{"id":106,"date":"2018-03-23T15:41:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T19:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happiness.mighty-little-websites.com\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2024-03-26T11:02:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:02:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jim Smith, <\/strong>PCC, NBC-HWC, NCOC\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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I’m Jim Smith, The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae<\/sup>, and my passion is to create a Happier World and Workplace, one Leader at a time — and maybe you’re next!<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I arrived at a conference wearing a T-shirt, scarf, and jacket. The organizer pulls me to the side and says, “We’ve got our staff photographer here, we want to get your picture before she leaves.” I was unprepared. The photographer told me I looked uncomfortable in my sports coat, so she tossed my stuff on the floor. I’m freezing in this picture – it was a chilly day in midtown Manhattan, and the lobby\/temporary photo studio was unheated but for sunlight. Yet I love this photo because it’s the first professional shoot I’d done without looking “corporate.”<\/strong> Excuse the hands in my pockets — I was keeping them warm!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What else do you want to know?<\/strong> The truth?<\/strong> I was a terrible coach for years because I thought coaching was about showing my client how smart I was. Then I got amazing training and mentoring and I learned I had a body that was just as wise as my brain… and I learned to access intuition, use my body in new ways, and access my curious self. Wow, questions! So powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recently began a coaching session with a body awareness exercise to help the client locate and connect with her stuckness. We found it hiding behind her heart. I asked a question… and the client spoke for 25 minutes uninterrupted as she unpacked what she found there. She said, “That was the best coaching session I’ve ever experienced.” My job, I assess, is to help you find your voice and then hold the space for you to hear it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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