The Qualities of Being a Doing

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Open aware and actively engaged has two aspects each, acceptance that we call it diffusion with emotional cognition. In the present moment inside now, you don't have room in a thoughts about the past or worries about the future. So those are two more in the present consciously. And the final one is what are the qualities of being a doing that you want to put in your life? I'm talking about goals. But values based goals. Those six socially extended and then take your body. That's it. When we've done research, those things account for about 89% of everything we know about how change happens. All right. Well, let's dig intoYou mentioned putting your mind on a

Steven Hayes discusses how our instincts mentally trap us—and shares powerful tools for liberating your mind.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The benefits of psychological flexibility—and how to develop it.

2) Why you need to put your mind on a leash.

3) The key to taking the sting out of negative words.

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— ABOUT STEVEN —

Steven C. Hayes is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He’s the originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). He’s authored 48 books including Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life (which reached #20 on Amazon’s best-seller list) and A Liberated Mind, which explains why psychological flexibility helps us navigate the world. Methods he has developed are distributed worldwide by the World Health Organization and other major agencies, and he is among the most cited psychologists in the world.

• Book: A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters

• Website: StevenCHayes.com

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• Book: Walden Two by BF Skinner

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