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This week, I'm excited to share a fascinating conversation with my good friend and colleague, Dr. Joseph Riggio.

Joseph and I have been friends for over 25 years, often exploring deep questions about human potential, transformation, and what it takes to live a truly inspired life.

Recently, Joseph sent me a thought-provoking message from sunny Florida, challenging me to reflect on the relationship between our inner perceptions and external reality. He asked:

"How do we reconcile the 3Ps concept that 'it's all just thought' with the undeniable external feedback we constantly receive from the world around us?"

(If you've been following my work over the past decade, you may have noticed that I tend to avoid the phrase "just thought"—and for good reason.)

Joseph’s question sparked an insightful conversation between us, giving me a chance to clarify my particular understanding of Sydney Banks’ teachings, as well as to explore the profound practical implications of how we perceive and navigate reality.

I'm delighted to share our recorded discussion as this week’s podcast episode.

Here are a few highlights from our conversation:

• Why transformation is always ontologically based and embodied (and what that means in practical terms).

• How our experience of reality is essentially a simulation—and how deeply understanding the "rules" of this simulation can profoundly impact your life.

• The critical difference between transformation and mastery—and why confusing the two can seriously limit your growth.

• Why direct engagement with reality is essential for genuine insight and meaningful change.

We also explored the intersection between my approach (informed by the Three Principles) and Joseph’s work, which integrates NLP, hypnosis, and his unique "MythoSelf Process."

One thing worth noting: what you’re going to hear is a conversation between two friends and colleagues, comparing and seeking to better understand each others’ “maps of reality”. As such, it’s not a coaching or teaching session (though there’s still plenty to discover).

This conversation is particularly valuable if you're committed to making a meaningful impact—whether as a coach, speaker, leader, or in your own personal journey of transformation.

Big love,
Jamie

P.S. If you'd like to learn more about Joseph and his remarkable work, I highly recommend checking out his website: josephriggio.com

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This week, I'm sharing a clip from one of my recent program calls, focused on discovering your authentic voice.

Here's a glimpse of what's inside:

- The unexpected insight I had about authenticity while attending a public speaking course.

- A surprising comedy lesson that completely changed the way I think about developing your voice.

- Why your audience might actually be your greatest ally in expressing your true self.

If you've ever wondered how to communicate more authentically and resonate deeply with others, this video is for you.

Tons of love,
Jamie

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A while ago, I was asked a bold question: “How do you know that people have innate health and wellbeing? How do you know this is true?”

It’s a question I’ve spent years exploring, and here’s the thing: There are no sacred cows in this understanding. If you’re familiar with my work, you’ll know I often reference the principles behind clarity. 

These principles don’t require belief or blind faith—if they’re “true” then they should be there to be seen, so they’re fair game to be tested, questioned, and explored deeply.

This week’s podcast episode is all about that. It’s an extract from a call in one of my advanced programs, where we explore:

• The two ways I’ve come to know these principles are true—through personal insight and universal application.

• A powerful story that illustrates how realization can instantly align us with reality.

• Why the principles of clarity, wellbeing, and resilience aren’t just ideas—they’re foundational truths that hold up to scrutiny.

I hope this extract inspires you to test these principles for yourself - and see what emerges.

Tons of love,

Jamie

I'm Jamie Smart - welcome to the podcast. You don't need me to tell you that, as I record this, we're living through a time of extreme volatility and uncertainty. One aspect of that is the coronavirus and its health impacts. Another aspect is the societal and economic impacts of our response to the pandemic. But the third, and for many people the most troubling aspect is the psychological and emotional distress that people are dealing with in relation to all this.

This week's podcast is a recording of an online masterclass I did recently called "Finding your bearings in turbulent times."

As you listen, we’re going to be exploring the things that can help you to…

- Navigate these rapidly changing circumstances.
- Keep your bearings (and find them again quickly if you should lose them).
- Be of real help to the people around you when they start losing their sh*t.

You'll also hear me do live Q&A as I deal with the various questions and concerns people (quite naturally) have as they're navigating these strange times.

So here's the Masterclass...

You’ve probably heard me say this before:  the two most important things a person can realize are:

1. How your experience is created
2. Who you really are

During a recent event, “Get Unstuck and On-Track,” I shared how these insights apply directly to breaking free from feeling stuck and moving forward with clarity.

