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HOW DO I ACCEPT ANXIETY?!?!?!?!

Let's start a three-part series on accepting anxiety using the ACT Tri-flex framework. As both a therapist and former anxiety sufferer, I'm going to break down the crucial first practical step of getting present and what it really means in a practical way.

KEY POINTS:

• Why there are no "steps" to accepting anxiety
• The difference between "doing mode" and "being mode"
• What mindfulness actually means in anxiety recovery
• How to develop nonjudgmental awareness
• Why automatic reactions aren't truly automatic

QUOTES FROM THE EPISODE:

• "Accepting anxiety is about dropping out of doing and into being."
• "We are essentially judging, evaluating, and resisting machines all day long."
• "There is no difference between automatically reaching for an ice pack when anxious and automatically liking or disliking the weather."

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
• Dr. Russ Harris's ACT Tri-flex
• The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris
• Drew's interview with Dr. Steven Hayes on The Disordered Podcast
• Drew's interview with Dr. Russ Harris on The Disordered Podcast

UPCOMING COURSE: Join Drew's 6-week Practical Mindfulness Skills group starting soon. Limited to 10 participants. Learn more at learn.theanxioustruth.com

For full show notes on this episode:
https://theanxioustruth.com/309

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