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
UPDATE: Apparently the best breath practice I have been advocating, is called the physiological sigh, not the psychological sign. I have no idea how I just noticed this. I guess I had some letters turned around in my brain, and it’s funny that no one has said...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 2, 2023 | Anxiety
UPDATE: Apparently the best breath practice I have been advocating, is called the physiological sigh, not the psychological sign. I have no idea how I just noticed this. I guess I had some letters turned around in my brain, and it’s funny that no one has said...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 30, 2021 | Executive Coaching, Intentional Living, Therapy Practice
A decision I made several years back, was that if books that I was reading, kept referring to one author/thinker, etc., time and time again — then I needed to go read that person. More than likely, this person would be the original source of much of the 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...
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...
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...
by Rhett Smith | May 18, 2020 | Leadership, Running
It’s hard to know where to begin when describing my friend Marc Payan. Just Google his name and see what comes up. Marc is a leader everywhere he goes, and like few people I have seen before, he inspires and encourages those around him to life a transformed...
by Rhett Smith | May 18, 2020 | Leadership, Podcast
It’s hard to know where to begin when describing my friend Marc Payan. Just Google his name and see what comes up. Marc is a leader everywhere he goes, and like few people I have seen before, he inspires and encourages those around him to life a transformed...
by Rhett Smith | May 11, 2020 | Anxiety, Videos
I have had the privilege over the last 6-8 weeks to participate in some parenting panels online via Zoom and other technologies. COVID-19 has raised a lot of concern for people and the topic of anxiety and grief seem to be the two most common topics that I have been...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 17, 2020 | Anxiety, Podcast
Part of being human is that we get anxious. And no human can opt out of experiencing anxiety. It visits all of us at varying times in our lives, and to varying degrees. But what if you can reframe anxiety in a way that you see it as a friend, rather than a foe. What...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 17, 2020 | Anxiety, Videos
Part of being human is that we get anxious. And no human can opt out of experiencing anxiety. It visits all of us at varying times in our lives, and to varying degrees. But what if you can reframe anxiety in a way that you see it as a friend, rather than a foe. What...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 17, 2020 | Executive Coaching, Leadership, Videos
In this with The SouthCity Group CEO Todd Sandel, we discuss the importance of play and rest within the home and in organizations. If families and leaders continue to press for more and more productivity, without pausing to play and rest — the result most likely...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 16, 2020 | Executive Coaching, Leadership, Videos
This is a difficult time for many leaders as they are trying to navigate this uncertain time — not only for themselves and their families — but for their organizations as well. In this video, Todd Sandel (The SouthCity Group) and I discuss how leaders can...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 15, 2020 | Executive Coaching, Leadership, Podcast
Todd Sandel (CEO and Founder of The SouthCity Group) and I discuss the importance of play and rest at home and in organizations. One of the most important things leaders can do is model from top down the importance of play and rest to their teams. Link to Episode...