My guest today is Dr. Emily Kline. 

Dr. Kline shares all kinds of useful information this week around why and how we can communicate with our adolescents with the best results. This episode is all about motivational interviewing. We touch on relinquishing control and asking curiosity questions, then we dig in deep into what motivational interviewing is and why it’s so helpful. I ask Dr. Kline what motivational interviewing might look like when a teenager is using marijuana, and we agree that the best tool we have to influence our adolescents is relationship. Dr. Kline shares tips on how to start tricky conversations and what you can learn in the first 10 seconds. She tells me what limits, consequences, boundaries, etc. look like to her, what we do when teens disregard those limits, and listening for motivation to change.  

Takeaways from the show

• Relinquishing control 
• Motivational interviewing
• Teens trying marijuana 
• The best tool for influence is relationship 
• Staying respectful & curious 
• How to deliver advice & why we listen first 
• Staying neutral & consistent around hard conversations  
• Expectations & limits without punishments 
• Avoiding socially isolating consequences 
• Listening for motivation for change

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