Healthy Striving and Psychological Flexibility with Dr. Diana Hill

Dr. Diana Hill focuses on ACT - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - and specializes in evidence-based and compassion-focused approaches. 

Diana started as a biopsychology major and also practiced yoga and mindfulness to manage her struggles with anxiety and eating. After her undergraduate degree, she went for her PhD in clinical psychology. She became the clinical director at La Luna Center, an intensive outpatient center for eating disorders that embraces feminine, and holistic, integrative approaches to healing, designing programs centered around ACT. 

After becoming a mother, Diana moved back to Santa Barbara, and started a private practice.  To stay on top of the most current psychology research, she started a podcast called Psychologists Off the Clock with her colleague Dr. Debbie Sorenson in 2016. She also wrote a book with Dr. Sorenson called ACT Daily Journal: Get Unstuck and Live Fully with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, released in 2021.

Diana also records a podcast called Your Life in Process and offers a Foundation of ACT course.

In this podcast, Sonya and Diana talk about acceptance based therapy, mindfulness, and more. 

Key Takeaways

• Acceptance-based therapy
• Mindfulness
• Practicing mindfulness
• What acceptance means
• A “yes” brain
• Values - qualities of action that you bring to situations
• Psychological flexibility and the six core processes
• Harnessing energy
• Resting even though you feel guilty
• Enoughness
• Being efficient with your time
• Celebrating successes