The Happiness Trap -- first came the book; now comes the workshop!

The Happiness Trap is a unique and empowering self-help book - now published in 20 countries and 15 languages - that will enrich your life and fundamentally transform the way you handle difficult thoughts and painful feelings. The title reflects a key theme in the book: popular ideas about happiness are misleading or innacurate, and will make you miserable in the long term, if you believe them. (To download the first chapter of The Happiness Trap, at no cost, click here.) And now, due to popular demand, the 'Happiness Trap' 2-day Workshop is here.

The Happiness Trap is based on the principles of ACT, a revolutionary new mindfulness-based model, developed from cutting-edge research in behavioral psychology. The aim of ACT is to maximise human potential for a rich and meaningful life, and a wealth of published scientific studies prove its effectiveness. So if you want to escape “the happiness trap” and find meaning and fulfilment in life, this book is for you. (Note: this book steers well clear of popular but non-scientific approaches, such as 'positive thinking', 'positive affirmations' and 'self-hypnosis'; although these techniques may make you feel good in the short term, they simply do not work in the long term.)

Now, at last, you can enrol in the 'Happiness Trap' Workshop -- an action-packed, 2-day self-development workshop, for happiness, wellbeing and vitality. Click Here To Find Out More

On this website you’ll also find a variety of free resources to use with the book.
You can also purchase related books and CDs or enroll in an e-course.
There’s also a section for therapists and coaches, which provides support materials for using this book with your clients. Finally, you can also find useful links, articles and papers about ACT, or subscribe to our newsletter (just below the main menu).

Russ's second book, ACT With Love, looks at how to apply ACT to common relationship difficulties. It has its own website: www.act-with-love.com