Russ Harris – The Happiness Trap

The Happiness Trap Online Program

Build genuine happiness from the inside out

• 8 weeks. Self Paced. 1-2 hrs per week
• Each week is made up of 10-15 minutes modules
• Learn skills and practice week by week as you learn
• Each skill is evidence based and derived from Acceptance Commitment Therapy

Stop Struggling and Start Living. Build Genuine Happiness & Lasting Happiness

Overcome

• Anxiety & stress
• Feelings of emptiness
• Harsh critical thoughts
• Lack of purpose
• Low self esteem
• Loneliness

Gain

• Genuine happiness
• Meaning & purpose
• Confidence
• Closer relationships
• Health & wellbeing
• Deep fulfilment

What is the Happiness Trap?

The Happiness Trap Online Program created by Dr Russ Harris, is based on Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT).

ACT is a science-based model of behaviour change, supported by a vast body of scientific research.

How it works

The program is skills based. You can start anytime and do the program at your own pace. For best results, it’s designed to work over 8 weeks.

You’ll learn skills and strategies that you can immediately incorporate in your life. It takes just 1-2 hours to do per week on average plus practice time.

• Watch: Engaging videos

From absorbing stories to cool animations, each entertaining week takes about 1-2 hours or so to do plus practice time.

• Learn: Skills that really work

Easy to do and clearly explained, the skills and strategies you’ll learn are scientifically proven to actually work.

• Practice: Helpful tools & techniques

Right from the start, you’ll be able to practice what you learn and feel the benefits in your daily life.

• Transform: Old habits into new patterns

Week by week, apply easy to learn skills and strategies and move your life into fulfilment, meaning and genuine happiness.

What You’ll Learn In The Happiness Trap

Designed to work best over an 8 week period, each week takes about 1-2 hrs to do plus some practice time. You’ll learn evidence based skills and strategies to help build genuine happiness from the inside out.

WEEK 1: Happiness & suffering

• The “happiness trap”: how popular notions of happiness make us miserable.
• Why we all suffer, and what we can do about it.
• The science of genuine happiness.
• Taking your first steps to a richer, fuller life.
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WEEK 2: A new way

• How struggling with painful feelings makes them worse.
• A radically new way of responding to emotional pain.
• How to take the power out of anxiety.
• How to instantly reduce the impact of any painful feeling.
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WEEK 3: Get off the hook

• How our minds have evolved to think negatively (& why positive thinking often fails).
• How to take the power out of unhelpful thoughts.
• How to disrupt worrying, rumination & other unhelpful thinking processes.
• How to break free from self-judgment, self-criticism, or self-hatred.
• How to transcend self-esteem.
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WEEK 4: Being present

• Mindfulness without meditation.
• How to live in the present moment.
• How to enjoy and appreciate life.
• How to focus attention and engage in whatever you are doing.
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WEEK 5: Meaning & purpose

• How to find
• your inner compass to guide your life’s journey.
• How to give any aspect of your life meaning and purpose.
• How to motivate yourself from deep within.
• How to enrich and enhance anything and everything you do.
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WEEK 6: Doing what matters

• How to motivate yourself from deep within.
• How to get past barriers such as anxiety, self-doubt, and low self-confidence.
• How to do what matters to you, even when it’s hard.
• How to keep your positive changes going over time.
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WEEK 7: Holding yourself kindly

• How to let painful feelings flow through you, without getting swept away.
• How to develop self-compassion and treat yourself kindly.
• How to build richer relationships with yourself and others.
• How to transform pain into an ally.
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WEEK 8: A higher sense of self

• How to access a higher sense of self.
• How to find fulfilment in unexpected places.
• How to make the most of what life gives.
• Bringing it all together: the ongoing journey.

About Dr. Russ Harris

Creator of the Happiness Trap Online Program

Hi, I’m Russ… doctor, therapist, father, trainer of health professionals, author of The Happiness Trap (plus eight other books) and creator of the Happiness Trap Online Program.

Built on the principles of simplicity, clarity, and having fun, the program will teach you how to use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) model, to live a more meaningful and joyful existence, regardless of your current circumstances.

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