Continuing with Pavestones’ end of year tradition, I am sharing a selection of this year’s ‘Thank you Notes to MI’. These thank you notes are written at the end of the MI 2 workshop by each attendee, who are invited to imagine that they bump into MI in the street, like a favourite old teacher: ‘What might you say?’ The notes are then randomly shared amongst the class. It’s a great way to wrap up a couple of days playing with MI and the process is always a joy for me to participate in as a trainer. I hope you enjoy this selection and be inspired to keep up your MI, whatever your stage of skill development!

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I recently received a link, from a MINT colleague, to a reading of the children’s book The Rabbit Listened by: Cori Doerrfeld (2018 Penguin Putnam Inc). This sweet, simple story highlights so many of the ways that listening punches way above its weight in its ability to truly assist when meeting with someone experiencing struggles. You can access a link to the story in this editorial and observe what resonates with you about the power of this vital skill. I’ll offer some thoughts as well for your reflection.

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In this Issue, I am very excited to be offering a video recording of a lecture by MI co-founder Prof Steve Rollnick recorded in Cape Town South Africa this March. This presentation was hosted by the South Africa HIV Addiction Technology Transfer Centre (ATTC) and explores the clinical applicability of Motivational Interviewing (MI) in various contexts ranging from harmful substance use, ARV adherence and mental health. In this presentation Steve tries to answer the perennial question for all of us involved in the work of assisting others to be their best version of themselves: ‘What does helpfulness really look like?’.

Prof Rollnick is Honorary Distinguished Professor in the Cochrane Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University. I would like to express my gratitude to Steve for confirming permission to share this wonderful learning opportunity with you all.

To tune in to Steve’s wisdom click through to this issue below.

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This Autumn issue features content from guest contributor and dear colleague Molly Kellogg LCSW CEDRD. Molly is a Psychotherapist, Certified Eating Disorder RD and a MINT member based in Philadelphia USA. In this article, Molly explores the challenge of staying on topic with clients. Whilst Molly’s focus is on assisting nutrition therapists with this task, this challenge is raised as a universal issue across disciplines in my MI workshops and so I highly recommend a read, no matter your scope of practice. Staying on topic with clients can be appreciated from many different angles and this article provides an excellent exploration of the possibilities for skillful practice.

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