The ACT Workbook for the Anxious Procrastinator
On sale
21st August 2025
Price: £16.99
Procrastination has nothing to do with laziness or passivity. Nor is about learning endless productivity hacks. It’s about not-knowing how to manage the psychological processes that drive you to procrastinate.
This workbook, based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, helps you to understand why you put things off, and more importantly, how to overcome these patterns. From the first to the last chapter you’ll learn to compassionately recognize and tackle the roots of procrastinating behaviors while practicing essential psychological skills. You’ll learn to tame all that mental noise that pops up when you’re facing important stuff-whether it’s work, hobbies, or anything else you care about before diving into action.
Whether you’re facing looming deadlines or day-to-day demands, these pages provide you with the tools you need to move from abstract intentions to values-based actions.
Learn to align your actions with your values, get things done, and build a life you’re truly proud of.
This workbook, based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, helps you to understand why you put things off, and more importantly, how to overcome these patterns. From the first to the last chapter you’ll learn to compassionately recognize and tackle the roots of procrastinating behaviors while practicing essential psychological skills. You’ll learn to tame all that mental noise that pops up when you’re facing important stuff-whether it’s work, hobbies, or anything else you care about before diving into action.
Whether you’re facing looming deadlines or day-to-day demands, these pages provide you with the tools you need to move from abstract intentions to values-based actions.
Learn to align your actions with your values, get things done, and build a life you’re truly proud of.
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Reviews
Patricia Zurita Ona brings her deep expertise in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to one of the most common and frustrating struggles - anxious procrastination. With warmth and clarity, she guides readers to approach procrastination not with shame, but with self-compassion and curiosity. This book offers not only practical tools to move forward, but also the invaluable gift of greater self-understanding and kindness toward oneself.
A compassionate, practical guide for anyone looking to reduce avoidance and live with greater intention. With rich case examples and engaging experiential exercises, this workbook brings Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to life-A must-read for all procrastinators.
Twenty years of planning, hoping and avoiding writing a book. I know all the tricks and excuses the anxious mind can come up with. I'm now deep into writing my own. Open this book and get to work.
This big-impact book is packed with expert insights and suggestions to help you make sense of your procrastination patterns, stand up to difficult emotions, and take confidence-boosting, actionable steps toward greater productivity and a joyful life.