The ACT Journal
If you sometimes feel that you’re living a life that’s out of step with who you want to be, The ACT Journal can help.
The ACT Journal is designed to enable you to clarify your personal values (the qualities you’d most like to embody in your life) and move in meaningful directions. Through weekly exercises drawing on the latest psychological approaches, it will guide you as you master the skills needed to look after yourself, build strong relationships and pursue new opportunities.
Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), the journal puts values centre-stage where they can best guide actions and decisions. The journal is especially helpful for those engaged in ACT; however, the principles are relevant to anyone seeking to build psychological flexibility – the ability to connect fully with experiences, including difficult thoughts and feelings, and pursue an authentic life.
Endorsements
“The journal is a great way to keep your values as a guide for what you do day to day. Excellent tips and exercises throughout keep the reader on their toes. What is particularly nice is that we can all have good intentions, but the journal can orient you back to those intentions all year long. The journal is a must for anyone with an interest in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) personally or professionally.”
Louise McHugh
Author of The Self and Perspective Taking
“What really matters to you can get easily obscured by the constant activity, distraction, and expectations in which we're constantly immersed. For anyone who's read Johann Hari's Lost Connections, or who's done certain types of psychotherapy, you may be aware that disconnection from values can contribute significantly to feelings of depression and anxiety. This journal is specifically designed to strengthen awareness and connection with one's own values, enabling users to live a richer life by aligning their activities and life choices with the stuff that really matters to them.
I keep the journal on my bedside table and do weekly planning, daily tracking, and weekly roundup of my values and values-aligned actions. I reckon that, along with exercise, it's one of the most important things that I do to look after my well being and mental health. As a psychotherapist and coach who works a lot with values in the consulting room, I also often recommend the journal as a resource for clients - I’m thinking of buying future versions in bulk to help many of my clients.”
Elaine Kasket
Author of All the Ghosts in the Machine
“I use and practice acceptance and mindfulness in my daily life and this journal gives loads of practical ideas and inspiration to help me each day. I've had this journal in previous years and found it so useful. I'd highly recommend this!”
Joe Oliver
Author of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques
You can find more reviews of the journal on the Amazon page linked on the Buy Now button below.