Böcker av Russ Harris

The million-copy bestseller that teaches you how to stop struggling for perfect happiness and lead a richer life

This is a hands-on, self-help guide to gaining long-lasting confidence and overcoming fear using mindfulness-based therapy. The author explains how many of us are playing the 'confidence game' using the wrong rules, and guides the reader through clear, simple exercises designed to help you manage difficult emotions such as anxiety and build genuine confidence. The Confidence Gap has a gentler, more thoughtful approach to teaching confidence than the typically aggressive/peppy self-help approach. It is instructive, reassuring and gentle in tone, which will appeal to women as well as men and the business market.

At Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) workshops around the world, the author is often asked one question: 'If you could recommend just one book on ACT, what would it be'? This book presents an ACT primer that offers the answer to that question. It encourages readers to tailor ACT techniques to their practices and their clients.

Sometimes it can feel like there's a gap between what we plan or hope for in our lives and the reality we're faced with - a so-called 'reality gap'. Sometimes it's a startling reality gap caused by the death of a loved one, for example, or a serious illness, a freak accident, divorce or the loss of a job. Sometimes it's a little gentler: envy, loneliness, resentment, failure, disappointment or rejection. But whatever form your 'reality gap' may take, one thing's for sure: it can cause us great distress.Based on the scientifically proven mindfulness-based approach called 'Acceptance and Commitment Therapy' (ACT), this self-help book will teach you how to cope effectively when life hurts and you will learn not only how to survive life's unexpected curve balls, but also how to thrive, despite them.

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in unprecedented levels of loss--the loss of family members, romantic partners, jobs, and even our sense of who we are and how we are able to live our lives in an increasingly uncertain and changed world. In this much-needed guide, written by a team of renowned mental health professionals and grief experts, readers will find the most effective therapeutic tools to help transform grief and loss--whatever the cause--and move forward in life with a renewed sense of meaning and purpose.

If you are new to ACT - or just want to improve your delivery - this easy-to-read reference guide will help you troubleshoot common in-session challenges and help your clients achieve lasting change.