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A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters

A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters

This landmark books lays out the psychological flexibility skills that makes ACT one of the most powerful approaches research has yet to offer.

2020

Steven C. Hayes

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Oct 12

We Are the Contingencies:

Growing Values-Based AI Without Fear

We Are the Contingencies:

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Sep 14

Finding the Submarine

Why You Should Approach Life Challenges Like Learning to Calm a Baby

Finding the Submarine

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Aug 13

Now, We Are All Old

I’m turning 78 today as I write this. That’s a darn big number and it almost begs attention to an issue every one of us lives inside…

Now, We Are All Old

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Jul 16

The Goal Gives Values a Body: Or How to be a World Class Fan

In December of 2000, the West Ham United was playing Everton in a Premier League soccer match when one of those small moments happened that…

The Goal Gives Values a Body: Or How to be a World Class Fan

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Jun 21

We Were Built to Be Seen

Why I am getting on planes again — and why some things still do not travel through a screen.

We Were Built to Be Seen

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May 21

Belonging Is Something You Do

A new study shows what college students have to teach us all.

Belonging Is Something You Do

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Apr 22

Moral Education of AI: The Tangled Web We Weave

Every summer, parents watch a child drive off to college and whisper some version of the same prayer. Please make wise choices. Please stay…

Moral Education of AI: The Tangled Web We Weave

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Mar 24

Don’t Chase Mood. Build a Life.

Why ACT can help depression even when depression is not the direct target.

Don’t Chase Mood. Build a Life.

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Feb 26

The People Who Never Made It to the Room

A few months ago, I got a message from a therapist in Vancouver. She’d been following my work for years. She’d read the books on ACT, done…

The People Who Never Made It to the Room

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Dec 15, 2025

Lassie, June Lockhart, and a Lesson I Learned Too Late

When I read recently that June Lockhart had died, well into her nineties, an unexpected wince ran through me. The sharpness of that…

Lassie, June Lockhart, and a Lesson I Learned Too Late

Steven C. Hayes

Steven C. Hayes

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Steve is a Psychology Prof Emeritus at the Univ of NV Reno and is among the most cited psychologist worldwide (research.com)

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