Dr. Riley Smith
Practical Approaches for Releasing What You Absorb There was a period in my practice when I was seeing a lot of people in acute distress. Day after day, I was sitting with pain—physical pain, emotional pain, the pain of people whose bodies had become battlegrounds for stress they couldn’t name. I was good at holding […]
Understanding the Hidden Cost of Holding Space for Others Have you ever come home from work feeling like you’d been through something traumatic—even though technically nothing happened to you? Have you ever absorbed someone else’s crisis and then found you couldn’t shake it for days, carrying a heaviness that didn’t quite belong to you? Have […]
As helping professionals – whether we’re healthcare providers, educators, or mental health practitioners – we understand how our wellbeing shapes the quality of care we provide. Every day, we show up to support others through their challenges and transformations. Yet too often, we overlook a fundamental truth: our effectiveness as helpers is inextricably linked to […]
There’s something we don’t talk about enough in the helping professions – the profound way our work lives in our bodies, and how our connections sustain us through it all. Think about your last full day of client work. By the end of it, you probably felt that familiar heaviness – not just mental fatigue, […]
Dr. Riley Smith, LAc · DACM · DiplOM
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