Stop Avoiding Stuff

Name: Stop Avoiding Stuff
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SKU: 9781684036059
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25 Microskills to Face Your Fears and Do It Anyway

By Lisa Coyne and Matthew S Boone and Jennifer A. Gregg

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Stop Avoiding Stuff introduces 25 practical "microskills" grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help readers identify and confront their fears. The book guides you to get comfortable with discomfort, face the things that scare you, and take values-based actions to live your best life. It empowers you to stop letting fear dictate your choices and start embracing opportunities for growth and change.
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This book is ideal for anyone seeking personal development tools to overcome fear and avoidance patterns. It suits readers interested in practical, evidence-based self-help techniques to foster courage and meaningful living.

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To fear is to be human. But fear can also keep us stuck living lives that are stale, stagnant, or downright miserable. Stop Avoiding Stuff offers 25 "microskills" to help readers identify how their fears are holding them back. Drawing on proven-effective acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), readers will learn how to get comfortable with discomfort, do the very things that scare them, and use values-based action to live their very best lives.

Afraid? Do it anyway! The 25 microskills in this little book will help you stand up to your fears, so you can live the life you really want.To fear is to be human. But fear can also keep us stuck living lives that are stale, stagnant, or downright miserable. Fear leads us down paths that feel more safe, but that deep down we know are wrong for us. The good news is that you can stand up to your fears and change your life for the better. If you're ready to stop avoiding stuff and say yes to opportunity, the easy-to-implement strategies in this book will help you break the avoidance habits that have been keeping you in a rut.Drawing on evidence-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), this accessible guide offers 25 microskills to help you face your fears so you can live a truly courageous and meaningful life. With this book, you'll learn: *Why you avoid stuff *Tips to increase self-awareness in moments of fear *Strategies for untangling from distressing thoughts *How to hold the inevitable pain and discomfort of life lightly *Ways to connect with your values and take action We are hardwired to avoid, control, and escape the stuff that makes us uncomfortable. But if you're ready to stop living scared, the tips and tools in this little book will help you pivot back to what really matters to you.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781684036059

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 December 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: New Harbinger Publications

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 176.0mm

Weight: 171g

Pages: 200

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Health & Wellness Jennifer A. Gregg Lisa Coyne Matthew S Boone Mindset & Self Help New Year, New You Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Matthew S. Boone, LCSW, is a social worker, writer, and public speaker who specializes in translating mental health concepts for the general public. He is director of programming and outreach for the Student Wellness Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and instructor in the department of psychiatry. He is editor of the book Mindfulness and Acceptance in Social Work, and an Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) peer-reviewed trainer in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

Jennifer Gregg, PhD, is a full professor in the department of psychology at San Jose State University; and a clinical psychologist at the University of California, San Francisco, where she works with cancer patients and their families. She is an ACBS peer-reviewed ACT trainer, and has been delivering, conducting research studies, and training clinicians in ACT and other mindfulness-based approaches since 2007.

Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, is founder and senior clinical consultant of the McLean OCD Institute for Children and Adolescents (OCDI Jr.), and assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She also founded and directs the New England Center for OCD and Anxiety, and is coauthor of The Joy of Parenting (with Amy Murrell) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: The Clinician's Guide for Supporting Parents with ACT (with Koa Whittingham). She lives near Boston, MA, with her family and two therapy dogs, Doog and Peach.