In the quiet of prayer or the chaos of daily life, we may find ourselves asking: Who am I, really? Am I the roles that I fulfill? My thoughts? My emotions? My past? Am I the pain I carry? Am I the sum of my failures or successes? Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) answers this with a confusing term called self-as-context. But it gives a more descriptive term for therapeutic use: the observing self. The observing self is framed as the "you" that is aware of your thoughts,
