Steven C. Hayes' "acceptance and commitment therapy," or ACT, is the "you are not your thoughts" philosophy of cognitive behavioral therapy with a different label slapped on top of it.I found this book pedantic and dry, which is really not a necessary component of a self-help book. In fact, I would hope that a book about getting back into one's life would be sort of the opposite.Yes, there were some useful exercises contained herein. However, I honestly could not recommend it to a friend or colleague experiencing a crisis of meaning or trying to get back to their most essential values. My own reading experience says there are better book out there than this one.
