Is There a Relational Network?

If you try to avoid your thoughts, your memories, your feelings, your bodily sensations, you've now grooved another little nerobiological route to that very thing you say you want to avoid. And what happens then is that the network gets spans, and what the steps you have to take to avoid get larger and larger. The judgemental mind says, hey, treat my thought's the wa dirt on the floor. No one will do it. Oh, you're so adult. Ow. You're stittle there with what do you think it's magi? That's how primitive we are. We don't come with a rule, but science that is cutting edge enough, process

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Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/drstevenhayes444

Dr. Steven Hayes (@StevenCHayes) is a professor of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno.

An author of 46 books and nearly 675 scientific articles, he is especially known for his work on "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" or "ACT" which is one of the most widely used and researched new methods of psychological intervention over the last 20 years. Steve is ranked among the most cited psychologists in the word.

His popular book Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life was written up in a 5 page story in Time Magazine and was for a time the bestselling self-help book in the United States. Steve's book, A Liberated Mind released to wide acclaim.

In this episode, we discuss:

Steve dedicated his life to becoming a psychologist
The development of his panic disorder later in life
Recalling his out of body experience
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?
The trouble with avoidance
Give your mind a name
Try using one-word repetition
Psychological flexibility has six processes
The selfish version of mindfulness
At what age do negative thoughts start in kids?
The problem with clinging to the positive
Teaching kids situational awareness
Are you on a hero's journey or are you writing a tragedy?
The two different vagal systems
How to pivot towards what matters
You're emotions aren't unsafe
The emotion of confidence
Overcoming speech anxiety
Using mindful awareness to beat anxiety
Living with a liberated mind
Seeking an ACT therapist

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