The Leadership Psychologist. Dr Elaine Smith.

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Dr. Elaine Smith | HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist | Helping leaders cultivate compassion in the workplace | Creating resilient, high-performing teams with a psychological edge.

🦌 Leader Wellbeing Advent Day 6 🦌'Thoughts are not facts'
06/12/2025

🦌 Leader Wellbeing Advent Day 6 🦌
'Thoughts are not facts'

🎁 LEADER WELLBEING ADVENT DAY 5 🎁Feeling your feelings Name it to tame itFeel to healLeaders, do you notice how you FEEL...
05/12/2025

🎁 LEADER WELLBEING ADVENT DAY 5 🎁
Feeling your feelings
Name it to tame it
Feel to heal

Leaders, do you notice how you FEEL?

When we turn our attention to our feelings and not try to avoid them, it REDUCES their power.

When we can recognise our own emotions, we are better equipped to support others.

🤶 LEADER WELLBEING ADVENT DAY 4 🤶💬 Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes… including you.~...
04/12/2025

🤶 LEADER WELLBEING ADVENT DAY 4 🤶

💬 Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes… including you.

~ Anne Lamott, writer
Do you un🔌or do you think this advice just applies to everyone else?

How do YOU rest?

🎅 LEADER WELLBEING ADVENT DAY 3 🎅'If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit'- Banksy🐶 Ft. our resident expert at rest...
03/12/2025

🎅 LEADER WELLBEING ADVENT DAY 3 🎅

'If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit'

- Banksy

🐶 Ft. our resident expert at resting 🐶

🎄LEADER WELLBEING ADVENT 🎄2️⃣DAY 2"What you allow is what will continue"
02/12/2025

🎄LEADER WELLBEING ADVENT 🎄

2️⃣DAY 2

"What you allow is what will continue"

⭐️LEADER WELLBEING ADVENT⭐️Modelling the better late than never theory here, kicking off my Leader Wellbeing Advent in t...
01/12/2025

⭐️LEADER WELLBEING ADVENT⭐️

Modelling the better late than never theory here, kicking off my Leader Wellbeing Advent in the nick of time.

A series of quotes and tips to encourage all you leaders to look after yourselves.

Who is going to follow along?

1️⃣ DAY 1

You can do anything, but not everything.

-David Allen

Making Sundays less s**t!(for those who have weekends off work)No matter what, tomorrow will be Monday.You have 2 main c...
16/11/2025

Making Sundays less s**t!
(for those who have weekends off work)

No matter what, tomorrow will be Monday.

You have 2 main choices:
1.) Enjoy what today brings
2.) Worry about tomorrow and miss out on today's potential joyful moments and rest


Tips for better Sundays:

- Choose one thing you love to do, and DO IT
(no matter how big or small)

- Make time for you, even if it's a very short amount of time. I support clients to relax in just a few minutes. That's all you need.

- Connect with those you love ❤️
(that's likely what you wished you had done when you return to work tomorrow morning)

- Ignore the social media depiction of the perfect weekend
(photos are staged and only highlights are shared)
A tip for next Friday:
- Don't save really s**t tasks for Mondays. We often put things off until Monday and that can make the return to work trickier.

⏳️Time off work is precious 💎. If you are not being paid today, you are entirely free and have permission to spend your day as you wish 🙏

What are you doing today?

This is exactly why we must prioritise our sense of psychological and physical safety in the workplace.If you are in sur...
15/11/2025

This is exactly why we must prioritise our sense of psychological and physical safety in the workplace.

If you are in survival mode, performance can plummet and it can impact on your mental health.

Every interaction we have is important, especially with leaders because of the power imbalance.

We often place more weight on a leader/manager's word or actions because deep down we might be afraid of disappointing them, or even losing our job.

Praise can also act as a 🥕and we can become embroiled in a cvcle of praise and reassurance seeking ♻️.

But if we feel truly safe and seen, fear reduces and performance is boosted.

Win. win.

This is even more important for employees who may have experienced past trauma.

So will we work towards a safe, nurturing workplace or will we keep driving the focus on performance, which often has the opposite effect?

I need to have a word with you.- here is THE tap on the shoulder - Are you waiting to be told you're not good enough? On...
14/11/2025

I need to have a word with you.

- here is THE tap on the shoulder -

Are you waiting to be told you're not good enough?

One of the great things about my job is that when I read a book, I read it for me and I read it to support the clients and the leaders that I work with.

There's no us and them.

Much of the work I do also applies to me.

📕📘📗📕📘📗

This book by Dr. Jessamy Hibberd was recommended to me. I will share any nuggets of wisdom.

What's your experience of feeling like an impostor?

It comes up SO much in the work that I do.

Me reading about imposter syndrome to support others who feel like an imposter feels very meta and/or ironic!!

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13/11/2025

Boundaries
Boundaries
Boundaries
Boundaries
Boundaries
Boundaries
Boundaries
Boundaries
Boundaries
Boundaries

OR

Burnout

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👋 High achievers, perfectionists, people pleasers, unrelenting high standards people - I see you 👀

Every time you say no to someone else, you say yes to yourself. And vice versa.

We are not talking about everyday, reasonable requests here, but the 'above and beyond', afraid to say no, automatic yes then oops what did I get into type scenarios.

Nobody wins if we take on too much.

Know your limits.

Get to know that feeling when a 'yes' doesn't sit right.

That means it is a no.

People are magic 🪄Today , I had the pleasure of facilitating a session for Sasi Venables Chartered FCIPD and her amazing...
12/11/2025

People are magic 🪄

Today , I had the pleasure of facilitating a session for Sasi Venables Chartered FCIPD and her amazing The HR Confidence Club - Confidently Stacked™.

The topic was:

❄️Winter Wellbeing:
The Science ofStress❄️

We covered:
- The Stress Curve
- CFT 3 Circles
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Pressure of Christmas
- Mini Winter Wellbeing Plan

What a lovely group of people. So interested, engaged and warm.

I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I always appreciate people giving up precious time to attend.

Sasi is creating waves in supporting the wonderful HR people who do a very difficult job. I salute all of you 🙏.

🎄Need a winter wellbeing boost for your team?

I love facilitating these workshops and have a couple of dates available before Christmas. Booking link in stories.

Ps. Everyone needs this cushion!


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11/11/2025

Who supports the leaders?

I do.

Address

5 South Charlotte Street (for Correspondence)
Edinburgh
EH24AN

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 5pm - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 8pm

Telephone

+441312619191

Website

https://drelainesmith.thinkific.com/courses/creating-compassionate-workplaces-1YearAcces

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