Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Dr. Steven C. Hayes

110 snips

Mar 22, 2021

Guest

Steven C. Hayes

Ask episode

AI Snips

Chapters

Transcript

Episode notes

INSIGHT

Managing Language's Impact

Language, a powerful tool, can also cause suffering through constant judgment and comparison.
Learn to manage language's impact to mitigate suffering in the modern world.

ADVICE

Exercising Autonomy

Exercise autonomy by making conscious choices aligned with your values.
Don't avoid difficult feelings; address them with openness and cognitive flexibility.

INSIGHT

Stabilizing Change

People often struggle with stabilizing positive changes, reverting back to their baseline.
Lasting change requires practice, repetition, and integration into larger life patterns.

Get the Snipd Podcast app to discover more snips from this episode

Get the app

The creator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dr. Steven C. Hayes, joins the show to help us explore how to use techniques from this powerful approach to therapy to address major challenges and improve our wellbeing.

About our Guest: Dr. Steven C. Hayes is Nevada Foundation Professor in the Behavior Analysis program at the Department of Psychology of the University of Nevada. He's the creator of ACT, and the author of 44 books and over 600 scientific articles. His most recent book is A Liberated Mind: How To Pivot Toward What Matters, an essential guide to ACT.

Life After COVID Summit: Join Dr. Rick Hanson, Forrest Hanson, and a roster of world-class experts including Dr. Hayes during this FREE three-day online event to explore our life after COVID. Click here to learn more about the Summit and register now.

Key Topics:

2:25: The basics of ACT.

5:30: The Lord of the Rings and psychological flexibility.

7:15: Accepting our own history.

10:45: How can we accept painful things?

13:45: Language, technology, and how it gets in the way.

18:00: Coming into the present moment.

21:00: Determinism, autonomy, and agency.

26:30: How can we make change last?

29:30: Steven’s experience with accepting tinnitus.

34:45: How to keep growing when the world pushes back.

45:30: Giving people an opportunity to impress you.

49:00: Dealing with anger.

53:30: Pitfalls while using ACT.

56:10: Recap

Forrest has a new YouTube channel! Subscribe to the channel, and watch his newest video over there.

Sponsors:

From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need.

Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month!

Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription.

Connect with the show:

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices