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Praxis Podcast with Rhett Smith — 146 episodes
Praxis Podcast: Jennifer McDaniel on Social Media, Stillness and Self-Worth
Praxis Podcast: Relationally Wired for Love and Trust
Praxis Podcast: Will Perry on navigating the challenges of parenting and being a teenager today
Praxis Podcast: Michael Cox on marriage therapy, working with couples, and resistance to change
Praxis Podcast: Nicole Zasowski on working through anxiety using the Restoration Therapy model
Praxis Podcast: Broc Jahnke on ReGeneration, mental health and restoration in community
Episode 140, but the first Praxis Podcast with Rhett Smith episode
Transforming Our Anxiety -- Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable
Some Lessons I've Recently Learned About Hiring a Coach (and how it may help you)
Anxious Progression One Day at a Time
Acknowledge, Identify and Reframe Your Depression and Anxiety
I'm Doubling Down on Breath Work
My Ongoing Experiment with Fasting
Goal Setting, Habits and the "Long Obedience in the Same Direction"
Marc Payan on Leadershp, Facing Challenges and the Lessons Endurance Teaches Us
Encouragement in Your Anxiety
Importance of Play and Rest at Home and in Organizations
Addressing Leadership Drift During Times of Uncertainty
Productivity, Personal Wellness and Burnout
Habits, Routines and Tuning In to One Another
"Trimming the Sails"
Deeper Dive Into the Movement of Orientation, Disorientation, New Orientation
COVID-19: How to Navigate Mental Health in a Time of Uncertainty
Jeff and Robin Reinke on Pornography, Marriage, and Recovery
Kelly Haer Discusses the Issue of Singleness, and How Restoration Therapy Can Help One Navigate It
Robert Scholz on Addiction Through the Lens of Restoration Therapy
Conversation with Terry and Sharon Hargrave on the Beginnings and Future of Restoration Therapy and Relate Strong
Dust and Identity
Possibly the Two Most Important Questions We Can Ask Ourselves
The Creation Account, Self-Differentiation and Restoration Therapy
Reframing How We Talk About Anxiety and Depression
Some Relational Reflections on Genesis 1-4 (at the intersection of theology and psychology)
Journals, Goal Setting, and a New Season of Podcasts
Letting the Silence Unfold Between You and Others
God "Intermingles" All Things Together for Good
People Are Complex, So Don't Judge
8 Simple Principles to Help You Achieve Your Goals This Year
Managing and Using Your Anxiety in the New Year
3 Important Relational Postures: Ask, Let Go, Hold On
Life Lessons Learned from My Recent Palo Duro 50K Race
The Importance of Adventure in Marriage -- with Director of Winshape Marriage, Matt Turvey
The Key to Why Some Couples Can Work Through Conflict and Problem Solve, and Why Other Couples Can't
The Importance of Discerning the Different Between Feelings and Coping Behaviors to Get to Deeper Work
A Personal Story About a Good Kind of Anxiety
The Intertwining Voices of Vocation and Anxiety
Parenting in the Age of Smart Phones and Social Media
Listening for that "Voice" of Vocation and Calling
Some Thoughts on Taking Next Steps in Your Life
What Emotional Regulation Is, And Why It's So Important
Four Game Changing Books: Simply Your Life, Regulate Your Emotions, Practice Deliberately to Get Into the Flow, Work Deeply, and Perform a Bigger Purpose
A Transformative Roadmap for Therapy: For Those Who Have Been to Counseling and Those Who Haven't
Pepperdine Bible Lectures; Reframing Anxiety as God at Work in Our Lives
Three Postures on the Forgiveness Journey
Understanding and Taking Care of You: Work, Relationships, and Self-Care
What Are You Holding Onto, That Is Holding You Back?
