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Episode 1 Mid March 2020

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Part 1 Introducing John to the world

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Do one thing My writing over recent months has been sporadic at best, and I now start my blogs with some kind of apology about why it has been so long between blogs. No apology today, I have had nothing to say for a bit. I could bang on about how much I weigh this week, which I might, as it is connected to the title of todays blog.

Do one thing

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Another Blog About Weight Loss After writing my blog last week I was amazed how many people read and responded to it. I normally get 5 or 6 people reading my blogs. But I suppose it resonated for people. Why am I writing another blog so soon about my weight loss journey? Not much could have changed in just a week. A couple of pounds I suppose, and t-shirt that showed every ripple of fat a few months ago now fits me, and even hangs quite loose.

Another Blog About Weight Loss

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A blog about weight loss. Today I thought I would write about me and my weight. During the summer I decided to start a diet so I downloaded a calorie counting app and started counting my calories all was going well, I was starting to lose weight, but what I found was the progress was slow and my motivation was waining, the desire to eat chocolate and crisps and drink beer was strong.

A blog about weight loss.

Today I thought I would write about me and my weight. During the summer I decided to start a diet so I downloaded a calorie counting app and started counting my calories all was going well, I was starting to lose weight, but what I found was the progress was slow and my…

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Do we all need to take a moment to reflect I have been contemplating writing a blog for a few weeks now. Normally the idea to write again comes to me just as I am going to sleep. I have some brilliant ideas to write about, then I fall asleep and lose them all. There are quite a few things I would like to talk about. Being middle aged, leadership, connections and disconnection.

Do we all need to take a moment to reflect

I have been contemplating writing a blog for a few weeks now. Normally the idea to write again comes to me just as I am going to sleep. I have some brilliant ideas to write about, then I fall asleep and lose them all. There are quite a few things I would…

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Connected Living Podcast · Matthew Smith · A guide for navigating our way through life, not completely unscathed, but all the more wiser and compassionate because of the scars we have picked up along the way.

About 5 years ago I recorded a podcast based on my blog. It is a bit rough and ready. I am contemplating redoing it and making sound a little more polished. Anyway here it is on Spotify, you can also find it on Apple

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Being an imperfect leader is inevitable Whenever I scroll through LinkedIn always see those posts about being a leader, you know the ones 7 ways to be a more emotionally intelligent leaders, 5 things to do to create psychological safety. You get the gist. To be fair I have written a couple of blogs along the same lines. But these posts got me reflecting on recent conversations I have been having with colleagues about leadership in the NHS and the relentless challenges operational leaders face.

Being an imperfect leader is inevitable

Whenever I scroll through LinkedIn always see those posts about being a leader, you know the ones 7 ways to be a more emotionally intelligent leaders, 5 things to do to create psychological safety. You get the gist. To be fair I have written a couple of…

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A blog about love If you know me you no how soppy I can be, and I will often talk about love in a work setting. If you don't know me you are probably wandering what the hell I am going on about. Am I encouraging workplace romances? No I am not, that is another blog entirely. Before I start, lets make a distinction between romantic love and relational love.

A blog about love

If you know me you no how soppy I can be, and I will often talk about love in a work setting. If you don't know me you are probably wandering what the hell I am going on about. Am I encouraging workplace romances? No I am not, that is another blog entirely. Before I start, lets…

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Leading a values based life (connecting with the present) Slowing our thinking As I mentioned in the previously the neocortex is never going to act faster than the reptilian and mammalian brains. They are designed to react to keep us safe. The problem is they are rather blunt and indiscriminate. Professor Steve Peters bundled them together into the Chimp to describe how they both work to protect us from physical threats and threats to our position in the group.

Leading a values based life (connecting with the present)

Slowing our thinking As I mentioned in the previously the neocortex is never going to act faster than the reptilian and mammalian brains. They are designed to react to keep us safe. The problem is they are rather blunt and indiscriminate.…

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Leading a values based life (introvert or extravert, thinker or feeler,?) Here is my third and last instalment this week from my Connected Living project. This chapter encourages you to consider your persona and where you preferences lay. This chapter helps us appreciate that we are never binary (one thing or another) but a complicated and often situational. There is not a better way of being, we are all a complex wonderful mixture, and the key to success to knowing and understanding where our strengths lay in that mix.

Leading a values based life (introvert or extravert, thinker or feeler,?)

Here is my third and last instalment this week from my Connected Living project. This chapter encourages you to consider your persona and where you preferences lay. This chapter helps us appreciate that we are never binary…

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Leading a values based life (understanding shame and vulnerability) As I promised yesterday here is the second instalment of the latest iteration of my Connected Living Project. I touched on shame and vulnerability last week in relation to me writing this blog. We see shame everyday at work, showing up in defensive and divisive behaviours, every time we look at the media we see shame being role modelled. To navigate the challenging world we live it is important to understand what our story of shame and vulnerability is and give more space to vulnerability and self-compassion.

Leading a values based life (understanding shame and vulnerability)

As I promised yesterday here is the second instalment of the latest iteration of my Connected Living Project. I touched on shame and vulnerability last week in relation to me writing this blog. We see shame everyday at work,…

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Leading a Value’s Based Life (an antidote to a shitty few weeks) The past few weeks have tough. I cannot put my finger on one thing, there is just a lot of noise in the system at work and outside of work that is conspiring to narrow my bandwidth. Talking to people over the past few weeks it is not just me that is feeling this way at the moment. I was talking to someone yesterday about using mindfulness manage all those thoughts and feelings that can affect our mood.

