ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) is a mindfulness-based behavioral intervention that helps us live in the present moment using values to move towards what matters the most to you in life. You are moving away from pain. It provides practical ways to unhook from the storylines of your mind. The approach reduces your suffering from emotional and physical pain. Changing your relationship to adversity allows you to minimize your suffering. It is a learned skill that represented by “3 C’s” that will teach you to be psychologically flexible.

Catch – Awareness - what’s showing up in your fishbowl (mind)? 

Check - How hooked/hijacked is your nervous system? Where is your “willingness” dial? Which is higher? Your willingness dial or your resistance one? 

Choose - How you wish to show up or be towards yourself, others, or your situation during difficult

moments/experiences? What do you stand for? What is one small action or step I can take to align with my values. But you cannot choose until you create some “space” with the first two steps.

We will be discussing the first “C” in this episode. You will learn to sense when you are not connected to the present moment and recognize your instinctive reaction to push unpleasant emotions away. “Catch” is the opposite action where you allow them

into your consciousness and where you can process them. 

2nd Annual Pain Summit

Please join us for our 2nd Annual Pain Summit on February 26th and 27th where some of the original founders of this approach will be

discussing these concepts. Here is the link to the event.

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