# Nonattachment.com

> Research-based resources on nonattachment: a flexible, balanced way of relating to experience without clinging or aversion. Maintained by Professor Joseph Ciarrochi, a lead author of the nonattachment research program. Nonattachment is a measurable psychological construct (the Nonattachment Scale, NAS), distinct from detachment and from mindfulness, and linked to well-being, prosociality, and psychological flexibility.

## Key concepts
- What nonattachment is (and is not — it is not detachment or indifference)
- How nonattachment differs from mindfulness
- The Nonattachment Scale (NAS) and its short forms
- Benefits: well-being, life satisfaction, prosociality, reduced anxiety and depression

## Pages
- [Home & FAQ](https://non-attachment.com/): definition, research, FAQ
- [Approval exercise](https://non-attachment.com/approval-exercise.html)
- [Values exercise](https://non-attachment.com/values-exercise.html)
- [Observer exercise](https://non-attachment.com/observer-exercise.html)
- [Future exercise](https://non-attachment.com/future-exercise.html)
- [Epicurus exercise](https://non-attachment.com/epicurus-exercise.html)

## Author
Joseph Ciarrochi — https://josephciarrochi.com/ — ORCID 0000-0003-0471-8100