Coaching practices for Present Moment Act

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• My head is almost never actually here
• I’m hardly ever actually here
• Good things are happening and I’m physically right there but mentally somewhere else entirely, running on autopilot
• I’m almost never actually here
• My head is always somewhere other than where I am

Practices that may help

1. Anchor attention to the present moment deliberately
   When the mind pulls to past regret or future worry, redirect to what is actually here.
   Psychological Flexibility, Made Practical
2. Contact with the present moment
   Bring flexible attention to here and now, instead of being lost in past or future.
   Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Made Practical
3. Absorb the present — slow down and attend fully
   Pause whatever you’re doing and engage all your senses with the experience that is happening right now.
   Savoring the Moment, Made Practical
4. Entering the present moment
   Drop attention out of past and future and into direct sensory contact with now.
   The Power of Now, In Practice
5. Reclaim the present from past and future
   The busy lose the present to regret and dread; only the present is actually yours.
   Seneca on Time, Made Practical
6. Savoring the present moment
   When something good is happening, deliberately slow down and soak in the sensory detail.
   Savoring: Getting More From the Good
7. Return to the present as the only moment of action
   Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus all return to the same point: you can only act now — stop deferring life.
   Philosophy as a Way of Life
8. Do the task in front of you, fully
   Treat each present action as if it were your last, with full attention and no half-measures.
   Meditations, as Marcus Practiced It
9. Give full attention to the present action
   Do what you are doing completely — not while managing the past or planning the future.
   The Stoic Discipline of Action
10. Self-as-Context (Observing Self), Made Practical
    Self-as-context is an ACT concept, developed by Steven Hayes, that distinguishes the stable "you that notices" from the thoughts, feelings, and stories that pass through your mind. Practicing it reduces the threat of painful self-stories by shifting identity from what you think and feel to the perspective that observes them. Support is theoretically strong within ACT; direct experimental isolation of this process is more limited than for defusion or acceptance.

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