Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a godsend for people who experience anxiety, and really for everyone.

We've all got to learn how to combine self-kindness with doing hard things, and how not to let fear get between us and our values.

Posting on X has been a part of something that is deeply important to me - contributing to your liberation from psychological suffering. I have retreated from posting frequently, as I've needed to think and feel deeply about how best to serve that aim. It's getting clearer.

People show #resilience when they overcome difficult obstacles💪. What they attribute this success to can impact #compassion for others💕. When people believe they overcame due to the help of others, they have more compassion for others, especially when they feel #grateful 🙏.

A lovely review for 'Complex and Traumatic Loss: Fostering Healing and Resilience' by Froma Walsh in the Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy.

New article is live: How to Stop Being an Impostor. You can read it here: stevenchayes.com/how-to-stop-be…

Why would anyone currently go to an elite private university if you also got into a great state school?

Seems like it’s just 10x the cost, no better of an education, and completely out of touch with reality.

Our RCT of ACT @ work now out!
200 employees. Active control. 6 month follow up

Key findings:

-4 sessions ACT training = improved in stress & sleep over 6 mths

-ACT training helped employees to pursue values

-ACT & MT were = in improving mindfulness

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I just saw this and disagree actually. It takes way more work to heal and rebuild yourself strong. It takes even more work to keep your softness as you do so.

Dude works out in leather pants and that is why he is my god.

Well looky here Dennis Tirch PhD ! This was a nice surprise in a grief training for CEU's.

Here's the latest in our Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) guest blogs, with the wonderful Prof Darcy Harris. In this post, Darcy outlines her journey to working with grief through compassion
balancedminds.com/my-path-to-gri…

#compassionfocusedtherapy #cft #selfcompassion Balanced Minds

Narcissistic leaders are threatened by talent. They want to be the smartest person in the room.

Humble leaders are drawn to talent. They surround themselves with people who make them smarter.

Great leaders grow talent. They strive to make everyone in the room smarter.

While I don't agree with everything in Abigail Shrier's new book, 'Bad Therapy' she really drives some important points home. I want you to be empowered to stand up to anyone who would pathologize, over-diagnose, or fragilize your children! The system can create big problems!

Stoked for this gig with Dom Calabrese on drums! Hunter Moon Duo will be jamming Saturday night, March 23rd, at Roundtable Brewery, Garnerville, NY, from 6-9 pm. Great brewery & food. Dom and I will be riding waves of surf guitar, gypsy jazz, and psychedelic music. Join us!

After a good couple of days talking all things compassion in sport with James N. Kirby, it's great to see this paper just published in print at the latest issue of Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology. Check it out, open access here: journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/…

Mindfulness is not meant to only work as a head trip or altered state of consciousness. What happens when you bring mindfulness into your embodied action? Does mindful and deeply focused cello playing have a different quality? How about mindful parenting? What quality arrives?

One of the hardest but most important practices: realize that you are not the stuff inside your head. You are the awareness that decides what to do with the stuff inside your head. The ability to choose which thoughts to pursue and which to leave behind is key to everything.

Too many mindfulness teachers are afraid to acknowledge the reality of relaxation. I get it that mindfulness is more than relaxation. Yet, inviting our bodies and minds to slow down, and rest in kindness, in this very moment, can be very relaxing, and that's not a bad thing.

You've been told practicing gratitude can be helpful, but sometimes, evoking gratitude can feel impossible. Today, I was reminded how healing a felt, embodied state of gratitude can be. May you find a safe space for gratitude and self-compassion today! May you be well!

Dealing with anxiety is hard enough without the weight of shame & blame. You aren’t alone. You aren’t weak. You have a very tricky brain & a fine tuned threat detection system. Finding evidence based support and practicing self-compassion can help. Anxiety happens. So does love