Foreword    ix

Introduction
I Just Want to Be Happy!    1

PART ONE
How You Set the Happiness Trap
    1. Fairy Tales    9
    2. Vicious Cycles    19

PART TWO
Transforming Your Inner World
    3. The Six Core Principles of ACT    33
    4. The Great Storyteller    36
    5. True Blues    46
    6. Troubleshooting Defusion    56
    7. Look Who’s Talking    63
    8. Scary Pictures    70
    9. Demons on the Boat    76
    10. How Do You Feel?    80
    11. The Struggle Switch    86
    12. How the Struggle Switch Developed    90
    13. Staring Down Demons    97
    14. Troubleshooting Expansion    106
    15. Urge Surfing    115
    16. Back to the Demons    120
    17. The Time Machine    122
    18. The Dirty Dog    130
    19. A Confusing Word    135
    20. If You’re Breathing, You’re Alive    139
    21. Tell It Like It Is    146
    22. The Big Story    149
    23. You’re Not Who You Think You Are    157

PART THREE
Creating a Life Worth Living
    24. Follow Your Heart    167
    25. The Big Question    173
    26. Troubleshooting Values    180
    27. The Thousand-Mile Journey    183
    28. Finding Fulfillment    191
    29. A Life of Plenty    199
    30. Facing FEAR    203
    31. Willingness    211
    32. Onward and Upward    219
    33. A Meaningful Life    227

Acknowledgments    233
Suggestions for Crisis Times    235
Further Readings and Resources    237
Index    238
About the Author    245