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

Cool the body first Someone I care about Involves someone else Clear all

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

A practitioner 7 Me 4 Someone I care about 3

Where you are right now

Getting ready for something 2 Struggling right now 1

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

On my own 41 Involves someone else 3 Both of us together 2

Theme · Cool the body first

Medication and how it works 40 Systems for daily life 35 The cost of avoiding 34 Screens and attention 25 Moving your body 21 Treatment and medication 18 Exercise, food and other supports 13 What ADHD actually is 12 Feelings and focus 11 Your sense of time 11 Breaking the worry loop 11 Food, caffeine and fuel 10 Your nervous system 10 Structure and routine 9 What anger actually is 9 What worry does 9 Facing it a step at a time 8 Grounding and settling 8 Get started 6 Reading, numbers and learning differences 6 Choosing your response 6 The moment before you snap 5 Breathing 5 Bringing the future closer 5 When you use something to cope 5 Shame and stigma 5 Equanimity and perspective 4 Emotions as signals 4 Getting assessed and diagnosed 4 Remembering to do it 3 When everything feels flat 3 Righteous anger and perfectionism 3 Making it stick 3 Cool the body first 3 Tolerate distress 2 The fear underneath anger 2 What you are actually defending 2 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Help someone grieving 2 Feeling from the inside 2 Growing empathy 2 Practising under provocation 1 Rest and pacing 1 Being seen and judged 1

When

Any ordinary day 2 Under stress 1

If someone already has a practice in their life, hang the new skill on that rather than handing them something foreign.

Someone who does yoga already knows what a hand gesture is for and will not find it odd. Someone who prays already has fixed times in the day and a…

Five minutesCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 20:14

People arrive at anger work braced for a lecture and an instruction to breathe deeply. Handing them something they did not see coming buys you their attention.

This matters most with people who did not choose to be there. If the session matches what they expected, they can sit through the whole thing without…

Five minutesCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 30:23

For a child who is boiling over: eyes closed, fingers gently over the ears, and a long humming breath out. They can feel the buzzing inside their own head.

Blocking their ears is something an upset child often does already, so you are borrowing a movement their hands know rather than teaching a new one.…

Five minutesCool the body firstBody basedQur’an 78:10

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