
Long-term, successful nutritional coaching is about much more than just ‘follow this diet’
Motivational Interviewing assumes that every client already has the reasons and abilities to change within themselves. That all they need is a safe place to consider change. A caring, attentive coach to gently guide them in envisioning a better future. And an increasing self-motivation to actually achieve that future.
To me, this style of coaching was a revelation. It shook up everything I thought I knew about coaching. It forced me to change ā and to grow ā myself. And it made me an exponentially better coach. So, in this article, Iād like to share the top lessons I learned from Motivational Interviewing.
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(via Dr. John Beradi)
For those interested in the topic of coaching and change, check out: Switch: How to change things when change is hard, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath.