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ANN BAILEY, MA, is a senior clinical psychologist who has designed and implemented an award-winning government service. She is currently the psychological consultant for dieticians in South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Health, running workshops and coaching allied health staff on the principles of ACT for health and well-being. Ann has been featured in the influential ACT in Action video training series as a master clinician and is the coauthor of a number of ACT books.
DR. JOSEPH CIARROCHI is Professor of Psychology at the University of Western Sydney and a renowned ACT trainer and researcher. Joseph has published over 90 papers, books, and book chapters. In 2011, he won a prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellow award, which recognizes him as one of the top scientists in the country. He is, along with Ann Bailey, one of the authors of the best-selling self-help book, Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life for Teens.
DR. RUSS HARRIS qualified as a doctor in the UK before migrating to Australia in 1991. He now works as a therapist and executive coach, as well as being an internationally acclaimed ACT trainer. He is the best-selling author of seven books, including The Reality Slap, The Confidence Gap, and his best-known work, The Happiness Trap, which has now bee translated into thirty different languages.
Synopsis
Skip the diets and calorie counting--the bestselling author of The Happiness Trap reveals how mindful eating is the key to long-term weight control Using the mindfulness-based method called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Happiness Trap author Dr. Russ Harris, psychological practitioner Ann Bailey, and scientist Joseph Ciarrochi present a holistic approach to well-being and weight loss. Focusing on the mental barriers that prevent us from setting and achieving our goals, they go beyond meal plans and calorie counting to explain how you can apply mindfulness to your lifestyle and eating habits. Through practical exercises and personal stories they show you how to:
- Set goals and give direction to your life
- Overcome destructive habits and exercise self-control
- Deal with cravings and stressful situations
- Develop self-acceptance
This book contains the tools you need not only to get the weight-loss results you want but to maintain a healthy weight--and a healthy sense of well-being--for the rest of your life.
Synopsis
Introduction
PART ONE: BREAKING FREE
1. Identifying Your Goals and Values
2. Recovering Your Strength
3. Finding Your Tipping Point
4. Escaping the Cage
5. Harnessing the Power of Flexibility
6. Listening to Your Body
PART TWO: BUILDING A NEW LIFE
7. Developing the Mindfulness Habit
8. Making Hard Choices Easier
9. Finding Lasting Motivation
10. Satisfying Your True Hunger
11. Enhance Your Life
12. Finding Your Faith and Courage
The Seven-Week Weight Escape Boot Camp
Appendix: Nutrition Guidelines
Notes
Resources
Acknowledgements
Index
About the Author
Diet fads and fitness trends may offer the prospect of losing weight, but they rarely work out long-term. The Weight Escape offers something life-changingly different.Using the mindfulness-based method called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dr. Russ Harris, author of the best-selling Happiness Trap; psychological practitioner Ann Bailey; and scientist Joseph Ciarrochi show you how to make the lasting changes you want. Focusing on the mental barriers that can keep us from setting and achieving our goals, they promote a holistic approach to well-being and weight loss—one that goes beyond meal plans and calorie counting to apply mindfulness to how you live as well as to what you eat. Through practical exercises and personal stories they show you how to:
•••Set goals and give direction to your life
•••Overcome destructive habits and exercise self-control
•••Deal with cravings and stressful situations
•••Develop self-acceptance
This book contains the tools you need not only to get the weight-loss results you want but to maintain a healthy weight—and a healthy sense of well-being—for the rest of your life.
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Control your weight without fad dieting, using the method from the best-selling Happiness Trap—Acceptance and Commitment TherapyToday’s the day to start making real changes. Diet fads and fitness trends may offer the promise of losing weight, but they rarely work out long term. The Weight Escape is different. Focusing on the mental barriers that keep us from setting and achieving our goals, this program promotes a holistic approach to well-being and weight loss—one that goes beyond meal plans and calorie-counting to give a deeper meaning and mindfulness to how you live and what you eat.
The methods of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) have helped thousands conquer depression, anxiety, and insecurity, and find new energy for living through mindfulness. Here those same simple ACT techniques are used to enable you to establish a healthy relationship with food and to manage your weight without the stress of fad dieting.