Practices

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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3 practices

What ADHD actually is Both of us together Clear all

How long you have

Five minutes 1 Twenty minutes 2

Who it is written for

A practitioner 3 Me 2 Someone I care about 2 My husband or wife 2

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 2 Struggling right now 1

On your own, or with someone · Both of us together

On my own 49 Involves someone else 13 Both of us together 3

Theme · What ADHD actually is

Getting assessed and diagnosed 41 Medication and how it works 33 Systems for daily life 15 Feelings and focus 15 Reading, numbers and learning differences 14 Emotions as signals 11 Touch and bodywork 9 Growing empathy 9 When anger turns to harm 8 Treatment and medication 8 Practising under provocation 7 What anger actually is 7 Shame 7 The cost of avoiding 6 Being seen and judged 5 Screens and attention 5 Bringing the future closer 5 Equanimity and perspective 4 When everything feels flat 3 Your sense of time 3 What ADHD actually is 3 Facing it a step at a time 3 Cool the body first 3 Exercise, food and other supports 2 The moment before you snap 2 Obsessions and compulsions 2 The fear underneath anger 2 When you go numb 2 Moving your body 2 Grounding and settling 2 Get started 2 Making it stick 1 Your nervous system 1 What you are actually defending 1 Choosing your response 1 Use your strengths 1 Structure and routine 1 Righteous anger and perfectionism 1 Remembering to do it 1

With children, practise the hard social moment rather than explaining it. Act out asking to join a game, or losing one, a few times at home where nothing is at stake.

Keep it light and short, let them play both parts, and be the one who gets it wrong sometimes so it does not feel like a test. Pick the situation…

Five minutesWhat ADHD actually isADHD skillsQur’an 20:115

Relationships take a lot of the strain here, and the usual shape is one person quietly carrying all the planning while the other feels constantly told off. Both halves are worth naming out loud before resentment sets hard.

The practical work is splitting the load by what each of you is actually good at rather than down the middle, and putting the shared admin somewhere…

Twenty minutesWhat ADHD actually isADHD skillsQur’an 11:118

ADHD reaches into a marriage in ways couples rarely say out loud: attention drifting during a conversation that mattered, or a partner who has started to feel like an unpaid manager. It is a fair thing to talk about and to get help with.

The hurt usually comes from what each of you concludes rather than from the behaviour itself. One reads distraction as not being loved, the other…

Twenty minutesWhat ADHD actually isADHD skillsQur’an 11:118

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