The Future of Evidence-Based Behavior Change

When ACT first appeared on the scene in a big way, mainstream CBT was not exactly thrilled. In 2004 I’d declared the arrival of the “third wave,” in 2005 Get Out of You Mind and Into Your Life appears, and in 2006 a five-page story in Time Magazine about that book of...

Stepping Out of Automatic Pilot

Thoughts cause our actions, or do they? We need to stop treating out own minds with the automaticity of tying our shoes or any idiot with a microphone has access to buttons to control us. In between agreeing with thoughts and disagreeing with thoughts, there is a...

Are We Too Smart for Our Own Good?

Are We Too Smart for Our Own Good? Intellectually, we are a bit smarter. Emotionally we seem dumber. What if both are for the same reason? Are We Too Smart for Our Own Good? Smart = being right. Miserable = being right. The modern dilemma. Published on February 3,...