Unreasonable Hope

Change your mind. Change your results.

About Sam

Samantha Banton-Smith, Therapeutic Coach. Unreasonable Hope. unreasonablehope.comHi, I’m Sam.

I am a therapeutic coach and educator, working in this field for close to 20 years. I created Unreasonable Hope as a safe haven to take refuge in during this rollercoaster of life. As a therapist, I have seen many patterns of stuckness and destruction. I have also seen many come through it and learn to live an amazing life. This space is meant to be a light to the darkness and messiness of transformation. Here you will find hope, even if it is unreasonable, in the midst of your circumstances.

And once you see the light, you get to be the light, something we were all meant to be.

Official Bio:

My name is Samantha Banton-Smith, MEd, RCC. I have a Masters in Counselling, as well as certification in Coaching and Harmony Integration practices. I have spent the last 15 years working in post-secondary, supporting students and teaching. In my private practice, I get to watch amazing individuals break through difficulties into who they were created to be. I am a ‘change’ geek and transformation is my jam.

Unofficial Bio

  • I was born trying to figure life out, which is an exhausting trait
  • I am a middle child in a complicated, large, chaotic, and wildly loving family
  • I have been married for over 19 years to an amazing man that still knows how to make me laugh every day
  • I am a Momma to two amazing and enjoyable weirdos who melt my heart (and frazzle my mind), Nevaeh and Gabe
  • I am high maintenance and high return, complicated and worth it
  • I love my work as a therapeutic coach because watching someone’s light of hope and understanding come on is better than Christmas, my birthday, & Easter combined
  • Change has been hard for me {I used to think it was because I was inherently lazy, but apparently it is a little more complicated} and little wins in marriage, parenting, faith, business, and health have been slow…but insight by insight it has happened. Worth every step. Worth every moment of despair. Worth every horrifying realization and ensuing surrender.

When you have unreasonable hope, growth is inevitable and finding freedom in who you are is the icing on the cake.

This blog is for one person.

This blog is for the one that has tried but is still not there…because “there” exists.

Although I’m a counsellor (RCC, MEd in Counselling) by profession, this blog is meant for educational and informational purposes only. It doesn’t constitute therapeutic advice and doesn’t create a counsellor-client relationship. I will not be held liable for any losses or damages caused by acting or failing to act on the ground of the content of this blog. Should your circumstances require, I encourage you to seek counselling advice through other avenues.