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 […]
What is Accurate Empathy?
What is accurate empathy? It’s two components… Carl Rogers and Bill Miller describe accurate empathy as “an active interest in, and effort to understand the other’s internal perspective, to see the world through her or his eyes and the conviction it is worthwhile to do so”. As a dietitian, I understand the concept and though […]
On Vulnerability and Creativity
I recently attended a program at my Temple Shalom of Newton, where I am a member. This program was for Slichot, which is the time before the high holidays, the Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. During this time, we prepare to consider our actions during the past year, to take […]
Does Using Reflections Sound Awkward to You?
When people are learning the basic skills of MI, they often ask “Doesn’t using reflections just sound like I’m repeating what they just said?” They feel it sounds awkward, and that the other person would just ask why they are repeating. The answer is that with increased skill, you learn how to make the reflective […]
