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A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters

A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters

This landmark books lays out the psychological flexibility skills that makes ACT one of the most powerful approaches research has yet to offer.

2020

Steven C. Hayes

Steven C. Hayes

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What Actually Works in Therapy (And What Doesn’t)

There’s a quiet crisis in how we think about psychotherapy. Over the past few decades, we’ve gotten very good at packaging therapies into…

Sep 22

What Actually Works in Therapy (And What Doesn’t)

Sep 22

Chasing Joy Without Losing It: The ACT Way to Happiness

There’s a common misunderstanding about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): that pursuing a positive mood is somehow a bad idea. I get…

Jul 28

Chasing Joy Without Losing It: The ACT Way to Happiness

Jul 28

How Process-Based Tech Can Help Humanity Break the Grip of the WEIRD

The world is waking up to something we’ve long known in psychology: the way we’ve built behavioral science so far… is deeply skewed. Nearly…

Jun 24

How Process-Based Tech Can Help Humanity Break the Grip of the WEIRD

Jun 24

Preparing Ourselves to Work With a New Conscious Species

It’s time we had a serious conversation about where we’re headed with artificial intelligence. I’ve spent my career exploring the…

May 12

Preparing Ourselves to Work With a New Conscious Species

May 12

What If You Didn’t Need to Feel Better to Live Better?

Why chasing happiness can backfire and what to do instead

Apr 23

What If You Didn’t Need to Feel Better to Live Better?

Apr 23

Why the World of Mental Health is Changing

The world of mental health is undergoing a quiet revolution — one that is shaking the foundations of how we understand psychological…

Apr 3

Why the World of Mental Health is Changing

Apr 3

How ACT Can Boost Your Exercise Routine

Fun, Pain, and Psychological Flexibility

Mar 20

How ACT Can Boost Your Exercise Routine

Mar 20

The Six Hidden Yearnings That Control Your Life

Why You’re Like This And Why It’s Okay

Mar 20

The Six Hidden Yearnings That Control Your Life

Mar 20

Five Bad Ideas About Learning How to Change

Have you ever seen a parade of dancers, like the kind of parade Brazilians have during Carnival? Samba troops, Frevo dancers, Capoeira…

Feb 17

Five Bad Ideas About Learning How to Change

Feb 17

The Cultural Need for a Process-Based Approach

Human language and cognition represent one of the great paradoxes of the human species. They enable us to create science, develop…

Jan 31

The Cultural Need for a Process-Based Approach

Jan 31

Steven C. Hayes

Steven C. Hayes

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Steve is a Psychology Prof Emeritus at the Univ of NV Reno and the 30th most cited psychologist worldwide (adscientificindex.com)

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