Do you spend hours in your head thinking about something that happened, could have happened, or might happen? Have you ever thought of a situation, over and over, trying to come up with the best decision but didn’t take any action? How often do you over-prepare so you don’t make any mistakes? When was the last time you postponed a project because it wasn’t good-enough? Do you minimize your needs so you don’t rock the boat in a relationship? We all play-it-safe by thinking in a particular way or acting in a particular way; it’s cozy and familiar to do what your cautious mind pushes you to do. The challenge is when those playing-it-safe moves take a like on their own.
In this talk, Dr. Z describes why you play-it-safe, identifies the look, feel, and sound of the most common playing-it-safe moves, and teaches you three ACT micro-skills to check whether those playing-it-safe actions help you to be the person you want to be or not.
Dr. Zurita Ona, Dr. Z, is a Licensed Psychologist in California. Her work is dedicated to helping all her clients get “unstuck from fear-based reactions” and live the life they want to live. A key question to her work is “how can we get unstuck from any other form of fear-based reactions so we can live a meaningful, fulfilling, and purposeful life?”
Dr. Z. has significant experience - over 18 years - working with individuals dealing with fear-based struggles such as perfectionism, procrastination, uncertainty, decision-making, phobias, OCD, panic, and any other anxiety-related difficulties. She is the founder of the East Bay Behavior Therapy Center, a boutique therapy practice, where she offers therapy, coaching, and focused interventions based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and contextual-behavioral science. Dr. Z is the author of 6 books and has been nominated as a Fellow of the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science.
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