Having your heart in the right place
Motivational Interviewing and Compassion By Dr Stan Steindl I recently presented at the International Symposium on Motivational Interviewing (ISMI) in Melbourne on the topic of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Compassion. As many will know, MI is a communication style in …
Juggling Act- The Working Mother
Today it seems that parents and particularly mothers are expected to be super heroes, their superpower is multi-tasking. The question is what is a working motherʼs kryptonite and how do we sustain the juggling act? The decision to go back …
Lest we forget
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) helped by cultivating compassion. Joe (not his real name) sits with me in my office, wringing his hands as his legs twitch. His experiences as a soldier in Afganistan have been the topic of our conversation. …