they do or have done things that you find hard to accept? What about when their values differ vastly from yours? Today I’m...
by Hillary Bolter, LCSW, LCAS | Apr 3, 2023 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
Vampire Spells and Curiosity via Motivational Interviewing One night when I tucked my youngest daughter in, she just didn’t fall asleep. Time and time again, I walked by her bedroom and saw her laying in bed, wide awake.What on earth is going on? Maybe starting back...
by Hillary Bolter, LCSW, LCAS | Mar 13, 2023 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Humility, and Motivational Interviewing Spirit Y’all, one thing I love about blogging is that I get to write about whatever inspires me this week about Motivational Interviewing! I see connections everywhere, this week author Ta-Nehisi Coates...
by Hillary Bolter, LCSW, LCAS | Dec 19, 2022 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
3 Tips for Surviving the Holidays with Motivational Interviewing I asked my 12-year-old daughter what tips should I send out for ‘surviving the holidays,’ and she said, “Tell them to drink more wine.” It’s wild the messages one of that age already has about escaping...
by Hillary Bolter, LCSW, LCAS | Nov 29, 2022 | Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
What do Field of Dreams and MI Have in Common? Motivational Interviewing Spirit! The movie Field of Dreams is a classic. (Can I call a 1989 film a classic? I think I just dated myself). Kevin Costner. Ray Leotta. James Earl Jones. Even if you aren’t a baseball fan,...
by Hillary Bolter, LCSW, LCAS | Nov 22, 2022 | 4 Processes, Affirmations and Motivational Interviewing, Motivational Interviewing, OARS Skills, Spirit of Motivational Interviewing, The Change Process
Motivational Interviewing Rewires the Brain. There’s a Motivational Interviewing course for that! This week, in the US, many of us celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. It’s a holiday with an interesting history that I won’t go address here… but it does have me thinking...