• Why misunderstandings about where your experience comes from keep you stuck.
• How reconnecting to who you really are can bring the clarity, freedom, and ease to get back on track.
• A simple yet powerful formula for unsticking yourself (it’s easier than you might think).

If you’ve ever felt like something is holding you back - whether it’s in your work, relationships, or life - this episode will give you a fresh perspective that can make all the difference.

Tons of love,

Jamie

PS - Thanks to Roberto Talarico for organizing this online event!

This episode is a little different, because rather than me interviewing someone, it’s me *being* interviewed for The Coaching Show, by Master Coach Christopher McAuliffe and another coach, Alex Terranova. And this was an interesting one. 

As you’ll hear, it was pretty fast-paced, and I really enjoyed the challenge of making the value and approach involved in principles based coaching explicit to a couple of experienced coaches who were brand new to the subject. 

We talked about 3-day intensives, and what has to happen before a busy executive is willing to take 3 days out of a packed schedule to do an intensive with you. 

We also talked about the whole domain of growing a coaching practice, so we explored that too. 

Speaking of which, this September, for the last time ever, I’m kicking off my 12-week Thriving Coaches Blueprint programme, so if you want to grow a thriving practice in a way that fits with who you really are, head over to jamiesmart.com/thriving to find out more. Like I said, this is the last 12-week coaching immersion I’m doing - going forward we’re going to release Thriving Coaches Blueprint as a digital-only programme, and maybe do a six week version. So if you’ve been thinking about doing this with me, the train is leaving the station! And of the 48 places on this programme, half of the places have already been booked, so it’s probably going to sell out. So once again, go to jamiesmart.com/thriving to find out more about the Thriving Coaches Blueprint.

In this episode of the podcast, you’re going to be hearing a conversation I had with a good friend and colleague, Nick Bottini. Over the past couple of years he’s gone from being the music teacher in a school to being a bestselling author, speaker and coach who’s passionate about sharing the inside-out understanding with musicians.

And while hundreds of thousands of people are now exploring and having insights into this understanding, there are relatively few people who are managing to share this understanding effectively.

Nick’s an example of someone who’s been proactive in navigating that journey from having his OWN insights into the inside-out nature of life, to helping other people to have THEIR own realisations, but that’s not where he started. In the beginning, Nick experienced what people often call ‘impostor syndrome’ when it came to sharing the principles with musicians. He said,

“I did hold off sharing with musicians because I felt like ‘Who am I to share it at all’ and sharing it on my home territory is the scariest thing to do because it's like I've got real credibility to lose. I could be ‘that guy that's always talking about that thing’ you know, and and how will people react to that?”

And here’s one of the reasons I’m really excited to be sharing this conversation with you. As you may already know, at our company, we believe the most valuable things you can discover are how experience is created and who you really are. Our mission is to inspire and educate a generation to experience lives of clarity, resilience and wellbeing.

And one of the things we’ve realised is that the world needs more people who can share the inside-out understanding with others. While Nick’s story is going to be an inspiration for people who want to ‘get this understanding out there’, there’s an important message for all of us in it:

That the most important place to share what you’ve seen is on your ‘home turf’; in the way you’re living your life, and connecting with the people around you.

By the way - whether you have an audience you’d like to reach, like Nick, or you just want to share what you’ve realised with the people already in your world, we’ve just launched a new membership site called Clarity Pro. It’s designed for you to have everything you need to share the principles like a pro, with anybody, on any topic and in any situation. To find out more, go to www.JamieSmart.com/claritypro

A simple solution to stress, pressure and burnout in the NHS.

this episode is one we’ve been trying to organise for a while, because it’s with Louise O’Dalaigh, a woman who’s been working to introduce the principles behind clarity into he National Health Service (NHS). 
 
As you may know, the issue of stress and burnout is pretty much an epidemic in the world of healthcare, so it’s one of the places where subtractive psychology has so much to offer. Why? Because in a domain where people are insanely busy, and have crucial, life and death decisions to make,  subtractive psychology is the only thing you can learn that takes things off your mind automatically and uncovers your true potential.

Louise went into the NHS because she’s passionate about helping people and caring for others. She started out as a nurse, and rose through the ranks to become a senior manager leading services. 
 
In the process, she experienced a huge amount of stress and pressure, to the point where she was really struggling at work. Her doctor had put her on anti-depressant medication and even advised her to find a different career. 

That looked like a last resort to her, so she started exploring the principles behind clarity. During the first workshop she attended, she had an insight into where her experience was coming from, and who she really is. 
 
