ISBN: 9781922539540

The Happiness Trap Cards

50 ACT-Based Prompts, Practices and Reflections to Help You Stop Struggling and Start Living

Due for release  in September 2024  (ANZ only)


Following on from the million-copy bestseller The Happiness Trap, this beautifully presented card set introduces the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in a fresh and accessible format. Each card features a key concept of ACT, and on the reverse a practical teaching for the reader to apply in their daily life. Readers will be empowered to prioritise their true values, deal with difficult emotions and engage fully in what matters, building authentic happiness from the inside out.

Specifications: 50 cards + 4-page booklet, boxed | 146 x 95 mm

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Apply the life-changing principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to your life in a fresh and accessible way with this empowering card set based on the million-copy bestseller The Happiness Trap.

More and more people are finding that despite success in their job, finances, family life, etc., they don’t feel truly happy. Through the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ‘ACT’, world-renowned expert Dr Russ Harris provides a radically different pathway to genuine happiness – one based on prioritising your individual values and goals.

ACT is a scientifically proven psychological model that has already helped thousands of people embrace their values and improve their mental wellbeing. This set of 50 cards will introduce you to the key concepts of ACT and how you can apply them in your day-to-day life, enabling you to:

• handle painful thoughts and feelings more effectively
• break self-defeating habits
• build better relationships
• improve performance and find fulfilment at work
• build self-compassion, and
• deal with loneliness and loss.

Whether you pick up one at random each morning or read several in a single sitting, The Happiness Trap Cards are the perfect way to embrace values-based living and begin your journey towards a more motivated and meaningful life. Escape the ‘happiness trap’ today and learn how to build authentic happiness, from the inside out.

Dr Russ Harris is a world-renowned trainer of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). Russ’s background is in medicine, and as a GP he became increasingly interested in the psychological aspects of health and wellbeing, and increasingly disenchanted with writing prescriptions. Ultimately this interest led to a total career change. He now works in two different, yet complementary roles – as a therapist and a coach.

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A rescue manual for being at your best when life is at its worst

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The Mindful Freak-Out presents strategies from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) to give you the evidence-based tools you need to face highly distressing moments. The goal of these strategies is to soothe your suffering while giving you the inner strength, wisdom, and commitment needed to face the emotional pain in a flexible way. The result is an outcome where you feel good about your response, rather than deeply regretting your actions or words.

Specifications: Paperback | 229 x 152mm / 9 x 6 in | 280 Pages


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The Happiness Trap (2nd Edition)

Free yourself from depression, anxiety and insecurity, and instead build a rich and meaningful life, with the world’s best-selling guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Updated and expanded in its second edition, this empowering book presents the ground-breaking techniques of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), covering more topics and providing more practical tools than ever before. Following on from its million-copy bestselling first edition, The Happiness Trap will help anyone who is facing illness, coping with loss, working in a high-stress job, or suffering from anxiety or depression, to build authentic happiness from the inside out.


SPECIFICATIONS 229mm x 152mm | B/W Diagrams |Paperback | 320 pages

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