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<channel><title><![CDATA[Becoming Ourselves - Latest news]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news]]></link><description><![CDATA[Latest news]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:52:43 +0000</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Keynote speaker at the Health & Wellbeing Coaching Conference]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/keynote-speaker-at-the-health-wellbeing-coaching-conference]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/keynote-speaker-at-the-health-wellbeing-coaching-conference#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:42:08 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Keynote speaker]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/keynote-speaker-at-the-health-wellbeing-coaching-conference</guid><description><![CDATA[       Online: 1&nbsp;&amp; 2&nbsp;May 2025  Delighted to have contributed a chapter to this book and to be making a keynote talk at the conference. The book will be invaluable to all who coach for health and wellbeing. Available from all book sellers.To check out the full schedule and book place visit their website:    Health &amp; Wellbeing Coaching Conference   [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/uploads/9/7/1/9/97199636/health-wellbeing-coaching_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title">Online: 1&nbsp;&amp; 2&nbsp;May 2025</h2>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">Delighted to have contributed a chapter to this book and to be making a keynote talk at the conference. The book will be invaluable to all who coach for health and wellbeing. Available from all book sellers.</span><br /><br />To check out the full schedule and book place visit their website:</div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-highlight" href="https://becomingacredentialedcoach.com/health-and-wellbeing-coaching-conference/" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">Health &amp; Wellbeing Coaching Conference</span> </a> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embodiment, Compassion & Trauma Informed Coaching]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/embodiment-compassion-trauma-informed-coaching]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/embodiment-compassion-trauma-informed-coaching#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[podcasts]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/embodiment-compassion-trauma-informed-coaching</guid><description><![CDATA[ [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"><table class="wsite-multicol-table"><tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"><tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"><td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:38.181818181818%; padding:0 15px;"><div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none" style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"><a><img src="https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/uploads/9/7/1/9/97199636/screenshot-2025-03-11-at-23-13-02_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%"></a><div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div></div></div></td><td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:61.818181818182%; padding:0 15px;"><div><div id="855249583878402585" align="left" style="width: 100%; overflow-y: hidden;" class="wcustomhtml"><div id="buzzsprout-player-16094846"></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeating the Death Mother]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/defeating-the-death-mother]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/defeating-the-death-mother#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 15:07:24 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[In the media]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/defeating-the-death-mother</guid><description><![CDATA[ 	 		 			 				 					 						          					 								 					 						     					 							 		 	   &copy; This article was first published in&nbsp;Therapy Today, the journal of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)    Read article   [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> 	<table class="wsite-multicol-table"> 		<tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> 			<tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> 				<td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:50%; padding:0 15px;"> 					 						  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-hairline " style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/uploads/9/7/1/9/97199636/inthemedia-may2024_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>   					 				</td>				<td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:50%; padding:0 15px;"> 					 						  <div class="wsite-spacer" style="height:10px;"></div>   					 				</td>			</tr> 		</tbody> 	</table> </div></div></div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><em>&copy; This article was first published in&nbsp;Therapy Today, the journal of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)</em></div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/uploads/9/7/1/9/97199636/36-38_clinical_concepts_2[2].pdf" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">Read article</span> </a> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thriving Teams: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Resilient Leadership]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/thriving-teams-a-trauma-informed-approach-to-resilient-leadership]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/thriving-teams-a-trauma-informed-approach-to-resilient-leadership#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 15:03:24 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[podcasts]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/thriving-teams-a-trauma-informed-approach-to-resilient-leadership</guid><description><![CDATA[ 	 		 			 				 					 						          					 								 					 						     					 							 		 	   &#8203;Refreshing Leadership podcast  S2.28: Thriving Teams: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Resilient Leadership with Julia Vaughan-Smith, Master Executive Coach &amp; Supervisor    listen here   [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> 	<table class="wsite-multicol-table"> 		<tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> 			<tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> 				<td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:50%; padding:0 15px;"> 					 						  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:40px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/2144758/14750988' target='_blank'> <img src="https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/uploads/9/7/1/9/97199636/podcast-link_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>   					 				</td>				<td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:50%; padding:0 15px;"> 					 						  <div class="wsite-spacer" style="height:10px;"></div>   					 				</td>			</tr> 		</tbody> 	</table> </div></div></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title">&#8203;Refreshing Leadership podcast</h2>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><strong>S2.28:</strong> Thriving Teams: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Resilient Leadership with Julia Vaughan-Smith, Master Executive Coach &amp; Supervisor</div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2144758/14750988" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">listen here</span> </a> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[What lies within: Coaching and the legacy of trauma between mothers and daughters]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/what-lies-within]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/what-lies-within#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:30:45 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Daughters and mothers]]></category><category><![CDATA[In the media]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/what-lies-within</guid><description><![CDATA[         read article    This article first appeared in the July 2023 issue of&nbsp;Coaching Today, published by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.