Anxiety rates have exploded over the last decade, even before the impacts of covid and other recent events. Beyond medication, which certainly has its place, what is the best way to stop anxiety from having power over you? The answer may be a counter-intuitive one. Rather than battling to get rid of the uncomfortable thoughts and feelings associated with anxiety, can you make space for them and accept them?

Dr. Russ Harris is the best-selling author of The Confidence Gap and The Happiness Gap, and is one of the world's best known Acceptance and Commitment Therapy experts.

The full episode with Dr Harris is here: https://www.simonmundie.com/blog/russ-harris

The episode about dealing with insomnia using ACT is here: https://www.simonmundie.com/blog/guy-meadows-insomnia

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