This week I had the pleasure of having lunch and a reunion with 5 friends from high school. To give you an idea of our age, we graduated in 1966. We were eating in a relatively new restaurant several of us wanted to try. The owner is the son of a friend of one of […]
Knowing When You are Hungry
Knowing When You are Hungry How do you know when you are hungry, physically hungry? For some people, the answer is obvious. For others, it’s a dilemma because they are so far removed from their physical sensations or so used to ignoring them, that they really don’t know the answer. If you have been dieting […]
MI Practice Tip: Engagement
The basic process of MI, engagement,is the foundation of your relationship with your client, and all that builds on it. To be an effective agent of change, the practitioner must demonstrate engagement at every opportunity, by letting the client know that they are listening and understand the meaning of the proposed change to the client. […]
Setting the Record Straight. What’s true about nutrition and what’s not?
I go to a local gym twice a week to improve my muscle strength. The truth is I really don’t like the gym, but my trainer is an old friend from high school, and I enjoy chatting with her while I work. This gym is a “private” one, where only independent trainers can bring clients, […]
Being on a Diet Is Like Being on a Leash
One of my clients, Penny, is a woman struggling with dieting, food and her body. She came to me for help, since weight loss diets were not working, and she began to feel desperate. After menopause, she felt herself “getting fatter and fatter” and couldn’t figure out what to do about it. We’ve worked together […]
