What if almost everything we believed about finding happiness turned out to be inaccurate, misleading, or false?. And what if those very beliefs were making us miserable?. What if our efforts to find happiness were actually preventing it?.
What if almost everything we believed about finding happiness turned out to be inaccurate, misleading, or false? And what if those very beliefs were making us miserable? What if our efforts to find happiness were actually preventing it? A growing body of scientific research suggests that we are all caught in a powerful psychological trap: a vicious cycle, whereby the more we strive for happiness, the more we suffer. This book provides an escape from 'the happiness trap', via a revolutionary new development in human psychology: a powerful model for change, kwn as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT helps people to create a rich, full and meaningful life, whilst effectively handling the pain that inevitably comes with it. It achieves this through the use of six powerful principles, which are very different to the 'common-sense' strategies suggested in most self-help books. ACT has been clinically proven to be highly effective in a wide range of psychological disorders, ranging from depression and anxiety to drug addiction and schizophrenia. It is exaggeration to say that ACT is changing the very face of western psychology - and it was recently written up as a major feature article in 'Time' magazine. Interestingly, although ACT is based on cutting-edge psychological research into human cognition, it has many parallels with ancient eastern philosophy. This book shows you how to apply ACT in your own life to increase self-awareness, develop emotional intelligence, enhance relationships, create a sense of meaning and purpose, access a transcendent sense of self, and fundamentally transform painful thoughts and feelings so they have much less impact and influence over your life.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Exisle Publishing
ISBN-10
0908988907
ISBN-13
9780908988907
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94375784
Product Key Features
Format
Trade Paperback (United Kingdom), Paperback
Publication Year
2007
Language
English
Additional Product Features
Subjects
Popular Psychology
Place of Publication
Woolombi
Foreword by
Steven C. Hayes
Content Note
4, 1 Black & White Line Drawings, 3 Black & White Tables
Author Biography
Dr Russ Harris is a medical practitioner with a passion for life, health and healing. A leading authority on stress management, Russ regularly travels all over Australia, and internationally, training coaches, psychologists, doctors, and other health professionals in the use of 'mindfulness'.
It is a very different be happy book...you'll see, jus
I'm generally a positive thinker, but is hard to keep it up, when you experiencing hard times. My friend recommend to read this book. Well here we go another book, I read many, but is hard to put it in practice...well this one is different! How I was reading I was thinking, Russ is really can read my mind, so I'm probably not alone in a world, to try and try to be happy all the time. And you know what, you don't have to, is ok be feel s***tie time to time! Yeayyy, but how to respond to the feeling is the key! So go ahead read this book, it is worth it!
Cheers, Eva
Really helpful for people like me who don't want to "fake it til you make it." The book takes a refreshing approach to normalising so-called "negative" emotions, recognising when they are useful to you, and helps you to move past them when they're not.
Book gives a different perspective to thoughts emotions etc and the negativity of thoughts that enter our minds constantly and sometimes stop us from living our life to the full.