by Kim Olver | Oct 18, 2018 | Self-Development, Self-growth
It is difficult to look at any recent self-help literature without finding copious material about self-care. Everyone knows it’s something they should do, but not everyone knows how, and if they do, it is rarely a priority. When we find ourselves with discretionary...
by Kim Olver | Oct 11, 2018 | Relationships, Self-Development, Self-growth
It doesn’t seem to matter whether I’m working with someone involved in a relationship or someone who has just left one. When people come to me for help with their relationships, I hear a lot of complaining, blaming, and criticizing with very little understanding,...
by Kim Olver | Sep 6, 2018 | Choice Theory, Grief and Loss, Mental Health, Self-Development, Self-growth
When someone we love dies, it triggers a grief process that everyone experiences. It’s best described by Elizabeth Kublar-Ross in her book, On Death and Dying. In it, she discusses the five stages that people go through: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining,...
by Kim Olver | Aug 30, 2018 | Self-Development, Self-growth
Does it ever feel like there is never enough time in the day? Are you always rushing and feeling stressed? Do you believe that you are not accomplishing what you hoped? Better priority management may be the solution. I don’t believe anyone manages time. We all have...
by Kim Olver | Aug 23, 2018 | Self-Development, Self-growth
If you’re a person who always seeks happiness in short-term, feel good ways, you might be a pleasure junky. They’re likely to choose junk food over good health, casual sex over a committed relationship, and impulse spending over long-term saving. Pleasure...
by Kim Olver | Aug 16, 2018 | Relationships, Self-Development, Self-growth
Quality time . . . what is it, really? Gary Chapman says it’s one of his 5 Love Languages, but if it isn’t your language, how do you know what it is or how to give it to another person? Early on in life, most of us learned something called The Golden Rule: Do unto...
