Top Highlights

• The aim of ACT is to increase one’s ability for mindful, values-guided action. The technical name for this ability is psychological flexibility.
• the aim of ACT is to maximize human potential for a rich and meaningful life, while effectively handling the pain that inevitably goes with it.
• we each have a mind that can conjure up pain at any moment. Wherever we go, whatever we do, we can experience pain instantly. In any moment, we can relive a painful memory or get lost in a fearful prediction of the future. Or we can get caught up in unfavorable comparisons
• the more that fusion and experiential avoidance drives us, the more we disconnect from our values.