In this episode of Take Care Radio, Danny unpacks the concept of Motivational Interviewing. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a coaching (and counseling and psychological) technique used in a variety of cases to help another person to be empowered and get motivated to make changes. When it comes to fitness coaching, MI can be very helpful in understanding and solving the clients’ current struggles.

Danny explains that there are different aspects of MI, highlighting four of them: the professional should not treat everyone the same, people have their specific and unique nuances; the professional should know that the expert is, in fact, the client; it’s important to give a layer of self-control to the client (autonomy); it’s important to take into account ambivalence (flexibility and sustainability). These general guidelines, if followed correctly, can really make a difference in someone’s transformation.

“We just want to be aware that each and every person you work with is a different individual, with a different story, with a different set of values, with a different set of circumstances and they needed to be treated as such.” – Danny Coleman

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