This newsletter is designed to give you researched backed skills to improve your mental, emotional and relational lives.
A Free Gift From the Beach
A Free Gift From the BeachHey all, I am writing you all from the beach! So this week is going to look a little different. No research or five step protocol. Just a free resource I want to put in your hands. This Week's Free Resource: The Four A's of AcceptanceOne of the benefits of our paid subscription tier is access to a growing library of clinical worksheets I have built for the people I work with in therapy. This week I am opening one of them up to everyone on the list, free of charge. It is called the Four A's of Acceptance and it is built around a framework from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, one of the most well-researched therapeutic approaches we have for working with difficult emotions. The four A's are: Acknowledge, Allow, Accommodate, and Appreciate. Click here to download the full worksheet:Four_A's_Of_Acceptance_mh4m.pdf The short version is this. Most people deal with hard emotions the same way they deal with a check engine light...either ignore it and keep driving. Works pretty well until it doesn't. The Four A's give you a different approach. The worksheet walks through how to apply this framework to the emotions that show up most often for the people I work with: depression, anger, anxiety, chronic pain, and grief. Each one gets its own practical breakdown. If you are in a season where any of those are showing up regularly, this one is worth your time. The worksheet is attached to this email. Download it, save it, use it. If you like the paid tier -- here is a link to signing up to see more.
That is it from me this week. Short and simple. Go do something good for someone else today. Call a friend. Put the phone down for an hour. Or if you are feeling ambitious, work through the worksheet. I will be back next week with the usual format. The beach is good, by the way. Highly recommend. Zach Oh yeah... we're getting a couple new sponsors we'll be rolling out in the next couple weeks. Heres #1! |
Mental Health 4 Men
This newsletter is designed to give you researched backed skills to improve your mental, emotional and relational lives.
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