This week on the Essential Coaching Skills Podcast, I sit down with Jamie Smart, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Clarity and Results. Jamie has an extraordinary gift for cutting through the noise and helping people access the peace of mind, resilience, and insight that are already within them. In our conversation, we explore: Why clarity isn’t something you achieve — it’s already built into you The difference between clarity, mindfulness, and mindset training How “inside-out” understanding changes the way you coach (and live) Why most problems dissolve once you see how your perception really works What the psychological immune system is — and how it helps us heal The difference between toxic goals and authentic desires If you’ve ever found yourself saying “I’ll be happy when…,” this conversation will shift the way you see yourself and your clients. Jamie doesn’t just talk about concepts—he brings them alive with stories, metaphors, and insights you can apply right away. 📘 Learn more about Jamie’s work at jamiesmart.com Timestamps / Episode Highlights 0:02 – Welcome & introduction to Jamie Smart 2:10 – From NLP trainer to discovering clarity 4:03 – Realizing everything you’re seeking is already within 6:23 – Flow states and innate clarity 9:26 – Why mindfulness and mindset aren’t the same as clarity 13:41 – How experience is created (controlled hallucination) 16:38 – Feelings as signals about perception, not reality 20:25 – Public speaking anxiety & the teddy bear factor 23:45 – The psychological immune system explained 27:52 – Trauma, resilience, and the power of thought 29:46 – Self-image vs. who we really are 30:40 – “One spiritual being, eight billion human experiences” 36:25 – Jamie’s three-step process for clarity 38:19 – Germ theory as a metaphor for psychology 41:42 – Why clarity matters now more than ever 42:09 – Where to find Jamie’s books, podcasts, and resources 43:38 – One step you can take today to access more clarity Jamie Smart is a Sunday Times bestselling author, educator, speaker and coach who presents regularly at major conferences worldwide. He shows individuals and organisations the unexpected keys to clarity, the ultimate leverage point for creating profound transformation and meaningful results. Jamie’s primary focus is in showing business leaders, entrepreneurs, coaches, therapists and other transformation professionals how to bring subtractive psychology and the principles behind clarity into their work with clients, into their own businesses and into every aspect of their lives. In addition, he works with a handful of 1:1 coaching clients and leads selected corporate programmes. Jamie has keynoted conferences for organisations ranging from the NATO Defense College to the mental health charity, Rethink Mental Illness and the Council of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. His corporate clients range from household names like Hewlett Packard and Dun & Bradstreet to The Specialist Works, an SME ranked as one of the Sunday Times’s 100 Best Small Companies to Work For. He has appeared on Sky TV and on the BBC, as well as in numerous publications including The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Huffington Post and Psychologies Magazine. As well as CLARITY he is also the author of the books RESULTS: Think Less, Achieve More, The Little Book of Clarity and The Little Book of Results. Jamie lives in the UK. When he’s not working, he loves spending time with his family, travelling, walking, drinking coffee and exploring. You can connect with Jamie on the following social media sites: Instagram: @‌JamieSmartCom Twitter: @‌JamieSmartCom Facebook: Jamie Smart YouTube: Jamie Smart LinkedIn: / jamiesmartclarity You can read Jamie’s blog, get full contact details and find his podcasts at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts. Jamie Smart | CLARITY