ACT Therapy - Beautiful, Simple & Practical - by Mandy Young

COURSE

ACT Therapy - Beautiful, Simple & Practical

With Mandy Young

This 10-day course will introduce you to the concepts behind ACT therapy. ACT - acceptance and commitment therapy is a mindfulness-based therapy which has achieved huge success and is used currently in many counseling and hypnotherapy based sessions, overtaking the once preferred CBT techniques. ACT is so simple and so practical and can be incorporated into your everday life at any point you feel the need to get a grip on your thinking mind. You don't need to be sat in a meditative posture, don't need to set aside time to do this, you don't even need to close your eyes. Just get a handle on some of the techniques and pop them in your tool bag to get out whenever you need them. Join me on this course and find out more about this simple and beautiful technique.

AnxietyStress & AnxietyAcceptanceHealth & HappinessPsychologyScienceHappinessMindfulnessSecularHealingRecovery & HealingMindfulness MeditationSecular Mindfulness

Meet your Teacher

Mandy Young
West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Mandy Young is a mindfulness coach and yoga teacher from the North of England. She loves what she does! So many people struggle with their bodies - pain or tension or body image and don't really know how to tune in fully and 'be' with whatever is there for them. Mandy teaches how to learn to fully embody what is there, mindfully, joyfully and peacefully. It is the same with the mind: so many struggles with an overactive mind and don't feel they have any control over what goes on up there. Mandy believes mindfulness absolutely works. She has found it to be hugely beneficial not only as a stand-alone practice but also within yoga and within everyday life. And this is why she teaches it. Mandy is passionate and finds joy in helping people achieve seconds or moments of stillness and peace within the acceptance of whatever is

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10 Days

11.3k students

4.9 stars

20 min / day

Anxiety

English

Lesson 1

De-fusion Of Thoughts

There is always a story going on in our mind, an interpretation, a judgment, a narrative. And so often, we listen to this narrative as if it is actual fact and truth. When we believe and identify with this narrative, we get completely entangled in it - this is called fusion. Learning to separate from these thoughts, to know that they are not necessarily truth and we don't have to listen to them, is called de-fusion. Here, you will learn a few really practical techniques to help do this.

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Lesson 2

Acceptance

Floating on quicksand is not easy when everything in you wants to struggle to get out. Learning to float is the acceptance in ACT therapy. Acceptance is not always easy. Thoughts of a negative or anxious nature can amplify and multiply and can lead to an even bigger struggle! This week, we really examine the internal effects of thoughts, we look at them carefully to see exactly what they are because by doing this, we can separate ourselves from identifying with those thoughts.

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Lesson 3

Present Moment

Today, we look at the mental control paradox – the inability to control the thoughts in our head, and how that lack of control switches on our fight/flight response, creating anxiety. Anxious or negative thinking is either in the future or the past. When we learn to live in this present moment, the unhelpful thoughts soon lessen and often disappear.

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Lesson 4

The Observing Self

We are not our thoughts. So often we get caught up in them, so identified and entangled with them, it is hard to separate who we are from them, and so the thoughts become fact. Our truth. But the good news is, we are not our thoughts. Our thoughts are just like clouds in the sky, they come, they make a particular kind of shape and color, then they change, they are something different now, and then they’ve gone! Just like our thoughts. Becoming aware of our thoughts – watching them as if you are an outsider, allows you to recognize the truth here. How can I watch my thoughts if I am my thoughts? The one that observes those thoughts? That is your Observing Self. This can be an absolute game-changer when it comes to obsessive thoughts or an overactive mind!

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Lesson 5

Values

If I told you we were heading east, then no matter how far we travel, we will always be traveling east. We could plan short stops on the way, excursions, tourist attractions, but we will still always be heading east. Our values are similar to this. They are the direction we travel in life. You don’t particularly need to know the destination, but you know which way you want to head. Values are based on what is important to us, not to anyone else, but what is intrinsically important to you! When you know this, you can plan your journey, your life, with this direction always being your foundation.

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Lesson 6

Committed Action

If you wanted to go east, but then sat staring at a compass, it would be pretty pointless! Going east needs action! You need to plan your journey, pack, sort out travel arrangements, sort out pet sitting, change your money, get the jabs, etc., etc. - All of these require action. Often, when we get caught up in our thoughts, our behaviors really don’t follow our values, they get neglected or abandoned, which can make us feel even worse. This session is a self-examination – looking at the things around our issues that could be worsening the situation, being honest with ourselves about what works and what doesn’t, and making a choice to do what needs doing.

