Has anybody read this? I'd love to know what you thought of it.

I first read this about a year ago. Since then, I've been trying to read it over, just to keep going over the concepts. Although I'm still going through my issues (depression and addiction), I've found it to be helpful.

I'm not the type of person that has a favourite movie or musical artist, because I just can't pick one - there's so much good stuff out there! But hands down, this is my favourite book.

For those who haven't read it, I really recommend it! It's different in the sense that it doesn't specifically target any single issue (depression, anxiety, addiction, etc.). Rather, the ideas expressed in this book are broad enough to cover many different issues, including the ones I mentioned.

It's based on ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy).

The three key elements of this therapy are...

Acceptance - It's tough to explain this in one post, but I guess it can be described as taking your life moment by moment and accepting whatever thought, feeling, memory, bodily sensation, or urge you have in that moment. Accepting it doesn't mean you like being miserable or condone the urge to indulge in your addiction. It means that you don't deny what you're experiencing. You accept that you're currently feeling sad or you're currently having cravings.

Mindfulness - I'm assuming you already know about mindfulness, so I won't explain (sorry if you don't, I could explain). The authors suggest a variety of ways to practice mindfulness. I try to do 10 minutes of mindfulness meditation in the day and 10 at night.

Commitment & Values-Based Living - You're basically asked to break your life down into 10 areas....

1) Marriage/Couple/Intimate Relationships
2) Parenting
3) Other Family Relations (your parents, sibling, relatives, etc.)
4) Friendship/Social Relations
5) Career/Employment
6) Education/Training/Personal Growth
7) Recreation/Leisure
8) Spirituality
9) Citizenship
10) Health/Physical Well-Being

Then they ask you to figure out what you want your life to be about in each area and commit to that.

Anyways, just curious to know if anybody else on here has read it.