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  • The Happiness Trap

  • How to Stop Struggling and Start Living
  • By: Russ Harris
  • Narrated by: Russ Harris
  • Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (109 ratings)

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Summary

Free yourself from depression, anxiety, and insecurity, and instead build a rich and meaningful life with the updated and expanded edition of the world’s best-selling guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Over 1 million copies sold!

In The Happiness Trap, Dr. Russ Harris provides a means to escape the epidemic of stress, anxiety, and depression, unlocking the secrets to a truly fulfilling life.

Updated and expanded by 50 percent in its second edition, this empowering book presents the insights and techniques of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), covering more topics and providing more practical tools than ever before. Learn how to clarify your values, develop self-compassion, and find true satisfaction with this bigger and better guide to:

  • Reducing stress and worry
  • Handling painful thoughts and feelings more effectively
  • Breaking self-defeating habits
  • Overcoming insecurity and self-doubt
  • Building better relationships
  • Improving performance and finding fulfillment at work

New topics include activating self-compassion; how to deal with loneliness, grief, and trauma; how to work with difficult behaviors like people-pleasing, perfectionism, and procrastination; and how to make difficult decisions.

The Happiness Trap is for everyone. Whether you’re lacking confidence, facing illness, coping with loss, working in a high-stress job, or suffering from anxiety or depression, this book will show you how to build authentic happiness, from the inside out.

©2008 Russ Harris (P)2022 Shambhala Publications
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DO NOT PURCHASE THIS BOOK. Impossible to download, despite contacting audible to fix the issue.

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Just drop anchor!

Fantastic listen. So insightful. I’ve tried CBT but wasn’t quite grasping the concept of allowing it. Russ made me understand the meaning of this and no matter what life’s obstacles, it’s ok to make mistakes and try again the next day. After all, that’s what commitment in ACT means- just keep going! Great read, 100% recommend to anyone who is wanting to practice ACT for what ever difficulties, challenges or just general personal development in life.

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The best and only book you'll need to learn about ACT

As a CBT and EMDR therapist, if there was only one book I could recommend to my anxious and/or depressed clients, this would be it. Russ Harris has a gift for communicating complex psychological ideas and interventions in such a simple and easily understandable way. I first learnt about ACT through the equally amazing founder of ACT (Steven Hayes) and would highly recommend his text to those who are interested, but if there was only one I could give it would be this one. I no doubt will be returning to this book for reminders and refreshers and this book could easily put me out of business! If you can't afford therapy, this book will be easily the next best thing!

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Very Useful

Full of useful information to manage your emotions and feelings. Very educational. Written/narrated in simple English and easy to understand and follow.

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Love ACT & Russ Harris

Loved the whole book! Russ Harris also added humour to therapy which is great! Great book and excellent techniques 👍

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Thought changing

There's so much to consider in this book I believe it's got something for everyone. A Superb reset for me after a tough couple of years. Thanks Russ!

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Most honest and helpful self helpnive ever read

Founs it a great practical self help book. The main concept of unhooking from thoughta and feelings has been working well for me.
And im continuing to work on my values and facing my fears

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Very influential. The book I recommend most frequently in my clinical practice.

Making complex ideas simple and accessible. ACT is one of the third wave of cognitive and behavioural psychotherapies. It can be transformative in people’s lives. Recommended.

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One of the best books on this topic and much more

Just hearing the voice of the author is so surprisingly refreshing. Extremely rich audiobook, plenty of bonus materials.

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a must for humanity

Great book. as a Dr it was a summary of my own experience, and learnings and will continue to test in my own life :)

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