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"To fear is to be human. But fear can also keep us stuck living lives that are stale, stagnant, or downright miserable. In Stop Avoiding Stuff, three psychologists offer 25 "microskills" to help readers identify how their fears are holding them back. Drawing on proven-effective acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), readers will learn how to get comfortable with discomfort, do the very things that scare them, and use values-based action to live their very best lives"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Intro
• Contents
• Welcome to This Book
• Meet Your Avoidance
• Part One: Build Awareness of the Moment to Seize the Moment
• Microskill 1. Get Curious About the World
• Microskill 2. Observe All the Comings and Goings
• Microskill 3. Deepen Awareness of Your Inner Experience
• Part Two: Feel Your Feelings Without Running Away
• Microskill 4. Understand How Your Emotions Work
• Microskill 5. Feel Emotions-Don't Fight or Feed Them
• Microskill 6. Practice Willingness
• Microskill 7. Breathe In and Out of Pain
• Part Three: Free Yourself from the Tyranny of Fearful Thoughts
• Microskill 8. Step Back and Notice Your Thinking
• Microskill 9. Admit the Truth ("I Don't Know")
• Microskill 10. Emphasize Workability over Truth
• Microskill 11. Let Go of Being Right
• Part Four: Shift Your View So It's Bigger Than Your Fears
• Microskill 12. Author Your Values

• Microskill 13. Make Values a Verb
• Microskill 14. Change the Small Stuff
• Microskill 15. Take Perspective
• Microskill 16. Be the "You" You Want to Be
• Microskill 17. One Small, Bold Move at a Time
• Part Five: Take Small Steps Toward More Engagement
• Microskill 18. Notice Positive Emotions Too
• Microskill 19. Practice Gratitude
• Microskill 20. Tip Toward the Amazing
• Microskill 21. Be Gentle with Yourself
• Microskill 22. Spread Lovingkindness to Others
• Part Six: Get Through Avoidance Urges and Get Going: On the Spot Strategies
• Microskill 23. Five Thinking Traps to Notice and Spring Free From
• Microskill 24. Nine Ways to Disentangle from Your Mind
• Microskill 25. Ten Strategies for Showing Up with Willingness
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Resources
• About the Authors

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Author/Creator:

Boone, Matthew S. , author

Contributors:

Gregg, Jennifer , author

Coyne, Lisa W. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Stop avoiding stuff: 25 microskills to face your fears and do it anyway [by Boone, M.S.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Stop avoiding stuff [by Boone, M.S.] (Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, [2020] — ISBN 9781684036059; LCCN 2020022628)

Subjects:

Fear

Avoidance (Psychology)

Acceptance and commitment therapy

Self-realization

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on: Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

BF575.F2 B666 2020eb

ISBNs:

9781684036073 (epub)
1684036070
9781684036066 (pdf)
1684036062
9781684036059 (trade paperback) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2020022629

OCLC Numbers:

1159636705