Ace Your Life - by Michelle P Maidenberg (Paperback)

About the Book

ACE Your Life provides the skills and tools everyone needs to live a more enriching and fulfilling life.

Book Synopsis

ACE Your Life provides the skills and tools everyone needs to live a more enriching and fulfilling life.

Review Quotes

"A clearly written, step by step, and research-based guide to life transformation. It simplifies without talking down; guides without being bossy. A fun and helpful ride that will stick with you. Definitely worth the read." -Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., Foundation Professor of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Originator of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Co-developer of Process-Based Therapy, author of 47 books.

"Dr. Maidenberg nailed it! She has distilled substantive personal change into three key ingredients-acceptance, compassion and empowerment. Her approach is scientifically-supported and it puts change on the foundation of self-understanding and self-kindness. Before you take on another self-improvement project, please read this book." -Christopher Germer, Ph.D., Lecturer on Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion, and Co-developer, Mindful Self-Compassion program.

"Dr. Michelle Maidenberg's book, ACE Your Life, is an inspiring and helpful guide that will help you accept yourself and others, have more compassion for your vulnerabilities, and empower you to accomplish valued goals. We often find that our own thinking and habits have become the major obstacles to getting what we want. This book will help you overcome obstacles within yourself and obstacles that you face in the real world. Sometimes we must go through it to get past it and the journey is challenging. This book is what you will need to get your life back." -Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D., Director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Weill-Cornell University Medical School. Author of If Only...Finding Freedom from Regret, Don't Believe Everything You Feel, The Jealousy Cure, Beat the Blues Before They Beat You, Anxiety-Free: Unravel Your Fears before They Unravel You, The Worry Cure: Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You.

"Recognizing that perfection is a figment of our overactive imagination, Dr. Michelle Maidenberg developed an ingenious method to identify ways of acceptance, compassion and empowerment (ACE). Actualizing the ACE method puts you in the driver's seat like never before. Exceptionally well written, ACE Your Life, will motivate and guide you to make fundamental changes in your life which will make you fulfilled and proud." -Ruth Gotian, EdD, MS, Thinkers50 #1 emerging management thinker in the world and author of The Success Factor. Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine.

"If you want to change behavior and become the version of yourself you most wish to be, acting with self-compassion and commitment is the royal road to realization. Michelle's book beautifully illuminates this path." -Dennis Tirch, Ph.D., Founding Director, The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy and Associate Clinical Professor, Mt. Sinai Medical Center. Author of Compassionate-Mind Guide to Overcoming Anxiety: Using Compassion-Focused Therapy to Calm Worry, Panic and Fear, The Compassionate Mind Approach to Overcoming Anxiety.

"Is acceptance a fall back strategy? No! In this book, Dr. Michelle Maidenberg serves as a thoughtful and encouraging guide to learning how to accept yourself, embrace your values, and be empowered to act toward what's most important to you. It's chock full of exercises, strategies, and stories that you can use to be your best self."-Jason B. Luoma, Ph.D., CEO, Portland Psychotherapy - Clinic, Research, and Training Center and Affiliate Faculty, Oregon Health and Sc