Acceptance is about accepting the truth of a negative moment, without
resistance. This offers a foundation for transformation and a path to
freedom.
Anxiety, pain and illness, unpleasant encounters with people, low
self-esteem, conditions such as long Covid-19 - these are issues that
can become part of our lives without consuming our whole lives.
Unhappiness and resentment can eat away at us when we ruminate and
overthink a moment however big or small, but acceptance can give us our
lives back even if it cannot give back something we have lost. This
isn't a book about dropping all negativity - it's about experiencing
feelings such as anxiety, regret and anger and relating to them in a way
that doesn't allow them to take over our lives.
We can each go through a process where we no longer fight against the
burdening knowledge that something has happened.
As a psychotherapist, trained counsellor and mindfulness teacher with
over 25 years' experience, Padraig O'Morain has created an 'acceptance
toolbox' in his new book, including exercises and attitudes to help you
with acceptance. These include mindfulness practices, thoughts from the
stoics who were practitioners of acceptance, ideas from CBT and more.
