Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
Take 10 minutes to gently observe your thoughts and feelings with this Leaves on the Stream guided meditation. This powerful mindfulness exercise from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is perfect for easing anxiety, overthinking, and emotional overwhelm.
In this practice, you’ll learn to “watch” your thoughts float by—like leaves drifting down a stream—without judgment or resistance. This ACT self as context and defusion technique helps you create space between yourself and your inner experiences so you can live with more clarity and compassion.
✨ Great for:
• Managing anxious thoughts
• Letting go of overthinking
• Practicing mindfulness and acceptance
• ACT-based therapy or self-help routines
🎧 Best with headphones | Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators
🌀 Let your thoughts flow. You don’t need to control the stream—just watch it pass.
🔔 Subscribe for more ACT meditations, mindfulness tools, and mental health support.
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🎥 Watch next:
✅ What is ACT? — youtu.be/PmKEvlv9Cys
✅ The 6 Core Processes of ACT — youtu.be/TPvLEZFa14o
✅ The Struggle Switch: Why Fighting Thoughts Backfires — youtu.be/Mc-n1Sa4PEI
📚 Grab Tim Gordon’s book The Hero Within
amazon.ca/dp/1069285609?tag=catagdefault-20&geniuslink=true
🔗 Access the ACT Essentials APP
app.thezensocialworker.ca
🎓 Check out our online ACT & mental health courses:
thezensocialworker.thinkific.com
💌 Join our mailing list for exclusive updates and free resources:
eepurl.com/c9X9jn
🌐 Visit the official website for blog posts, tools, and more:
thezensocialworker.ca
📸 Follow us:
All things TZSW:
fb.me/thezensocialworker
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💬 Let us know in the comments—what’s one thought you want to unhook from this week?
———
Business inquiries & collaborations:
📧 tim@thezensocialworker.ca
———
Thank you for learning and growing with us.
#CognitiveDefusion #ACT #AcceptanceAndCommitmentTherapy #TheZenSocialWorker #psychologicalflexibility
*Disclaimer
1. Conflict of interest: I am an author, I will link to my own books and paid resources as well as use affiliate links. I promise to tell you in videos when I'm being paid (if ever) to advertise during a video.
2. Self help: This channel provides accurate and authoritative information, it is not a substitute for psychotherapy and does not count as a social work service. If you are in need of help, seek out professional services from a licensed healthcare professional.
3. Community: Although this work is my own, I am inspired and supported by a group of clinicians and researchers under the banner of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.
Take 10 minutes to gently observe your thoughts and feelings with this Leaves on the Stream guided meditation. This powerful mindfulness exercise from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is perfect for easing anxiety, overthinking, and emotional overwhelm.
In this practice, you’ll learn to “watch” your thoughts float by—like leaves drifting down a stream—without judgment or resistance. This ACT self as context and defusion technique helps you create space between yourself and your inner experiences so you can live with more clarity and compassion.
✨ Great for:
• Managing anxious thoughts
• Letting go of overthinking
• Practicing mindfulness and acceptance
• ACT-based therapy or self-help routines
🎧 Best with headphones | Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators
🌀 Let your thoughts flow. You don’t need to control the stream—just watch it pass.
🔔 Subscribe for more ACT meditations, mindfulness tools, and mental health support.
#ACTMeditation #LeavesOnTheStream #Mindfulness #AcceptanceAndCommitmentTherapy #MentalHealth #GuidedMeditation #AnxietyRelief #Defusion #selfcompassion
🎥 Watch next:
✅ What is ACT? — youtu.be/PmKEvlv9Cys
✅ The 6 Core Processes of ACT — youtu.be/TPvLEZFa14o
✅ The Struggle Switch: Why Fighting Thoughts Backfires — youtu.be/Mc-n1Sa4PEI
📚 Grab Tim Gordon’s book The Hero Within
amazon.ca/dp/1069285609?tag=catagdefault-20&geniuslink=true
🔗 Access the ACT Essentials APP
app.thezensocialworker.ca
🎓 Check out our online ACT & mental health courses:
thezensocialworker.thinkific.com
💌 Join our mailing list for exclusive updates and free resources:
eepurl.com/c9X9jn
🌐 Visit the official website for blog posts, tools, and more:
thezensocialworker.ca
📸 Follow us:
All things TZSW:
fb.me/thezensocialworker
instagram.com/zensocialworker
twitter.com/zensocialworker
tiktok.com/@zensocialworker
💬 Let us know in the comments—what’s one thought you want to unhook from this week?
———
Business inquiries & collaborations:
📧 tim@thezensocialworker.ca
———
Thank you for learning and growing with us.
#CognitiveDefusion #ACT #AcceptanceAndCommitmentTherapy #TheZenSocialWorker #psychologicalflexibility
*Disclaimer
1. Conflict of interest: I am an author, I will link to my own books and paid resources as well as use affiliate links. I promise to tell you in videos when I'm being paid (if ever) to advertise during a video.
2. Self help: This channel provides accurate and authoritative information, it is not a substitute for psychotherapy and does not count as a social work service. If you are in need of help, seek out professional services from a licensed healthcare professional.
3. Community: Although this work is my own, I am inspired and supported by a group of clinicians and researchers under the banner of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.
