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Acceptance & Willingness

ACT — stop the struggle, make room for what's here

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Acceptance is not liking. It is letting something be here long enough to do what matters. Most suffering is the struggle, not the thing.

What's here that I've been fighting

How I struggle with it

Avoid? Argue? Distract? Numb? Plan?

What the struggle costs me

Time, energy, relationships, the present.

Dropping the rope

Imagine a tug-of-war with a monster. You can't win. But you can drop the rope. The monster's still there — your hands are free.

What would dropping the rope look like in this situation, today?

Willingness right now
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Willingness is all-or-nothing in shape but variable in size. Even a 1 counts.

One small willing step this week

References & further reading

Conceptual background and further reading, not validation of this handout. Named instruments and methods belong to their original authors; custom prompts and trackers are not validated versions of those instruments.

  • Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., & Wilson, K. G. (2012). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (2nd ed.). Guilford Press.
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