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Rhett Smith137: Anxious Progression One Day at a Time

by Rhett Smith | Nov 15, 2021 | Anxiety, Intentional Living, Podcast, Running

This podcast episode is a further exploration of the blog post, Anxious Progression One Day at a Time. In this episode I explore the concept of progressive overload in physical fitness, and how that same concept can be applied to working through anxiety —...

Rhett Smith 135: I’m Doubling Down on Breath Work

by Rhett Smith | Feb 28, 2021 | Intentional Living, Podcast

I have always been a fan of breath work, especially in the way that it has not only been so helpful for my own life and the anxiety that I have struggled with — but I have literally seen it change the people’s lives that I work with. Breath work is...

Rhett Smith 134: My Ongoing Experiment with Fasting

by Rhett Smith | Feb 28, 2021 | Intentional Living, Podcast

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin I’m definitely no expert on the topic of fasting, but I have been experimenting with it for a few years, and...

Rhett Smith 133: Goal Setting, Habits and the “Long Obedience in the Same Direction”

by Rhett Smith | Jan 25, 2021 | Intentional Living, Podcast

At the beginning of each new year we tend to think about turning the page on the current year, setting some goals, and moving with energy and momentum towards the new year that awaits us. Though there is no magic with the turning of the calendar year, it does offer us...

Restoration Therapy: Depression and Low Emotional Affect

by Rhett Smith | May 19, 2018 | Depression, Restoration Therapy

I have written extensively on various ways to work with people who are struggling with anxiety, but I find that working with people who are struggling with depression, to be quite different, and more difficult. The main factor that I have experienced is in the level...

Restoration Therapy: The 4 Steps of RT and How to Implement Them in Work on Depression

by Rhett Smith | May 19, 2018 | Depression, Restoration Therapy

Discerning Depression I have written extensively on anxiety, especially on my own anxiety, focusing on the roots of it and how Restoration Therapy has really helped me transform it into a life-giving force. But when it comes to depression I have not written as much on...

Restoration Therapy: Depression and the Bible

by Rhett Smith | May 19, 2018 | Depression, Restoration Therapy

Often, when someone expresses anxiety in the context of the Church or Christian community, more than likely they will hear somebody, at some point, recite the famous words of the apostle Paul in Philippians 4:6. “Do not be anxious….” is the beginning...

Restoration Therapy: Tools, Resources and Strategies for Working with Depression

by Rhett Smith | Apr 22, 2018 | Depression, Restoration Therapy

The Depression Equation I am a big believer in the equation that insight + practice = transformation. In fact, in an earlier post on anxiety I shared the same equation, highlighting Angela Duckworth’s work on the concept of deliberate practice in her work. In...

Restoration Therapy: Reframing Depression as an Opportunity for Growth

by Rhett Smith | Apr 22, 2018 | Depression, Restoration Therapy

Reframing Depression “What if this depression you are experiencing is helping inform you about your life? What if we listen to it together, it may give us some clues about what is going on with your life. Maybe it will give us some direction about what kind of...

Restoration Therapy: Identifying the Underlying Emotions of Depression

by Rhett Smith | Apr 22, 2018 | Depression, Restoration Therapy

What Is Underneath Depression Like anxiety, one of the most difficult aspects of depression is trying to figure out what are the underlying roots of it. But without properly identifying its underlying roots it’s possible that one may see depression simply as a...

Restoration Therapy: Depression, Self-Care, and Ministry

by Rhett Smith | Apr 22, 2018 | Depression, Restoration Therapy

When serving in ministry there are many opportunities to come in to contact with people who are depressed. I say this, because churches are often what I refer to as the “gatekeepers” in mental health, therefore, those employed or volunteering in ministry...

Restoration Therapy: The 4 Steps of RT and How They Can Change Your Life

by Rhett Smith | Feb 27, 2018 | Anxiety, Restoration Therapy

“Deliberate practice is a behavior, and flow is an experience.” Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth When I was 21 years old and sitting alone in my college apartment, full of anxiety, but knowing my life needed to change, I had...

Restoration Therapy: Distinguishing Between Anxiety and Fear

by Rhett Smith | Feb 15, 2018 | Anxiety, Restoration Therapy

In October of 2016 I spoke at the first ever Restoration Therapy Summit on the topic of anxiety and fear in the Restoration Therapy model, and more specifically, trying to differentiate between what exactly is anxiety, and what is fear. I even recorded a Part 1 and...

Rhett Smith 110 — 8 Simple Principles to Help You Achieve Your Goals This Year

by Rhett Smith | Jan 17, 2018 | Intentional Living, Podcast

One of the things that happens at the beginning of every year, or at the start of a major transition, is that you see people setting goals. If you were like me you probably thought about all the goals you wanted to achieve in the New Year, and you might have even...

Rhett Smith 109: Managing and Using Your Anxiety in the New Year

by Rhett Smith | Jan 10, 2018 | Anxiety, Podcast

The new near can bring forth a lot of varying emotions from people. In my experience, a large number of people come into the new year very excited about change and all the potential possibilities that await them. It’s often a time to start anew. But there is...

Restoration Therapy: The Process of Working With Anxious People

by Rhett Smith | Dec 14, 2017 | Anxiety, Restoration Therapy

Working with Anxious Clients There are a lot of ways that one can work with anxious people, but I have found over the years a very helpful process that I would like to share with you. With any process it’s best that you make it your own and use what is helpful...

Restoration Therapy: Tools, Resources and Strategies for Working with Anxiety

by Rhett Smith | Dec 14, 2017 | Anxiety, Restoration Therapy

The Anxiety Equation In an earlier post I wrote about a very powerful and transformative therapy experience I had back in 2010. It was one of those therapy sessions where insight was enough to create change. Or at least I should say, the insight alone was enough to...

Restoration Therapy: Anxiety and the Bible

by Rhett Smith | Dec 14, 2017 | Anxiety, Restoration Therapy

Reframing The Meaning of Anxiety in the Bible “I am here, in your office to see you because I didn’t feel like there was anyone else I could talk to about my anxiety.” I hear some form of this statement quite often in my office. And it most...

Restoration Therapy: Discerning the Difference Between Healthy and Unhealthy Anxiety

by Rhett Smith | Dec 14, 2017 | Anxiety, Restoration Therapy

Anxiety Changed My Life Back in 2011 when I was doing some reading and research for my book The Anxious Christian, I came across a sentence in Rollo May’s book, The Meaning of Anxiety that really resonated with what I was thinking about in regards to anxiety. In...

Restoration Therapy: Identifying and Healing the Underlying Roots of Anxiety

by Rhett Smith | Dec 14, 2017 | Anxiety, Restoration Therapy

What Is Underneath the Anxiety One of the most difficult things about anxiety is trying to define its roots. In an earlier post I wrote about the challenge of trying to define it, but in this post I want to explore more in depth what the underlying roots are that...
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