Russ Harris

Russ Harris

Please Support The Show With a Donation This week we talk to Russ Harris Russ Harris is a medical practitioner, psychotherapist, and leading expert in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). His books include ACT with Love, ACT Made Simple, The Confidence Gap, and The Happiness Trap, which has now been translated into twenty-two languages. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, and travels internationally to train mental health professionals in the ACT approach. In This Interview, Russ Harris and I Discuss... The Wolf Parable Getting the wolves to cooperate and not battle Embracing even our most difficult feelings The Reality Slap and the Reality Gap An overview of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) The Serenity Challenge How we always have a chance to improve our situation Taking the action that is needed regardless of what we feel What "psychological flexibility" is Cognitive defusion techniques Recognizing that are thoughts are not facts Asking the question "Is this thought useful"? Noticing and Naming our thoughts and feelings "The Greatest Hits" approach The "I'm not good enough" story" "I'm having the thought that" de-fusion method The artificial distinction between thoughts and emotions The Struggle Switch Please Support The Show with a DonationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mini Episode: The Elephant and The Rider

Mini Episode: The Elephant and The Rider

Mini Episode: The Elephant and The RiderOne of my favorite books is The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt.In it, Haidt poses several "Great Ideas" on happi...

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Karen Valencic

Karen Valencic

This week we talk to Karen Valencic about using movement to get unstuckKaren Valencic is the founder of Spiral Impact, an Indianapolis-based speaking, training and development company, which she found...

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Akshay Nanavati

Akshay Nanavati

This week we talk to Akshay Nanavati about learning to use our fearAkshay Nanavati is an explorer, volunteer firefighter, former U.S. Marine, and masters graduate in journalism from the S.I. Newhouse ...

2 Jun 201536min

Bonus Re-Release

Bonus Re-Release

We have gotten so many questions about habits lately that we thought we would re-release one of our most popular episodes of 2014 with James Clear. With classic pieces of advice like "Never Miss Twice...

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Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek

This week we talk to Simon Sinek about leadershipSimon Sinek is an author best known for popularizing the concept of "the golden circle" and to "Start With Why", described by TED as "a simple but powe...

26 Mai 201538min

Lama Surya Das

Lama Surya Das

This week we talk to Lama Surya Das about looking beyond ourselvesLama Surya Das is one of the foremost Western Buddhist meditation teachers and scholars, one of the main interpreters of Tibetan Buddh...

20 Mai 201540min

Mini Episode: No Easy Street

Mini Episode: No Easy Street

Life will always take effortMost of us have a fantasy that we will hit some point where life won't take effort. We will read the right book, learn the right meditation, rub the right crystal and our t...

17 Mai 20158min

Johann Hari

Johann Hari

This week we talk to Johann Hari about battling our demonsJohann Hari is a British journalist. He has written for many of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Le...

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