oliviabylove

author ✦ director ✦ executive coach

Pleasure to meet you

I’m Olivia, a wearer of many hats, at the root of which is a purpose in guiding and supporting self-actualization, for individuals, teams, and businesses. I have a decade of experience working for mission-driven businesses and crafting organizational and cultural strategy, as well as an MBA in Sustainability. I recently published a book on organizational development and evolution this year, and have had other long-form pieces published in the personal development space. My work with directing and coaching businesses and individuals centers on guidance through change and development. The process of becoming is my zone of genius, and I can help you find yours too.

Groundwork Executive Coaching

We all want a work-life balance grounded in clarity, focus and ease. Groundwork is a revolutionary body of work that provides tools and training for getting people out of survival mode so they can be at ease in their work and life.

At Groundwork we give you the tools and teach you the behaviors you need to achieve the balance you crave. Our proven system has helped hundreds of professionals, leaders, creatives, and those seeking peace to achieve clarity and joy in their lives while accomplishing their goals.

Communications

Struggling to communicate your message in the way you want? Trained in NVC with an English degree and a marketing background, I can help you find and hone your message in language both creative and compelling, whether it is interpersonal or aimed at your wider audience. There is a path of ease available to all of us.

“A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.”

— Alan Moore

Recent Works

Saving Breitenbush: a story of wildfire & evolution

He Chose Someone Else and I Chose Myself

(Editor’s Pick - Elephant Journal)

Nipplegate 2018: A Story of Bravery, Nudity, and Ultimate Frisbee

(Sisu Magazine, Issue 7: Lawful Bodies)

*NSFW

Instagram poetry

Ya'lllll this one was edgy for me. Pretty much every post is honestly. But ya girl has always loved a challenge ⚔️👅 I'm studying a lot of Jungian psychology in one of @carolynlovewell_'s coaching containers, and damn if it's not bringing suuuuch
I wrote this the day after Election Day, and after seeing an in-person client who is well-versed in all things coaching, therapy, professional development. He knew “the work” he needed to do, but he was just out of energy. When we a
I wrote this after moving into a gorgeous new home this weekend. My beloved and I are combining households, and he had to work during his weekend. So it was on me to get us moved in before the week. I was delighted facing this nesting task, and
I created this lil deck in response to someone who said "oh wow you've changed." Count on it 😛👹😈
Overwhelm is triggered by "too much". Too much to do, too much pain, too much sensation, even too much excitement. We all have different capacities for different emotions and sensations, and those capacities are not static, fixed states.
I’ve had a hard time reconciling the visuals of my current life with what I think an executive coach’s life should look like. (“Should” is always a trap, and I fall in too). I live at an off-grid worker-owned nude hot sprin
There is a well of power in your being that is only available for aligned action.  You've sensed it for years, heard it crooning there is more for you.  Last night a client and I got into some work around saying yes to our big desires.&nbs
• VISION BOARD Q3 • Mark my words, I'll be coaching whole teams and CEOs within the year. Never have I felt such confidence, before something has come into being. It feels both radical, and sure. I've been using the phrase unfounde