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.

Narrowed down

3 practices

Making it stick A practitioner Involves someone else Clear all

How long you have

A minute 2 Five minutes 1

Who it is written for · A practitioner

A practitioner 3 Someone I care about 3 Me 1

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

On my own 29 Involves someone else 3 Both of us together 1

Theme · Making it stick

Medication and how it works 61 Systems for daily life 37 The cost of avoiding 35 Screens and attention 26 Moving your body 21 Treatment and medication 19 Exercise, food and other supports 15 What ADHD actually is 13 What anger actually is 12 Breaking the worry loop 11 Feelings and focus 11 Your nervous system 10 Food, caffeine and fuel 10 Facing it a step at a time 10 Getting assessed and diagnosed 10 Your sense of time 10 Structure and routine 10 What worry does 10 The moment before you snap 9 Grounding and settling 9 Bringing the future closer 8 Cool the body first 7 Breathing 7 Emotions as signals 7 When everything feels flat 7 Growing empathy 7 Get started 7 Choosing your response 7 Equanimity and perspective 7 Treatment and medication 7 Reading, numbers and learning differences 6 Shame and stigma 5 When you use something to cope 5 Posture and how you carry yourself 5 Remembering to do it 4 Tolerate distress 4 Touch and bodywork 4 Making it stick 3 Obsessions and compulsions 3 Panic and the body 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Practising under provocation 3 Being seen and judged 3 Rest and pacing 2 Feeling from the inside 2 The fear underneath anger 2 Shame 2 Living with uncertainty 1 When you go numb 1

Approach

Mindfulness 2 Core 1

Telling someone they have changed their brain lands harder than telling them they have changed their mind. That is worth knowing, and worth handling carefully.

Brain language feels solid and permanent, so a person can lean on it. That same weight is why it should not be stretched: promising rewiring you…

A minuteMaking it stickCoreQur’an 9:105

If the word mindfulness makes you wince, leave the word out. Paying attention to your breath, or to the sounds in the room, is the whole of it.

A lot of people turn the practice down before trying it, because the label sounds like it belongs to somebody else's religion or somebody else's sort…

A minuteMaking it stickMindfulnessQur’an 29:69

When you offer a practice to someone, use their words for it rather than yours. Keep the fuller version ready for the day they ask where it comes from.

A plain, unmystical version suits most people and costs them nothing to accept. Anyone who gets curious can have all of it, and they will take more…

Five minutesMaking it stickMindfulnessQur’an 5:48

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