"Feeling All the Feels"
This ACT principle encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without trying to change them.
What is Acceptance?
Concerned more with the needs and wishes of others than with one's own.
What is selfless?
This is the practice of treating yourself with kindness and understanding, especially during difficult times, instead of being self-critical.
What is Self-Compassion?
This value involves taking care of your physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
What is self-care?
This is when we identify so strongly with our negative thoughts and negative emotions?
What is Cognitive Fusion/Fusion
The goal of this process is to observe thoughts without engaging with them, such as saying them in a silly voice.
What is Cognitive Defusion?
This person believes in the importance of showing up as themselves.
What is authentic/authenticity?
What does RAIN stand for?
What is Recognize, Allow, Investigate & Non-identification
This ACT principle involves acknowledging and allowing difficult emotions to exist without trying to change or suppress them, promoting emotional acceptance.
What is Acceptance?
This concept in ACT suggests that when we try to avoid or fight our difficult emotions, we only make them stronger.
What is the Struggle Switch?
In this technique, you visualize your thoughts as leaves floating down a stream, letting them drift away.
What is Leaves on a Stream?
A way of recognizing and appreciating the good things in life and the positive things that have been given to us
What is grateful?
Being truthful, genuine, and sincere in all aspects of life, both publicly and privately.
What is honesty?
This concept in ACT encourages living according to your core beliefs and desires.
What is Values?
This ACT tool helps you decide to move towards or away from your values and goals.
What is the Choice Point?
This ACT concept involves being aware of the present moment without judgment, allowing you to fully experience your thoughts, feelings, and environment as they are.
What is Mindfulness?
Works well with others and is considerate of others.
What is teamwork?
This ACT concept involves being aware of the present moment without judgment, allowing you to fully experience your thoughts, feelings, and environment as they are.
What is Mindfulness?
This exercise asks you to notice five things you can see, four things you can touch, and so on, to ground yourself in the present moment.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Exercise?
This is the voice inside your head that criticizes you, often reinforcing feelings of inadequacy or failure.
What is the Inner Critic?
This ACT principle involves committing to actions that are in line with your values, even though it's difficult.
What is Committed Action?
Signifies self-reliance and the ability to make one's own decisions,
What is independent?
Having a friendly, generous, and considerate nature towards oneself and others
What is kind?
Represents the strength to face fear and adversity
What is courage?
What is drop the struggle!