# Ep. 98: How to Pivot to a Life Worth Living Through Flexibility: A Review of ACT

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Podcast: [The Healthy Compulsive Project](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244)
Published: 2025-10-14T08:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1547

## Resource

To make a dent in the pile of material you might feel you have to read to be up on the most recent developments in mental health, here's a practical review of the relatively new approach to therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, with brief examples of how to apply it. Because one of the main goals of ACT is flexibility, it can be very helpful to anyone struggling with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), or to those just challenged by some obsessive-compulsive traits, perfectionism, workaholism, or Type A personality.

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