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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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384 practices

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Area

Focus, starting, and ADHD 176Your marriage 56 Worry and anxiety 54 Your body 51 Anger 34 Low mood and hard feelings 13

How long you have

A minute 88 Five minutes 191Twenty minutes 82 Longer 23

Who it is written for

A practitioner 324Me 248Someone I care about 245My husband or wife 68

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 282Getting ready for something 66 Struggling right now 36

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

On my own 1345Involves someone else 384Both of us together 165

Theme

Medication and how it works 53 Systems for daily life 26 The cost of avoiding 20 Moving your body 17 Exercise, food and other supports 13 Screens and attention 12 Knowing your partner 12 What ADHD actually is 10 Food, caffeine and fuel 10 Breaking the worry loop 9 Shared spiritual life 9 Listening and understanding 9 Your sense of time 8 Treatment and medication 8 Feelings and focus 8 Bringing the future closer 8 Structure and routine 8 The moment before you snap 7 Breathing 7 Facing it a step at a time 7 Rituals of connection 7 What worry does 7 Affection and touch 6 Cool the body first 6 Get started 6 Your nervous system 5 Reading, numbers and learning differences 5 Getting assessed and diagnosed 5 Growing empathy 5 What anger actually is 4 When you use something to cope 4 Equanimity and perspective 4 Posture and how you carry yourself 4 Touch and bodywork 4 When everything feels flat 4 Treatment and medication 4 Rebuilding trust 4 Being seen and judged 3 Choosing your response 3 Shame and stigma 3 Making it stick 3 Remembering to do it 3 Gratitude 2 Righteous anger and perfectionism 2 Panic and the body 2 Obsessions and compulsions 2 Grounding and settling 2 Fondness and admiration 2 Answering bids 2 Emotions as signals 2 Staying regulated in conflict 2 Tolerate distress 2 Repair after rupture 1 Rest and pacing 1 Feeling from the inside 1 Shame 1

Approach

Medical and treatment 111ADHD skills 86 CBT 54 Core 39 Gottman 33 Body based 29 Mindfulness 14 Emotionally focused 13 DBT skills 4 Narrative 1

When · Any ordinary day

Any ordinary day 384Under stress 93 After a row 69 In a change 35 Coming and going 34 When apart 7 Something good 3

None of this needs explaining to work. A child who cannot say what happened can still be helped by breath, movement and sound.

That makes body based work useful right across the ages, and for anyone who finds talking hard, including people whose language is not the one the…

Five minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 16:78

Keep the explanation short when you offer this to someone. It is a way of breathing that gets your heart to send your brain a message to settle. Would you like to try it?

Long technical framings cost more than they buy. They ask a person to take in a great deal before they have felt anything, and the offer of a choice…

Five minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 7:205

A child who does not feel safe cannot filter the room. The pencil scratch, the scraping chair, the fan and the rustle of a coat all arrive at the same volume as the teacher.

So the attention problem is real, and it is not the same thing as not caring or not trying. A quieter corner, a seat away from the noisy fan, a…

Five minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 16:78

You do not have to read your child perfectly. Good enough, with repair after the ruptures, is what builds their steadiness.

Parents who read about how early experience shapes a child's stress system often hear it as a verdict on every time they snapped. That is not what it…

Five minutesYour nervous systemBody basedQur’an 16:78

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