Welcome to ACT taking hurt to hope. Today, in our final program we are going to continue to talk about prosocial behavior. Remember that Prosocial behaviors are those intended to help other people. Prosocial behavior is characterized by a concern about the rights, feelings and welfare of other people. Behaviors that can be described as prosocial include feeling empathy and concern for others and behaving in ways to help or benefit other people. One of the 6 key processes in ACT is valuing. We...

Welcome to ACT taking hurt to hope. Today Iwould like to take up the concept of prosocial behavior. What it is, how is can be trained and what kind of effects it has for us as individuals and as a group, as a nation and on our earth. Prosocial behavior is defined as voluntary behavior intended to benefit another. A social behavior that benefits other people or as a society as a whole. such as helping, sharing donating co-operating and volunteering.These efforts may be motivated by empathy and...

Welcome to ACT taking hurt to hope. Today we are going to talk about the challenging side of caring for others who are at times acting out and acting aggressively towards the caregiver. Several recent studies have shown that caring for others provides resilience to the damaging effects of stress on the heart, for example. But there is also a dark side. This actually has a name Caregiver syndrome or caregiver stress is a condition of exhaustion, anger, rage, or guilt that results from caring...

According to an article in the British Medical Bulletin, When people migrate from one nation or culture to another they carry their knowledge and expressions of distress with them. On settling down in the new culture, their cultural identity is likely to change and that encourages a degree of belonging; they also attempt to settle down by either assimilation or biculturalism Migration is a process of social change where an individual, alone or accompanied by others, because of one or more...

Who you think you are might be more important than you think. Usually we use the term self in general to refer to how you think about or perceive yourself. To be aware of oneself is to have a concept of oneself. How you define yourself, your beliefs, your values, your limits and so on predicts your behavior. The problem with this is that we all have the tendency to stereotype ourselves and others which naturally restricts and limits us. It is therefore very important that we listen carefully...

Welcome to ACT taking hurt to hope. Today we are going to continue our series on ACT and Health issues and talk about cancer. Breast cancer. Breast cancer is a type of cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts. Worldwide, breast cancer accounts for 22.9% of all cancers. Prognosis and survival rates for breast cancer vary greatly depending on the cancer type, stage, treatment, and geographical location of the patient. Survival rates in the...

Welcome to ACT taking hurt to hope. Today we are going to continue our series on ACT and Health issues and talk about cancer. Breast cancer. Breast cancer is a type of cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts. Worldwide, breast cancer accounts for 22.9% of all cancers. Prognosis and survival rates for breast cancer vary greatly depending on the cancer type, stage, treatment, and geographical location of the patient. Survival rates in the...

Welcome to ACT taking hurt to hope. Today we are continuing on the theme of what happens when you find yourself in a values conflict. When the context around you, whether it is a working place, a relationship, a society or spiritual community places rules on your behavior that don’t coincide with your own values. Recently we had a program with the form catholic priest Maurice Monette discussing his struggle with his own sexual orientation and the policy of the Roman Catholic church that led...

Welcome to ACT taking hurt to hope. Today we are continuing on the theme of what happens when you find yourself in a values conflict. When the context around you, whether it is a working place, a relationship, a society or spiritual community places rules on your behavior that don’t coincide with your own values. Recently we had a program with the form catholic priest Maurice Monette discussing his struggle with his own sexual orientation and the policy of the Roman Catholic church that led...

Welcome to ACT taking hurt to hope. Today you are going to have the chance to hear about a new ACT book that has just been released called *the Diet Trap.' This is a self help book for people who are struggling with overweight using the ACT model. It is authored by Jason Lillis, myself and Sandra Weinerland. Jason is the first author and my guest on today’s program. I know that there are masses of books about dieting out there and I hope to give you some insight into this particular book...

Welcome to ACT taking hurt to hope. Today you are going to have the chance to hear about a new ACT book that has just been released called *the Diet Trap (http://www.amazon.com/Diet-Trap-Psychological-Acceptance-Commitment-ebook/dp/B00H8EO9FS/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392039742&sr=1-3&keywords=joanne+dahl).' This is a self help book for people who are struggling with overweight using the ACT model. It is authored by Jason Lillis, myself and Sandra Weinerland. Jason is...

Struggling with your own avoidance when trying to help others Many of us work with people. Many of us try and help people to develop and grow in different ways. You may be helping children learn difficult things in school or helping patients to learn how to cope with an illness. You may be a parent trying to help you own children to deal with the challenges of life. When we help others, we are often trying to get them to approach challenges openly and courageously rather than let their...

Struggling with your own avoidance when trying to help others Many of us work with people. Many of us try and help people to develop and grow in different ways. You may be helping children learn difficult things in school or helping patients to learn how to cope with an illness. You may be a parent trying to help you own children to deal with the challenges of life. When we help others, we are often trying to get them to approach challenges openly and courageously rather than let their...

Welcome to ACT taking hurt to hope.Today we are going to discuss about the difficulties involved in parenting. We see on TV and in popular media, often program for ‘so called’ Out of control children. This has resulted in all kinds of treatments for children with the aim of controlling their behavior. Probably children are pretty much the same as they have always been but the context arounds us as parents has changed. Rather than focusing on the undesirable behavior of your child you might...

Welcome to ACT taking hurt to hope.Today we are going to discuss about the difficulties involved in parenting. We see on TV and in popular media, often program for ‘so called’ Out of control children. This has resulted in all kinds of treatments for children with the aim of controlling their behavior. Probably children are pretty much the same as they have always been but the context arounds us as parents has changed. Rather than focusing on the undesirable behavior of your child you might...

There are many good reasons to work on and keep vital your intimate relationship. Divorces effect our health negatively. Divorce can take a great mental and physical toll on men. Specifically, divorced and unmarried men have higher rates of mortality and are more prone to substance abuse and depression than married men. Breaking up in general increases stress, weakens the immune system, increases depression and anxiety for everyone. According to the American Psychological Association,...

There are many good reasons to work on and keep vital your intimate relationship. Divorces effect our health negatively. Divorce can take a great mental and physical toll on men. Specifically, divorced and unmarried men have higher rates of mortality and are more prone to substance abuse and depression than married men. Breaking up in general increases stress, weakens the immune system, increases depression and anxiety for everyone. According to the American Psychological Association,...

. Our guest Dr Jen Gregg is an associate professor at San Jose State University in San Francisco and her website is www.sjsu.edu/people/jennifer.gregg (http://www.sjsu.edu/people/jennifer.gregg). In this program Jen speaks to us about how she works with ACT to help people get flexible around fears and rigid thoughts about having the diagnosis of diabetes in order to get space to take care of themselves and live vital lives. Jen also works with people who know they have a short time left to...