Steven Hayes: Self-Acceptance and Perspective-Taking

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Steven Hayes is a professor, the chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada, and the author of more than 35 books and 500 scientific articles. The cofounder of the acclaimed Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (known as ACT), Steven is a contributor to the Sounds True book The Self Acceptance Project: How to Be Kind and Compassionate Towards Yourself in Any Situation. In this episode of Insights of the Edge—which previously aired as part of an interview series on self-acceptance—Tami Simon and Steven discuss his experiences living with a panic disorder at a young age, and how his own bouts with anxiety shaped his clinical studies. They talk about the practice of perspective-taking and how it can be a powerful bulwark against self-recrimination. Finally, Steven offers his perspective on spirituality and how that perspective informs the core tenets of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. (42 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Stephen Hayes. Stephen Hayes
0:45.9	received his PhD in clinical psychology from West Virginia University and is
0:51.7	currently a Nevada Foundation professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada,
0:59.0	an author of over 35 books and more than 500 scientific articles.
1:04.7	His career has focused on an analysis of the nature of human language and
1:10.5	cognition and the
1:15.0	co-founder of this to the understanding and alleviation of human suffering,
1:17.0	a co-founder of acceptance and commitment therapy
1:21.0	known as act.
1:24.0	With sounds true, Stephen Hayes is a contributor
1:27.0	to a new book called The Self Acceptance Project,
1:31.3	How to Be Kind and Comp towards yourself in any situation.
1:37.0	This episode of Insights at the Edge was originally aired as part of a series of interviews that focused on the challenge of self-acceptance.
1:45.9	Stephen and I talked about perspective taking as one of the most important keys to working with inner critic attacks. We also talked about
1:56.7	Stephen's experience of having a panic disorder early in his life and how he learned through the crucible of his own experience, how to work with anxiety and dread.
2:08.0	We talked about self-judgment as it relates to body image using the act approach and the power of
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