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The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Steven C Hayes

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.52.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week we talk to Steven C Hayes about getting out of our minds and into our livesSteven C Hayes is Nevada Foundation Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada. He is an author of over 35 books and over 500 scientific articles. He is considered one of the founders of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.In 1992 he was listed by the Institute for Scientific Information as the 30th “highest impact” psychologist in the world. His work has been recognized by several awards including the Exemplary Contributions to Basic Behavioral Research and Its Applications from Division 25 of APA, the Impact of Science on Application award from the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.He is best known for his book Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy In This Interview, Steven C Hayes and I Discuss:The One You Feed parableHis book, Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your LifeThat you know if your thoughts are good or bad by the fruits that they bearThe ACT approach to therapyThe difference between pain and sufferingThe importance of putting the human mind on a leashThat suffering comes from when we mishandle the present moment, and we amplify certain thoughts and feelingsThe meaning of Cognitive Fusion: when we can look only from our thoughts and not at our thoughtsThe importance of and various types of contemplative practiceVarious diffusion techniques (listed in a free episode download!)The concept and practice of experiential avoidanceThe full impact of acting for "short term gains with long term pains"For more show notes visit us at our websiteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's a burden that comes if you don't know how to rain in the human mind,

0:03.7

put it on a leash, it will lead you instead of you leading it.

0:15.2

Welcome to the One You Feed.

0:17.2

Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have,

0:21.8

quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.

0:27.4

And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.

0:31.6

We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.

0:36.4

We see what we don't have instead of what we do.

0:39.2

We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.

0:42.7

But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.

0:46.1

It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.

0:51.0

This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,

0:55.4

how they feed their good walls.

1:10.0

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1:16.7

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1:20.0

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1:25.2

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1:31.6

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1:35.5

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1:40.2

Thanks for joining us.

1:41.4

Our guest on this episode is Steven C. Hayes, a professor at the Department of Psychology at the

1:46.9

University of Nevada. He's known for his analysis of human language and cognition,

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