How a 0-10 Scale Will Transform Your Communication

Binary questions are easy — and often misleading.

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Binary questions are easy — and often misleading.

In this episode, we break down one of the most powerful (and underused) communication tools in pelvic health, leadership, and life: the 0–10 scale.

Instead of asking questions that are heavily influenced by power dynamics, assumptions, or people-pleasing (“Are you okay with this?”), the 0–10 scale opens the door to nuance, curiosity, and honesty.

We discuss:

✨ Why yes/no questions shut conversations down

✨ How a 0–10 scale creates psychological safety and intellectual humility

✨ How defining the ends of the scale matters just as much as the number

✨ Why the scale naturally leads to better follow-up questions

✨ How this tool keeps conversations collaborative instead of adversarial

We share real-world examples of using the scale:

▪️Gaining consent for internal vaginal or rectal treatment

▪️Asking about comfort with students or shadowing

▪️Clarifying goals like returning to running or biking (and whether those are real goals)

▪️Interviewing clinicians and understanding true interest in patient populations

▪️Navigating employee requests without jumping straight into action

This simple shift turns communication into interaction — and helps you gather better information, build trust faster, and avoid unnecessary conflict.

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Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS

Founder of Pelvic PT Rising and PelvicSanity Physical Therapy in Southern California.

Dedicated to forever changing pelvic health with online clinical courses to help you be more confident in your practice and business resources to help start and grow pelvic health businesses.

Jesse Cozean, MBA

Co-founder of the Pelvic PT Rising and the Rising Podcast.

Jesse uses his business experience to help pelvic health business owners start and grow their practices so they can build a practice that truly works for them. From website design, SEO, conversions, marketing, finance and money mindset, he wants to make the process of owning your own practice easier and fun.