Helpful ways of thinking about the self |
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This is a free e-book from Russ Harris, author of many books about ACT, written especially for now.
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This core process is the trickiest to explain. The main idea is to see the self as the observer of what is going on, rather than getting over-attached to the content (e.g. thoughts, feelings, memories etc).
This is the image I find most accessible. |
This video explains it a bit more:
Here is a video using a different metaphor for the same idea: