Go Further Now: Books and Resources

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General

• Russ Harris: The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT
• Russ Harris: The Reality Slap: Finding Peace and Fulfillment When Life Hurts
• Anthony Biglan: The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior can Improve our Lives & our World

Parenting

• Christopher McCurry: Parenting Your Anxious Child with Mindfulness and Acceptance: A Powerful New Approach to Overcoming Fear, Panic, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Matthew Sanders: Every Parent: A Guide to Constructive Parenting
• Lisa Coyne & Amy Murrell: The Joy of Parenting: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Guide to Effective Parenting in the Early Years
• Koa Whittingham: Becoming Mum

Relationships

• Russ Harris: ACT with Love: Stop Struggling, Reconcile Differences, and Strengthen Your Relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Diet

• Sue Dengate: Fed Up

Children & Adolescents

• Ben Sedley: Stuff that Sucks – Accepting what you can’t change and committing to what you can
• Tim & Sandra Bowden: I Just Want to be … ME!: Building Resilience in Young People
• Joseph Ciarrochi, Louise Hayes, and Anne Bailey: Get out of your mind and into your life for teens: A guide to living and extraordinary life
• Russ Harris & Bev Aisbett: The Illustrated Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living
• Movie: Inside Out (Pixar / Disney 2015)

Mindfulness

• App: Headspace – Guided Meditation and Mindfulness
• App: The ACT Companion