The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living (Second Edition)

Are you, like millions of Americans, caught in the happiness trap? Russ Harris explains that the way most of us go about looking for happiness finally ends up making us miserable, driving the epidemics of stress, anxiety, and depression. This empowering book presents the insights and techniques of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) a revolutionary new psychotherapy in accordance with state of the art research in behavioral psychology. By clarifying your values and developing mindfulness (a technique for living fully in the present moment), ACT helps you escape the happiness trap and find true satisfaction in life.

The techniques presented in The Happiness Trap will lend a hand readers to:

• Reduce stress and worry
• Maintain painful feelings and thoughts more effectively
• Break self-defeating habits
• Overcome lack of confidence and self-doubt
• Create a wealthy, full, and meaningful life

“ . . . a powerful beacon showing us otherwise forward.” —Steven Hayes, PhD, writer of Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life