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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
A minute 1Five minutes 2Longer 1
Who it is written for · Me
A practitioner 10Someone I care about 9Me 4
Where you are right now
Coping, mostly 2Getting ready for something 1Struggling right now 1
On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else
On my own 24Involves someone else 4
Theme · Structure and routine
Medication and how it works 47Systems for daily life 26Staying regulated in conflict 24Knowing your partner 15Rebuilding trust 14Affection and touch 13Moving your body 13Listening and understanding 12Answering bids 11Rituals of connection 11Repair after rupture 11The moment before you snap 10Food, caffeine and fuel 10Breaking the worry loop 10Shared spiritual life 10Screens and attention 9What anger actually is 8Bringing the future closer 7Growing empathy 7Treatment and medication 7Choosing your response 7Feelings and focus 7Your nervous system 7Breathing 6Remembering to do it 6The cost of avoiding 6Get started 6Grounding and settling 6Equanimity and perspective 5Posture and how you carry yourself 5Exercise, food and other supports 5Treatment and medication 5Facing it a step at a time 5What ADHD actually is 4When everything feels flat 4Structure and routine 4What worry does 4When you use something to cope 4Cool the body first 4Getting assessed and diagnosed 4Your sense of time 3Being seen and judged 3Tolerate distress 3Practising under provocation 3Emotions as signals 3Rest and pacing 2Gratitude 2Help someone grieving 2Panic and the body 2Shame 2Fondness and admiration 2What you are actually defending 2Touch and bodywork 2Ask and say no well 2Validate yourself and others 1Making it stick 1Safety and grounding 1Obsessions and compulsions 1When you go numb 1The fear underneath anger 1Living with uncertainty 1
When
Any ordinary day 3Under stress 1

Rather than arguing that someone ought to get organised, ask one question. Would your life be better if fewer things slipped, fewer people were annoyed with you, and you spent less of the day worrying about what you had forgotten?

The answer is nearly always yes, and it lands differently when the person says it instead of hearing it. Keep the list concrete and drawn from their…

A minuteStructure and routineADHD skillsQur’an 11:114

Anything with more than one step gets written down, and the child does the writing. Ten problems, check them against the answers, correct what is wrong: three lines in their own hand.

A handout would carry the same words, but writing it themselves does two extra things. It puts the sequence somewhere they can look again when step…

Five minutesStructure and routineADHD skillsQur’an 73:6

Put the rules up on the wall where everyone can see them, and put the child's own version on a card on their desk.

A rule that lives only in memory is not there in the second it is needed, which is the second something more interesting has just walked past. A card…

Five minutesStructure and routineADHD skillsQur’an 11:114

Where you can, let the learning be something done rather than something sat through. Typing instead of writing, a calculator instead of longhand, a built model instead of an essay.

The knowledge is usually already there. What fails is showing it through a long, still, low feedback task, and that is the part worth redesigning.…

LongerStructure and routineADHD skillsQur’an 22:78

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