#44: Growth Mindset: Believing that you can Learn and Grow – Ph.D. Kali Trzesniewski

09/15/20 • 65 min

How does our beliefs affect us and our lives? Does it matter if we believe we can or can’t learn and grow? In today’s episode me and Kali talk about The Growth Mindset. What it is; how it affects us; tips on where to learn more about it and suggestions of how to internalizing it.

Kali Trzesniewski have a Ph.D. in Psychology from UC Davis. She is a social-developmental psychologist with an interest in understanding how to raise children to grow up to be healthy productive members of society. She studies how self-perception such as growth mindset and self-esteem fosters thriving lives throughout the lifespan.

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#43: How Music affects Exercise Enjoyment and Performance – PhD Matthew Stork

What role does Music play when it comes to Exercise? According to new fascinating research, music seems to be one important element of a good workout. Making it more enjoyable and can improve performance.

Matthew Stork PhD have done several studies of how music affects exercise and have also worked as a strength and condition coach at McMaster University. He is also highly interested in getting more people on the exercise bandwagon.

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#45: Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change – Professor Dawn Clifford

Making and maintaining a change can be hard. Thankfully something exists called Motivational Interviewing which is a powerful approach to facilitate change. In today’s episode me and Dawn talk about what Motivational Interviewing is and why it works. We also talk about dawns book: Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness.

Dawn Clifford, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at Northern Arizona University. She teaches courses in nutrition education and counseling and has experience implementing and directing university-based health coaching programs. She is also a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.

Resources mentioned in the episode

Videos of effective and ineffective MI:

https://www.youtube.com/user/MerloLab/

Book of MI for the individual:

Finding Your Way to Change

The official MI webpage:

https://motivationalinterviewing.org/

Hope you enjoy the episode.