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This is a hands-on, self-help guide to gaining long-lasting confidence and overcoming fear using mindfulness-based therapy. The author explains how many of us are playing the 'confidence game' using the wrong rules, and guides the reader through clear, simple exercises designed to help you manage difficult emotions such as anxiety and build genuine confidence. "The Confidence Gap" has a gentler, more thoughtful approach to teaching confidence than the typically aggressive/peppy self-help approach. It is instructive, reassuring and gentle in tone, which will appeal to women as well as men and the business market.
About the Author
Dr Russ Harris was born in Liverpool, England. After graduating in medicine from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, he emigrated to Australia. As a family doctor, he became increasingly interested in the psychological aspects of medical illness (and increasingly less interested in writing prescriptions). In his eclectic career, he has been a stand-up comedian, sex therapist, filmmaker, novelist, and workshop presenter. He now practices as a psychological health physician in Melbourne.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The confidence gap is a brilliant new book by Dr. Russ Harris that in my opinion has really hit the nail on the head with how true confidence works and can be achieved. It explains clearly how with a little hard work and perseverance we can learn to understand ourselves better and achieve things we were previously terrified of.
The author uses acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to demonstrate how we do not have to be slaves to our thoughts (a nice example in the book is to try raising your arm whilst repeating to yourself "I can't lift my arm". see what happens!). The author also invites us to identify our values, the things that really matter to us, the things we want our lives to be about. He shows us that once we have a clear idea of our values we can then use these as a life compass, so that even if we are like a boat lost in fog (the comparison here being the fog of fear, doubt, sadness etc) we still know where we want to be heading.
As you work through the book you shall live life in a more and more fulfilling way, I personally have found myself going to bed satisfied with a day well lived and then springing out of bed the next morning ready for the next one! Negative emotions such as fear still occur frequently when i am pushing out of my comfort zone but instead of being dominated by them they just become friends along for the ride.
The best part of all this is that this method and ACT in general is widely backed by science. (examples and references are cited in the book)
Thank you Dr. Harris for an excellent book
The author uses acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to demonstrate how we do not have to be slaves to our thoughts (a nice example in the book is to try raising your arm whilst repeating to yourself "I can't lift my arm". see what happens!). The author also invites us to identify our values, the things that really matter to us, the things we want our lives to be about. He shows us that once we have a clear idea of our values we can then use these as a life compass, so that even if we are like a boat lost in fog (the comparison here being the fog of fear, doubt, sadness etc) we still know where we want to be heading.
As you work through the book you shall live life in a more and more fulfilling way, I personally have found myself going to bed satisfied with a day well lived and then springing out of bed the next morning ready for the next one! Negative emotions such as fear still occur frequently when i am pushing out of my comfort zone but instead of being dominated by them they just become friends along for the ride.
The best part of all this is that this method and ACT in general is widely backed by science. (examples and references are cited in the book)
Thank you Dr. Harris for an excellent book
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book reinspired me when I'd lost my confidence and felt full of loathing for self-help therapy books.
The book acknowledges that we are primed to worry and that negative thoughts are part of how we evolved. The main deal is to not pay so much attention to our worries 'they dont like me' or to our fantasies 'they think I'm great' and to put attention into what really counts: how we behave, what we do, what we say, what we stand for.
I hope you find some good tactics in the book
The book acknowledges that we are primed to worry and that negative thoughts are part of how we evolved. The main deal is to not pay so much attention to our worries 'they dont like me' or to our fantasies 'they think I'm great' and to put attention into what really counts: how we behave, what we do, what we say, what we stand for.
I hope you find some good tactics in the book
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Having just finished the confidence gap, i'm am going to write this review and, after i've done that, re-read the whole book again-this time taking notes. It is a fantastic book and it is wonderfully written. The author is engaging, relaxed, funny and easy to read all the same time. I've had reason to use CBT in the past for depression and had never heard of ACT but to be honest everything the author said is joined up and makes sense. He's not selling snakeoil though, if you want the benefits there are skills you need to master, and a commitment to be true to yourself. I cannot rate this book highly enough. I've got several friends and family members i'm going to buy it for. Just buy it, read it, you will not be disappointed.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Insightful and packed with useful activities and techniques
I found this book to be very helpful. The book is insightful and uses easy to understand real-world examples to explain the various concepts of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Luke Toyer
Still Reading
As I have only just started on this, it is early days, but it shows promise as being as good as the Confidence Trap.
Published 8 months ago by Mrs. J. M. Cadle
second book
not quite as good as the The Happiness Trap (Based on ACT: A revolutionary mindfulness-based programme for overcoming stress, anxiety and depression) This is still a brilliant... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Paul Woodcraft
love this book, sush a good read.
i could relate to so many aspects of this book, although its still a challenge using defusion to unhook unhelpfull thoughts, but the book helps you through it. love it.
Published 10 months ago by Carol Golding
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