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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Think for a moment about a time when you had a workout scheduled that you just didn’t want to do. You felt tired. Your mind was pushing you around so much so that you thought of just giving in to it, laying on the couch and watching some Netflix. But… you didn’t, you went out for the workout and executed it perfectly, you were focused and engaged. The noise in your headed quieted down a bit and sometimes it was non-existent. This is a great example of acceptance and commitment in action. You committed to doing action in spite the stuff coming up for you and pushing you around.

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