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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.

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4 practices
Equanimity and perspective remove filterMe remove filterBoth of us together remove filterClear all
How long you have
A minute 1Five minutes 3
Who it is written for · Me
Me 4A practitioner 4My husband or wife 3Someone I care about 2
On your own, or with someone · Both of us together
On my own 57Involves someone else 5Both of us together 4
Theme · Equanimity and perspective
Medication and how it works 26Getting assessed and diagnosed 18Systems for daily life 15Feelings and focus 14Practising under provocation 7Emotions as signals 7Growing empathy 7Treatment and medication 6Being seen and judged 5Bringing the future closer 5Equanimity and perspective 4Facing it a step at a time 3Your sense of time 3Screens and attention 3What anger actually is 3The moment before you snap 2What ADHD actually is 2Moving your body 2Grounding and settling 2Get started 2Cool the body first 2Touch and bodywork 2Obsessions and compulsions 1Your nervous system 1Use your strengths 1Shame 1When everything feels flat 1Righteous anger and perfectionism 1Choosing your response 1The fear underneath anger 1
Approach
Mindfulness 3Core 1

You do not actually know what they are about to say, or why they did it. Swapping the finished sentence in your head for help me understand costs nothing and changes the whole exchange.

Finishing people's sentences, deciding in advance what they meant, hearing the insult before it has been made: all of it feels like insight and most…

A minuteEquanimity and perspectiveMindfulnessQur’an 6:59

You do not have to jump straight to understanding. Try the step before it: hands open, honestly puzzled, help me see what just happened here.

It has to be a real question. The rhetorical version, asked with your jaw set, makes things worse and both of you know it. Ask, then stay quiet long…

Five minutesEquanimity and perspectiveCoreQur’an 6:59

Their account makes sense from where they are standing. So does yours. Granting the first does not cost you the second.

This is the part people refuse, because they hear it as folding. It is not. You can say plainly that from where they sat it looked like that, and…

Five minutesEquanimity and perspectiveMindfulnessQur’an 6:59

You can be completely right and still lose the room. Usually the trouble is not the point you are making, it is the edge you are making it with.

Softening how you say something is not conceding it. It is the difference between being heard and being braced against. Listen for the tells in your…

Five minutesEquanimity and perspectiveMindfulnessQur’an 41:46

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