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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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7 practices
Touch and bodywork remove filterBoth of us together remove filterAny ordinary day remove filterClear all
How long you have
A minute 1Five minutes 4Twenty minutes 2
Who it is written for
A practitioner 7Someone I care about 3Me 2
Where you are right now
Coping, mostly 6Struggling right now 1
On your own, or with someone · Both of us together
On my own 27Both of us together 7Involves someone else 4
Theme · Touch and bodywork
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 4Being seen and judged 3When anger turns to harm 3What ADHD actually is 3The cost of avoiding 3Feelings and focus 2Exercise, food and other supports 2Your sense of time 2Moving your body 2Shame 2Get started 2Facing it a step at a time 2The fear underneath anger 1Righteous anger and perfectionism 1What you are actually defending 1Your nervous system 1Obsessions and compulsions 1When everything feels flat 1Making it stick 1Grounding and settling 1Choosing your response 1
Approach
Medical and treatment 4Body based 3
When · Any ordinary day
Any ordinary day 7Coming and going 2

When the person in front of you starts yawning during body work, it is usually not boredom. Bodies yawn as they let go of what they were holding.

Say so out loud, because most people apologise for it and then clamp down on the very thing that was starting to shift. A simple 'that is a good…

A minuteTouch and bodyworkBody basedQur’an 19:24

If several medications have failed, ask whether anyone else in the family had the same experience. A pattern of non response runs in some families.

It is a question that rarely gets asked and can save a year. If a parent or sibling went through the same list without success and then responded to…

Five minutesTouch and bodyworkMedical and treatmentQur’an 21:90

Lead with what has evidence behind it. Save the thinly supported options for when the person brings them up themselves.

Mentioning something is a form of recommending it, whatever hedges you attach, and families will spend money and hope accordingly. If they raise it,…

Five minutesTouch and bodyworkMedical and treatmentQur’an 93:10

Most people are already doing something for themselves outside your room: herbs, a chiropractor, breathing videos, a weekly massage. Ask, plainly and without a raised eyebrow.

If you treat it as fringe behaviour, you will simply stop being told about it, and then you are working half blind. You want to know what is…

Five minutesTouch and bodyworkBody basedQur’an 3:159

There comes a moment when the tissue under your fingers gives a little and allows more depth. Wait for that instead of pressing your way to it.

It sounds fanciful until you have felt it once, and then it is obvious. Rest your hand, keep the pressure steady, and let the softening decide the…

Five minutesTouch and bodyworkBody basedQur’an 4:19

Regular massage has been studied with restless, distractible children and teenagers, and their teachers noticed the difference in class as well as the young people noticing it in themselves.

The pattern in these studies is modest and repeated: short sessions, twice a week, over several weeks, with mood and behaviour improving rather than…

Twenty minutesTouch and bodyworkMedical and treatmentQur’an 17:24

In placebo studies, people improve even when they have been told outright that the pill is inert. They also usually spend half an hour talking with someone who is paying attention.

That half hour is easy to dismiss as a detail of the study design, and it may be most of the treatment. Which is oddly encouraging: careful listening…

Twenty minutesTouch and bodyworkMedical and treatmentQur’an 2:263

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