Life = Choices; Choices = Life

In this episode, I interview Maureen Sansom, who has been practicing Choice Theory for several years. She has been employed by the NSW Dept. of Education for the past 25 years and for the past 13 years, is at a school for the specific purpose of assisting children who have difficulty managing their behavior. Maureen is a Reality Therapist, having been Certified in Choice Theory, Reality Thera...

In this episode, Kim speaks about the racial unrest in this country from her perspective which comes from listening to, learning from and facilitating diversity workshops over the past 20 years. Her perspective naturally has been shaped from white privilege but it’s been drastically affected by hearing from her black brothers and sisters how different their lives are from her own. She lays out a p...

In this episode, Kim takes a look at the fallacies in the biological/disease/medical model of mental illness and instead proposes, what is currently called mental illness, is actually not a disease at all, but rather a person's best attempt to get something they want when they are suffering from disconnection. Disconnection comes in many forms and the coronavirus has created disconnection of epic...

Because my guests live in different time zones, they were interviewed separately, instead of as a panel, so this week’s podcast is a bit different, and by necessity, longer, than my previous diversity and inclusion podcasts. I will be speaking with three exceptional humans who are members of the LGBT community.  As such, they live with discrimination and inequities every single day by ju...

Kim has a discussion with two exceptional humans whose skin tone categorizes them as Hispanic, who live with discrimination and inequities every single day over something they have zero control over. Many Hispanic people fear having a straight-ahead conversation about ethnicity with white people because for Hispanics, it often isn’t safe due to discrimination and stereotyping that exists, while wh...

My goal in doing this podcast is to provide a space for safe, honest, direct conversation of the life experiences with discrimination, oppression and inequities of some amazing humans, who also happen to fit into the category of Black or African American because of the shade of their skin. They will also provide great advice for allies. Let’s help break down barriers.

Listen in to the first of five podcasts about marginalized groups, what life is like for some of them and how best to be an ally for this group. In this podcast, Kim interviews six women of different decades working in male-dominated professions and the inequities they have experienced. The focus is not on condemning men but on helping people who aren't a member of this group how to best serve as...

So much of people’s misery is created in their own head. It’s not done consciously but it is done for a reason—ten of them to be exact. Come to learn why you might be choosing misery and how to stop.

This episode address the concepts of focus and balance, particularly during the coronavirus quarantine. I lay out an 8-Step Process for developing and maintaining focus and talk about a better way than work/life balance to think about balance. Life balance, which includes work, is about balancing your needs. Listen in to discover why I prefer that model. 

Knowing oneself is the foundation of any self-growth and development program. Most people are only too familiar with the person they have been groomed to be, or the person others want them to be, but do you know who you were truly meant to be? Join in and learn how you can find out.

In this episode, Kim talks about the stages of grief many are experiencing during the coronavirus pandemic, the five basic needs everyone has, and how to get them met effectively when it's so easy to get stuck on how you can't meet them in your familiar ways.

This week Kim interviews Jeanette Schneider, the founder and CEO of LIV Media. LIV is an acronym for Love is Viral. Jeanette and her team have created an awesome self-growth app called, LIV Pocket Coach, it's like having a coach in your pocket. We will be talking about the app--its free version, paid version and expanded version with a coach. Jeanette is all about service and I have been enjoying...

Choice Parents do not believe in the concept of punishment so I am often asked the question, “How do kids learn responsibility without punishment?” It’s a myth that children need pain to learn. In fact, the opposite is true. When children are being hurt, either physically or emotionally, they are unable to learn because they are closed for protection. Choice parents use modeling and the art of tea...

Almost from the time they are conceived, children are involved in an inherent conflict with their parents—parents are trying to keep their children safe, while children are trying to meet their other needs for connection, significance, freedom and joy. Many parents somehow believe negotiating with their children, someone lessens their power but the reverse is true. Parents need to figure out what...

Today we will talk about three types of parents—dictator/strict parents, permissive/uninvolved parents and Choice Parents. These types exist on a continuum and you likely move along the continuum to suit your mood, your child and/or the situation. I will make the case for reducing the amount of time you spend at the far ends of the continuum, so you can cultivate the balance in the middle. We will...

Join me while I talk with a Choice Theory parenting expert, Philip Mott, who is a former disengaged student turned teacher who found it harder and harder to fit into the educational system the more he adopted Glasser's Choice Theory. He spends his free time interacting with struggling parents on various groups. He is in the early stages of launching his own coaching program, helping parents u...

Do You Know the Love Language of Yourself and Your Partner? Are you bi-lingual? If you don’t learn your love language and the love language of your partner, you run the risk of loving each other without the other person feeling the love. This can be tragic for relationships. Being bi-lingual with love languages has helped more couples I work with than anything else. If you haven’t heard of these c...

Do you find yourself in a relationship where there is great synergy between you in the dance of sex and romance or has that dance turned into a battle where sex and romance are doled out in small quantities and weaponized against each other? It is a common theme in relationship coaching and one that can be fixed. It doesn’t mean your relationship has stopped working; it simply means you need to le...

Do you have relationships in your life that you wish were closer? Are you at a loss for how to make them better? Often the problem in relationships is that one person is trying to get the other person to do something they don’t want to do, both of you are trying to get each other to do things neither of you want to do, or one of you is trying to make yourself do something you don’t want to do main...

February is known as the month of love and I am kicking it off with an interview with Ray and Jean Kadkhodaian, founders of the revolutionary concepts of Couples Synergy. Listen to hear what they have to say about nearly 20 years of working with couples.

Choice Coaching is based on the principles of William’s Glasser’s Choice Theory. It has ten principles and subsequent goals for coaching. This show helps you understand the dance coaches do between supporting and challenges by filling you in on Choice Coaching’s principles to see if Choice Coaching resonates with you, either as a professional or a client.

Have you ever wondered if coaching is for you? What is coaching anyway? Are you thinking of becoming a coach? Have you considered hiring a coach? Join us to hear the benefits of coaching both for the coach and the client.

This show is an interview with Dr. Nasrollah Navid on the Psychology of Success. Gone are the days when success is described by vocational and financial success. There are other aspects to consider when considering success.

How many times have you set goals on New Year’s Eve only to forget about them before the end of January? You start like gangbusters the first two weeks, then start to decrease progress before halting forward movement completely. That used to be me until I developed my 7-Step Process to Goal Attainment and if you're serious about accomplishing your goals this year, I'm happy to share it with you. I...

Life is a sum of all the choices we’ve made to this point to the various people and things we’ve encountered in our life. Making our choices is what life’s all about. If you are like me, you are every day trying to make better and better choices for a better and better life. It’s my mission to help people get along better with the important people in their lives, including themselves, at home and...