Creating Space for Silence During Lent
Creating Space During Lent to Reflect on Pain and Suffering
Lent, Trauma, and Remembering
Fostering the Varied Types of Intimacy in Relationships
Creating Space for Grieft After a Death
Navigating the Chaotic Path to Affair Recovery
Insight + Practice = Transformational Flow
Emotional Regulation, Boundaries and Anxiety in the Age of Online Political Discourse
A Wholistic Paradigm for New Year Goal Setting
Seven Books to Transform Your Marriage
Making Your Marriage a Priority in a Culture of Busyness: Assessing Marital Drift and Strategies to Keep Your Marriage on Course
Part 2: Why the Distinction Between Anxiety and Fear (and worry) is So Crucial, and How the Restoration Therapy Model Helps Anxiety
Part 1: Why the Distinction Between Anxiety and Fear (and worry) is So Crucial, and How the Restoration Therapy Model Helps Anxiety
"What can I do if I, or someone I know, struggles with anxiety?"
The 4 Crucial Questions We Are Always Asking Ourselves
What Exactly is Anxiety? Exploring the Different Understandings of Anxiety
Kid's Athletics, Parental Pressure, and Grit
What Are You and Your Kid's Expectations of this School Year? Capitalizing on Connection, Time, and Risk Taking....
You Can't Have Both a Great Marriage and an Activity Centered Life that Puts Your Kids First
Navigating Relationships in the Daily Transitions
Connect in Your Relationships with this Commnication Technique
The Priority of Relationship and Embracing the 'Other'
[Corrected Audio Upload] Parenting in the Easy Access, Technological World of Pornography and Sex -- with Author Anne Marie Miller
Seeking to Understand, Rather Than Pulling the "I Am the Parent" Card
3 Life Affirming Messages to Help You Breath Life Into Those Around You
The Importance of Curiosity in Growing Your Relationships
The Link Between Depression and Anger (or one's inability to properly express emotion)
Working Through My Recent Struggle with Anger and Frustration
The Practice of Sabbath
Sabbath Rest and Anxiety
Sabbath Rest and Identity
Experimenting with Your Diet to Improve Overall Health, Fitness, and Relationships
Therapy, Running, and the 4 Self-Care Components that Running Engages
Learning to Live in the Tension of Our Anxious Impatience
Discerning Depression in Your Kids
The 3 Day Listening Exercise That Transforms Your Relationships
The Importance of Practice in Creating and Sustaining Change in Your Relationships
Pioneering the Work of Restoration Therapy to Transform Relationships -- with the founder of Restoration Therapy, Author, and Fuller Theological Seminary Professor, Terry Hargrave
Families at the Intersection of Faith, Technology and Busy Schedules -- with Associate Director of Fuller Youth Institute, Brad Griffin
Identifying, Reducing and Eliminating Distractions to Increase Productivity and Presence
The Power of Listening to Transform You and Your Relationships -- with Author and Spiritual Director, Adam McHugh
Creating "Keystone Habits" and Keystone Goals to Find Success in New Endeavors
When to Seek Help for Your Anxiety and What to Expect
Some Essential Tools and Exercises to Help Reduce Your Anxiety
How Reframing Your Anxiety Can Change it Into an Opportunity for Growth
What Are the Roots of Your Anxiety?
It's Okay to Be Anxious. You Are Not Alone
Four Destructive Parenting Styles -- Which Do You Struggle With?
Using the Pain and Peace Cycle to Lead to Differentiation in Relationships
How the Pain and Peace Cycle Will Lead You to USness and Help You Solve Problems in Your Relationship
Transform Your Relationship Through the Practice of Your Pain and Peace Cycle
Learning to Regulate Your Emotions by Identifying Your Peace Cycle
How Violations of Love and Trust Construct Your Pain Cycle
The Daily Practice of Giving Thanks, Living in Gratitude, and Experiencing Grace
5 Relational Skills That Will Radically Improve Your Marriage
3 Messages Life-Giving Men Communicate to Others (especially their sons)
How to Navigate the Morning Routine in Different Stages of Life (Follow Up to Episode #34)
Nine Practices and Disciplines That Will Help You Transform Your Morning Routine
Jesus Baptism, Wrestling with God, and Exploring What it Means to Live in Your Truth
Support Teams, Living Unbalanced, Investing in Others (and other lessons from a 50 mile trail run)
How Desires Such as Sex and Food Can Become 'Disordered' and Negatively Impact our Relationships -- with Divinity Professor, Ethicist & Theologian, Dr. Cameron Jorgenson
If You Want to Grow in Life, You Must 'Show Up', Risk Failure, and Reframe Success
Women and Anger, Our Breath in Grounding Us, and Brene Brown's The Daring Way Training -- with Psychotherapist and Yogi, Jessica Pass
How Your Family of Origin Impacts You Today in Both Positive and Negative Ways
Mastering the Art of Trust -- with Artist, Author and Craftsmen, Aubrey McGowan
Why Men Have a Hard Time Connecting to their Emotions and the Positive or Negative Role You Play in That Process
Running, Faith, and Looking for Opportunities Beyond Personal Bests and Finish Lines -- with Runner and Blogger Melissa Martinez
How Technology Shapes Us, Informs our Identity, and Some Boundaries We Can Implement as We Use It
The Over-Scheduling of Kid's Lives, the One Activity, Per Kid, Per Grading Period, and the Importance of Cultivating a Listening Relationship with Your Kids Early On -- with Psychologist Dr. Neil Stafford
Facing Transitions Stage by Stage
Using the Restoration Therapy Model to Transform You, Your Relationships, Churches, Organizations and Corporations
How Running Has Transformed My Life and How It Can Transform Yours
Q + A on "Marital Drift" That Many Couples Experience and Correcting the "Kid Centered Marriage."
Creating a Personal Vision/Mission Statement for Yourself, Your Marriage, or Your Family
Exploring Women's Health Issues, That 'Always Tired' Feeling, and the Importance of Sleep, Food, Exercise and Faith -- with Dr. Melissa Esguerra
Tools to Help You Identify, Manage, and Reframe the Anxiety in Your Life
Exploring the Interplay of Depression, Hope and Trail Running -- with Missions Pastor, Mental Health Advocate, and Trail Runner, Benji Zimmerman
Simplifying Life, Family Togetherness, and Creating Margin for Exploration -- with Artist, Musician and Craftsman, Aubrey McGowan
Identifying Anxiety in Your Life Story and Reframing it as a Catalyst for Growth
How Engaging in Adventure and Play Creates Space, and Leads to Hospitality
Exploring 7 Spiritual Practices for Busy People -- with Pastor, Spiritual Director, and Professor, Timothy Smith
Are You Living a Good Story? How Comfort, Anxiety and the American Dream Can Keep Us From Living a Compelling Life -- with Author, Storyteller, and Communications Pastor, Scott McClellan
Exploring the Way that Technology Shapes Us, Our Relationships, and Our Faith -- with Author, Technologist and Theologian, John Dyer
Parenting in an Online World, Creating Sacred Spaces, and Navigating Cyberbullying and Pornography Among Youth -- with Youth Cartel Co-Founder, Speaker and Technologist Adam McLane
The Journey of Forgiveness
Exploring a Rhythm of Life, Creativity, and Leadership from the Quaker Tradition -- with Theologian, Professor and Writer, Wess Daniels
Turning Insight into Change, Striving for Balance, and Living Relationally -- with Innovation 360's Kevin Gilliland and Lauren Barnett
The Connection Between Our Fitness, Food, and Faith -- with Ultra-Athlete and Food Advocate Sarah Stanley
Navigating Transitions, Finding Your Passion, and Letting Go -- with Pastor, Chaplain and Spiritual Director Dr. Timothy Smith (aka my dad)
Transform Your Health, Fitness and Leadership -- with Payan X Founder Marc Payan
Exploring the Intersection of Self-Care and Relationships