Have you ever wanted to be flexible? The idea of being flexible is tied up with a notion of feeling free or easy, and is usually a physical description. But what about being psychologically flexible? This might sound like a bit of a complicated idea, yet there is something just as appealing about being mentally and emotionally flexible as there is about being physically so. Fortunately enough if you like this idea - and even if you don’t feel naturally inclined to be so flexible - there is a way that these qualities can be broken down into components you can cultivate for yourself. Emerging out of a field of psychology that has become ‘Acceptance Commitment Therapy’ or ACT, these 6 components or traits are able to be developed like psychological ‘muscles’.