The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living PB

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What if almost everything you believed about findings happiness turned out to be inaccurate, misleading, or false? And what if those very beliefs were making you miserable? What if your efforts to find happiness were actually preventing it? And what if almost everyone you knew turned out to be in the same boat - including all those psychologists, psychiatrists and self-help gurus who claim to have all the answers? In the western world, millions of people are unwittingly caught in ‘the Happiness Trap’ - but now the means to escape is in your hands! Based on a revolutionary new development in human psychology, this book will show you groundbreaking ways to: • handle painful feelings far more effectively • escape the grip of self-defeating habits • rise above your fears, doubts and insecurities • find more fulfillment in your work • build more satisfying relationships and, above all, • create a rich, full and meaningful life. So prepare yourself for a radically different perspecti

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Dr Russ Harris is a medical practitioner and psychotherapist with a passion for life, health and healing. He was born in Liverpool, England, and trained in medicine at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. After his intern years, he emigrated to Australia, where he set up practice as a family doctor. Over time, he became increasingly interested in the psychological aspects of medical illness (and increasingly disenchanted with writing prescriptions). Ultimately this led to a career change, and he now specializes in psychological health and stress management. Russ wrote this book because the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) have had such a powerful effect in his own life.Over the years, he has used ACT with a vast range of clients - both individually and in groups - obtaining similarly outstanding results. Table of Contents Foreword • Introduction: 1 I Just Want to Be Happy • PART 1: How You Set The Happiness Trap • Chapter 1: Fairytales • Chapter 2: Vicious Cycles • PART 2: Transforming Your Inner World • Chapter 3: The Six Core Principles of ACT • Chapter 4: The Great Storyteller • Chapter 5: True Blues • Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Defusion • Chapter 7: Look Who’s Talking • Chapter 8: Scary Pictures • Chapter 9: Demons on the Boat • Chapter 10: How Do You Feel? • Chapter 11: The Struggle Switch • Chapter 12: How the Struggle Switch Developed • Chapter 13: Staring Down Demons • Chapter 14: Troubleshooting Expansion • Chapter 15: Urge Surfing • Chapter 16: More Demons • Chapter 17: The Time Machine • Chapter 18: The Dirty Dog • Chapter 19: A Confusing Word • Chapter 20: If You’re Breathing, You’re Alive • Chapter 21: Tell It Like It Is • Chapter 22: The Big Story • Chapter 23: You’re Not Who You Think You Are • PART 3: Creating A Life Worth Living • Chapter 24: Follow Your Heart • Chapter 25: The Big Question • Chapter 26: Troubleshooting Values • Chapter 27: The Thousand-mile Journey • Chapter 28: Finding Fulfilment • Chapter 29: A Life of Plenty • Chapter 30: Facing FEAR • Chapter 31: Willingness • Chapter 32: Onward and Upward • Chapter 33: A Meaningful Life • Further Reading • Resources • Acknowledgements • Index