Just ACT: Accept, Clarify, & Transform

This is a metaphor designed by yours truly, in supporting individuals through my private coaching sessions. This metaphor reflects on the use of a pendulum swinging moment to moment, as a way to practice shifting from past to future experience. 

In this episode, we explore present moment awareness in relation to the ACT framework. In addition, we start the episode discussing the differences between meditation terms (i.e. spiritual, focused, etc...) and the aims of certain practices (i.e. higher power connection or awareness). This episode is not exhaustive of all things meditation and mindfulness, as that would need to be broken into many...

This is the first official Metaphor Monday talking about present moment awareness. Today's exercise is written by Megan Thompson Kates, 2013 - and comes from the Big Book of ACT Metaphors.  Enjoy!

Today's episode is an interview with Rosalie ( Eclipse Therapy ). We talk perspective taking, both clinical and personal views. Some resources we mention during the episode are:  DNA-V Model: https://dnav.international/dna-v-for-youth/ Prosocial: https://www.prosocial.world/ Happy Medium: https://www.eclipsetherapy.com/the-happy-medium-approach.html You can find Rosalie on Crowdcast for free...

This metaphor comes from The Big Book of ACT Metaphors (Stoddard, 2007). It explores breaking the attachment from the rules, roles, and story we tell ourselves about who we are and the things we believe we CAN'T do because of those stories. 

Today's Metaphor Monday exploration is a quick 2 minutes to highlight the difference between talking & listening as it related to you and your perspective of yourself and who's experiencing. This metaphor was designed by Russ Harris (2009) and comes from the Big Book of ACT Metaphors. 

Today’s episode is specific to a growing edge about myself, my own label and how I’ve been reflecting in certain areas of my life. In this episode, I will be speaking about my experience with veganism and my exploration of limitations based on my own food patterns. What I want to share is a specific perspective of exploration. If you are a fellow vegan, know I’m on your side with animal cruelty an...

This metaphor is from the Big Book of ACT Metaphors - Boone, M (2011)

This is a metaphor focusing on how we remain stable amongst the every changing environment and interactions with others. 

Last episode we expanded on the topic of Self-As-Context (aka the labels we put on ourselves). Since recording that episode, I came up with a structure to sharing this information with each of you. Each pillar of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) will be shared in 4 parts. The first educational in nature. The second expanding the concept to a shared common experience. The third a personal re...

Today's metaphor continues our exploration of the self and the varied perspectives of the self. This is an offering of a time to sit and reflect, on different viewpoints of yourself. To reflect on how we might focus on singular things, people, or tasks, how we might edit, judge, or critic ourselves, and how we might enjoy being present in the moment with the you we are. 

This is a guided visualization to support the concept of self perspective. 

In today’s episode we'll be diving more into the concept of the self, the perspectives of the self, and how these perspectives can limit your ability to be open, aware, and engaged in your life in a meaningful and fulfilling way. At the end of the episode I will offer a guided exercise, so if you are driving, pause the episode and come back to it.  Follow for more Just ACT content!

Before building flexibility and remember I’m highlighting psychological flexibility, it’s important to understand what being inflexible looks like. For each process of ACT there is an opposite process that is linked with inflexible behaviors and routines. This episode will touch of the 6 core parts of what might add inflexibility to your daily routines. Aimlessness Past/Future Avoidance of the Exp...

Welcome to the Just ACT podcast, with Dr. Ashley Fiorilli (that’s me). This podcast is based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy aka ACT. Through this platform, I’ll share ways to Accept, Clarify, and Transform different aspects of your daily life. This podcast is for you if you are a seeker of information, seeker of self-reflection, and a seeker of creating positive change for yourself. The info...