Motivation & Goals
In this category, you will find all our science-based articles on motivation, self-determination theory, goal-setting and modalities like motivational interviewing.
Download 3 Free Goals Exercises (PDF)
These detailed, science-based exercises will help you or your clients create actionable goals and master techniques for lasting behavior change.
What Is Extrinsic Motivation? (Incl. Types & Examples)
Some tasks make you feel inspired, stimulated, and raring to go. Other tasks can make you want to curl up in bed, procrastinate on Netflix, [...]
Measuring Intrinsic Motivation: 24 Questionnaires & Scales
Intrinsic motivation refers to when we feel compelled to do something for internal reasons, such as when a task interests us (Ryan & Deci, 2000). [...]
How to Increase Intrinsic Motivation (According to Science)
Humans have grown to be curious, active, and deeply social beings, driven by intrinsic tendencies to understand and master both our inner and outer worlds [...]
36 Motivational Interviewing Quotes to Inspire Your Clients
Motivational interviewing is a collaborative therapeutic approach designed to guide clients toward behavioral change. This article presents quotes related to motivational interviewing that will inspire [...]
Motivational Interviewing Steps: 4 Key Processes for Change
If you are a therapist, coach, medical professional, or business leader, then you are in the business of changing behavior. Think about it: therapists help [...]
4 Principles of Motivational Interviewing to Elicit Change
Motivational interviewing is an excellent tool to help motivate your clients to achieve their goals. By getting clients to engage in behavior change, it is [...]
Motivational Interviewing: 30+ Tools, Affirmations & More
Have you ever experienced the frustration of working with a client who just cannot seem to find the motivation to change their problematic behavior? Learning [...]
How to Leave Your Comfort Zone and Enter Your ‘Growth Zone’
Life is full of opportunities to step outside the comfort zone, but grabbing hold of them can be difficult. Sometimes the problem is not being [...]
What Is Motivational Interviewing? A Theory of Change
Conversations about change occur all the time. They can be related to just about anything and can happen with friends and family or with a [...]
The 6 Stages of Change: Worksheets for Helping Your Clients
It was Dean Karnazes’s 30th birthday, and he felt trapped. Despite a successful career and a happy marriage, he was lost and disillusioned. That evening, [...]
