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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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3 practices

Shame and stigma Involves someone else Any ordinary day Clear all

How long you have

Five minutes 2 Twenty minutes 1

Who it is written for

Someone I care about 3 A practitioner 3

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 2 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

On my own 22 Involves someone else 3

Theme · Shame and stigma

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

When · Any ordinary day

Any ordinary day 3 Under stress 2

Before you explain anything about ADHD to someone, ask what they already think it is. What they tell you decides what your explanation can land on.

People arrive with family stories, cultural rules about mental health and firm views about medication, and none of it shows up unless you invite it.…

Five minutesShame and stigmaADHD skillsQur’an 20:44

By the time somebody comes for an assessment, the poor opinion of themselves is usually decades old. Assume it is there even when the person in front of you is visibly doing well.

It rarely arrives as a complaint. It shows up as apologising for taking up your time, as brushing off achievements, as a joke about being useless…

Five minutesShame and stigmaADHD skillsQur’an 6:54

With children, acting a situation out teaches far more than talking about it. Play the scene, swap roles, get it wrong, do it again.

Explaining social rules to a child who missed them leans on the same steady attention that let them slip past in the first place. Rehearsal skips…

Twenty minutesShame and stigmaADHD skillsQur’an 2:83

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