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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2 practices
How long you have
Who it is written for
On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else
Theme · What worry does
When · Under stress

There is a difference between being disappointed with how things are and having given up on how things will be. The second needs a different level of care.

Disappointment still has a future attached to it: this is bad, and later might not be. Hopelessness has closed that off. If you hear someone move…

Five minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 39:53

Once the surge is up it takes something like a quarter of an hour to drop, and nothing sensible said inside that window will land. Give it the time first.

This is the point where a parent, a partner or a friend reaches for reasons, and the reasons make it worse. Keep your words few, stay nearby, offer…

Twenty minutesWhat worry doesCBTQur’an 13:28

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