Motivational interviewing is a powerful and evidence-based approach that can help clients explore their ambivalence towards change, strengthen their motivation, and ultimately drive positive behavior change. Whether it’s overcoming addiction, adopting healthier habits, or pursuing personal goals, motivational interviewing offers a client-centered and collaborative method for facilitating change by tapping into a person’s intrinsic motivations […]
Making a commitment to real self-improvement is challenging. It requires significant, life-altering efforts and a profound sense of internal motivation. It’s no surprise that most of us struggle to muster the drive to try to create lasting change. The winning formula for how to get motivated seems to completely elude us. The thing is, it’s […]
There are many articles about self-care, but fewer about self-compassion, which is much more important. Learn more about how to practice self-compassion, today.
To observe Annual Boost Self-Esteem Month, Kindness-Compassion-and-Coaching.com published a series of posts about this intriguing subject. (If you would like to read the series from the beginning, please start with: Self-Esteem: What You Need to Know and Secrets Revealed.) Self-discovery plays a vital role in any effort to assess our self-esteem, or to improve it. […]
What do you wish for when you blow out a candle? I heard this question the other day. It got me thinking. Do I have one dream? If I could will one thing to happen, what would it be? If I had a bottle with a genie in it, what would I ask for? Not […]
We all want to be happy. Sometimes as we seek it, we forget how powerful we are. We can choose to be brave. That's important. Because courage and happiness are closely connected.
Do you have a vision of the life you want to lead in the future? A real, crystal-clear picture? How often do you think about it? Embellish it? Fine-tune it? Do your dreams include vivid examples of what your life will be like after you achieve them? When you’re actually living that future vision, living […]
Forgiveness can help reshape our perceptions, heal deep wounds, and foster personal and collective peace. It also has the potential to dissolve resentment, break down barriers, and pave the way for authentic reconciliation. Today, we are focused on the implications of forgiveness, both on an individual level and within the broader context of societal and […]
