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# Self-determination Theory

## [The Utility of Self Determination Theory and Motivation in Wellness Coaching – Part One: Motivation](https://realbalance.com/the-utility-of-self-determination-theory-and-motivation-in-wellness-coaching-part-one-motivation)

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***“Don’t ask how you can motivate others. Ask how you can create the conditions within which others will motivate themselves.”***
 Edward L. Deci



**The motivation of the coaching client** for change is usually seen as the foremost factor in the coaching process, yet many coaches lack adequate knowledge of this concept. Some coaches believe that is it somehow their…

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## [The Utility of Self Determination Theory and Motivation in Wellness Coaching – Part Two: Autonomy, Competence & Relatedness](https://realbalance.com/the-utility-of-self-determination-theory-and-motivation-in-wellness-coaching-part-two-autonomy-competence-relatedness)

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As health and wellness coaches work with their clients to help them live their healthiest lives possible, an understanding of the basics of **Self-Determination Theory** of Edward Deci and Richard Ryan ([http://selfdeterminationtheory.org](http://selfdeterminationtheory.org)), is very useful. In the Part One blog posting on this subject we looked at how this theory addresses human motivation. ([https://wp.me/pUi2y-nT](https://wp.me/pUi2y-nT)). Here we…

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