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This is a hands-on, self-help guide to gaining long-lasting confidence and overcoming fear using mindfulness-based therapy. The author explains how many of us are playing the confidence game using the wrong rules, and guides the reader through clear, simple exercises designed to help you manage difficult emotions such as anxiety and build genuine confidence. The Confidence Gap has a gentler, more thoughtful approach to teaching confidence than the typically aggressive/peppy self-help approach. It is instructive, reassuring and gentle in tone, which will appeal to women as well as men and the business market.

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Dr Russ Harris is a world expert on ACT, a new mindfulness-based approach to psychological change that is rapidly sweeping this country. In the last four years, Russ has trained over 8000 coaches, counsellors and psychologists in this model, which enables people to reduce stress, overcome fear and find fulfilment. He has written four books, including the hugely successful self-help title The Happiness Trap (2007), now published in 20 countries and 15 languages. A popular speaker, Russ runs ACT training all over Australia and internationally, and this year he is launching ACT workshops for the general public.

acknowledgements

First, a gazillion truckloads of gratitude to my wife, Carmel, for all her love and support; for being my muse; for helping me develop my ideas; for tolerating my love affair with the computer; for looking after our family while I was pounding away at the keyboard; and for encouraging me to keep writing when I was totally convinced it was all just a load of crap.

Also, as usual, a Mount Everest-sized heap of thanks to Steve Hayes, the originator of ACT. And that gratitude also extends to Kelly Wilson and Kirk Strosahl both huge sources of inspiration for me. Plus a very special thanks to Frank Gardner, whose work on ACT in the realm of peak performance has had a strong influence on my practice. Also to Todd Kashdan, for kindly allowing me to adapt his values worksheet. And a general round of thanks to the larger ACT community worldwide, which is always very supportive; indeed, many ideas within these pages have arisen from discussions on the worldwide ACT Listserv mailing list.

Next Id like to give a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggg THANK YOU! to my agent, Sammie Justesen, for all her good work. Plus Id like to unload several large shipments of thanks upon the entire team at Penguin especially Ingrid Ohlsson and Jocelyn Hungerford for all the hard work, care and attention they have invested in this book.

And finally I want to thank Max that one special person on this planet who calls me Daddy simply for bringing so much love, joy and wonder into my life.

resources
WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING
Happiness Trap workshops

Russ is now running Happiness Trap workshops for happiness, confidence and vitality, in capital cities throughout Australia. Why not come along and amaze yourself at what you are capable of?

ACT is a revolutionary new psychological approach for health, wellbeing and fulfilment. And if you have enjoyed reading The Confidence Gap, or The Happiness Trap, then you will find these ACT-based workshops transformational. (The difference between the book and the workshop is like the difference between a documentary about Africa and an actual visit to Africa.)

Happiness Trap workshops are for everyone, from CEOs to sales staff, from astronauts to homemakers. Whether youre lacking confidence, facing illness, coping with loss, working in a high-stress job, suffering from shyness, struggling with low self-esteem, trying to lose weight or quit smoking, preparing for the biggest challenge of your life, or just wanting to be happier, healthier, and more fulfilled in the space of just two days, you will learn scientifically proven techniques to:

  • Reduce stress and worry
  • Rise above fear, doubt and insecurity
  • Handle painful thoughts and feelings far more effectively
  • Break self-defeating habits
  • Develop genuine confidence
  • Improve performance and find fulfilment in your work
  • Build more satisfying relationships and, above all,
  • Create a rich, full and meaningful life.

To find out more or enrol in a Happiness Trap workshop, go to: www.thehappinesstrap.com.au

BOOKS BY RUSS HARRIS
The Happiness Trap (Wollongong: Exisle Publishing, 2007)

Many popular notions of happiness are misleading, inaccurate and will actually make you miserable if you believe them. The Happiness Trap is a self-help book on how to make life richer, fuller and more meaningful, while avoiding common happiness traps. Based on ACT, it is applicable to everything from work stress to addictions, from anxiety to depression, from the pressures of parenting to the challenges of terminal illness. Used by ACT therapists and their clients all around the world, it is currently translated into fifteen different languages. A website, www.thehappinesstrap.com, offers many free resources to use with the book.

ACT with Love (Oakland: New Harbinger, 2009)

ACT with Love is an inspiring and empowering self-help book that applies the principles of ACT to common relationship issues, and shows how to move from conflict, struggle and disconnection to forgiveness, acceptance, intimacy and genuine loving. It is linked to its own resource-packed website: www.act-with-love.com.

ACT Made Simple (Oakland, CA: New Harbinger, 2009)

A practical and entertaining textbook, ideal for ACT newcomers and experienced ACT professionals alike, ACT Made Simple offers clear explanations of the core ACT processes and a set of real-world tips and solutions for rapidly and effectively implementing them in your coaching or therapy practice. Reading this book is all the training you need to begin using ACT techniques with your clients for impressive results. For more information, visit www.actmadesimple.com.

CDs AND MP3s BY RUSS HARRIS
Mindfulness Skills: Volume 1 & Mindfulness Skills: Volume 2

Available as either CDs or downloadable MP3 files, these volumes cover a wide range of mindfulness exercises for personal use. You can order MP3s via www.thehappinesstrap.com. CDs are only available in Australia, and must be ordered through www.actmindfully.com.au.

ONLINE RESOURCES

This book is linked to the website www.thehappinesstrap.com. On this site, on the page titled free resources you can download free copies of the exercises and worksheets in this book. Youll also find some valuable online training in the form of e-courses and webinars.

NEWSLETTER

The Happiness Trap Newsletter is a regular, free email newsletter, packed with useful information, tools, and tips relating to ACT. You can register for it under the main menu at any of the websites mentioned above.

references
Armstrong, Lance, 2003, Every Second Counts, New York: Broadway Books.
Baumeister, Roy F; Jennifer D Campbell, Joachim I Krueger and Kathleen D Vohs, May 2003, Does High Self-Esteem Cause Better Performance, Interpersonal Success, Happiness, or Healthier Lifestyles? Psychological Science in the Public Interest, Vol. 4, No. 1, .
Dr Seuss Enterprises, 1990, Oh, the Places Youll Go! New York: Random House.
Gardner, Frank L & Zella E Moore, 2007, The Psychology of Enhancing Human Performance: The Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) Approach, New York: Springer Publishing.
Harris, Russ, 2008, The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living, Boston: Trumpeter Books.
Hayes, Steven C; Kirk Strosahl & Kelly G Wilson, 1999, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change, New York: Guilford
Jones, G; S Hanton & A B J Swain, 1994, Intensity and interpretation of anxiety symptoms in elite and non-elite sports performers, Personality and Individual Differences, 17, 657663.
Jones, G; A B J Swain & L Hardy, 1993, Intensity and direction dimensions of competitive state anxiety and relationships with performance,
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