Vivid Void

Friends, I'm opening a spiritual center in Boulder! It's called Nameless Mountain, and it's focused on spiritual maturity rather than enlightenment. We're trying to raise $50,000 to cover this year's expenses. Please help build this with us by donating or becoming a member: givebutter.com/nameless-mount…

The largest meta-analysis ever done on ACT and depression just landed! 263 studies. 21,830 participants. I remember when "where are your data?" was the question. We are not there anymore. ACT produces a large overall effect on depression (g = .88), climbing to g = 1.18 in studies that directly targeted it. And even studies that weren't targeting depression still produced significant reductions. You don't have to aim at it to help with it. One thing I want to mention: the team used the ACBS study list rather than standard search engines, because standard engines miss non-English and non-indexed journals in ways that aren't neutral in their impact. That list exists because of thousands of hours of work by people who refused to leave studies out just because they weren't indexed in the right places. Good science requires that kind of stubbornness. Congratulations to the whole team for their work! You can check out the full analysis here: stevenchayes.me/4bllnFH I've also created a fun Notebook LM version of it, which you can access here: stevenchayes.me/4benE5w #psychologicalflexibility #ACT #ACTtherapy

@cxgonzalez I have met you and you already are. Keep up the good work.

much of what motivates me is to become a man worthy of my future children’s admiration

@Thomasdelvasto_ I know, it's a bug with the site

@vividvoid Btw the link to the dot org site just goes back to givebutter

With combined donations across channels, we raised 10% of our goal on the first day. With match pledges, we are at 15%. Huge! Thank you all so much. If you want to support Nameless Mountain, we also have perks and merch you can choose to receive for your donation. Clothes and mugs and meditation cushions, as well as advance retreat tickets. Check it out: givebutter.com/c/nameless-mou…

Unfortunately I'll be missing the opening of Nameless Mountain (for good reason, new life!), but I'm really excited to see what VV and crew are building. I talk a lot about the disenchantment of the western spirit, and places like this are sacred attempts at healing.

If you've benefited from my writing over the years and want to support me in a project that's extremely close to my heart, please chip into my fundraiser for a new spiritual center in Boulder. Details are here: x.com/vividvoid/stat…

@goddesslindseys @justalexoki I'm just playing, I think we're equally emotional about different things

@vividvoid @justalexoki Accurate! Sometimes a girl needs an outburst to then regulate back to baseline lol 😆

i don't think women understand that men get the ick from their women crying too. like why are you acting like a child

@danielbrottman IN THE PIPE FIVE FIVE FIVE

@vividvoid MY MAN HAS MERCH READY TO GO?!?!?!?!

@powerbottomdad1 Amen pops, congratulations

everyones happy and healthy, praise God amen?

@RomeoStevens76 @HeidiPriebe1

who called it a forcing party when the Forcing Function is right there?

@tom_swiss Thanks Tom, I'd love that - let's keep in touch

@vividvoid "All true paths lead through mountains", as Gary Synder wrote. Throwing in a few bucks, wishing you luck. (If you might be interested in having a guy who likes to talk about "Zen Paganism" drop by sometime, let me know.)

Friends, I'm opening a spiritual center in Boulder! It's called Nameless Mountain, and it's focused on spiritual maturity rather than enlightenment. We're trying to raise $50,000 to cover this year's expenses. Please help build this with us by donating or becoming a member: givebutter.com/nameless-mount…

@bro_abra 無

@vividvoid what is "spiritual" anyway?!

@kamranalamkhann Plenty here: namelessmountain.org/getting-started

@vividvoid Any sketch of your inclinations? 'being spiritual' is ambiguous.

@TaoistRonin What's that?

@vividvoid Is this a yellow deli thing?

@deeparocks Trying to change that

@vividvoid boulder spirituality is all bhakti tea drinking without the bhakti

@subwxxf It's winter, but very beautiful in the summer

@vividvoid looks a little spooky tho

@innerpathing 🫀🏔️

@vividvoid huge news!! wishing you great flourishing ⛰️