She suddenly realised that no matter what happened, she’d be OK; that she could never be a victim of circumstance, and there was nothing she couldn’t handle.

Within weeks, she was off medication, and living with a knowledge of her innate resilience and wellbeing that is with her to this day.

Once she saw the power of this understanding for herself, it was a no-brainer to see how it could benefit her colleagues. And you may be able to relate to this. Have you had a realisation into some aspect of these principles, then wondered “Why doesn’t everyone know this?” or “How can I get this out there?”
 
That’s what happened to me when I first saw this, and it’s also what Louise experienced.

Of course, knowing these principles can make a huge difference is one thing, but it’s quite another thing to answer the question, “How do you share this understanding with the people in your workplace? How do you share it with your colleagues? With your friends? With your loved ones?” 

Louise is a mum to four children, so you can imagine how important this last one is to her. 

In this episode, you’re going to hear how Louise is answering that question, and is now sharing this understanding with senior health professionals from all around the world.

You may also get your own insights and realisations about how to ‘get these principles out there’, and share them with the people who matter to you.

To watch the original video this show was taken from click here: https://youtu.be/P-ADDLE0_FU

A conversation with a good friend and Clarity Coach Christine Mitchell. 

In this episode of The Thriving Coaches podcast, you’re going to be hearing a conversation I had with a good friend and colleague, Clarity Coach Christine Mitchell. Christine works with people who arrive with a variety of challenges and objectives, particularly around anxiety, stress and OCD. And one of the interesting things about Christine is she’s working more and more with nurses and first-responders.

And here’s one of the reasons I’m really excited to be sharing this conversation with you. As you may already know, at our company, we’re passionate about what we call subtractive psychology: the only thing you can learn that takes things off your mind automatically and uncovers your true potential. 

It works on the basis that human psychology functions perfectly; that every person is born with innate resilience, clarity, natural motivation, the capacity to enjoy life, and navigate its ups and downs with ease. 

So what does that actually mean, in rough going?

What it means is that there’s something very simple a person can discover for themselves that makes the difference between stress and freedom, between a lifetime of mental health challenges, and complete recovery.

And in this interview, you’re going to hear about an extraordinary example of how that happened for Christine and her family. 

You see, when you discover the truth about how your mind works and who you really are, it sets you free.

And once you know the truth about this, your very *presence* can set others free. 
 
Christine saw the truth of this so clearly that those around her saw it too.  Two of her closest family members recovered spontaneously from lifelong depression and OCD after a single conversation.  
 
Here she shares in her own words what she realised, how she shared it with her loved ones, and the dramatic difference it made to them. She also talks about the differences it’s making with her other clients.
 
Christine didn’t have years of training or the so-called “right way” of talking about it,  she had two things: certainty and the willingness to share what she’d seen so far, that:
 
- Clarity, resilience & wellbeing are pre-existing capacities rather than things to be achieved
- People aren’t broken and they don’t need fixing
 
 And this episode was first aired back in 2017, but I’m re-publishing it because I want it to be heard by so many people who missed it the first time around. So sit back, relax and prepare to discover just what a difference it’s possible to make when you’re sharing what you’ve seen for yourself.

To find out more about Christine and her work you can visit her Facebook page here

Are formless principles too 'woo-woo' for a corporate lawyer?

In this episode of the get clarity podcast, we’re going to be answering this question about subtractive psychology: are formless principles too 'woo-woo' for a corporate lawyer?

Here’s the back story.

You may recall that I conducted a 3-day Clarity 1:1 Coaching Intensive with a corporate lawyer named Andy, in front of a live audience of coaches, therapists and trainers.

A year later, I did a live follow-up interview with Andy in front of an audience, to find out how the experience changed his world and give people the chance to ask us BOTH questions.

There were some real surprises – for instance someone asked Andy whether he would have been prepared to pay full price for the intensive, knowing what he knows now (Andy paid £4,000 instead of the usual fee of £30,000, in return for letting an audience watch and listen as he went through the entire experience).

As you can imagine, I was waiting with baited breath to hear his answer in front of an audience of over 100 people!

I’ve decided to share the whole interview with you, because it’s so aligned with the purpose my team and I are working to.

As you may know, we believe the most valuable things a person can discover are how their mind works, and who they really are. Well, this interview demonstrates why they're so valuable– the immeasurable, practical, real-world benefits of learning just these two things, specifically.

