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RHR: The Power of Motivational Interviewing, with Ken Kraybill
Category: Health
Duration: 01:12:07
Publish Date: 2018-06-01 15:50:50
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In this episode we discuss:

  • Information is not enough to support behavior change
  • Most of us resist being told what to do
  • How to guide a conversation to strengthen a person's internal motivation
  • The difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
  • MI’s beginnings and growth
  • Partnership, acceptance, compassion, evocation
  • OARS: questions that invite people to tell the backstory
  • Traditional coaching vs. MI coaching
  • An ally approach vs. an expert approach

Show notes:

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Chris Kresser:  Ken, thank you so much for being here. I’ve been really looking forward to this interview.

Ken Kraybill:  You are most welcome. I’m happy to join you.

Information is not enough to support behavior change

Chris Kresser:  So, something I’ve been saying quite a bit lately and maybe to the point where people are tired of hearing it, but I really want to get this message across is that information is not enough to support behavior change. We know that only 6 percent of Americans engage in the top five health behaviors. Things like maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking, not drinking too much, getting enough exercise, and getting enough sleep. And it’s not really because they don’t know that those things are healthy. It really comes down to not being able to successfully change their behavior.

And I’ve often said that if information was enough, then Google would solve chronic disease. And so this is why I’ve been really looking forward to talking to you as an expert in motivational interviewing, because I think a lot of people who go into health coaching or become a nutritionist or go into medicine may have the idea that if they just tweak the information that they’re delivering just so,
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