The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living
Jan 2013 · Better Living, Better Health Series Book 1 · Exisle Publishing
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A guide to ACT: the revolutionary mindfulness-based program for reducing stress, overcoming fear, and finding fulfilment – now updated. International bestseller, 'The Happiness Trap', has been published in over thirty countries and twenty-two languages. NOW UPDATED. Popular ideas about happiness are misleading, inaccurate, and are directly contributing to our current epidemic of stress, anxiety and depression. And unfortunately, popular psychological approaches are making it even worse! In this easy-to-read, practical and empowering self-help book, Dr Russ Harries, reveals how millions of people are unwittingly caught in the 'The Happiness Trap', where the more they strive for happiness the more they suffer in the long term. He then provides an effective means to escape through the insights and techniques of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), a groundbreaking new approach based on mindfulness skills. By clarifying your values and developing mindfulness (a technique for living fully in the present moment), ACT helps you escape the happiness trap and find true satisfaction in life. Mindfulness skills are easy to learn and will rapidly and effectively help you to reduce stress, enhance performance, manage emotions, improve health, increase vitality, and generally change your life for the better. The book provides scientifically proven techniques to: reduce stress and worry; rise above fear, doubt and insecurity; handle painful thoughts and feelings far more effectively; break self-defeating habits; improve performance and find fulfilment in your work; build more satisfying relationships; and, create a rich, full and meaningful life.
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Shane Scott
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December 3, 2015
I'd already bought it. But Google Play Store disconnected if from my account. Not impressed to have to purchase the same book twice! (Edit: Finally refunded after searching Google via browser, and far too many hoops. Please make this easier Google!) But it's not available on my phone anymore, only on tablet. Although I purchased this on a phone. Google, get it together.
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Maribel Thomas
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February 24, 2020
Was good right up until the last 2 chapters. First I was depressed, started reading this book that even family noticed a positive change, came to the last 2 chapters and the more I kept reading irate I became. So didn't help me in the end
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Gitika Singhvi
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September 17, 2023
Amazing Book! Helped me a lot to get through my anxiety! thanks Russ Haris
About the author
Dr Russ Harris is a medical practitioner with a passion for life, health and healing. A leading authority on stress management, Russ regularly travels all over Australia, and internationally, training coaches, psychologists, doctors, and other health professionals in the use of 'mindfulness'.
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