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Integrating Compassion into the Course Syllabus
Educating the heart It’s the end of another academic year, and summer stretches tantalizingly forward. A good opportunity to reflect on the past year’s teaching practice, what went well, and...
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Questions to ask yourself… for a meaningful life
“Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.” – e. e. cummings I’ve been thinking about how our questions define who we are today, and who we will become. At a conference last...
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The Art of Listening
It’s the practice itself that really matters I found this on Twitter the other day, and it got me thinking about the art of listening… Your spelling lesson for the day… Can you turn the letters in...
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How the best slideware equals poetry
Honesty is the best poetry I’ve written elsewhere about “PowerPoint Best Practices” and why slide design can make the world a happier place. Images are like poems: their economy is such that they...
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Engagement
Nothing is possible without engagement In any interpersonal interaction, nothing is possible unless there is engagement. This is true whether it’s a one-to-one counselling session, a classroom...
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The Four Processes of Motivational Interviewing: Spotlight on Engaging
Engaging is the Relational Foundation In their 2012 edition of the Motivational Interviewing “textbook”, Miller and Rollnick outline four recursive processes of MI. My colleague Wayne Skinner and...
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The Four Processes of Motivational Inteviewing: Spotlight on Focusing
Focusing means strategic centering with a collaborative goal In a previous article, we looked at Motivational Interviewing (MI) as having four key processes: Engaging, Focusing, Evoking and...
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The Four Processes of Motivational Interviewing: Spotlight on Evoking
Evoke change talk to enhance motivation for change Previously, we looked at Motivational Interviewing (MI) as having four key processes and reviewed practice exercises targeting the first two...
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The Four Processes of Motivational Interviewing: Spotlight on Planning
Planning for Positive Change In each of three previous posts, we looked at Motivational Interviewing (MI) as having four key processes and reviewed practice exercises targeting the first three...
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2018: New Year’s Resolutions
Live More Intentionally The turning of the calendar represents an opportunity for change. Who can resist a clean slate and a fresh start? This year I am determined to: Listen more, and do so more...
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5 Questions to Foster Learner Engagement
How do you want to travel? Lately I’ve been thinking about individual accountability for engaging in learning, and the delicacy in creating a climate where each person in the room feels as...
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TEDx – Radical Self-Leadership: Banish self-doubt with 3 essential practices
What does it take to banish self-doubt and embrace radical self-leadership?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtFUoA_0fwE In October of 2019 I had the honour of joining an extraordinary roster of thought...
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