May 28, 2021
Dear ACBS,
It’s been quite a journey for all of us over the past year and a half, as we continue to struggle with the global pandemic. I am mindful that for some of our…
Hi All!
Thanks to Hugh Simonich for posting Dr. Solm’s video (“A new approach to the hard problem of consciousness”)! I found it to be really intriguing and well explained so I’ll…
There have recently been some really great and helpful discussions/thoughts on the ACT listserv around the utility of the use of different versions/perspectives of “self”.
On this topic,…
March 3, 2021
Dear ACBS,
Good morning from Boston. I’m writing from the wintry, soggy northeastern US, where we are on the cusp of Spring. We have had so many things going on in our…
I recently completed the ACT Immersion course from Steven C. Hayes. During one of the modules, Dr. Hayes answered a question about DBT and how it relates to ACT. If my memory serves,…
Cognitive Flexibility is all the rage, very plainly put it is the ability to shift attention between strategies, tasks or thoughts that occupy mind space. It is also described as the ability to…
The little bird, scared
And trapped in the cage
Of her fears, guilt, shame and pain
Fighting to fly far away from..
Struggled to break free
Flung herself over and over…
November 18, 2020
Hello, and I hope that wherever you are on Earth (our pale blue dot, per Carl Sagan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g), that you are safe, healthy, and…
A gap is an opening in space, time, or between objects. It indicates there is a void. An empty space. It can be a pause, such as a gap year in the academic life of a student when they take time…
You are standing on the ledge, about to take the leap, and you hesitate.
Isn’t there another way around? What if you planned this out more? Maybe you should turn around.
…