A shift in perspective is a miracle

We are creatures of habit. What our clients become accustomed to is their comfort zone and sometimes that comfort zone is not so comfortable or doesn’t serve our clients – it might be less a groove of habit than it is a rut of behavioural focus that seems impossible...

Unsolicited advice cements bad behaviours!

Did you know that the movement to client-centred care using motivational interviewing (MI) tools isn’t merely useful for encouraging even more/better behaviour change decisions among patients but that in fact, using MI tools is likely more effective than merely giving...

Evidence-based practice, with key ingredient

“Evidence-informed” or “evidence-based” practice have been buzz phrases for the last decade or two, but what does it really mean to be an evidence-based/informed decision maker? Too often health care providers have been encouraged to integrate the research evidence at...