When They're Not Motivated with Debbie

What do you do when your child, teen, or young adult has no motivation to do their homework, help out around the house, have good hygiene, eat healthy, or any of the other less fun but necessary parts of life?

Listen in as Debbie explains why the typical approaches don’t work in the long-term and what actually does. Debbie also offers four strategies to tap in to your child’s intrinsic motivation for long-term growth and success.

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

• Why it’s important to question whether it’s a motivation issue or something else.
• How extrinsic motivators affect intrinsic motivation.
• The common thing many parents do that can kill intrinsic motivation.
• What messages we’re inadvertently sending when we engage in “if-then” rewards or punishments.
• What our brains are motivated by.
• Four strategies that will help you tap into your child, teen, or young adults self-

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