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 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 —...
by Rhett Smith | Oct 18, 2021 | Anxiety, Executive Coaching, Mental Health, Running, Therapy Practice
The key to improving physical fitness lies in adhering to a concept called progressive overload. You work a specific muscle or function in a specific manner, progressively adding intensity and duration over time. Hard days are followed by easy days. The Practice of...
by Rhett Smith | Oct 11, 2021 | Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Videos
I know it has been a heavy year for many. Mental health issues have been increasingly on the rise, and anxiety and depression are leading the way. In this video I share about some of my own struggles and what has been helpful for me in navigating them. I hope you find...
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 | Mar 21, 2019 | Podcast, Restoration Therapy
In this episode I spend some time in conversation with Terry and Sharon Hargrave. Terry is the founder of Restoration Therapy and is the Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Fuller Theological Seminary and Sharon is the Executive Director...
by Rhett Smith | Mar 4, 2019 | Intentional Living, Podcast
“for dust you are and to dust you will return.” (Genesis 3:19) In this episode I reflect on the passage found in Genesis 3:19 that is repeated every Ash Wednesday. It’s a beautiful, but harrowing passage that reminds us of just how fragile and short our...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 28, 2019 | Intentional Living, Podcast
And he said, “Hagar, slave-girl, of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” Genesis 16:8 Where have you come from? Where are you going? Perhaps these are two of the most important and fundamental questions we can ask ourselves. I...
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...
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...
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...
