Ryan Smith, Personal Coach

09/22/2026

Ascend Counseling and Wellness provides mental health and wellness services to couples families and individuals in Southern Utah and Mesquite, Nevada.

08/06/2026

08/06/2026

Love hearing from past clients that are still doing well using the tools that I taught them. Therapy doesn’t work!! Unless you use it and continue to use it. Good job bro!!!

07/25/2026

Might not feed you chips. But let’s work on a way to get you feeling all happy and sassy like he is in the shade.

07/25/2026

Check this song out and reach out for support to make your choices.

Listen and make your own on Suno.

05/10/2026

Song I made with AI and Sono app.

Listen and make your own on Suno.

04/29/2026

Crazy how, as a kid, I'd see dandelions and despise them, and NOW... I see a yard full of dandelions and consider knocking on their door to ask if I can collect them 🤣. What I thought was "ugly," I now know as a magical healing resource.

I have a few friends who can relate.
DANDELION NERDS. 💪 🤓

This concept of reframing bad to good got me thinking....


I've been in a season of life I could label a “weed." A season I often don't want, an even despise. Maybe you are too. Maybe you feel isolated, misunderstood, unwanted or "never enough" - like parts of you need to be plucked in order to keep the landscaping perfect. Maybe, like me, you believe if "this" trial could just be over, life would be easy and awesome again.

But, like the dandelion, what’s "ugly" today can become your most beautiful parts tomorrow.... the parts of yourself you love most!

I know it's cliche, but Trials really DO have a way of shaping something far beyond surface beauty: Strength, wisdom, resilience. The very things that don’t always look impressive in the moment, but become the most meaningful over time.

So remember; You’re not growing in spite of the hard seasons... you're growing because of them.

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And look how much you've grown. Make a Wish.

Stolen from Natalie Harris Hughes

04/28/2026

One of my favorite ways to teach this and has huge beneficial help is to close your eyes and imagine if your at one of your favorite places or a safe place.

I love to think of me sitting on the beach or back at my grandparents house. Imagining the sights sounds and all of my senses the way I remember it back then.

Have you ever tried this? If not try it now and leave a comment about what it was like for you.

04/25/2026

Have you noticed in your life that when you’re struggling in on aspect of your life, that other parts of your life also struggle. Reach out to me to learn about self care and also how to patch the holes so less is being stolen from your life.