by Rhett Smith | May 20, 2018 | Anxiety, Depression, Restoration Therapy
The Hideaway Experience In October 2010 I was sitting “third chair” at The Hideaway Experience in Amarillo, TX. The Hideaway Experience is a four-day marriage intensive that I had decided to go check out after hearing about it from a colleague of mine. My...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 2, 2016 | Marriage, Podcast, Restoration Therapy
I have told this story countless times in person, on the podcast, and in my blog…so I will try and keep it brief. But about 6 years ago I had an experience that forever changed my life. I had just returned from sitting in on and observing a marriage intensive at...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 5, 2015 | Podcast, Restoration Therapy
About 5 years ago I was introduced to a therapy model that changed my life. And that’s not an exaggeration. It literally changed my life, beginning with me, then my marriage, then my parenting, then my therapy work, then friendships, and eventually in the work I...
by Rhett Smith | Jul 19, 2012 | Parenting
Last week I was reading a fascinating article at The Daily Beast on the use of technology and some of the new research on the impact it is having on our lives. The article was called “Is the Web Driving Us Mad?” In the entire 5 page article, one little...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 2, 2011 | Marriage
I’m always looking for good marriage books to read and learn from. And one of the ways that I know it is a great marriage book is that it has a profound transforming affect on my own marital relationship. Such is the case with Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations...