Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

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Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. The book takes a brief look at relational frame theory, on which ACT is based, but doesn’t get bogged down in theory.

If you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, or problem anger, this book can help—clinical trials suggest that ACT is very effective for a whole range of psychological problems.As you work through this book, you’ll learn to let go of your struggle against pain, assess your values, and then commit to acting in ways that further those values.

The chapter on self-conceptualization talks about the idea of self-as-context, meaning that the self is the context in which thoughts and feelings occur rather than being defined by the content of those thoughts and feelings. If you try to escape from quicksand you’ll get sucked in, but if you relax you’ll float on the surface. The book is very comprehensive, but it’s written in accessible language and would be suitable for people with no familiarity with ACT. A stream represents self-as-context and leaves floating down the stream represent thoughts coming and going.It’s a different approach to thoughts compared to cognitive behavioural therapy, so for people who aren’t that keen on CBT, ACT could be more appealing.

There's a reason We Are Legion was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: Its irresistibly irreverent wit! ACT offers you a path out of suffering by helping you choose to live your life based on what matters to you most. Then if you sense that there may be something of value for you in the book, open it up at page one and read it carefully, doing the exercises as you go.The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force tactical air controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself.

This book is written to help people recognize how healing actually works, so that people can get healing out of their way, so that they can step into other, more fun and inspiring dimensions of life. During this chapter I’m realizing why smarter people are often more anxious/depressed and I also worry that because baby is soooo good at relating words and concepts to each other he is at an even higher risk for psychological pain. In each episode you'll follow one person's journey, getting to listen in on their coaching sessions with Selina and following them as she sends them off on a task to try out a new career idea.Overall (not dividing the group by whether they read Get Out of Your Mind carefully) people in the ACT condition lost more weight over 3 months, lowered their diastolic blood pressure, had better overall mental health, were more distress tolerant, and so on through a long list of good effects.