&nbsp;&copy;BACP 2023.    visit website   [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"> <a href='https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/uploads/9/7/1/9/97199636/what_lies_within[44].pdf' target='_blank'> <img src="https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/uploads/9/7/1/9/97199636/what-lies-within_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/uploads/9/7/1/9/97199636/what_lies_within[44].pdf" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">read article</span> </a> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;">This article first appeared in the July 2023 issue of&nbsp;Coaching Today, published by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.&nbsp;&copy;BACP 2023.</div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-highlight" href="https://www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journals/coaching-today/" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">visit website</span> </a> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Julia in conversation with friend and colleague Naomi Shragai about daughters and mothers, and ‘the book’.]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/video-julia-in-conversation-with-friend-and-colleague-naomi-shragai-about-daughters-and-mothers-and-the-book]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/video-julia-in-conversation-with-friend-and-colleague-naomi-shragai-about-daughters-and-mothers-and-the-book#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:02:12 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Daughters and mothers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/video-julia-in-conversation-with-friend-and-colleague-naomi-shragai-about-daughters-and-mothers-and-the-book</guid><description><![CDATA[Naomi Shragai is a business psychotherapist based in North London with over 30 years experience. Her book, &nbsp;‘Work Therapy or The Man Who Mistook His Job For His Life’&nbsp;was well received in the Times, The Guardian and the Financial Times and is now available in paperback. She has also written for the Times, the Guardian and for the last 10 years has contributed to the Financial Times writing about psychological issues in the workplace.&nbsp; Naomi has appeared on numerous radio and t [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none" style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"><a><img src="https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/uploads/9/7/1/9/97199636/mothersanddaughters-in-conversation_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%"></a><div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div></div></div><div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;">Naomi Shragai is a business psychotherapist based in North London with over 30 years experience. Her book, &nbsp;&lsquo;Work Therapy or The Man Who Mistook His Job For His Life&rsquo;&nbsp;was well received in the Times, The Guardian and the Financial Times and is now available in paperback. She has also written for the Times, the Guardian and for the last 10 years has contributed to the Financial Times writing about psychological issues in the workplace.&nbsp; Naomi has appeared on numerous radio and television programmes.</div><div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"></div><a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://naomishragai.com/" target="_blank"><span class="wsite-button-inner">more about Naomi</span></a><div style="height: 30px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div><h2 class="wsite-content-title">Watch video</h2><div><div id="521441453685808773" align="left" style="width: 100%; overflow-y: hidden;" class="wcustomhtml"><div style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/844942593?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" title="Mothers and Daughters"></iframe></div></div></div><div class="paragraph"><span style="color:rgb(63, 63, 63)"><br>&#8203;The book Naomi refers to is <em>&lsquo;Memorial Candles: Children of the Holocaust&rsquo;</em> by Dina Ward, published in 1992 by Routledge.</span></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look out for these reviews over June]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/look-out-for-these-reviews-over-june]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/look-out-for-these-reviews-over-june#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:40:39 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Book reviews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Daughters and mothers]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/look-out-for-these-reviews-over-june</guid><description><![CDATA[      [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/uploads/9/7/1/9/97199636/obrt-daughters-jvs-twitter-graphic-still-20_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Jenny Rogers and Julia Vaughan Smith in conversation - Daughters and Mothers]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/video-jenny-rogers-and-julia-vaughan-smith-in-conversation-daughters-and-mothers]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/video-jenny-rogers-and-julia-vaughan-smith-in-conversation-daughters-and-mothers#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Daughters and mothers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Publications]]></category><category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/video-jenny-rogers-and-julia-vaughan-smith-in-conversation-daughters-and-mothers</guid><description><![CDATA[In conversation...With Jenny Rogers and Julia Vaughan Smith about Daughters and Mothers, and Julia’s new book Daughters: How to Untangle Yourself from Your Mother to be published 3rd&nbsp;April 2023.HIT PLAY BELOW:&nbsp;Recorded 29th&nbsp;March 2023        #element-48bbda5d-6f17-4c53-8a8b-7d237236a53a .colored-box-content {  clear: both; 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overflow: hidden;"></div><a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/store/p1/Daughters-How-to-Untangle-Yourself-From-Your-Mother-Book.html"><span class="wsite-button-inner">more about the book</span></a><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[PODCAST: Edgy Ideas with Simon Western]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/edgy-ideas-podcast-with-simon-western]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/edgy-ideas-podcast-with-simon-western#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[podcasts]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/latest-news/edgy-ideas-podcast-with-simon-western</guid><description><![CDATA[       &#8203;I was invited to participate in Simon Westerns podcast in between International Womens&rsquo; Day and Mothers Day - &nbsp;suitable dates around which to talk about daughters and Mothers. We talked the entanglement between mother and daughter that often occurs, and how anger and hurt can become life scripts that are hard to shake off, limiting daughters' capacity to have joy in their lives. We also discussed cross-generational patterns, how our relationships to parents continue even [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:left"> <a> <img src="https://www.juliavaughansmith.co.uk/uploads/9/7/1/9/97199636/edgy-idea-podcast-1-juliavaughansmith_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:rgb(33, 37, 41)"><br />&#8203;I was invited to participate in Simon Westerns podcast in between International Womens&rsquo; Day and Mothers Day - &nbsp;suitable dates around which to talk about daughters and Mothers. We talked the entanglement between mother and daughter that often occurs, and how anger and hurt can become life scripts that are hard to shake off, limiting daughters' capacity to have joy in their lives. We also discussed cross-generational patterns, how our relationships to parents continue even when they have died, and how we can liberate us from these more destructive patterns. I also talked about the personal process I went through in writing the book.</span></div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://audioboom.com/posts/8262453-daughters-and-mothers-with-julia-vaughan-smith" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">listen here</span> </a> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>