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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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Who it is written for · Someone I care about
A practitioner 3Someone I care about 2Me 2
Where you are right now
Coping, mostly 1Struggling right now 1
On your own, or with someone · Both of us together
On my own 41Involves someone else 3Both of us together 2
Theme · Cool the body first
Medication and how it works 23Systems for daily life 15Reading, numbers and learning differences 12When anger turns to harm 7Shame 6The cost of avoiding 5Touch and bodywork 4Emotions as signals 4Screens and attention 4Bringing the future closer 4Facing it a step at a time 3Growing empathy 3When everything feels flat 3Your sense of time 3Treatment and medication 3What anger actually is 3Obsessions and compulsions 2Moving your body 2Feelings and focus 2Equanimity and perspective 2Cool the body first 2What ADHD actually is 2Grounding and settling 2Making it stick 1Getting assessed and diagnosed 1Get started 1Righteous anger and perfectionism 1The moment before you snap 1Structure and routine 1Remembering to do it 1Being seen and judged 1The fear underneath anger 1What you are actually defending 1Your nervous system 1Exercise, food and other supports 1

If someone stands up mid argument, stay where you are. Rising with them turns a conversation into a stand off.

Therapists who sit with couples notice that the person on their feet usually sits back down within a minute or two when nobody gets up to meet them.…

A minuteCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 31:19

In a hostile exchange, try a slow hmm instead of a reply. It sounds like someone thinking, and it puts a long out breath in the way of whatever you were about to say.

The sound we make when we are unsure is already in everyone's repertoire, and it reads as puzzlement rather than as a threat, so the other person has…

A minuteCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 50:39

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