Building Personal Agency
8-week online programme · Starts Monday 31 August 2026Become the intentional author of your own choices.
A structured, eight-week coaching programme with John A Smith that moves you from feeling stuck to acting with clarity, step by step, with a coach beside you.
Four approaches built on one foundation. You move through the stages in order, each building on the last.
The Toolkit
Four approaches. One method.
Each stage of the programme introduces a new set of tools, layered on the last, so change compounds rather than fades.
Change thought patterns and the way you speak to yourself and others.
Manage emotions and behaviours by breaking the loops that drive them.
Develop mindfulness and emotional regulation for high-stress moments.
Cultivate psychological flexibility and values-based action.
Personal Agency
The psychological capacity to intentionally originate, direct and execute actions to influence your own functioning, behaviour and circumstances.
Self-Efficacy
Your belief in your capability to organise and execute the specific courses of action required to reach a goal or master a challenge.
The Curriculum
Eight weeks, five stages.
A foundation stage, then four modules. Each is built around one approach and its practical tools. Click any stage to see exactly what you will work on.
Building Your Foundation
Shift from feeling stuck to knowing you are in the driver's seat, and set clear goals for your eight weeks.
Mastering Your Mind's Language
Understand how your brain processes the world, change the negative stories you tell yourself, and switch into a confident mindset when you need it.
Managing Thoughts, Moods and Actions
Break the negative feedback loops that cause stress, challenge your deepest self-doubts, and take bold action.
Staying Calm in the Storm
Build the mental toughness to handle high-stress situations and keep your composure when things go wrong.
Handling Pressure and Accepting What Is
Learn immediate crisis-calming techniques and radical acceptance, so your energy goes into solving the problem.
Your Coach
Coached personally by John A Smith.
John A Smith is a counsellor, addiction specialist and coach with more than a decade of clinical experience, most recently as Clinical Lead at a rehabilitation centre in Phuket, Thailand, and now practising independently. He is known for a non-judgemental, practical approach, and the cohort is capped at ten people so that every participant gets his individual attention for the full eight weeks.
About John"The only one who is responsible for, and capable of, changing my life is me."
Ten places. One start date.
The first cohort begins Monday 31 August 2026 with an introductory price. Waitlist members receive pricing and registration details first.
Join the waitlist