In this episode in dealing with distress, Todd focuses on two more techniques in being able to better manage stressful situations, thoughts and emotions. The first technique looks at a way to look for and find exceptions to your usual rules or ways of responding. This provides you with two practices within a practice, identification, and defusion from a thought and the ability to test the situation for the thought's truthfulness and its usefulness. In doing so, this frees you up to act on something that truly matters to you. It allows you to find the exceptions to situations which often look more dire than they truly are. The second half looks at the S.T.O.P. technique, which allows you to create some space so that you can find the exceptions and choose what you will do/become next.
