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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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165 practices
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Area
Focus, starting, and ADHD 112Anger 25Your body 11Worry and anxiety 9Low mood and hard feelings 8
How long you have
A minute 25Five minutes 63Twenty minutes 59Longer 18
Who it is written for
A practitioner 156Me 96Someone I care about 89My husband or wife 23
Where you are right now
Coping, mostly 117Struggling right now 30Getting ready for something 18
On your own, or with someone · Both of us together
On my own 1345Involves someone else 384Both of us together 165
Theme
Getting assessed and diagnosed 34Medication and how it works 26Reading, numbers and learning differences 14Systems for daily life 12Growing empathy 7Touch and bodywork 7Practising under provocation 6Treatment and medication 6Emotions as signals 5Bringing the future closer 5Screens and attention 4What anger actually is 4What ADHD actually is 3When anger turns to harm 3The cost of avoiding 3Being seen and judged 3Your sense of time 2Moving your body 2Exercise, food and other supports 2Get started 2Feelings and focus 2Facing it a step at a time 2Shame 2The fear underneath anger 1What you are actually defending 1Your nervous system 1Righteous anger and perfectionism 1Grounding and settling 1Making it stick 1When everything feels flat 1Obsessions and compulsions 1Choosing your response 1
Approach
ADHD skills 60Medical and treatment 36Core 31CBT 18Body based 9Emotionally focused 6Mindfulness 1Gottman 1Parts work 1Narrative 1Trauma informed 1
When · Any ordinary day
Any ordinary day 165After a row 34Under stress 23Coming and going 14In a change 7When apart 5

Your family had its own rules about anger, quite apart from anything cultural. Those are the ones that shaped you, and they can be renegotiated.

Name two of them plainly. Nobody leaves the table. Whoever shouts loudest wins. We do not mention it the next day. Then ask which you still want.…

Twenty minutesWhat anger actually isCoreQur’an 2:263

Expect the fear underneath to be denied, and do not push against the denial. This idea has to be worked in gently rather than argued in.

Coming at somebody head on with what they are defending sets off exactly the threat response you were hoping to treat. Small, low pressure versions…

LongerWhat anger actually isCoreQur’an 68:48

You will not get the honest version in one go. Ask, let it be refused, carry on with something else, then come back to it later in the same conversation.

A defended story does not collapse, it wears down. Each pass takes a little off it, and the person needs the gaps in between to do the actual…

LongerWhat anger actually isCoreQur’an 15:47

Understanding an idea is not the same as being changed by it. The explaining is soil preparation, and the crop comes later.

Somebody can follow the whole argument about respect and self-acceptance, agree warmly with all of it, and lose their temper the same way that…

LongerWhat you are actually defendingCoreQur’an 22:46

Connection settles people, but the right amount of it varies enormously. Some settle with a house full of family and some with one person and no talking at all.

If closeness costs you something, plan around that rather than pushing through. Shorter visits, sitting side by side instead of face to face, a walk…

Twenty minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 2:260

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