Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Anxiety, Behavior change, Podcast
In this episode Dr. Z. chats with Russ Harris, M.D., author of The Happiness Trap, The Reality Slap and many other self-help books. Russ shares how he applies skills from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) – grounding, defusion, acceptance – to his writing process.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Anxiety, Mindfulness
It’s natural to sometimes need a moment to collect yourself before approaching something overwhelming. When it happens repeatedly or chronically, that avoidance backfires, as anyone who has stayed up late to finish an assignment has experienced. How can you give...
Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Uncategorized
When faced with something that makes you feel anxious, the first response is to feed in to the anxiety (and maybe say AGHH!.) Does this end up working out for you? If not, what is something you can do instead? ...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Anxiety
How does your worry serve you? Is it keeping you under lock and key, chained to the bed? It’s possible to have your worry thoughts, and to act in the ways that move your life closer to what you want it to look like. #ACT #worry #superthinker...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Anxiety, Values
If only… When worrying, it can feel like you’re being productive and foreseeing possible negative outcomes that you can then prevent. To some degree, that can be true. But chronic worrying and over-worrying means you are investing your energy in...