The Happiness Trap is a guide to Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), the revolutionary mindfulness-based program for reducing stress, overcoming fear, and finding fulfilment.
Popular ideas about happiness are misleading, inaccurate and are directly contributing to our current epidemic of stress, anxiety and depression. And unfortunately, popular psychological approaches are making it even worse!
In this controversial but empowering self-help book, Dr Russ Harris M.D., reveals how millions of people are unwittingly caught in “the happiness trap!”. He then provides effective means to escape, through a revolutionary new approach which is shaking the very foundations of western psychology.
This book is for everyone, from CEOs to sales staff and astronauts to housewives. Whether you’re lacking confidence, facing illness, coping with loss, working in a high-stress job, suffering from anxiety or depression, or preparing for the performance of your life –within these pages you will learn scientifically proven techniques to:
Reduce stress and worry
Rise above fear, doubt and insecurity
Handle painful thoughts
Break self-defeating habits
Improve performance and find fulfillment in your work
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