316 •  DiSTreSS Tolerance Skill S
and why radical acceptance is better than nonacceptance. It is helpful to use this 
handout with  Distress Tolerance Worksheet 9: Radical Acceptance which helps you 
figure out what you might need to radically accept.
••Distress Tolerance Handout 11a: Radical Acceptance: Factors That Interfere. 
This handout clarifies what radical acceptance is not and outlines factors that inter -
fere with it.
••Distress Tolerance Handout 11b: Practicing Radical Acceptance, Step by 
Step.  This handout gives instructions for practicing radical acceptance. Practice can 
be recorded on Distress Tolerance Worksheet 9 as mentioned above, or on Distress Tolerance Worksheet 9a: Practicing Radical Acceptance.
••Distress Tolerance Handout 12: Turning the Mind. In order to accept reality 
that feels unacceptable, you usually have to make an effort more than once. You sometimes have to keep choosing to accept reality over and over for a very long time. 
Turning the mind is choosing to accept. This handout explains turning the mind and 
how to do it. Practice of this skill can be tracked on Distress Tolerance Worksheet 10: Turning the Mind, Willingness, Willfulness.
••Distress Tolerance Handout 13: Willingness. Willingness is the readiness to 
respond to life’s situations wisely, as needed, voluntarily, and without grudge. It is the opposite of willfulness. This handout describes how to practice willingness. As 
with Handout 12, practice can be recorded on Distress Tolerance Worksheet 10.
••Distress Tolerance Handout 14: Half-  Smiling and Willing Hands. Half smil -