Aim High Without Burning Out: How to Strive Skillfully With ACT with Diana Hill
Channel: Dr. Diana Hill
Date: 21/10/2022

Video title: Aim High Without Burning Out: How to Strive Skillfully With ACT

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The From Striving to Thriving Summit 2.0 features a virtual series of discussions with top experts in the fields of compassion, neuroscience, longevity, and mental wellness. Register for free at http://fromstrivingtothriving.com for lifetime access. 

In this talk, Diana Hill, PhD discusses: 

• Why we get stuck in unhealthy striving
• How to use creative hopelessness to get unstuck
• The role of experiential avoidance and attachment in striving
• The characteristics of Skillful Striving
• How to cultivate values-based living
• What are values and how do we cultivate them?
• How to grow a compassionate Mind
• How to use wise effort to be a skillful striver
• Fears of Compassion scale https://depts.washington.edu/uwcssc/sites/default/files//hw00/d40/uwcssc/sites/default/files/Fear%20of%20Compassion%20Scale.pdf
• Want to learn more about ACT? Take Diana’s Foundations of ACT course.
drdianahill.com/courses

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About Diana Hill, PhD:
Diana Hill, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and co-author of "ACT Daily Journal: Get unstuck and live fully with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy." She is the host of the popular podcast Your Life in Process, and offers regular teachings in compassion and ACT through InsightLA and InsightTimer Programs. Diana is an internationally known author, speaker, podcaster, and consultant. An expert in Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT), Diana guides individuals and groups in becoming more psychologically flexible—so that they can stay present, adapt, and thrive, even during challenging times. Diana practices what she preaches in her daily life as a mom of two, homesteader, and yoga teacher. 

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Key Moments

00:00 FSTT 2.0 Diana Hill
01:50 I have arrived, I am home
06:00 There's A Bird In Your Kitchen
08:32 Creative Hopelessness
09:36 Signs Of Inflexible Striving
11:58 Productivity Anxiety
13:32 Functional Contextualism
17:27 It's Not Your Fault But It Is Your Responsibility
18:16 Your Striving Origin Story
20:12 3 Causes Of Suffering: Attachment, Avoidance And Delusion
24:47 Unhealthy Striving Stuck Loops
26:03 "Don't Be Such A Perfectionist"
27:26 A Different Kind Of Striving
29:58 Signs Of Skillful Striving
31:38 What are Values?
33:44 Components Of A Good Life
35:34 The Power Of Regret
37:24 There Is No Way To Values, Values Are The Way
37:53 Psychological Flexibility
38:33 Compassion
39:23 The Flows Of Compassion
40:48 Fears Of Compassion
43:49 One Eye In and One Eye Out
44:17 Constructive Rest
46:09 Wise Effort
47:42 Watering Seeds Versus Pulling Weeds
48:14 Small Steps of Committed Action
49:28 Rocks In A Jar
51:50 Flexible Perfectionism
52:57 Taking In The Good Of Accomplishments
54:19 A New Striving Loop
56:51 Resources