by Kim Olver | Mar 1, 2018 | Choice Theory, Parenting
I am always grateful for meaningful learning opportunities, but I generally prefer them more when I don’t look like an idiot in the process! I have been traveling in Asia and was repeatedly struck by people’s concerns about pleasing their parents, even parents that...
by Kim Olver | Oct 3, 2017 | Choice Theory, Couples
This article is about how to help women feel sexual minus the guilty control. As a Choice Theory expert, I know that trying to guilt your wife into having sex will be a lose/lose/lose proposition. You will not have the enthusiastic sex partner you really crave; she...
by Kim Olver | Sep 27, 2017 | Choice Theory, Relationships, Self-growth
by Kim Olver My friend recently wrote something on Facebook that, for me, sparked some further thinking: “I used to worry about people I love. Now I just love them.” Later that same day, a client of mine shared a story about her mind wandering while home with her...
by Kim Olver | Dec 23, 2016 | Choice Theory, Holiday, Relationships, Self-growth
The holidays can be a beautiful or a stressful time and sometimes, it can be both. I was talking with my daughter-in-law about all the stress she was experiencing because time was running out and she had more to accomplish before Christmas than time to accomplish it...
by Kim Olver | Oct 20, 2016 | Choice Theory, Self-growth
This blog has multiple purposes but one of the main ones is to help people take control of their lives by putting their time and energy into the things they have power to control and/or influence instead of trying to control everyone else in their lives. A side...
by Kim Olver | Sep 3, 2012 | Choice Theory, Coaching, Parenting, Self-growth
This month’s InsideOut Empowerment Challenge is about looking beyond behavior to its purpose. All behavior is purposeful. Every behavior is a person’s best attempt to get something they want at that particular time to more effectively meet one of their five...
