FREE Event: Q&A and Giveaway with Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness Authors Dawn Clifford and Laura Curtis
To celebrate the recent release of the second edition of Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness, we will be joined by authors and dietitians Dawn Clifford and Laura Curtis for a Q&A about the book and weight-neutral motivational interviewing for dietitians in general! Please feel free to submit your questions beforehand on the Zoom registration page, or the Facebook event page, depending on how you plan to attend.
Live attendees will also have a chance to win a copy of Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (2nd ed.) as well as a copy of The Mindful Eating Workbook by WIDIC founder Vincci Tsui, RD.
This webinar will be simulcast on Zoom and Facebook Live, and the recording will be made available afterwards. Please choose from the following options:
- If you are planning to attend live on Zoom, please register here.
- If you are planning to attend via Facebook Live, please ensure that you are a member of our Facebook group (note that the group is only open to dietitians, dietetic interns and dietetics students in Canada) and save this link. There is no need to register.
- If you are planning to watch the recording, there is no need to register. Keep your eye out for the recording to be posted on our Resources page and in our Facebook group after the event!
Speakers
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Dawn Clifford (she/her)Dawn Clifford, PhD, RD (she/her) is a Professor in the Health Sciences Department at Northern Arizona University. She teaches classes and conducts research related to motivational interviewing, health coaching, and weight inclusive approaches to health and well-being. She’s a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, co-author of Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (Guilford Press 2016 & 2025) and author of 5-Minute MI: Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Health When Time is Short (Skelly Skills 2021)
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Laura Curtis (she/her)Laura Curtis, MS, RD, (she/her) is Lecturer of Nutrition and Food Science and Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics at California State University, Chico, where she teaches in the areas of nutrition counseling, medical nutrition therapy, and food service management. In addition to her teaching, Ms. Curtis maintains a small private practice where she provides nutrition counseling for those struggling with disordered eating as well as medical nutrition therapy for a variety of nutrition-related conditions. She pairs motivational interviewing (MI) with a weight-inclusive approach to nutrition counseling anchored in the principles of intuitive eating and eating competence.