And when I say learning, I mean realising them insightfully – not just as concepts, beliefs or ideas, but as bedrock facts that make a go-forward difference in your life.

These two facts (how your mind works and who you really are) are what Andy realised insightfully during his intensive, and what you’re going to hear is the difference those two discoveries have made in his work, and in his life as a whole.

In the interview he reports on the changes in:

- His sense of trust in himself and his decision-making
- His levels of relaxation
- His productivity
- His parenting and family life
- Starting his own coaching practice
- His deep-down knowing about whether he can handle anything that comes his way, including a company shakeup following the intensive, that took the team of nine senior executives down to just two people (one of which was Andy)

Here are some of the questions Andy gave answers to:

- How did how you operate in the world before VS after the intensive? What changed for you?

- How did things change around your career transition and your ability to take action and be productive?

- Knowing what you know now, would you have been prepared to pay the full price (£30,000) for your intensive?

- What was the biggest new belief that you gained about yourself in the intensive that you felt was most transformative? (Andy’s answer to this was particularly interesting, because of the ‘subtractive’ nature of this work)

- How did you go about building your coaching practice alongside your corporate lawyer role?

- What impact has the intensive have had on your relationships - for instance work colleagues, family etc?

- What do you think the difference would have been if you'd had regular coaching in hourly sessions rather than an intensive?

I was also asked some technical questions (E.g. do you ever do Intensives remotely? The answer is “yes”), as well as what I’d learned personally from the intensive, so it was great to share my insights from the session.

If you'd like to contact Andy to find out more about his coaching services, you can reach him on andyjsmith101 at gmail dot com or at his "Business Success Made Simple" Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/130424981156517/

A keynote I did at the Popup Business School in Westminster.

In November of 2018, I was invited to speak to 100 students at the PopUp Business School in Westminster, London.

The founders of Popup created it as a response to traditional startup advice, because they felt that stuff was completely inaccessible to some of the people they wanted to inspire...

- Unemployed people
- People doing jobs they hated
- People who were trapped in the benefit system
- People who were struggling with addiction, mental health and other issues

Basically, people who were traditionally excluded from the kind of support that helps when you're starting up. Not only that, but they’re people who often don’t get to experience the kind of work I do.

They run their programmes in partnership with Housing Associations and Local Authorities, to help their constituents get a handle on their financial situations by creating their own income streams.

Popup help people start their own business, fast!

I was talking with one of the founders, Simon Paine, (Simon was personally impacted after reading my books and listening to this podcast, and we’ve ended up becoming friends), so we were having lunch and I asked him this question:

"What's the number one thing that stops people taking action and creating the business they want to?"

He thought about it, then he said "It's the psychological stuff"; confidence, motivation, resilience.

- Believing they were broken - that past experiences had damaged them

- Thinking that they couldn't change - that their lives couldn't transform

- Feeling like they lacked the qualities they would need to deal with the ups and downs of doing their own thing

When he asked if I could do a talk to help his students with that stuff, I instantly said "YES".

You see, my team and I believe the most valuable thing a person can discover is how their mind works and who they really are.

We want to share this far and wide and reach people in every walk of life.

We want to inspire and educate a generation about what they've got going for them, so this means reaching the kinds of people who would rarely get the chance to hear about this sort of thing, in fact one of the audiences we want to be reaching is the very people that popup business school are working with.

As you can imagine, I was really excited to see how the simple message of the principles behind clarity landed with the Popup audience.

It was a big experiment for me AND for Popup.

So in this recording, you’re going to hear what happened when I shared this understanding with a group of people who were hearing about it for the first time. Enjoy!

Last weekend was module 3 of the 10-month Clarity Coach Training programme. On the very first module, back in September, I did a 1:1 coaching session with Anna Foakes. Anna is a therapist who’s passionate about making a difference to her clients, but who experienced stress and “social anxiety” when she was in larger groups of people. She volunteered to do a coaching demo with me, and it turned it to be fascinating for a number of reasons:
 
- Anna felt quite distressed at certain points in the session, so it was a great opportunity for me to demonstrate how I work with people who are caught up in anxious feelings
 
- Despite her distress, I felt a really deep connection with Anna, and pointed her in the direction of her ‘true self’ (the most powerful thing a person can realise)
 
- At the end of the session, I was happy that Anna had realised something valuable at a deep level, but it wasn’t clear to me (or the audience) that Anna was consciously aware of it yet (in fact, she seemed relieved that the demo was over). However…
 
- The next day, Anna reported something extraordinary. We’ve included her talking about it the next day, and it’s truly mind-blowing.
 
