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45 – Friday Fix: How Radical Acceptance Can Help You Find Peace During Difficult Times

45 – Friday Fix: How Radical Acceptance Can Help You Find Peace During Difficult Times

FromMentally Stronger with Therapist Amy Morin


45 – Friday Fix: How Radical Acceptance Can Help You Find Peace During Difficult Times

FromMentally Stronger with Therapist Amy Morin

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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Oct 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Radical acceptance is a skill that can benefit everyone. As Marsha Linnehan, the therapist who popularized the concept of radical suffering once said, " Rejecting reality turns pain into suffering."
It's tough to accept painful situations that are unfair or circumstances that are beyond our control. But acknowledging reality is the key to healing and moving forward. That doesn't mean you have to condone someone else's bad behavior or agree to something you don't want. Acceptance just means you acknowledge the facts.
Some of the things I share are:

How radical acceptance reduces the intensity and duration of an uncomfortable emotion

The benefits of radical acceptance, including reduced anxiety and substance use

How to stick to the facts

Why it's considered a 'low effort' skill

The exact steps you can take to practice radical acceptance


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Released:
Oct 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Mentally Stronger with Therapist Amy Morin will help you build the mental strength you need to reach your greatest potential. Host Amy Morin is a psychotherapist and international best-selling author of five books on mental strength. On Mondays, she interviews experts, authors, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and celebrities about the strategies they use to overcome the biggest battle we all face — the battle within our own minds. She then breaks down their strategies in "The Therapist's Take" section of the episode so you can apply their strategies to your own life. Every Friday, she shares "The Friday Fix," a quick exercise from her therapy office that can help you grow mentally stronger today.