by Kim Olver | Aug 14, 2019 | Choice Theory, Relationships
In honor of International Peace Month, I thought it appropriate to write about what constitutes peace. Internationally, most people think of peace as the absence of war. Nationally, it may look like bi-partisan solutions to issues with an active, participating...
by Kim Olver | May 15, 2019 | Choice Theory, Parenting, Relationships, Self-care
Self-esteem isn’t something you can give another person; it’s something they need to cultivate for themselves. However, the environment you create around children can make that task easy or difficult and anything in between. If you are a parent, an educator, or any...
by Kim Olver | May 1, 2019 | Choice Theory
While I was writing my book, Choosing Me Now, I discovered something that surprised me: we all have some sort of built-in need-strength bias. To understand what this means, you might want a rudimentary understanding of Choice Theory, the psychological theory developed...
by Kim Olver | Mar 27, 2019 | Choice Theory, Relationships, Self-care, Self-Development, Self-growth
If you are following my blogs on Strategic Self-Care, then you already know I have an unconventional, Choice Theory approach to the topic, which will be revealed in my forthcoming book, Choosing Me Now, out on Amazon June 4. It will be available for preorder on May...
by Kim Olver | Feb 6, 2019 | Choice Theory
Learning Choice Theory and applying it in your life will help empower you by focusing on the things you have the power to influence or change instead of focusing on the plethora of things that happen that you don’t like and can do nothing about. It moves you from...
by Kim Olver | Nov 29, 2018 | Choice Theory, reality therapy
In 1965, Dr. William Glasser developed a counseling method called Reality Therapy. Beyond being an effective counseling technique, Reality Therapy is a problem-solving method. Not only does it work well with people who want help solving their problems, it also works...