These changes have continued to unfold for Anna, and this makes total sense to me. Why? Because I believe that the most valuable thing a person can discover is the truth of who they really are, and you’re going to hear what that can sound like!  

All of this is part of our vision, to inspire and educate a generation to experience lives of clarity, resilience and wellbeing. The 2018 Clarity coach training programme is now closed, but we’ll be opening the doors for the 2020 programme very soon.  so if you’d like to find out more about the programme, and see what’s involved in bringing an understanding of these principles into every aspect of your life go to http://www.jamiesmart.com/coach

I hope the new year is off to a wonderful start for you.

This week, I’m sharing a coaching demo where Roberto opens up about a challenge many of us face: feeling disconnected in relationships and life.

In this session, we explored:

• Why the experience of connection comes and goes
• What you can rely on that’s deeper and *always* present
• How resisting the feeling of disconnection can actually give it power
• The surprising insight that shifted Roberto’s perspective—and might shift yours, too

If you’ve ever felt “out of connection” and judged yourself for it, this clip is a powerful reminder that both connection and disconnection are valuable signals.

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In this episode, you’re going to hear the introduction to a session that I did at the Realising Potential conference.

The introduction was to a set of coaching demonstrations that I did. The reason I’m sharing the introduction is because I got a lot of feedback from people saying how powerful it was because what you’ll hear me do is lay out my approach to coaching people from a principles-based understanding.

What I also explain is why coaching from a principles understanding is so different to how I used to coach (when I was an NLP coach) and to how a lot of people approach coaching. So if you’re interested in moving to coaching from a principles understanding this might be particularly interesting to you.

By the way later this year (or early next year) we’re going to be running The Thriving Coaches Blueprint program and a lot of people on that program have come to it from other modalities such as NLP, hypnosis, therapy etc. and they have found that the programme was a great way of starting that transition into working with people from a principles-based understanding.

If you want more details about The Thriving Coaches Blueprint go to jamiesmart.com/thriving (we haven’t opened the doors yet but you can put your name down to so you will be alerted when we do).

In this episode we are doing something a little different. This past Sunday (Sep 30th) was international Podcast Day and so to celebrate it we are re-releasing the most popular episode of any of our podcasts.

The original episode went out on the Results Mindset Podcast a year ago and it's a keynote that I did at the unlimited conference in Finland called 'The Search is Over (except when it isn't)... by far our most listened to show.

Enjoy!

This week’s episode is a coaching demo I did during the first module of this year’s Clarity Coach Training programme which kicked off a couple of weeks ago. We record all the modules so we can give the footage to the participants to review, as well as share it with the people who had to miss the first module, and this coaching demo was a shocker for everyone who saw it.

Here’s why: The client, Karen, was struggling to be productive, take action and make progress on growing her coaching practice. She said she knew what she should be doing but just wasn’t doing it. Can you relate to that? As you’re going to hear, all of us were shocked when she discovered the true reason for her procrastination (I really didn’t expect the coaching session to take the turn that it took), but this is often the way with coaching.

One of the biggest mistakes you can make is thinking you know what the client should do, and the best thing you’ve got going for you as a coach is really seeing that your client has all the answers you need, and you’re really going to get that in this session. Since the demo, Karen told me she’s feeling much lighter, and taking action. She said things that felt impossible or really hard suddenly are really light and easy. You’re going to be experiencing the whole thing for yourself!

In this episode you’re going to hear me answer a question from a coach called Max, who asked what is it that has people hire you as a coach? Max had always been told that you need to “blow a client’s mind” during your enrolment conversation, and he’d noticed that I seemed to be taking a completely different approach (this was during one of my coach training programmes where I’d just been demonstrating an enrolment session with a client called Sarah). 

This session is sponsored by the clarity coach training programme, and we’re taking final bookings for the programme now, and if you’re interested it’s worth knowing that we’re not running the programme next year so the intake that’s starting this September (2018) is the last chance you’ll get to join us until 2020 at the very earliest. So if you want to find out how to become a Clarity Coach and see what’s involved in bringing an understanding of these principles into every aspect of your life go to jamiesmart.com/coach

In this episode you’re going to hear a group session I did in Amir Karkouti’s ‘What the F*#$ Are The Principles?’ group and it was not only a lot of fun (the session was called “Outsmart Jamie Smart”); it was also super-impactful for a lot of people, so I wanted to share it with you. Here’s what it was about: I asked people to think of the most difficult and challenging people to discuss your work with - especially clients – and then they came on the session LIVE and role-played those people and scenarios so I could demonstrate how I’d handle it. 

