Make This Your Year
Do SOMETHING for YOURSELF
To Make You the Best You Can Be!

Learn and Practice Innovative Concepts and Techniques to Help
You Become less Upset by Life’s Daily Challenges.
These Ideas can completely Transform your Life so
YOU can live the Inspiring Life you were Born to Live!
Come to our Chicago Workshop on Choice Theory®.
Don’t wait one more day to make this monumental decision.

Dear Fellow Self-Development Enthusiast,

If you’re like me, you often find yourself wondering why you and the people around you do the things you do. Before learning Choice Theory®, I would often just shake my head at some of the things those close to me would do. Then, I learned Choice Theory® and began looking at the choices I was making in relation to the "craziness" around me. That was both frustrating and empowering. I learned that ANYTHING could happen in my life and I could handle it based on what I chose to do or think. It was like I was handed the genie in the lamp and told I could have all my wishes for the rest of my life. Now, don’t get me wrong—“bad things” still happen in my life but with my understanding of Choice Theory®, I can now manage anything life has to throw at me. I feel very powerful and free. Sound good? You too can have that ability. Choice Theory® can help you in every aspect of your life—it becomes the new way you view the world. When you apply these concepts, you will become a better person, a better mother or father, a better life partner, a better employee or supervisor and overall you will have more peace in your life. Your relationships with other people will become more satisfying and you will move closer to those you care about.

Stop believing that some degree of unhappiness is necessary in this life and that relationships are always difficult and tumultuous. It doesn’t have to be that way! You can be happy and satisfied in your relationships. All it takes is some adjustments in the things you are doing and the thoughts that dominate your life. Learn the concepts of Choice Theory® and see the difference it will make.

You may be asking yourself why do YOU have to change the things you do and the things you think, especially when you know it’s everyone around you who is creating misery in your life. If only your husband would be more romantic or your wife would cook more often, then things would be great. If only your children would do what they are told and not argue so much. If only your boss would appreciate your work, then your life would be perfect, right? While I can agree that it would be awesome if we could get everyone in our lives to do things the way we want them done, I don’t believe that’s very realistic. In fact, I know that in our best attempt to get others to cooperate with us, we often use some negative behaviors like complaining, nagging, criticizing, blaming, threatening, punishing and bribing. Does this sound like anything you do or that others do to you? In Choice Theory®, we call those behaviors the Deadly Relationship Habits and we attempt to help you to rid them from your life by replacing them with the Caring Habits instead.

In the meantime, who is the one in distress? If your husband or wife isn’t being the partner you wish he or she would be, whose most unhappy—you or your partner? If you children aren’t cooperating, who’s in the most distress—you or the children? If your boss isn’t appreciating you, who is most upset—you or the boss? Without knowing the particulars, I would guess it’s you! If I’m right, that’s the reason you need to adjust what you are doing because you can! Trying to get others to do what you want them to is a frustrating undertaking because often they don’t do things the way you would want them to. Funny, but they have their own way of doing things that doesn’t always match what you want.

When you focus on your own behavior, you are empowered because that is something over which you have some effect. Stop wasting your time attempting to control others and in the process becoming someone you don’t recognize. Learn how you can be happier and more satisfied by making some adjustment in what you are doing. It’s a very exciting journey!

Coaching for Excellence’s Basic Intensive Week in Choice Theory® and Reality Therapy will take you to another level of personal growth and development.

”You cannot make anyone do what he or she does not want to do.
We can only teach him a better way and encourage him to try it.”

---Glasser

Who is Kim Olver?

Kim Olver has a graduate degree in counseling, is a National Certified Counselor and a licensed professional counselor. She is a member of the American Counseling Association. Since 1987, Kim has extensively studied the work of Dr. William Glasser’s Choice Theory®, Reality Therapy and Lead Management. She was certified in Reality Therapy in 1992 and continued her studies to become a certified instructor for the William Glasser Institute in 1993.   Since that time, she has taught over 50 basic intensive weeks, educating counselors, social workers, clergy, school administrators, teachers, business people, those interested in self-development and parents.  

Kim is the author of Leveraging Diversity at Work and the author of the forthcoming books, Empowerment Parenting and Relationship Empowerment. She helps others make positive changes and triumph through difficult periods of their lives.

