14. Why self-compassion is important when struggling with anxieties, worries, and fears

Many of us grew up in a world that told us that we should be
fearless, jump off the cliff, and eliminate fear from our lives.
In a very intimate conversation, I chat with Steve Hayes, Ph.D.,
a co-founder of acceptance and commitment therapy, about his
relationship to fear, anxieties, and worries and how his personal
experience and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) unfolded
simultaneously.


This is Part 1 of a very personal conversation with Steve, and it
gives us a peek into the life behind the scenes of a person that
published over hundreds of academic papers and academic books,
trained hundreds of clinicians, presented at countless of
international conferences and developed a model of psychological
science that has exploded in the last 30 years.


What to listen for:





What was difficult for Dr. Hayes dealing with fear

How Steve made a pivot from struggling with fear since very
early in his life to learning to live with it

How Steve learned to observe his fears, be curious about
them, be interested on them, and at times, appreciate them

How Steve practices self-compassion when struggling

How Steve determined his values and how they helped him to
navigate through daily life

How Steve handled his fears about his first TEDx talk

How Steve's personal experience shaped the development of
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)






Stay tuned for part 2!


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