Tag: psychological flexibility
Psychological flexibility: The key towards enhancing emotional and psychological well-being Psychological flexibility is the capacity to fully contact the present moment and all of one’s experiences—including thoughts, emotions, and bodily…
Values are the directional core of psychological flexibility. They answer a deceptively simple question: What kind of person do I want to be, and how do I want to show…
Self as context is one of the most subtle—and most transformative—processes within psychological flexibility. It refers to the capacity to experience a stable sense of Self that is distinct from…
Committed action is a core process within Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)—a behavioural commitment to take values-guided steps even when it is uncomfortable to do so. In ACT, change is…
Human beings are always thinking. Our brains evolved to scan for threat, anticipate problems, and remember past pain so we could survive. That negativity bias kept our ancestors alive—but in…
Life Is Hard: How Radical Acceptance Can Help Us Suffer Less Life can be deeply meaningful — and deeply frustrating. We do not have to look far to find something…
Part one of this topic (see previous post) introduced the ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy) model and how it teaches people to change the way they react to their thoughts…
