Ep32 Hearing Loss, Motivation & Taking Chances With Bobbi-Jo Marlatt

Hearing Loss, Motivation & Taking Chances With Bobbi-Jo Marlatt Hearing care is about more than devices — it’s about communication, confidence, empowerment, and helping people take the next step. In this episode of Hear Me Out with Belinda, Belinda Waites sits down with Bobbi-Jo Marlatt, a Hearing Instrument Specialist, author, educator, and lifelong hearing aid wearer, for a powerful conversation about hearing loss, patient care, motivational interviewing, and what it means to help people feel empowered in their better hearing journey. → How Bobbi-Jo’s childhood hearing loss shaped her career in hearing care → Why good communication habits made hearing loss feel normal in her family → What motivational interviewing is and how it can empower healthy change 00:00 Introduction 01:22 Bobbi-Jo’s Personal Hearing Loss Story 03:23 Growing Up Around Hearing Aids 05:19 Writing A Book On Motivational Interviewing 06:44 What Motivational Interviewing Really Means 10:04 Using Better Conversations In Everyday Life 12:47 Vulnerability, Speaking, And Women In Business 14:48 The Story Of Wally The Chicken 16:35 Taking Chances And Pushing Past Limits 18:52 Where To Find Bobbi-Jo’s Book ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT BOBBI-JO MARLATT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Bobbi-Jo Marlatt is a passionate Hearing Instrument Specialist who has worn hearing aids since childhood. After earning her BA in Psychology, she became an HIS and later pursued a Master of Applied Health Sciences and a Master of Education. Her work focuses on hearing care, patient-centered communication, education, and motivational interviewing. Instagram: @pluralpub Website: www.bobbi-jo-marlatt-mclsc-med Sometimes the biggest opportunities come when you stop asking whether something is possible and simply take the chance. If this conversation helped you better understand hearing loss, motivational interviewing, patient-centered care, or the power of taking chances, make sure to like, comment, and subscribe. Share this episode with someone who needs encouragement on their own better hearing journey or a reminder to take the next step. #HearingLoss #HearingAids #HearingCare #MotivationalInterviewing #PatientCenteredCare #BetterHearing #HearMeOutWithBelinda #HearingInstrumentSpecialist #CommunicationSkills #WomenInHealthcare #HearingHealth #Okotoks Host: Belinda Waites Watch full episode Youtube: @belindawaites Instagram: @belindawaites Belinda Waites - Hear Right Canada – Okotoks: where better hearing starts with listening. 🌐 hearrightcanada.ca "Hearing Loss, Motivation & Taking Chances With Bobbi-Jo Marlatt"