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Lesson 7

Relationships

Relationships – I mean partners, siblings, parents, children, friends, work colleagues, extended family. Are all your relationships perfect? Do you have issues? Even minor ones? How do we deal with these issues? Get angry or upset? Scream, shout, sulk? Do we express ourselves or stuff our feelings? Do we blame them or blame ourselves? Today, we look at some exercises we could do to help us with our thoughts around our relationships and also some techniques to help us deal with our feelings in a more constructive and helpful way.

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Lesson 8

The Eclipse

The sun is 400 times bigger than the moon. How is it possible then for something as small as the moon to be able to eclipse the sun? Simple answer: distance. When something is up close to you, it can block out and eclipse anything else in your vicinity. Today, we look at how our thoughts, feelings, and emotions can eclipse other good things in our life.

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Lesson 9

Negative Thinking

If you worry that you are a negative person, then join the club, we all are. It is actually human nature. We are programmed to specifically look for the negative because these are the things that could cause us pain or harm and so our brain is on the lookout for these things so that it can avoid them, and therefore keep you safe. This is called Negativity Bias. Today, we look at this, at how actually normal our negative thinking is, and how positive thinking is a deliberate act of choosing.

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Lesson 10

Putting It All Into Practice

Over the past nine days, you may have learned some new techniques, new ideas, and at the time, think ‘This is great.’ But how do you put this into practice, in our everyday daily lives? How can we absorb all this information and then integrate it, practically into our life? In this final session, we look at suggestions to practically incorporate the teachings as simply as possible.

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Recent Reviews

Carine

October 22, 2025

Absolutely awesome, thank you Mandy

Dina

October 1, 2025

Really good, hands on, non-judgemental and helpful course. Will do it again. Thank you 🙏

Alana

August 29, 2025

Very helpful! I will listen to this again

Nora

May 21, 2025

Thank you 💜🩷❤️

Gisele

April 9, 2025

Great course!

Karen

April 7, 2025

Mandy is a prfoundly good teacher. The combination of wisdom, humour and practical offerings has helped me to regain some inner calm. Thank you.🙏🏼

Stephen

April 2, 2025

Mandy leads us through a clear, compact and practical course in ACT therapy. It’s a life changer for anyone who finds their thoughts feeling and emotions like standing in the middle of a busy road. You get all the tools you need to get safely on the pavement

Vic

March 27, 2025

I love all courses and meditations provided by Mandy Young - she is so easy to listen to and understand and has a great way of explaining concepts.

Jean-Paul

February 18, 2025

A profound course which helped me make some important realisations to take forwards. Also some good tools for helping with recognizing and working with thoughts, emotions and and the physical sensations linked with these. Plenty for me to practice moving forwards. Thank you Mandy.

Danna

January 26, 2025

This course has been hugely helpful. I love Mandy’s kind affirmation that we can live our best life and take control of our minds with gentle and positive step by step actions. Thank you 🙏

Pat

January 5, 2025

Wonderful ! Thank you !

Marika

January 4, 2025

I really enjoyed this course and gained many new insights. As a teacher I found Mandy authentic and wise. The idea that really touched me is acceptance and that struggling against what I can’t change is causing friction also around me. In life there are things that I can’t change but still feel wrong and are really hard to accept. I like the idea that acceptance is an active process. I don’t have to accept the situation but I can concentrate on the things that are in my power. I can certainly affect my attitude and give space for my thoughts, feelings and body sensations. Warm thank you for creating and sharing this course for us all ❤️

Lori

December 20, 2024

Thank you for this powerful course! You have been so helpful and I feel more empowered to rise above my negative thoughts and improve my well-being 🥰

Laura

December 1, 2024

Lots of wise insights and suggestions in this course. Grateful!

Frank

November 24, 2024

I’m amazed at how small changes of perspective can be so powerful. Thank you for this course, I plan on revisiting it. 🙏🏻

Gertie

November 24, 2024

Thank you!

Pam

November 8, 2024

Incredibly helpful. Thank you.

Carol

November 2, 2024

Very clear and helpful, with lots of practical techniques. Thank you :)

Michael

October 12, 2024

Much thanks. I have a plan.

Mikayla

October 7, 2024

A very well executed and detailed course. The exercises were easy to understand and I have been able to add to my daily life

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