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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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Growing empathy Someone I care about Involves someone else Clear all

How long you have

Five minutes 1 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for · Someone I care about

Me 7 A practitioner 7 Someone I care about 2 My husband or wife 1

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

On my own 10 Both of us together 3 Involves someone else 2

Theme · Growing empathy

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

Approach

Medical and treatment 1 CBT 1

When

When apart 1 Any ordinary day 1

If it really is that you feel too much for people, the useful move is not more feeling. It is learning to say no while still meaning them well.

Naming your softness as something that gets used is what makes a limit bearable to set. You are not becoming colder. You are stopping the slow build…

Five minutesGrowing empathyCBTQur’an 16:90

Go long enough without company and almost anyone will do. That is worth knowing about yourself, and worth watching for in someone who lives alone.

Loneliness does not make you a poor judge of character on purpose. It just lowers the bar until whoever turns up seems fine. The steadier answer is…

Twenty minutesGrowing empathyMedical and treatmentQur’an 4:8

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