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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
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Area
Low mood and hard feelings 2Focus, starting, and ADHD 1Anger 1
How long you have · A minute
A minute 4Five minutes 12Twenty minutes 5Longer 2
Who it is written for
A practitioner 4Someone I care about 3Me 1
On your own, or with someone · Both of us together
On my own 217Involves someone else 36Both of us together 4
Theme
When everything feels flat 1The fear underneath anger 1Getting assessed and diagnosed 1Shame 1
Approach
Trauma informed 1ADHD skills 1Core 1Parts work 1
When · Under stress
Any ordinary day 25After a row 5Under stress 4Coming and going 2

When somebody's anger is filling the room, the bravest sentence available is usually the plainest one: you are frightening me right now.

It gives them a piece of information they almost never have, which is what they are actually doing to the person in front of them. It also puts…

A minuteThe fear underneath angerCoreQur’an 20:46

When someone says their heart races on their medication, ask whether it ever did before they started. It is the cheapest question you have and it usually sorts the answer out.

Go looking for the old settings: waiting to be called on in class, standing outside a room before a difficult conversation, three in the morning with…

A minuteGetting assessed and diagnosedADHD skillsQur’an 2:32

When someone tells you they have been hurting themselves, keep your face steady and stay curious. Alarm closes the conversation, and you need it open.

A visible flinch teaches the person that this is not something you can hear, and the next disclosure goes elsewhere or nowhere. It can also make the…

A minuteWhen everything feels flatParts workQur’an 16:127

When someone's shame fills the room, check your own state before you say anything. If you start to shrink, or to worry that you are handling this badly, they will feel it.

Shame is catching. The particular risk is a quiet spiral of your own, along the lines of I am no good at this, which pulls you out of the room at the…

A minuteShameTrauma informedQur’an 53:32

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