RHETT SMITH

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• • Intentional Living

• Are you feeling burned out? Try self-care.

• on March 17, 2014
• I just made it through a season where at moments I felt like I was on the verge of burnout. It just felt like a period of time when really big stuff...stuff bigger than usual was being juggled, and I was doing my best not to drop everything. Some of those things were: I was in an intense season of personal growth as I was participating in an 8 week online coaching program. I was also in in the[...]

 

• • Marriage

• 3 Things to Practice When Taking the Risk to Ask for What You Desire in Your Relationship

• on December 23, 2013
• I've been working with couples for a long time. And one of the most frighteningly, vulnerable moments that I watch most couples experiencing -- is that moment when they have to take the risk and ask their partner for what they need/want/desire in the relationship. They may desire to have more help around the house. They may want more sexual intimacy in the relationship. They might need more hel[...]

 

• • Marriage

• Sex, Intimacy and Belonging in Marriage

• on December 16, 2013
• "A sociologist once observed that the prevalence of intimacy themes in mass media, pop psychology, and 'alternative lifestyles' suggests that were driven by hunger for intimate union. It may look like this on the surface, but my clinical work helped me realize that there's actually something else going on. We're driven by something that makes us look like we crave intimacy, but in fact we're after[...]