37. How playing-it-safe can be helpful or unhelpful in your life

We all play it safe, that's the norm and not the
exception. Our playing-it-safe tendencies move in a continuum
from being adaptive on one end to being unhelpful on the other.
And one of the ways we play it safe is by pushing hard and
working hard.


In this conversation, I interview Diana Hill, a clinical
psychologist, co-author of the book ACT daily Journal and co-host
of the psychology podcast Psychologists Off The Clock. Dr. Hill
discussed how you can catch the cycle of
striving.


And in the second part of the conversation, Dr. Hill answers this
question: How do yoga and acceptance and commitment
skills blend together?


Dr. Hill shares how to:


- Move from mental experiences into the real direct experiences


- How to start using an embodied approach to notice internal
experiences


- How you can practice the exercise "one eye in and one eye out"
as a starting point to step back from internal experiences.


Finally, at the end of the conversation, you will hear Dr. Hill's
recommendation on how to make the best of the ACT Daily
Journal, if you just started working on it.


You can find more on Dr. Hill on her website.


IMPORTANT NEWS: ACT beyond OCD is coming in JANUARY
2022!


ACT beyond OCD, a live, cohort-based, online class for any person
struggling with OCD is opening its doors in January.


If you want to learn how to tackle pesky obsessions using
Acceptance and Commitment Skills and Exposure, make sure to
register on the waitlist.


Please keep in mind that we only run this class twice a year!


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