In Part 1 of the Heath Coaching Toolkit we considered key theories which inform health coaching, including the Transtheoretical model of Change, or Stages of Change model. In Part 2, health coaching expert Professor Stephen Palmer focuses on Motivational Interviewing, a form of guiding to help the reluctant client become more motivated. Realistically, changing health inhibiting behaviours (HIBs) and habits of many decades can be quite a challenge for most people. The health coach needs to time interventions carefully to avoid clients prematurely dropping out of coaching. From a client’s perspective,...