The chessboard
The pieces fight. The board holds them all.
June 27, 2026
metaphordefusionself as contextposter
Thoughts and feelings are chess pieces. You are the board — the space that holds the game without being any single piece.
Borrowed from
Where this spill came from — follow the threads outward.
- ACT-I Workshop Slides (chessboard, DOTS, hexaflex)
Hayes ACT Self-Help Materials / Steven C. Hayes
- Internal Struggles (The Chessboard Metaphor)
Russ Harris
- Embracing Your Demons: An Overview of ACT
Russ Harris