Act With Love

by Harris, Russ

• ISBN13: 9781572246225
• ISBN10: 1572246227
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc

Summary

Popular myths about love set us up for a struggle with real life. The inconvenient truth is there's no such thing as a perfect partner, all couples fight, and feelings of love come and go like the weather. But that doesn't mean you can't have a joyful and romantic relationship. Through a simple program based on the revolutionary new mindfulness-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), you can learn to handle painful thoughts and feelings more effectively and engage fully in the process of living and loving together.

Author Biography

Russ Harris, MD, is an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) trainer and author of The Happiness Trap. He lives in Perth, Australia, and travels around the world training psychologists and other health professionals in ACT. Visit him online at www.actmindfully.com.

Table of Contents

series editor letter	p. v
acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: it's a messy business	p. 1
making a mess
mission impossible?	p. 9
what's your problem?	p. 16
making a commitment
should I stay or should I go?	p. 27
does it take two to tango?	p. 33
making it work
you're both hurting	p. 43
everyone's control freak!	p. 54
look inside your heart	p. 61
into the smog	p. 75
the judgment machine	p. 88
gripping stories	p. 98
the kiss of life	p. 105
name it and tame it	p. 111
look at me! look at me!	p. 122
the heart of the battle	p. 129
take off the armor	p. 137
the power of asking nicely	p. 147
you can't always get what you want	p. 155
open your eyes	p. 163
sticky situations	p. 176
the christmas truce	p. 184
intimacy	p. 189
old word, new take	p. 198
building a trust fund	p. 202
let your self go	p. 207
and now, time for some fun!	p. 212
the adventure continues	p. 216
appendix: when it's over, it's over	p. 223
resources	p. 225
recommended reading	p. 226
references	p. 227
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