Here are some of the examples: A psychotherapist who’s deeply embedded in a different way of working, and is defensive about the idea that transformation can be fast, simple and sustainable. A victim of child abuse who’s outraged at the idea that their suffering has anything to do with their thinking. A judge working in family court who’s got lots on their plate and needs things to be explained clearly and simply. We’ve also got the classic example of a coaching client who says “I know it’s my thinking, but how does that help me?” 

When I tell you my response involved a hotdog made of cheese being fired into space, that may give you an idea of the kind of creativity and imagination that can help you when you’re dealing with these kinds of situations.  In the process, I give plenty of pointers about what I’m responding to, and what’s informing the different ways I’m working with people, and how you can do this for yourself.
 
By the way, this episode is sponsored by the certified Clarity Coach Training programme, a 10-month immersion into the principles behind clarity. The programme is formally open for registration and it’s not just for coaches, we’ve had all sorts of people go through the programme including computer programmers, doctors, call centre workers, layers, parents PR specialists, therapists, office workers, entrepreneurs, surgeons, people who are already coaches and consultants and trainers and even a professional footballer and if you’re interested it’s worth knowing that we’re not running the programme next year so the intake that’s starting this September (2018) is the last chance you’ll get to join us until 2020 at the very earliest. So if you want to find out how to become a Clarity Coach and see what’s involved in bringing an understanding of these principles into every aspect of your life go to jamiesmart.com/coach

This episode is one I’ve shared on my Get Clarity podcast this week, but it’s super-relevant to coaches, therapists and transformation professionals, and here’s why: it’s a coaching session I did with a coach who was struggling with self-doubt and lack of self-belief. 
 
Emma Broome is an elite performance coach, with a background in elite performance herself as an aerial skier. But when she first reached out to me, she told me she was really struggling with impostor syndrome and self-doubt. And she was surprised when I said, “That's a bit of a specialty of mine, so we'll get that handled, probably during the first week of the programme.” I invited her to do a coaching demo with me during a Thriving Coaches Blueprint bootcamp, and the recording you’re about to hear is the result. By the way, 2 weeks ago she posted on Facebook saying, “I had my first enrolment conversation 10 days ago, did my first proposal last week and had it accepted yesterday! I now have my first half day intensive in 10 days time.” So things have really shifted since she and I had this coaching session.  

 This episode was brought to you by the certified clarity coach training programme, and the 2018 programme is now open for registration, and here’s something you need to know; we’re NOT running the programme next year, so the intake that’s starting this September 2018 is the last chance you’ll get to join us until 2020 at the earliest, so if you want to find out how to become a Certified Clarity Coach, and see what’s involved in bringing an understanding of these principles into every aspect of your life, go to www.jamiesmart.com/coach

This episode is a coaching session I did with coach and therapist Pete Bryceland nearly 4 years ago during the beta test of the Thriving Coaches Blueprint programme. I did the session in a group setting and the reason this may be of particular interest to you is that in the 3 weeks following the session Pete signed up two coaching clients on packages of 10 thousand pounds each. So he made more money in that month than he’d made in the previous year.

By the way we are about to kick off the final Thriving Coaches Blueprint of 2018. The doors close this Frida, august 10th and for the first time in 3 years I’m going to be doing all the group coaching sessions on this intake personally.

That means that each person who come on this intake of the programme is going to get 1-1 coaching with me in a group context. So if you want to find out what’s involved and see if you’re a good fit go to www.JamieSmart.com/thriving

In this episode I’m going to be unpacking a coaching session I did with a very successful coach called Pam Featherstone (which you may have heard on my podcast a couple of weeks ago).

If you would like to watch the full coaching demo click here: http://bit.ly/pamfeathertstone

You can also learn more about the Certified Clarity Coach Training Programme, our 10-month deep-immersion into the principles behind clarity (doors now open! The programme starts September 2018 and won’t run again until 2020 at the earliest.)

This episode pf The Thriving Coaches podcast features a coaching session I did during the 2017 Clarity Coach Training programme with a very successful coach called Pam Featherstone.

