Practices

Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.

Narrowed down

2 practices

Grounding and settling A practitioner Both of us together Clear all

How long you have

Five minutes 1 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for · A practitioner

A practitioner 2 Someone I care about 2 Me 2

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 1 Struggling right now 1

On your own, or with someone · Both of us together

On my own 60 Involves someone else 9 Both of us together 2

Theme · Grounding and settling

Getting assessed and diagnosed 41 Medication and how it works 33 Feelings and focus 15 Systems for daily life 14 Reading, numbers and learning differences 14 Emotions as signals 11 Touch and bodywork 9 When anger turns to harm 8 Growing empathy 8 Treatment and medication 8 Shame 7 Practising under provocation 7 What anger actually is 6 The cost of avoiding 6 Screens and attention 5 Being seen and judged 4 Equanimity and perspective 4 What ADHD actually is 3 Facing it a step at a time 3 Cool the body first 3 When everything feels flat 3 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Your sense of time 2 Exercise, food and other supports 2 The fear underneath anger 2 When you go numb 2 Moving your body 2 Grounding and settling 2 Making it stick 1 Righteous anger and perfectionism 1 Get started 1 Your nervous system 1 What you are actually defending 1 Use your strengths 1 Choosing your response 1 Bringing the future closer 1 The moment before you snap 1 Structure and routine 1 Remembering to do it 1

Approach

Mindfulness 1 Body based 1

When

Under stress 1 Any ordinary day 1

Rolling or throwing a ball back and forth with someone is more useful than it looks when one of you has gone blank. It gives the body a job and the two of you a rhythm at the same time.

It works over a video call as well: ask them to fetch a ball from another room and bounce it while you talk. Say what you are doing and why, so it…

Five minutesGrounding and settlingBody basedQur’an 2:186

If your child is learning to settle, learn it alongside them rather than supervising. Parents who practise report less stress of their own and less flying off the handle.

Attention difficulties run in families, so the adult in the room is often working with much the same wiring at the end of a longer day. Practising…

Twenty minutesGrounding and settlingMindfulnessQur’an 16:80

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