Leadership and Relationships: Creating Safety
“Weak leaders are the ones who only extend the benefits of the Circle of Safety to their fellow senior executives and a chosen few others. They look out for each other, but they do not offer the same...
View ArticleDo You and Your Spouse Need a Marriage Intensive?
I wish couples would go to counseling on a regular basis as a part of their commitment to being intentional in their marriage. I wish couples would go when their marriage was in a good spot, so that...
View ArticleDifference Between Studying and Reading the Bible
When I work with people in therapy we often talk about the importance of being physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually healthy. And one of the primary ways that many people who foster their...
View ArticleMen: Are You a Relational Hero?
“Each man is a bridge, spanning in his lifetime all of the images and traditions about masculinity inherited from past generations and bestowing–or inflicting–his own retelling of the tale on those...
View Article‘Oneness’: When Two Become Three
I’ve been thinking a lot about marriage these last few weeks for several reasons. Whether it is with the couples I work with, or my own personal marriage…I have come to realize that we just can’t do...
View ArticleHow to Build a Thriving Therapy Practice: To Take, or Not to Take Insurance?
Do you take insurance? This is one of the questions I get most often. And I hear it from both potential clients and therapists in the field. The simple answer is that I do not take insurance. I have...
View ArticleTwo Technology Tips That Will Transform Your Relationships
I love technology. Cue Napoleon Dynamite. Technology has helped me connect to some amazing people and transformed a lot of the way that I work, write, speak, etc. But technology has also come at a...
View ArticleA Gift Idea on How to Intentionally Create Presence in Your Marriage
One of the things that I became really convicted about in 2014 was my lack of being present. Present to my own life. Present to friends. Present to my kids. Present to my wife. And by present, I mean...
View ArticleScary Close: My 4 Part Video Book Review of Donald Miller’s New Book
Back in the beginning of December, my friend Tyler Davis Jones mailed me a copy of Donald Miller’s new book Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy. Tyler picked it up at the Storyline...
View ArticleRhett Smith 75: Kid’s Athletics, Parental Pressure, and Grit
One of the populations I love working with in my practice is athletes. I’ve been fortunate enough to work with a large variety of athletes from professionals to amateur, from middle school kids all the...
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