by Rhett Smith | Apr 12, 2023 | Intentional Living, Videos
I have been sharing a lot with friends, colleagues, and clients recently, the life giving importance I have found in being completely embedded in open community during this season of life. In short — being deeply connected in relationships with others where I...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 4, 2023 | Intentional Living
embed — “fix firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass” (Oxford Language Dictionary) I chose that word intentionally, because connect didn’t seem to accurately portray what I am getting at. Connecting to community seems categorically different...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 6, 2023 | Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Running
Moving my body has been one of the most important things I have done in my life to help with the reduction of my anxiety, depression, and just overall wellness in my mental health. There is a lot of good research on this topic, and running comes up quite a bit in the...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 1, 2023 | Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health
I don’t think it will come as any surprise to anyone if I tell you that running can help you with your anxiety and depression. Or better put, movement of the body helps your mental health. I can speak to this personally as runner who has been running my entire...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 21, 2023 | Intentional Living, Videos
Journaling has been an invaluable benefit to my life personally, and so many of the lives that I get to encounter in my therapy and executive coaching work. In this video I share briefly about why I want to encourage you to take up the practice. You can also check out...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 17, 2023 | Intentional Living, Writing
“I’m not really the type of person who likes to journal.” “I don’t like to write, or put my thoughts onto paper.” “I just don’t have anything to write.” These are pretty typical responses I hear from clients when I...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 9, 2023 | Anxiety, Videos
The “psychological sigh” is the best breath practice for anxiety — that I have found to date. Check out my short post last week on this topic, and I hope you give it a try in your own life.
by Rhett Smith | Feb 2, 2023 | Anxiety
It would be too much to say that I have been on a quest for the best breath work practices for anxiety. But it is true to say, that over the course of the last 10-12 years I have tested out and practiced all kinds of differing breathing patterns to help my anxiety....
by Rhett Smith | Jul 11, 2022 | Anxiety, Podcast
Earlier this year I was really impacted by Michael Easter’s book The Comfort Crisis. And I think what stood out to me the most was really the idea that in order to grow, one must work on becoming more comfortable with the uncomfortable — and I liked how he...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 22, 2022 | Executive Coaching, Podcast, Sports, Therapy Practice
n this episode I share with you some lessons I’ve recently learned in hiring an endurance running coach to help me train and complete the UTMB trail race this year in the Alps. I talk about the importance of hiring a coach (therapist, executive coach, etc) to...
