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Defusion

Challenge your inner critic with compassion and wisdom.

July 23, 2026

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A courtroom scene with an inner critic depicted as an accuser and a wiser self as the witness, offering compassionate alternatives.
Challenge your inner critic with compassion and wisdom.
A poster titled 'The Failure Story' with a person facing a megaphone labeled 'The Mind Narrator'. Left side lists negative thoughts like 'You're behind'. Right side shows ACT moves: notice, name, defuse, return. Bottom text reads 'I may be hearing the failure story. I do not have to become it.'
Notice the failure story without becoming it.
A poster titled 'Hall of Mirrors' depicting cognitive distortions like all-or-nothing thinking, catastrophizing, mind reading, fortune telling, and mental filter. A person walks through a hall with distorted mirrors, each labeled with a distortion. Text advises to pause, check evidence, look for other possibilities, and build balanced thoughts.
Challenge cognitive distortions and see thoughts clearly.
A person sits under a large bell with phrases like 'You're behind' and 'You always fail'. Text explains how fusion turns messages into identity and suggests ACT moves: Notice, Name, Unhook, Return.
Notice the failure story without becoming it.

Posters for defusion — short visual prompts for noticing, naming, and choosing.

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