The Happiness Trap

Stop Struggling, Start Living

Author: Russ Harris

The million copy bestseller that teaches you how to stop struggling for perfect happiness and lead a richer life

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The million copy bestseller that teaches you how to stop struggling for perfect happiness and lead a richer life

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THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER

Do you ever feel worried, miserable or unfulfilled - yet put on a happy face and pretend everything's fine? You are not alone. Stress, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem are all around. Research suggests that many of us get caught in a psychological trap, a vicious circle in which the more we strive for happiness, the more it eludes us.

Fortunately, there is a way to escape from the 'Happiness Trap', a ground-breaking new approach based on mindfulness skills. Using the six principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Russ Harris can help you to:

Reduce stress and worry
Rise above fear, doubt and insecurity
Handle painful thoughts and feelings more effectively
Break self-defeating habits
Improve performance and find fulfilment in your work
Build more satisfying relationships
Create a richer and more meaningful life

Critic Reviews

“A practical antidote to the self-help industry's unhelpful obsession with trying to change yourself.”

'This book could save you years of psychological struggle, yank you out of negative emotional patterns, and help propel you to a much happier, more productive life' - Martha Beck, author of Finding Your Own North Star 'An exciting alternative to the usual approach of so many self-help books. Harris explains how we can work with ourselves as we are, rather than aggressively trying to alter ourselves. I'm impressed by the simple and effective methods of ACT' - David Richo, PhD, author of The Five Things We Cannot Change 'Eminently practical and readable. This book reveals that when calibrating one's life according to acceptance and valued action, happiness is a pleasant sideshow in the larger carnival of an engaged and purposeful existence' - Zindel Segal, PhD, author of The Mindful Way through Depression 'A practical antidote to the self-help industry's unhelpful obsession with trying to change yourself' - Sainsbury's Magazine 'Carefully and creatively presents techniques that anyone can use to undermine struggle, avoidance, and loss of the moment. Harris systematically explores how we get into the "happiness trap" and then shines a powerful beacon showing us another way forward' - Steven Hayes, PhD, author of Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life

About the Author

Dr Russ Harris is world-renowned trainer in ACT, a therapist and a coach, with a background in medicine as a general practitioner. He has run hundreds of workshops providing training for tens of thousands of health professionals and he is the author of several bestselling ACT-based textbooks and self-help books. The Happiness Trap is an international bestseller, with over a million copies sold worldwide and editions published in over thirty languages.