

PIS Episode: Dr Z. and Jill Stoddard
In this conversation, you will hear how Dr. Jill Stoddard, a TEDx speaker, author, ACT clinician, and mother of two children practices self-compassion and faces her fears of not being an expert on a given topic. Listen to the episode on your favorite player: 👉🏻 Apple...
PIS Episode: Dr. Z with Russ Harris
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.

Superthinkers: Do you use procrastination as a short-term relief? (<1 min read)
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...
Superthinkers: Does your anxiety feel like this? (1min read)
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? ...