In 1987, Kim had her first exposure to Dr. William Glasser’s CT and it has been making all the difference in her life. It was CT that gave Kim the inner strength she would need to manage the events that life had in store for her. While committed to very rewarding work in the field of child welfare, it was necessary to practice CT principles to prevent stress and burnout. At the age of 34, she learned her husband had a terminal illness and by age 38, she was raising two teenage boys alone. CT helped through that period. Then, some time after that, she reentered the dating world after a 16-year marriage. This may have been the biggest challenge of all—to stay the person she wanted to be and manage the disappointments and heartaches involved in attempting to find the right person with whom to share her life. Currently, CT is assisting her to accept her youngest son’s deployment to Iraq.

Kim is an expert in relationship, parenting and personal empowerment. She works with individuals who want to gain more effective control of their lives and relationships, and who would like to achieve greater satisfaction and heightened contentment. What makes her services different from other relationship experts is that she helps her clients tap into their internal power source by focusing only on those things they can change, and as a result, her clients become empowered so they can deliberately create the life and relationships they deserve.

She has maintained a private counseling practice and in 2004, decided to move into the field of coaching, where there are a greater number of individuals more highly motivated to make the changes they seek. If you would like to get your life back on track, get closer to important people in your life, better manage the pain and disappointment of life or reduce depression, fear, frustration and anger and develop greater happiness and satisfaction in your life, then Kim is for you!

What is Choice Theory®?

Choice Theory® takes the mystery out of behavior—yours and theirs. It provides and explanation for why we do the things we do. Choice Theory ® explains how a person’s perceptions shape their reality and teaches the four components of behavior. Armed with this new knowledge, problem conceptualization becomes much easier and the path to taking effective action is clearer.  

One of the things I like best about Choice Theory® is its wide-spread application—you can use it in your personal, as well as your professional life. It provides transferable skills for everyday life. Choice Theory® helped me to become a better counselor, mother, life partner, friend and a better all around person. When you truly embrace its teachings, Choice Theory® becomes a way of life instead of a hypothetical theory of human behavior.

And, if you act today, you will be enrolled in a Basic Intensive Week of training in the ideas and concepts of Dr. William Glasser’s Reality Therapy, Choice Theory®, Lead Management and Quality School Program. This week of training is approved through the William Glasser Institute and counts toward the first step in the Reality Therapy certification process. Here’s some of what I’ll be sharing with you:

Focusing on your own choices is most conducive to behavior change, even with the most disturbing people and events. You really can make a huge difference in your level of happiness and life satisfaction! The bad news is: It’s all up to you. The good news is: It’s all up to you. Are you ready for the challenge?

Past Participant’s Comments

“I have been taking transformational, spiritual and self-development classes for over 30 years. This includes one day trainings, along with on going Buddhist training, numerous retreats and conferences and extended programs on various topics and I will say that Kim's class was one of the best I have ever taken. It was complete, enough time for feedback/evaluations and she taught in a way that no matter what learning strength someone had she made sure she played to that strength. Kim made it fun and interesting. I enjoyed getting to know all the class members.”

---Margaret Lutzke, Waynesboro, PA

"I can use Choice Theory® at my workplace but also with my personal and everyday life. It was one of the best trainings I’ve had yet. This week of training has been a
life-changing event for me!"

---Sue Myers, East Berlin, PA

“I think Kim has an excellent way of filtering her knowledge of CT/RT
in a way that individuals can understand.”

---Nora Ehrig, Ennaus, PA
marsky@enter.net

“I feel that Kim Olver is an outstanding speaker. She has a very down-to-earth
approach that makes things more understandable. Kim has an
outgoing, very personable personality, which makes her
teaching more interesting".

---Teresa Murray, Towanda, PA

“Great tools to help in learning process. Very nice job with explanations.”

---Gina Bellanca, Wilkes-Barre, PA

"After taking Reality Therapy with Kim, I came away wanting more information on the process. She was so stimulating and the classes went so quickly, I was stunned the end came so quickly. The learning experience was more gratifying than expected. Kim treats everyone as if they are an old friend making her way of teaching like putting on an old comfortable sweater. Thanks Kim for everything."

---Carmene Jones, Chicago, IL

“This training really opened my mind to thinking more about my Quality World and what I can be doing to achieve it. I will be working more on myself and my goals and I now
feel empowered to do it!”

---Nikki Rohrback, Osceola Mills, PA

 “The training was a lot of fun. There was a lot of interaction that
helped create a great learning environment.”

