by Steve Hayes | Jun 16, 2021 | Acceptance, Anxiety, Depression, Emotion
In his classic book “Man’s Search for Meaning” Victor Frankl tells the story of a client of his who was terrorized by a constant fear of sweating. Whenever he expected to perspire, he would become anxious, leading him to sweat profusely, which would thus confirm his...
by Steve Hayes | Apr 12, 2021 | Acceptance, Anxiety, Emotion, Happiness, Health
Imagine you are sitting in a car, and you are driving down a lonely highway. Suddenly, in the middle of nowhere, a warning light goes off. Your oil pressure is very low. If you just ignore it and continue your drive, you run the risk of doing serious damage to your...
by Steve Hayes | Sep 28, 2020 | Acceptance, Corona
My dad died when I was twenty-four and in graduate school at the other end of the country. After my sister had told me the news, my mother soon called. She encouraged me not to come to the funeral. I was poor, she reminded me. She could not help me finance the travel...
by Steve Hayes | May 8, 2019 | Acceptance, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Cognitive Defusion, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD
When it comes to eccentric billionaires, there’s no one like Howard Hughes. After he inherited his father’s company at the early age of 18, Hughes went on to make himself a name as a movie maker, aviation pioneer, and business magnate. But even though his life...
by Steve Hayes | Feb 1, 2016 | Acceptance, ACT, Anxiety, Avoidance, Biographical Sketch, psychological flexibility
How love turns pain into purpose What can we do to prosper when facing pain and suffering in our lives? More than a thousand studies suggest that a major part of the answer is learning psychological flexibility. Steven C. Hayes is one of the researchers who first...