Pam took her coaching business from zero to 1 million in under 3 years and became Action Coaches No. 1 global coach of the year. In fact she was the first ever UK coach to achieve their global award (previously it had been won by coaches from the USA and Australia).

Pam currently gives 80% of all her earnings to charity and has delivered 12000 coaching hours over the course of 5 years but she came on the Clarity Coach training programme to increase her impact with her clients even more and to experience her own personal transformations.     

In this session you’re going to hear me working with Pam on caring for her own health and wellbeing. This is something I see with a lot of coaches, therapists and transformation professionals – they’re brilliant at support other people but sometimes need a little support in taking care of themselves.

By the way the certified Clarity Coach Training programme is formally open for registration and it’s not just for coaches, we’ve had all sorts of people go through the programme including computer programmers, doctors, call centre workers, layers, parents PR specialists, therapists, office workers, entrepreneurs, surgeons, people who are already coaches and consultants and trainers and even a professional footballer and if you’re interested it’s worth knowing that we’re not running the programme next year so the intake that’s starting this September (2018) is the last chance you’ll get to join us until 2020 at the very earliest.

So if you want to find out how to become a Clarity Coach and see what’s involved in bringing an understanding of these principles into every aspect of your life go to https://www.jamiesmart.com/coach

In this episode you're going to hear an excerpt from the most recent Clarity Coach Training programme where several students were in situations where they wanted to share the principles behind Clarity with an audience, but they didn't understand how it was practical (or even possible) to do so. The subjects they were due to be talking about were “gut health”, “business strategy” and “exam results”.

The principles behind clarity are present in every human experience so, as you'll hear, it turns out to be quite a bit simpler than you might expect.

By the way, the certified Clarity Coach Training programme is going to be formally opening for registration in the next couple of weeks. We've had people from all walks of life go through the programme including computer programmers, doctors, call centre workers, lawyers, parents, PR specialists, therapists, office workers, entrepreneurs, surgeons, people who are already coaches, consultants, trainers and even a professional footballer. 

If you want to find out how to become a Clarity Coach, and see what's involved in bringing an understanding of these principles into every aspect of your life, go to https://www.jamiesmart.com/coach

If you want to watch the video this recording was taken from go to http://bit.ly/sharetheprinciples

This week, I’m sharing a powerful coaching demo from one of my group sessions that explores a challenge so many of us face: bringing our work into the world.

In this clip, Tracey—a coach and author—shares her struggle with launching her book.

Despite having written it, she feels stuck, held back by doubts like “Does the world need another book?” and fears about what might happen once it’s out there.

What unfolded during our conversation reveals something essential for anyone wanting to share their gifts with the world:

• The connection between our fears and the very gifts we’re called to share.
• What to align with so you can unlock the energy to move forward.

I also share one of my favorite poems that captures the essence of why your work matters.

If you’ve ever hesitated to put yourself out there, I think you’ll find this episode relatable—and inspiring.

I hope this demo reminds you that the world does need your gifts - and you have everything you need to share them.

🚀 Ready to Boost Your Coaching Impact? Take Jamie Smart’s free 12-min assessment to gain clarity, enroll clients, and maximize your impact.

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In this episode of the Thriving Coaches Podcast you will hear a brief recording of a broadcast I did called 'The 5 Paradoxical Clues to Doing the Work You're Here to Do'.

On June 7th (2018) I'm doing a free 2 hour training about the 5 Paradoxical Clues to doing the work you're here to do and you can get access to that by going to: https://www.jamiesmart.com/fiveclues

In this episode you are going to hear a coaching session I did with executive coach - Kim Kaase back in 2015 on a BETA test of my programme 'The Thriving Coaches Blueprint'.

One of the things that is interesting about this episode is that after the session Kim went on to enrol clients on coaching packages and to put what she learned into practice with great effect!

This episode is sponsored by my new book - The Little Book of Results.

You can find out more about the LBOR and purchase your copy here: https://www.jamiesmart.com/getresults

In the first episode of the new Thriving Coaches Podcast you will hear an interview I did with Ankush Jain. Ankush is one of the people who's featured in my new book 'The Little Book of Results'. While the book is designed for anyone who wants to create more of the results that matter to them, it is specifically useful to coaches, therapists and other transformation professionals because it's based around the structure I have already used to show hundreds of coaches how to grow thriving practices and increase their impact. 

If you want to hear more about the big launch competition we are doing for LBOR goto https://www.jamiesmart.com/getresults 

This session is an excerpt from a group coaching session I did for members of Laurie Holmes coaching programmes. The person you'll hear me coaching is Leonard Irwin, who started out by saying he'd never trusted himself.

This is the final episode of me reading chapters from my book - The Profitable Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your practice. In this episode I am talking about multiplier No. 10 - Evolutionary Ecosystem

The series is brought to you by The Thriving Coaches Blueprint which you can find out more about at http://www.jamiesmart.com/thriving

In this special episode of the Profitable Coaches Podcast, I thought it would be great to go back to some of the people I’ve done coaching sessions with over this season and find out what’s happened since we worked together.

The coaching client episodes you’ll hear follow-up interviews for in this episode are:

Episode 012: Liz Scott - Coaching Packages, Connection and the Present Moment
Episode 011: Ann Bridges - Habits, Compulsions and “Beginner’s Mind”
Episode 002: Nicky Bartley - You are enough
Episode 015: Tanya Alexander - Escape from Fear
Episode 001: Russell Davis - Playing A Bigger Game

And this episode is sponsored by my Thriving Coaches Blueprint programme which is open for registration until this Friday, 13th April. So if you want to get clients and make a decent living by making a difference, you can find out more at www.JamieSmart.com/thriving

During this series of mini-episodes I'm reading chapters from my book - The Profitable Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your practice. In this episode I am talking about multiplier No. 9 - Exponential Practice.

This series is brought to you by The Thriving Coaches Blueprint which you can find out more about at http://www.jamiesmart.com/thriving

During this series of mini-episodes I'm reading chapters from my book - The Profitable Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your practice.

In this episode I am talking about multiplier No. 8 - Tribal Engagement.

This series is brought to you by The Thriving Coaches Blueprint which you can find out more about at http://www.jamiesmart.com/thriving

During this series of mini-episodes I'm reading chapters from my book - The Profitable Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your practice.

In this episode I am talking about multiplier No. 7 - Ethical Influence.

This series is brought to you by The Thriving Coaches Blueprint which you can find out more about at http://www.jamiesmart.com/thriving

During this series of mini-episodes I'm reading chapters from my book - The Profitable Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your practice.

In this episode I am talking about multiplier No. 6 - Results Creator.

This series is brought to you by The Thriving Coaches Blueprint which you can find out more about at http://www.jamiesmart.com/thriving

A few weeks ago, I asked a group of coaches what they most wanted to improve in their practice. The top answer? Getting better at enrolling clients.

That’s why this week, I’m sharing a short extract from my ClarityPro programme, where we dive into what I call Deep Enrollment.

Deep Enrollment isn’t just about ‘signing people up’—it’s about connecting with something else entirely… An ‘X-factor’ that’s deeply authentic, profound and highly motivating. 

Because let’s face it; if someone’s going to invest their time, their money and their energy in working with you at a deep level, it’s got to be for something that really matters to them. 

And here’s the most surprising aspect of it: you need to eat your own cooking first. Before you can ‘deeply enroll’ your client, you need to deeply enroll yourself!

In this episode, I share: 

• The ‘X-factor’ that’s essential for enrolling clients at a deep level 
• A personal story of how I hit a wall when trying to teach this concept—and the realization that got me unstuck. 
• Simple yet profound questions to help you uncover what truly matters. 
• How aligning with your own heartfelt desires can transform the way you connect with clients. 

Enjoy the episode!

Tons of love,
Jamie 

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https://www.jamiesmart.com/scorecard

During this series of mini-episodes I'm reading chapters from my book - The Profitable Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your practice.

In this episode I am talking about multiplier No. 5 - Transformational Impact.

This series is brought to you by The Thriving Coaches Blueprint which you can find out more about at http://www.jamiesmart.com/thriving

During this series of mini-episodes I'm reading chapters from my book - The Profitable Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your practice.

In this episode I am talking about multiplier No. 4 - Trusted Advisor.

This series is brought to you by The Thriving Coaches Blueprint which you can find out more about at http://www.jamiesmart.com/thriving

During this series of mini-episodes I'm reading chapters from my book - The Profitable Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your practice.

In this episode I am talking about multiplier No. 3 - Authentic Leadership.

This series is brought to you by The Thriving Coaches Blueprint which you can find out more about at http://www.jamiesmart.com/thriving