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A beautiful plus-size red-haired woman stands quietly at a sunlit fork in a country path, looking out over a wide green landscape beneath a bright blue sky. The two diverging roads suggest direction and choice, while her calm, grounded posture conveys the ACT idea of values as guiding life directions rather than fixed destinations.

Module 6 — Values | ACT Course

Values are central to ACT because they give committed action somewhere to point. This lesson explains the difference between values, goals, feelings, and inherited obligations, helping learners clarify what genuinely matters and how they want to live.

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A white woman with a dark mohawk and tattooed arm sits in a sunlit room, looking calm and reflective as faint, translucent scenes from different moments of life appear around her. The image suggests the ACT idea of self-as-context: an observing awareness that can notice memories, identities, and emotional experiences without being fully defined by them. Free Course by Everything IFS Academy. Module 5 — Self-as-Context

Module 5 — Self-as-Context | ACT Course

Self-as-context is one of ACT’s most subtle and freeing skills. This lesson explains the difference between the storied self and the observing self, helping learners understand how painful identity stories can loosen when they are noticed from a larger place of awareness.

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A Tongan man with short curly hair and a beard sits quietly at a wooden table in a sunlit indoor-outdoor space. He wears a light brown short-sleeved button-up shirt, and a bold tattoo is visible on his forearm. A patterned mug rests on the table beside him as he looks ahead with a calm but heavy expression, conveying emotional weight held with steadiness rather than collapse. Free Course by Everything IFS Academy. Module 4 — Acceptance

Module 4 — Acceptance | ACT Course

Acceptance is one of ACT’s core skills for changing the struggle with painful inner experience. This lesson explains experiential avoidance, why fighting feelings often makes suffering worse, and how acceptance helps people make room for difficult emotions while continuing to live toward what matters.

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