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Welcome to Not Another Anxiety Show. I'm your host, Kelly Walker, and joining me today's guest,

Dr. Russ Harris. Hi, Russ.

Hello. Thanks for inviting me. Thanks for taking the time to hop on the show. Now, do you mind

if I share a little bit more about you with our audience before we start chatting?

Yeah, sure. Yeah, far away.

Wonderful.

Dr. Russ Harris is a physician, therapist, and speaker specializing in stress management.

He travels nationally and internationally to train individuals and health professionals in the techniques of act.

Born and educated in England, he now lives in Australia. Russ is author of the

happiness trap and the illustrated happiness trap, among others. For more information,

visit actmindfully.com.a.u. And I just have to say, I love the illustrated happiness trap.

It is one of my favorite resources to share with clients, especially for those

that are kind of in the throes of anxiety because it's short, concise, but also powerful.

Oh, fantastic. Yeah. It's kind of, so my original book, The Happiness Trap, you know, is a fairly

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