Archive - Everyday MI

MI Afterparty - MI as a Skill and a Spirit

Learning MI changes the helper

Jul 4 • Sky Kershner

35:21

MI Snack - Gender and Violence

The MI Snack on June 24th, 2026.

Jul 3 • Sky Kershner

1:04:05

What do I do with my Expertise?

A question about MI and Partnership

Jul 3 • Sky Kershner

27:45

Day 200+ 85: Shortstop Territory

What lives in the stretch between second base and third

Jul 3 • Sky Kershner

June 2026

Doing the Cha-Cha

Day 200+ 84: Sometimes we wrestle, sometimes we dance.

Jun 30 • Sky Kershner

Day 200+ 83: “You Don’t Really Want to Be Here, Do You?”

Sometimes the most useful thing you can do is agree with the reluctance.

Jun 24 • Sky Kershner

One Reflection, Then Be Quiet

Sometimes I talk too much

Jun 23 • Sky Kershner

MI Video - The "Unresponsive" Client

Day 200+ 81: How reflections create safety

Jun 20 • Sky Kershner

54:06

Little Acts of Violence

What an old tape of a very quiet client taught us about the questions we rush to ask.

Jun 18 • Sky Kershner

MI Video - Mindfulness in Conversations

Day 200+ 79: How Mindfulness supports the MI Conversation

Jun 14 • Sky Kershner and carol sullivan

1:04:13

Identifying Change Talk

Change Talk is the Secret Sauce of MI

Jun 12 • Sky Kershner

The Margins Around the Session

My time management can be like an overflowing closet.

Jun 9 • Sky Kershner

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