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

Coping, mostly Involves someone else When apart Clear all

Area

Focus, starting, and ADHD 2 Anger 1

How long you have

Five minutes 1 Twenty minutes 2

Who it is written for

Someone I care about 3 A practitioner 2 Me 2

Where you are right now · Coping, mostly

Struggling right now 4 Coping, mostly 3

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

Both of us together 3 Involves someone else 3

Theme

Feelings and focus 1 Screens and attention 1 Growing empathy 1

Approach

ADHD skills 1 CBT 1 Medical and treatment 1

When · When apart

Any ordinary day 282After a row 51 Under stress 50 Coming and going 14 In a change 10 When apart 3 Something good 3

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

Being far apart is not the same as being out of touch. What usually stops contact is the question of who starts it, not the miles.

Distance turns into disconnection when both people wait for the other one. It helps to fix a when rather than promising to speak soon. The same…

Five minutesFeelings and focusADHD skillsQur’an 50:16

If you want a way back in with a teenager who has gone quiet, ask them to show you the game. Not to assess it. Just to be shown something they are good at.

It works because it asks almost nothing of them. No eye contact, no explaining how they feel, no returning to whatever the last argument was about.…

Twenty minutesScreens and attentionCBTQur’an 31:19

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