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

Shame and stigma Five minutes Involves someone else Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 1 Five minutes 2 Twenty minutes 2

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Someone I care about 2

Where you are right now

Coping, mostly 1 Getting ready for something 1

On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else

On my own 18 Involves someone else 2

Theme · Shame and stigma

Medication and how it works 43 The cost of avoiding 15 Screens and attention 13 Systems for daily life 12 What anger actually is 10 Moving your body 8 Bringing the future closer 8 Rebuilding trust 8 Your sense of time 8 Your nervous system 8 Exercise, food and other supports 8 What ADHD actually is 8 Knowing your partner 7 Facing it a step at a time 7 Treatment and medication 7 What worry does 7 Remembering to do it 6 Breaking the worry loop 6 When everything feels flat 5 Choosing your response 5 Staying regulated in conflict 5 Cool the body first 5 Emotions as signals 5 Equanimity and perspective 5 Feelings and focus 5 Listening and understanding 5 The moment before you snap 4 When you use something to cope 4 Structure and routine 4 Shared spiritual life 3 Reading, numbers and learning differences 3 Getting assessed and diagnosed 3 Tolerate distress 3 Growing empathy 3 Food, caffeine and fuel 3 Touch and bodywork 3 Rituals of connection 3 Shame 2 Being seen and judged 2 Treatment and medication 2 Get started 2 Panic and the body 2 Righteous anger and perfectionism 2 Shame and stigma 2 Grounding and settling 2 The fear underneath anger 1 Rest and pacing 1 Practising under provocation 1 Posture and how you carry yourself 1 Living with uncertainty 1 Obsessions and compulsions 1 When you go numb 1 Affection and touch 1 What you are actually defending 1 Making it stick 1 Help someone grieving 1 Feeling from the inside 1 Breathing 1 Ask and say no well 1 Repair after rupture 1

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

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