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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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How long you have · Twenty minutes
A minute 3Five minutes 1Twenty minutes 2Longer 1
Who it is written for
A practitioner 2My husband or wife 1Someone I care about 1Me 1
Where you are right now
Struggling right now 1Getting ready for something 1
On your own, or with someone · Both of us together
On my own 4Both of us together 2
Theme · Shame
Medication and how it works 9Getting assessed and diagnosed 9Reading, numbers and learning differences 7Systems for daily life 6The cost of avoiding 5Feelings and focus 4Emotions as signals 3When anger turns to harm 2Bringing the future closer 2Get started 2Moving your body 2Exercise, food and other supports 2Screens and attention 2Your sense of time 2Shame 2Touch and bodywork 2Treatment and medication 2What ADHD actually is 2Your nervous system 1What anger actually is 1The moment before you snap 1Remembering to do it 1When everything feels flat 1Making it stick 1Grounding and settling 1Facing it a step at a time 1Choosing your response 1Being seen and judged 1The fear underneath anger 1
Approach
Emotionally focused 1Trauma informed 1
When
Coming and going 1Under stress 1

A friend or a counsellor telling you that you are not a monster helps, and it only takes you so far. The shame usually sits with one particular person, and it eases most when that person hears the thing and stays.

So aim a disclosure carefully rather than widely. Choose the person the shame is actually about, pick a moment with room in it, and say the small…

Twenty minutesShameEmotionally focusedQur’an 66:8

Telling someone it was not their fault often bounces straight off, and there is a reason for that. Self blame can be the safer of the two stories, and you are asking them to give up shelter.

So do not lead with the correction. Say instead that it makes complete sense they landed there, that a child needs their parents to be good more than…

Twenty minutesShameTrauma informedQur’an 15:56

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