Leading a Value’s Based Life (an antidote to a shitty few weeks)

The past few weeks have tough. I cannot put my finger on one thing, there is just a lot of noise in the system at work and outside of work that is conspiring to narrow my bandwidth. Talking to people over the past few weeks it is not…

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It’s been a while For me writing a blog was always a way to work through my thoughts and feelings. It has always been a way to manage my well-being. It has however always been a two edged sword. One side is helpful, and helps me make sense of my thoughts and feelings. The other less helpful edge creates a vulnerability that is quite unsettling and exposing.

It’s been a while

For me writing a blog was always a way to work through my thoughts and feelings. It has always been a way to manage my well-being. It has however always been a two edged sword. One side is helpful, and helps me make sense of my thoughts and feelings. The other less helpful edge…

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A helmet has always been a good idea YouTube video by Rådet for Sikker Trafik

This is quite brilliant

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What is restorative and relational practice? Listen to our first podcast, which answers this question in under 5 minutes: restorativethinking.co.uk/resources/ #RestorativePracticeAtWork #PeoplePromise #PatientSafety

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The Coaching and Leadership Books I Love As you have probably guessed, I am a bit of a leadership and coaching nerd. I am a sucker for a good book on leadership, coaching or well-being. So I thought The other week we were talking about books we have and I suggested we all list what books we have so we can share the books we love. This morning I have just been through the books I have at home and on my Kindle (I have quite a few books in the office that I need to add) .

The Coaching and Leadership Books I Love

As you have probably guessed, I am a bit of a leadership and coaching nerd. I am a sucker for a good book on leadership, coaching or well-being. So I thought The other week we were talking about books we have and I suggested we all list what books we have…

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Sitting in The Middle of a Drama Triangle I woke up this morning feeling run down and out of energy, it was the same yesterday. We were supposed to go see Space (a indie pop band from the 90s). Most of yesterday though I felt nauseas, had a headache and was so tired. We did not end up going, Lisa was not up for it, as she has work today, so we decided to do what we do most Saturdays and plonked ourselves in front of the TV.

Sitting in The Middle of a Drama Triangle

I woke up this morning feeling run down and out of energy, it was the same yesterday. We were supposed to go see Space (a indie pop band from the 90s). Most of yesterday though I felt nauseas, had a headache and was so tired. We did not end up going, Lisa…

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I did it, I deactivated my x account today. It has just become more and more hateful.

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My People Career For some reason today I have felt in a reflective mood. Previously I have been reflective on my shortcomings as a human being. Today I decided to reflect on my professional life in a positive sense to reflect on what I have achieved and have to offer. So here is a short history of my 39 year people career. Started as a volunteer on a medical elderly ward in the City Hospital, Chester in 1987 as a 16 year old school boy, At the time I was undecided what I wanted to do as a career.After the first day on the ward, my mind was made up.

My People Career

For some reason today I have felt in a reflective mood. Previously I have been reflective on my shortcomings as a human being. Today I decided to reflect on my professional life in a positive sense to reflect on what I have achieved and have to offer. So here is a short history of…

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First Blog of 2025 I cannot believe the first month of 2025 is nearly over, then again I can never believe how time fast is going. My youngest pointed out to me that time inevitably feels like it is going faster when you get older. The longer time you spend alive the shorter the perception of what time is. When you are 20 years old a decade is half of your life.

First Blog of 2025

I cannot believe the first month of 2025 is nearly over, then again I can never believe how time fast is going. My youngest pointed out to me that time inevitably feels like it is going faster when you get older. The longer time you spend alive the shorter the perception of what…

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Merry Christmas

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Address the context not the behaviour There is a lot of focus on poor behaviours from all angles (colleagues, customers, patients, general public). It feels especially a problem since the pandemic. Wherever you look there is divisiveness..."you are either on our side or against us" attitude appears to prevail. We all blame different groups for these behaviours, the right wing, the left wing, baby boomers, gen x, millennials, gen z, immigrants, the list is endless.

Address the context not the behaviour

There is a lot of focus on poor behaviours from all angles (colleagues, customers, patients, general public). It feels especially a problem since the pandemic. Wherever you look there is divisiveness..."you are either on our side or against us" attitude…

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Don’t chase a career path, go where your values take you You might be at the beginning of your working life, or already on a career path and wondering what is next for you, there are always points in our life when we start to consider our choices on wher…

Wondering what to do next in your career?
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Does our fear of vulnerability fuel our shame and disconnects us from people around us In my day job I speak to health professionals about their experiences at work and what they find the most difficult. It nearly always boils down to communication, people being rude and dismissive, …

I while ago I wrote a blog about shame and how that can fuel division and incivility. It really is time to start to embrace vulnerability and self compassion to diminish shame. mattycoach71.com/2024/11/09/d...

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At work we have been talking a lot about incivility and how that impacts on safety, and how do we create an environment where it is easier to be civil. Then when you read and hear the rhetoric of division on social media you realise how much of an uphill task it is.

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I have just returned from my pre work walk. When I work from home I like to go for a walk before I start work to have a moment of mindfulness before I sit in my office at home. This morning the sunrise was glorious. Perfect for setting me up for the day.

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Excited to deliver the keynote with #NHS Hull Teaching Hospitals today. Made this new graphic to mark the occasion! #leadership #patientsafety

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I feel truly energised by your keynote thank you for raising the profile of RP in NHS HHP. Thank you

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Just listening to a truly inspirational presentation on Restorative Practice by Lesley Parkinson at Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Conference for NHS Humber Health Partnership

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