"The Muse Inspiring the Poet" (1909) by Henri Rousseau
According to Grant, motivational interviewing has been "used effectively by health professionals to help people stop smoking, abusing drugs and alcohol, gambling, and having unsafe sex, as well as to improve their diets and exercise habits, overcome eating disorders, and lose wieght. It's also been applied successfully by coaches to build grit in professional soccer players, teachers to nudge students to get a full night's sleep, consultants to to prepare teams for organizational change, public health care workers to encourage people to disinfect water in Zambia, and environmental activists to help people do something about climate change. Similar techniques have opened the minds of prejudiced voters, and when conflict mediators help separated parents resolve disputes about their children, motivational interviewing is twice as likely to result in full agreement as standard medicine" (149).
If you could sign up for some motivational interviewing to help you with a particular behavior, what kind of motivational interviewing would you sign up for?
If you could provide motivational interviewing for the people who attended your high school, or the people in your hometown, or for your classmates at ECU, or some other peer group, what kind of motivational interviewing would you like to provide them?
This last year of high school was very hard in some ways for me. Our school had no mask mandate, so two of my friends and I were basically the only students who wore one every day. It took strength, because we were treated differently, especially by a group of guys during takes of a class photo when the photographer asked if we wanted to take our masks off (cue the fake sneezing and coughing behind us). If I could give motivational interviewing to my classmates it would be about getting the Covid vaccine and taking this pandemic more seriously (and not bullying people who believe it is real).
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If I could sign up for a motivational interviewing to help with a specific behavior of mine it would be for my short temper and anger issues. Starting four years I found myself having more bad days over small things that I found annoying and tested my patience. I would keep my anger to myself and release it later on in the day by working out. However, I discovered that working out would help me release anger for only a little while. I could not keep my anger to myself, and I began to lash out at others verbally and even once physically. I knew that it was then when my fist smacked my friends face that I had a serious problem. Since then, I have learned that it is not others that make me angry but that it is myself who chooses to become angry. Whenever I begin to feel upset, I remind myself that it is I who decides whether or not I have a good day or a bad day and not others around me.
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I relate to you in the fact that I also have a problem where lash out at others when I am angry. It is hard for me to not get mad at little things. I also hold all of my anger in for weeks and then it feels like a just come to a point where I am about to explode. I have also found that working out keeps me calmer throughout the day. Reading a good book also keeps my anger and stress level down. Thank you for the reminder that we are in control of ourselves and it is our responsibility to keep ourselves happy.
DeleteI would sign up for motivational interviewing in an attempt to reduce my procrastination. While I get things done on time - and usually without sacrificing quality - I often wait until the idiomatic“last minute” to do so as it leaves me feeling more relaxed. However, I recognize that this is not always the best method of approaching work, especially if an unforeseen circumstance manifests, so I would like to lessen my habits of doing so for more important work.
ReplyDeleteAs for providing motivational interviewing to others, I would like to promote the sentiment of not settling for mediocrity. Doing the bare minimum for (almost) anything is not something I can agree with: if you can achieve a better result, why would you not? It may be more effort, but I would gladly show off my best work rather than a mediocre use of my talent - it represents me, after all.
- Luken Sloan
Your stance on not settling for mediocracy really hit hard, I can not tell you how often I hear people say, and even myself, “oh well thats good enough”. I think a motivational interview for learning to show off your best work would do wonders here.
DeleteIf I could create a motivation interview, I would create one that centers on saying no. All too often to I catch myself spreading myself too thin and saying yes. Sometimes being a people pleaser makes me feel immense guilt anytime I feel like I let someone down. This fear of saying no has even progressed into not picking activities with friends. I am so worried that I am going to pick the wrong activity, that I refuse to pick. If I could learn to create a balance and not feel guilty every time I say no, the stressors in my life would be mostly gone. If I could provide a motivational interview for the people here at ECU, I would do one on respect. All too often as a Resident Assistant, I get angry students and parents yelling at me. I understand that some things may pose an inconvenience but it’s not my fault. I've been disrespected, my coworkers, and even my boss. People should have more respect for everyone. To their peers and classmates, to professors, and even themselves. Respect is an important tool that people tend to lose. - Emily Ford
ReplyDeleteMotivational interviews seem like such a novel idea to me. I think they have the potential to help people in a lot of ways to more quickly resolve some of the struggles and decisions they are going through. But I still can’t help but see them as potentially being a little manipulative. That being said, if I were able to sign up for some motivational interviewing, I would like to go for procrastinating, going to bed at a decent time consistently, and improving my exercise habits. These are all things that I have struggled with off and on and would like to overcome.
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