---Michelle Bennett, Williamsport, PA
mbennet1@hotmail.com

Attend this Workshop—Realize Your Full Potential

This is no ordinary workshop, where you sit behind a table while you listen to someone speak all day for a week. This training is highly interactive, allowing all participants the opportunity to learn the information in whatever mode they learn best. There will be opportunities for kinesthetic, visual and auditory learners alike. You will learn from each other’s experiences, as well as the instructor.

There will be opportunity to practice all the new skills you learn. This will not simply be dry theoretical information. You will help others evaluate the effectiveness of their choices. You will practice giving feedback by facilitating the other person’s self-evaluation. It will be a week of inside out learning.

Don’t Want to Travel to Chicago?

As far as training programs go, this workshop in Choice Theory®/Reality Therapy is relatively inexpensive. The cost is only $500 for the week. I have been to two-day workshops that cost far more than that. The price is set by The William Glasser Institute. If you want to attend the training but would prefer I offer it locally, then simply find 12-16 other interested individuals and I will come to you! I travel all over the country to provide this training to interested individuals.

If you want to schedule a Choice Theory® workshop in your area, please contact me at 708-957-6047 or email me at kim@coachingforexcellence.biz.

Workshop Format

I offer this week of training in two possible formats. It is either offered as a one-week, four to five consecutive days of training totaling a minimum of 27 hours or it can be offered two-days one week and two days within two weeks of the first days of training for a minimum of 30 hours of training. Click on link for dates and pricing information.

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Scholarships

The William Glasser Institute provides for a scholarship program for individuals demonstrating economic need. There are a limited number of full paid and half paid scholarships available, so apply early. Should you be interested in applying, please contact me at 708-957-6047 or email me at kim@coachingforexcellence.biz and I will give you the necessary information about applying for a scholarship.

Reality Therapy Certification

Certification is a five-step process. If you are interested in certification in Choice Theory® and Reality Therapy, then this Basic Intensive Week is the first step. The certification process can occur in as little as 18 months. Certification can take as long as a person wants. There is no expiration date on training. The following are the steps in the certification process:

• Basic Intensive Week
• Basic Practicum
• Advanced Intensive Week
• Advanced Practicum
• Certification Week

Don’t Forget Your
Continuing Education Credits!

There are many possible CEUs connected with this training:

In Illinois:

• National Board of Certified Counselor CEUs
• Illinois LPC, LCPC, LSW and LCSW CEUs
• Illinois teacher CPDUs

In Pennsylvania:

• National Board of Certified Counselor CEUs
• Pennsylvania LSW, LCSW and LPC CEUs

Academic Credits

Whitworth College will provide undergraduate or graduate education credit for participants attending Institute-approved Intensive Weeks. Graceland University will provide graduate credits for Intensive Weeks and the Certification Week.

Make this Investment in Your Personal Growth and Development! Purchase Now

When you sign up for this life-changing Basic Intensive Week Workshop you’ll learn:

• The five basic needs that drive all human behavior.
• Why people do what they do.
• The seven deadly and the seven caring relationship habits.
• How the perceptual system influences a person’s reality.
• Methods for discovering what you and others really want.
• Strategies for helping yourself and others to self-evaluate the effectiveness of their own behavior.
• How to unlock your personal power by focusing primarily on those things over which you have control.
• How to work with difficult people.
• How to negotiate for a win/win solution when you are experiencing conflict.

It's all within YOUR reach when you take this Basic Intensive Week. It’s easy, it’s simple and it’s VERY affordable.

Purchase Now for a Successful Year

Purchase Now and Watch Your Effectiveness Soar

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This is a package that you can’t afford to miss. Take the first step in creating the life and relationships you deserve. It will only happen by conscious design. Please don’t wait one more day. These ideas have been extremely powerful for others who have applied them. That could be you. Please register now. Begin or continue your journey of self-discovery and empowerment while learning how to minimize your stress level. You can’t afford to miss this life-changing workshop.

Cancellation

You will receive your money back in full should you cancel prior to 60-days of the beginning of the workshop. If you cancel between 30 and 60 days of the workshop starting date, you will receive 50% back. If you cancel between 30 days prior up to the opening day of the training, you will receive 25% of your registration fee back.

Contact

If after reading this letter, you still aren’t convinced or you have further questions, please contact me at 708-957-6047 or email me at kim@coachingforexcellence.biz.

Make today the day you want it to be!
Unleash the power within you.

Kim Olver
Coaching for Excellence
(708) 957-6047
Kim@CoachingforExcellence.biz
www.CoachingforExcellence.biz

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