Praxis Podcast: Relationally Wired for Love and Trust
Praxis Podcast with Rhett Smith
About a week and a half ago I spoke at Preston Trail's Marriage Conference on Mental Health and Marriage. As I thought about this topic I kept coming back to a few essential things that I feel are at the core of this topic. we are wired relationally we are wired relationally around love and trust optimum mental health in a marriage is incumbent about the promotion of love and trust So in this episode I reflect on this topic, and I hope you find it helpful.
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Praxis Podcast: Will Perry on navigating the challenges of parenting and being a teenager today
Praxis Podcast with Rhett Smith
In this episode I talk with my good friend, Will Perry, who is the Lead Student Pastor at Hope Fellowship Church in Frisco, TX, which is a multi-site campus. I have known Will for almost 10 years and have loved watching him serve in youth ministry. He is one of the best youth pastors I have known, and I admire the way he engages not only youth, but his leadership and volunteers. In this episode we cover a lot of topics from being a student of your kid, to navigating social media, the challenges around sex in this culture, and how to create an ongoing, emotionally safe environment...
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Praxis Podcast: Michael Cox on marriage therapy, working with couples, and resistance to change
Praxis Podcast with Rhett Smith
In this episode I talk with my good friend and colleague, Michael Cox, who is a Licensed Professional Counselor, and contributor and instructor in the Restoration Therapy community that I am a part of. I appreciate Michael so much as a friend and colleague, and I admire the work he does with so many people, especially couples. In this episode we dig deep into marital work, and what typically brings couples into therapy, what helps them thrive, and where do they often get stuck. I hope that you enjoy this episode and find it's content helpful. Check out more of my work...
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Praxis Podcast: Nicole Zasowski on working through anxiety using the Restoration Therapy model
Praxis Podcast with Rhett Smith
In this episode I talk with my good friend Nicole Zasowski, who is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and the author of several books: What if it's Wonderful, From Lost to Found, and Families and Forgiveness which she co-authored with Terry Hargrave. I so much respect the professional and personal work that Nicole does in her life, and she is a lifelong learner which I love. In this episode we dig deep into anxiety and looking at it through the framework of the Restoration Therapy model. I hope that you enjoy this episode and find it's content helpful. To check out more about...
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Praxis Podcast: Broc Jahnke on ReGeneration, mental health and restoration in community
Praxis Podcast with Rhett Smith
In this episode I talk with my good friend Broc Jahnke, who is the Lead Care and Support Pastor at Hope Fellowship Church in Frisco, TX. I wanted to have Broc in to talk about one of the ministries he specifically oversees -- ReGeneration -- which is a 12 step recovery ministry. I finished going through ReGeneration near the end of 2023 after 48 weeks, and it's something I wanted to unpack more with him. Whether you know anything, or nothing about ReGeneration, or are just even curious about a recovery ministry, I encourage you to tune in. I have been referring clients to ReGen for 10-12...
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Episode 140, but the first Praxis Podcast with Rhett Smith episode
Praxis Podcast with Rhett Smith
It has been a little over 8.5 years since I first launched my podcast, but I've taken long breaks, and have not recorded a new episode in over a year and a half. It's been a season of working on my own personal and relational life with others, and diving deep into some new things. In this episode I talk about my vision for this new relaunch of my podcast and the importance of the word praxis. It is my desire to bridge theory and learning to practice, but praxis is more than that. Praxis is about the importance of our theory and practice, but with the end goal in mind. How we are doing...
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Transforming Our Anxiety -- Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable
Praxis Podcast with Rhett Smith
Earlier this year I was really impacted by book . 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 connected it with the idea of progressive overload that we often find in the exercise/strength literature. When I came across that it really resonated with my work on anxiety. Mainly -- that for people to really transform their anxiety it is a process of taking their insight and putting it into practice -- but that transition is really uncomfortable and anxiety inducing....
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Some Lessons I've Recently Learned About Hiring a Coach (and how it may help you)
Praxis Podcast with Rhett Smith
In 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 this year in the Alps. I talk about the importance of hiring a coach (therapist, executive coach, etc) to help with: coming up with a flexible plan to create change and accomplish your goals. the importance of accountability that comes with hiring a coach and how it increases discipline, provides correction and creates an environment for practice. the benefit of receiving encouragement in a coaching relationship/therapeutic relationship. connecting...
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Anxious Progression One Day at a Time
Praxis Podcast with Rhett Smith
This podcast episode is a further exploration of the blog post, . 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 -- mainly, progressively adding anxiety to our lives that we have to sit with, face, overcome, etc. It's through the progressive overload of anxiety that we are ultimately transformed. In this episode I share my own journey of doing this, as well as share some ideas and stories how others have used this concept -- all set against the backdrop of my 100 mile run (which was a...
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Acknowledge, Identify and Reframe Your Depression and Anxiety
Praxis Podcast with Rhett Smith
In this episode I talk about three important things that can really help you if you find yourself struggling with your mental health -- particularly, depression and anxiety.
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"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 lives are.
But this reminder, rather than being tragic, is to help us focus on our life on what is important.
We were created from the very dust of the earth (Genesis 2:7). Our first work (vocation) was to work the land (the dust) we were created from, displaying a connection between our identity and the work, service and hobbies we put our lives towards (Genesis 2:15). And yet, often, many things cut us off from this very soil (the dust), and disconnect us not only from our identity, but our Creator as well (Genesis 4:14).
Mentioned in Episode
"The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver
Water from Rock (Check out their Lenten Devotionals)