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Diet fads and fitness trends offer the prospect of losing weight, but rarely work out long-term. Using a mindfulness-based method called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), the authors promote a holistic approach to well-being and weight-loss that goes beyond calorie counting. You'll get results, and learn how to maintain a healthy weight-- and a healthy sense of well-being-- for the rest of your life.--
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Nutrition and dieteticsHealthWeight loss
About the author
Russ Harris
1966
Hi, I’m Russ… doctor, therapist, father, trainer of health professionals, and author of *The Happiness Trap*. I started my career as a newly-graduated doctor back in 1989, and soon discovered that most of my patients were expressing a significant degree of dissatisfaction in life; stress, anxiety and unhappiness were widespread. I strongly related to their struggles, because I was experiencing something similar myself. Despite the fact that I had a successful career with a dream job, good income and high status, I was depressed, anxious, and overweight. I felt my life lacked a sense of meaning and purpose, and at times I was even suicidal. I just couldn’t understand why I felt this way. I…
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